Trump says he

and Xi will meet

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place in October in South Korea and will visit China early next year.

Trump and Xi had a lengthy phone call on Friday. In a Truth Social post, Trump said Xi would come to the United States and noted the leaders made progress on “the approval of the TikTok Deal” to allow the popular social media app to keep operating in the U.S.

Trump hasn’t given details on what was discussed about TikTok. A Chinese government statement says Xi urged the U.S. to avoid any trade restrictions but didn’t mention the visits.

$15B defamation

lawsuit tossed out

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida federal judge has tossed out a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times.

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled Friday that Trump’s lawsuit was overly long and was full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had no bearing on the legal case. The judge gave Trump 28 days to file an amended complaint and said it should not exceed 40 pages.

The lawsuit was 85 pages. It named four Times journalists and cited a book and three articles. A spokesman for Trump’s legal team says they will proceed with the lawsuit. The Times has said it’s meritless.

Estonia protests

Russian incursion

(AP) — Estonia has summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace without permission.

The Foreign Ministry said the incursion on Friday lasted 12 minutes. This is the fifth time this year that Russia has violated Estonian airspace, but the Foreign Minister called this incident “unprecedentedly brazen.”

The airspace violation comes just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland, raising concerns about the war in Ukraine spilling over. Russian officials have not yet commented on the incident.

Pakistan has pact

with Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan’s defense minister says that his nation’s nuclear program “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact.

Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif’s comments to Geo TV late Thursday night were the first specific acknowledgment that Pakistan was placing Saudi Arabia under the umbrella of its nuclear arms.

The two countries signed a defense deal Wednesday declaring that an attack on one nation would be an attack on both. The move is seen by some as a signal to Israel, long believed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed nation.