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13:59 As Trump's EPA ends 'environmental justice,' minority communities may pay a price

From her home on Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," Lydia Gerard looks down at her 8-month-old great-granddaughter and wonders if she will one day suffer the same fate as her many friends and relatives whose lives were cut short by the disease.

06:48 Meta’s oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul

Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Wednesday sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking and eased curbs on discussions of contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity.

03:43 US Justice Department reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys amid shakeup, say sources

The U.S. Justice Department is reassigning about a dozen senior career attorneys from its civil rights unit, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump's administration steers the division away from its historic priorities.

22:56 Israel shares, then deletes, condolences over pope's death

The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, without saying why, though an Israeli newspaper linked the decision to the late pontiff's criticism of the war in Gaza.

16:43 Africans root for first Black pope in modern history

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of championing the developing world, though the chances of that happening appear slim.

22/04 Texas Walmart shooter who killed 23 avoids death penalty by pleading guilty

The gunman who killed 23 people and injured 22 others in a 2019 mass shooting aimed at Latinos at a Texas Walmart pleaded guilty to murder on Monday and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, prosecutors said.

21/04 Venezuelan migrants were set for deportation without judicial review, lawyers tell US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump's administration was prepared to carry out deportations of dozens of Venezuelan migrants detained in Texas under a 1798 law historically used only during wartime without judicial review and contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court's prior orders, lawyers told the justices Monday.

21/04 Venezuelan migrants seek further deportation protections after Supreme Court ruling

Venezuelan migrants will seek to bolster their protections against deportation under a wartime law this week, after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of migrants with an emergency ruling over the weekend.

21/04 Who might succeed Pope Francis? Nine possible candidates

Predict who the next pope will be at your peril.

21/04 Some migrants in Canada lose work status while applications languish

Migrants living in Canada are facing longer waits to renew paperwork that would allow them to keep working legally, as growing backlogs and changing rules stymie efforts to maintain legal status, according to interviews and data obtained by Reuters.

21/04 Alito criticizes US Supreme Court's decision to 'hastily' block deportations

Samuel Alito's five-page dissent arrived nearly 24 hours after the Supreme Court temporarily barred the government from deporting a group of accused Venezuelan gang members under a rarely used wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

20/04 Congo suspends former president Kabila's political party

Democratic Republic of Congo suspended former President Joseph Kabila's political party and ordered his assets seized over accusations of supporting Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the government said.

19/04 Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US

Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the U.S. on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump's policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

19/04 Brazil's Indigenous leader Raoni says he is against drilling for oil in Amazon region

Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo people, told Reuters during the country's largest Indigenous gathering last week.

19/04 Pakistani Christian man to appeal death sentence for blasphemy

A Christian man accused of blasphemy in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala will appeal against a death sentence handed down by an anti-terrorism court, his lawyer said on Saturday.

19/04 Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, judge rules

A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Friday to transfer a Tufts University student being held in Louisiana to Vermont while he weighs her claims that U.S. immigration authorities unlawfully arrested her based on her pro-Palestinian advocacy.

18/04 Tesla settles Black employee's lawsuit alleging pervasive harassment

Tesla has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit by a Black female employee who claimed a manager at its Fremont, California, plant sometimes greeted workers by saying "welcome to the plantation" or "welcome to the slave house."

18/04 Venezuelan migrants told of imminent deportation under US wartime law

Two Venezuelan men detained in Texas were told by a U.S. official that they will be deported imminently under an 18th century American wartime law, lawyers for some Venezuelan migrants told a U.S. federal court on Friday.

18/04 New Trump policy to speed deportations cannot be implemented, US judge rules

A U.S. judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from implementing a new policy allowing it to rapidly deport hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to show they fear being persecuted, tortured or killed there.

18/04 Trump administration seeks records from Harvard on foreign funding and ties

U.S. law requires universities to report donations from foreign sources exceeding $250,000 in a year.

18/04 Trump administration orders Gaza-linked social media vetting for visa applicants

The Trump administration on Thursday ordered a social media vetting for all U.S. visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after January 1, 2007, an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters showed, in the latest push to tighten screening of foreign travelers.

17/04 US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to enforce birthright citizenship order

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear arguments next month over Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, a key pillar of the Republican president's hardline approach toward immigration.

17/04 Trump challenges judges' probes of compliance with deportation orders

The Trump administration is appealing efforts by two judges to investigate whether government officials defied their rulings over the deportation of migrants to El Salvador, escalating a confrontation between the executive and judicial branches

17/04 Science caught in crossfire of Trump's fight with universities

Harvard scientist Dr. Donald Ingber, who works where medicine and engineering meet, saw federal funding for some of his projects frozen this week as his university clashed with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

17/04 Trump administration says Harvard may lose ability to enroll foreign students

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enroll foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration in the government's latest escalation against the educational institution.

16/04 Foreign students in U.S. mount court challenges as Trump ends their legal status

International students are rushing to ask U.S. judges to block immigration officials from deporting them after President Donald Trump's administration began revoking the rights of thousands of student visa holders to remain in the U.S.

16/04 Judge says probable cause for criminal contempt by Trump administration in Venezuelan deportations

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday found "probable cause" to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court for violating his order last month halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law.

16/04 Finland to keep Russia border closed until further notice

Finland said on Wednesday it had decided to keep its eastern border against neighbouring Russia closed until further notice.

16/04 UK anti-Muslim activist 'Tommy Robinson' loses appeal against prison sentence

British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon on Wednesday lost his appeal against his 18-month sentence after he previously admitted contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee.

15/04 NAACP sues US Education Department over DEI school funding cuts

The NAACP sued the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday to stop its alleged illegal effort to cut off funding to schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and prevent Black students from receiving equal education opportunities.

15/04 US condemns Sudan's RSF for attacks on civilians, calls for accountability

The Trump administration on Tuesday condemned attacks by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on civilians in North Darfur and called for parties in the country's civil war to be held accountable for breaches of international humanitarian law.

15/04 Enough talk, time for action, CARICOM official says on slavery reparations

The push for slavery reparations is at a defining moment, a Caribbean Community official said on the second day of a United Nations forum, adding it was time to step up actions to hold former colonial powers to account for past wrongs.

15/04 Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding

More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as U.S. President Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.

15/04 Former US labor officials urge contractors to stand firm on DEI

A group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials has urged federal contractors to maintain their corporate diversity policies in the face of legal threats by the Trump administration, a letter seen exclusively by Reuters showed.

15/04 After Harvard rejects Trump demands, Columbia still in talks over federal funding

Columbia University said it was holding "good faith" negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to regain federal funding, hours after Harvard rejected the administration's demands to audit the "viewpoint diversity" of its students and faculty, among other overhauls.

15/04 Law firm Susman Godfrey asks judge to block Trump executive order

A judge in Washington is set to hear arguments on Tuesday afternoon in the latest legal clash over President Donald Trump's punitive executive orders against major law firms.

15/04 Bank of America's first-quarter profit rises on trading strength

Bank of America's profit rose in the first quarter, as market volatility boosted its trading fees, lifting the shares of the bank up 1.9% before the open.

15/04 Lawyers say El Salvador blocks access to detained Venezuelans

Lawyers challenging the incarceration in El Salvador of more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the U.S. said the Salvadoran government is denying the prisoners access to attorneys and contact with the outside world.

15/04 High UK visa costs deter international scientists and engineers

It took Ed Roberts over a year to find a senior scientist to work at his cancer research laboratory in Scotland, a delay he blames on high UK visa costs that made it harder to attract international workers.

15/04 WNBA announces program to combat growing harassment in women's sport

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced a new program to ensure player safety on Monday, combating online hate and in-person vitriol, as athletes across all women's sport say a surge in popularity has made them more vulnerable.

15/04 Harvard will fight Trump administration demands over funding

Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a public letter on Monday that Harvard had received demands from the federal Department of Education that threaten "our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge."

14/04 Colombia's VP calls on former colonial powers to confront past as UN forum opens

Colombia's Vice President Francia Marquez, an advocate of slavery reparations, urged former colonial powers to take responsibility for their past wrongs and called for a global reparations fund, at a United Nations forum on Monday.

14/04 Trump wants to deport some US citizens to El Salvador

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to El Salvador, where they would be incarcerated under an agreement with that country's government.

14/04 Trump to meet with El Salvador's president amid questions over deportations

President Donald Trump meets on Monday with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, a leader praised by the administration for opening his country's prison system to alleged gang members and detainees Trump wants out of the United States.

13/04 US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Rubio says

The Trump administration has deported hundreds of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

13/04 Sudan's RSF claims control of major Darfur camp, civilians flee

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of a major camp for displaced people in North Darfur, the paramilitary group said on Sunday, after a four-day assault the government and aid groups have said left hundreds dead or wounded.

13/04 Hong Kong denies entry to British opposition lawmaker

Britain's foreign minister David Lammy said he was seeking answers from Hong Kong and Chinese authorities on Sunday after an opposition member of parliament, Wera Hobhouse, was denied entry to the Chinese territory and former British colony.

13/04 US State Department says deported Maryland resident 'alive and secure' in El Salvador

A State Department court filing gave the update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to El Salvador on March 15 despite an order protecting him from deportation.

12/04 Harvard professors sue over Trump's review of $9 billion in funding

Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration's review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy League school as part of a crackdown on what it says is antisemitism on college campuses.

12/04 Hundreds feared killed in Sudan as RSF launches attack on famine-stricken camp

A devastating assault by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Zamzam Camp for displaced people near al-Fasher has left hundreds dead or wounded, the foreign ministry and aid groups said on Saturday, in what some described as one of the worst violations since the war began.

12/04 Trump ends protected status for thousands of Afghans, Cameroonians

The Trump administration has terminated temporary deportation protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said on Friday, building on Trump's far-reaching immigration crackdown.

11/04 US judge will not curb immigration enforcement in places of worship

A federal judge on Friday refused to limit the Trump administration's immigration enforcement activities in places of worship, ruling against a group of 27 religious organizations that had sued the administration over its decision to drop a previous policy against enforcement in sensitive locations.

11/04 Judge says it's 'extremely troubling' Trump administration cannot tell her location of deported man

A U.S. federal judge said on Friday it was "extremely troubling" that the Trump administration failed to comply with a court order to provide details on the status of a Maryland resident it illegally deported to El Salvador.

11/04 US Air Force Academy under Trump ends race consideration in admissions

The U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the military school had long done to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday.

11/04 US immigration judge to decide whether Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested at his Columbia University apartment building and transferred to a Louisiana jail.

11/04 Indigenous groups rally in Brasilia to demand land rights

Thousands of Indigenous people from across Brazil are rallying in the nation's capital this week to demand protection for their land rights, fighting legislation that could make it impossible for some tribes to reclaim territory they were forced to leave.

10/04 Spain lawmakers approve underage migrant plan to relieve Canary Islands

Spanish lawmakers approved on Thursday a plan to relocate thousands of underage migrants staying in cramped youth centres, mainly on the Canary Islands, to the rest of the country as its outposts struggle to cope with higher migration flows.

10/04 Trump must face defamation lawsuit from 'Central Park Five' defendants

U.S. President Donald Trump has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York’s Central Park.

10/04 Republican-led US House votes to limit judges' power to block Trump's agenda

Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump's agenda have been stymied by such court rulings.

10/04 US to screen social media of immigrants, rights advocates raise concerns

The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will begin screening the social media of immigrants and visa applicants for what it called antisemitic activity, leading to swift condemnations from rights advocates, including some Jewish ones, who raised free speech and surveillance concerns.

09/04 Trump's bid to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members faces new US court limits

U.S. judges said on Wednesday they would impose new limits on President Donald Trump's attempts to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime law, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a broad ban on such removals in another court.

09/04 Exclusive: Water looms as new front in Mexico's trade negotiations with the US

Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

09/04 Western intelligence agencies warn spyware threat targeting Taiwan, Tibetan rights advocates

Western intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday of an increasing threat from Beijing's security services to use malicious mobile phone applications to surveil Taiwanese independence activists, Tibetan rights advocates and others opposed by the Chinese government.

08/04 Harvard plans to borrow $750 million after federal funding threats

Harvard University plans to borrow $750 million from Wall Street as part of contingency preparations, it said on Monday, days after President Donald Trump's administration said it was reviewing $9 billion in federal grants and contracts in a crackdown on alleged antisemitism on college campuses.

08/04 US appeals court rejects Trump bid to fast-track migrant deportations

A U.S. appeals court on Monday declined to lift an order blocking the Trump administration from sending people with final deportation orders to countries not cited in earlier proceedings without first letting them make a case for humanitarian protection.

08/04 US Supreme Court lets Trump use 1798 law for deportations, with limits

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president's hardline approach to immigration, but with certain limits.

08/04 Bringing the war home: Gaza threatens to reshape an Australian election

Sydney non-profit worker Az Fahmi was once a dedicated volunteer for Australia's ruling Labor party, handing out pamphlets to get her local representative, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, re-elected.

07/04 Trump, hosting Netanyahu, urges end to Gaza war, thinks that is not 'too distant'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would like the war in Gaza to stop and thinks that will happen relatively soon, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

07/04 US discusses tariffs, critical minerals, immigration with Pakistan

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday about tariffs, trade relations, immigration and prospects for engagement on critical minerals, the State Department and Pakistan's foreign ministry said a separate statements.

07/04 Canada says WeChat news account pushing false narratives about Carney

Canada said on Monday that the most popular news account on Chinese social media platform WeChat was pushing false narratives about Prime Minister Mark Carney in a bid to influence the Canadian election campaign.

07/04 Gunmen kill at least 52 people in Nigeria's Plateau state

Gunmen have killed at least 52 people and displaced nearly 2,000 others over several days of attacks in Nigeria's northern Plateau state, which has a history of violence between farmers and cattle herders, the national emergency agency said

07/04 Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause order to return man deported to El Salvador in error

President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily halt a judge's order requiring his administration to return by the end of the day a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was erroneously deported to El Salvador.

07/04 UK considers shutting hundreds of public bodies to streamline government

Britain said it could close hundreds of arms-length government agencies, as it looks to reform the state to cut costs and improve productivity in what it called "a new era of global instability".

06/04 US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to repatriate citizens

The U.S. said on Saturday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over South Sudan's failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens, at a time when many in Africa fear that country could return to civil war.

05/04 Protesters rally across Spain against housing crisis, tourist flats

Hundreds of thousands marched across 40 Spanish cities on Saturday to protest against soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes in a country that enjoys Europe's fastest economic growth and yet suffers from a severe housing shortage exacerbated by a tourism boom.

05/04 US Senate Republican calls top Democrat Chuck Schumer 'Fuhrer'

A Republican member of the U.S. Senate on Thursday called the chamber's top Democrat Chuck Schumer - the highest-ranking Jewish U.S. elected official - "Fuhrer," a reference to the title used by Adolf Hitler.

05/04 Trump opponents ready to take to streets with nationwide protests

Events are planned in all 50 states plus Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Mexico and Portugal. One of the biggest rallies is expected on Washington's National Mall.

05/04 Tufts student's immigration arrest case moved to Vermont, not Louisiana, by US judge

The Trump administration on Friday lost a bid to throw out or move to Louisiana a Tufts University student's legal challenge to her immigration arrest, which sparked protests against the president's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian activists on American campuses.

04/04 US judge to hear lawsuit of man deported to El Salvador in error

A U.S. judge in Maryland is scheduled to hear arguments on Friday over the erroneous deportation of a Salvadoran man who was flown to El Salvador last month as part of an agreement by President Donald Trump's administration with that country's government to detain alleged gang members.

04/04 Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok regional summit as earthquake toll tops 3,100

Myanmar's junta leader attended a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake devastated parts of the impoverished war-torn country, killing more than 3,100, and spurring an appeal for help by the United Nations chief.

04/04 South Africa's white Afrikaner separatists want Trump's help to become state

A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist enclave, the only town in South Africa where all residents, including menial workers, are white.

04/04 Russia bans Elton John AIDS Foundation to defend 'spiritual and moral values'

Russia's general prosecutor on Thursday banned the activities of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, accusing it of taking a negative stance towards countries like Russia that protect "traditional spiritual and moral values".

03/04 Judge to weigh if Trump administration violated order not to deport Venezuelans

A U.S. judge will hold a hearing over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law.

03/04 What is the International Criminal Court?

The court was established in 2002 to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression when member states are unwilling or unable to do so themselves.

03/04 At least seven die after migrant boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos

At least seven migrants died, including one boy, one girl and two women, when their boat sank on Thursday off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece's coastguard said.

03/04 Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000; forecast rains pose new threat for rescuers

Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten the areas hardest-hit by the quake, such as Mandalay, Sagaing and the capital Naypyidaw.

03/04 How world leaders reacted to Trump's tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country's biggest trading partners, drawing defiant responses from leaders and governments around the world.

03/04 Researchers, ACLU sue over Trump's 'ideological purge' of NIH grants

Scientific researchers on Wednesday sued to secure reinstatement of National Institutes of Health grants that funded research on topics like LGBTQ health, COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy canceled by Republican President Donald Trump's administration as part of an "ideological purge."

02/04 Top cases before the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, TikTok, preventive healthcare, Planned Parenthood funding, job discrimination, federal regulatory powers on nuclear waste storage and vape products, voting rights and more.

02/04 With U.S. absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar

After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country.

02/04 Doug Emhoff's law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher reaches deal with Trump

The law firm of former Vice President Kamala Harris's husband struck a deal with Donald Trump to avert an executive order targeting its business, becoming the latest firm to cut a deal with the U.S. president as he seeks to punish perceived enemies in the legal profession.

02/04 Trump uses power against foes unlike any other modern US president

In just 10 weeks in office, Donald Trump has imposed his will on perceived adversaries in business, politics, the media and allied nations by leveraging power in ways no other modern U.S. president has tried.

02/04 Princeton's US grants are frozen, follows Trump administration moves against other schools

Princeton University said on Tuesday the U.S. government froze several dozen research grants to the school, which became the latest academic institution targeted by the Trump administration.

01/04 Trump deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador. Dozens have active asylum cases 

On a Thursday morning last month, immigration agents knocked on the door of Leonel Echavez' Dallas home looking for someone else. Despite an upcoming immigration hearing, the 19-year-old Venezuelan was taken into custody for questioning about his tattoos.

01/04 Germany's outgoing government claims success over irregular immigration

Germany's interior minister claimed success for her outgoing government in efforts to curb irregular immigration, saying deportations were up and asylum claims down in an apparent centre-left pitch to be part of the next ruling coalition.

01/04 Survivors of Myanmar quake left without food, water and shelter, aid groups say

In Mandalay, a resident told Reuters that people were desperately trying to organise their own efforts to dig bodies out of rubble as there was not enough equipment or rescue teams, and locals were wary of aftershocks.

31/03 Harvard's federal grants, contracts under review over alleged antisemitism, US says

The Trump administration said on Monday that it was reviewing $9 billion in federal contracts and grants given to Harvard University as part of an ongoing effort to crack down on what it says is antisemitism on college campuses.

31/03 US deports more alleged gang members to El Salvador

The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members over the weekend, sending 17 more people it says were foreign criminals, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

31/03 Sweden recorded lowest number of homicides in a decade in 2024

Sweden's homicide and manslaughter rate dropped sharply last year as increased surveillance lessened gang crime that had pushed gun-related deaths to the highest level in the European Union.

31/03 Doctors, dogs and dollars: Who is giving aid to Myanmar after the earthquake?

Rescue workers, sniffer dogs, paramedics and millions of dollars in aid began arriving in Myanmar after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the war-torn country.

31/03 Britain hosts key nations to coordinate fight against people smugglers

Britain will on Monday host a meeting of more than 40 countries and organisations, including the United States, France and Vietnam, to try to coordinate internationally its fight against illegal migration and those who profit from it.

31/03 Woman pulled alive from Myanmar earthquake rubble; race to find more survivors

Rescuers freed a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar, officials said on Monday, a glimmer of hope three days after a massive earthquake that killed around 2,000 as searchers in Myanmar and Thailand raced against time to find more survivors.

30/03 Amid earthquake crisis, Myanmar military still bombs towns

An armed resistance movement against Myanmar's military-run government criticised the junta on Sunday for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed around 1,700 people.

30/03 Insight: Martinique's water woes drive anger at French rule 

In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of Christelle Marie-Sainte's tap at home runs yellow.

29/03 Syria's president al-Sharaa forms new transitional government

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, appointing 23 ministers in a broadened cabinet seen as a key milestone in the transition from decades of Assad family rule and to improving Syria's ties with the West.

29/03 In disaster-stricken Myanmar, a desperate bid to rescue survivors with bare hands

In the hours after a massive earthquake flattened buildings in Myanmar's Mandalay on Friday, survivors scrambled through the debris using their bare hands in desperate attempts to save those still trapped. Without heavy machinery to assist them and with authorities absent, a resident and rescue workers in the Southeast Asian country's second-largest city told Reuters that they were struggling to p

29/03 US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts

A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered on Friday that a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was detained by federal immigration officials this week, should not be deported for now.

28/03 US civil rights probe of Los Angeles gun permits draws criticism

The U.S. Justice Department's launch of a civil rights probe into whether Los Angeles is taking too long to issue permits to carry a concealed handgun drew criticism on Friday from advocates who called it a sharp departure from the department's longstanding approach.

28/03 FCC opening probe into diversity practices at Disney and ABC

The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Friday said he is opening an investigation into the diversity practices of Walt Disney and its ABC unit, saying they may violate U.S. equal employment opportunity regulations.

28/03 US judge blocks Trump from fast-tracking deportations to third-countries

A federal judge on Friday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from deporting migrants to countries with which they had no existing relationship without giving them a chance to raise claims that they would face persecution or torture if sent there.

28/03 South Sudan says arrested VP Machar tried to stir rebellion

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up rebellion, the government said on Friday, the first confirmation of a detention that world powers fear could reignite civil war.

28/03 Fear, chaos as rare quake grinds Thailand's capital to a halt

Bangkok ground to a halt on Friday after a strong earthquake shook the clogged Thai capital, causing chaos and triggering city-wide evacuations that left many thousands of people stranded for much of the day.

28/03 US Naval Academy to no longer consider race as admissions factor

The U.S. Naval Academy has changed its policy to no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the U.S. Supreme Court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.

28/03 Appeals court won't block US military's transgender ban, for now

A federal appeals court has paused a lower court order blocking President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military, but has signaled that it may quickly reconsider that decision if the military takes action against transgender members.

28/03 Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in deportations fight

Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a temporary order blocking him from using a 1798 law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of his two-month-old administration's hardline approach to immigration.

28/03 Australia's Dutton focuses on suburban votes, was strict on borders before Trump

Peter Dutton, who seeks to become Australia's prime minister in a May 3 national election, is known as a plain-speaking conservative who has attracted suburban voters with tough crime and border protection policies over two decades in parliament.

28/03 Who is Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister seeking re-election?

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, seeking re-election in a tight race, is a pragmatic leader who pledged to end divisions but was set back by the failure of a referendum on Indigenous people and the headwinds of global inflation.

28/03 Explainer: What you need to know about Australia's upcoming election

Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday.

28/03 Australia PM Albanese calls national election for May 3

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called a national election for May 3, launching a five-week campaign that is set to be dominated by cost-of-living pressures.

28/03 US Justice Dept probing admissions policies at Stanford and University of California schools

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched investigations into admissions policies at Stanford University and three University of California schools, it said on Thursday.

28/03 Trump orders elimination of 'anti-American ideology' from Smithsonian institutions

The order is vague but suggests Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the US that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.

28/03 Judge blocks Trump's Labor Department from requiring grant recipients to abandon DEI

A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily allowed Labor Department grant recipients to continue their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but the judge allowed the Trump administration to bar most "equity-related grants."

27/03 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis

Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, worried her child would be without critical healthcare due to funding cuts from the United States and some European countries.

27/03 'There is no blank check': Syrian leader told to rein in jihadis

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are anything to go by, he may be heading in the wrong direction.

27/03 US appeals court upholds block on Trump deportation of some Venezuelans

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's temporary block on the Trump administration's deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th century law.

26/03 US appeals court upholds block on Trump administration deportation of some Venezuelans

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's temporary block on the Trump administration's deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th century law.

26/03 Majority of Americans believe presidents should obey the courts, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Results suggest that most Republicans still believe the courts should generally be able to check the power of presidents, but would support Trump defying a court order for deportations.

26/03 Trump's immigration policies find support as he expands crackdown

U.S. President Donald Trump gets better marks for his hardline approach to immigration than he does on his handling of the economy, foreign policy or other issues, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows, as the Republican tries to ramp up arrests and deportations.

26/03 US authorities detain Turkish student at Tufts, revoke visa

U.S. immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University near Boston who had voiced support for Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza and have revoked her visa, according to her attorney and the university.

26/03 US judge in Trump deportation case assigned lawsuit over Signal scandal

The U.S. judge whom President Donald Trump has argued should be impeached for blocking him from using wartime powers to deport Venezuelan migrants is set to hear a new lawsuit over administration officials' use of the messaging app Signal to share highly sensitive military plans.

24/03 US Supreme Court wrestles with Louisiana electoral map with more Black-majority districts

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state and prompted a challenge by non-Black voters.

24/03 Trump administration rolls back restrictions on sharing migrant minor sponsors' immigration status

The U.S. agency responsible for unaccompanied migrant minors will be allowed to share sponsors' immigration status with law enforcement agencies under a regulatory change, a move critics say could discourage families from claiming their children.

24/03 Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump, judge says at hearing

U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett questioned government lawyer Drew Ensign on whether Venezuelans targeted for removal under a little-used 18th-century law had time to contest the Trump administration's assertion that they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang before they were put on planes and deported to El Salvador.

24/03 Where do legal cases against Trump's policies stand?

President Donald Trump's agenda has partially stalled in court as judges block his efforts to crack down on immigration and rein in Elon Musk's hunt for government fraud and waste, though the administration has scored some wins and is appealing its losses.

23/03 Trump officials defend use of wartime law to deport migrants

Trump administration officials on Sunday defended their use of extraordinary war powers to deport scores of Venezuelan migrants despite a judge blocking the move and Venezuela denying U.S. officials' assertions that the deportees were gang members.

23/03 Venezuela reaches agreement with US to resume repatriation flights of migrants

Venezuela has reached an agreement with the United States to resume repatriation flights of migrants, President Nicolas Maduro announced in a televised address on Saturday.

22/03 Trump targets lawyers in immigration cases, lawsuits against administration

Legal advocacy groups sounded alarms on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new actions against lawyers and law firms that bring immigration lawsuits and other cases against the government that he deems unethical.

22/03 Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown

Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.

22/03 Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members among US deportees

Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison is a member of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua criminal gang, the reason Washington gave for expelling them.

22/03 Trump revokes legal status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

The move, effective April 24, cuts short a two-year "parole" granted to the migrants under former President Joe Biden that allowed them to enter the country by air if they had U.S. sponsors.

22/03 US immigration officials ask pro-Palestinian Cornell student to surrender

Momodou Taal's attorneys called the development a free speech assault.

21/03 US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting immigration activist

A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting an immigration activist whose detention in Colorado this week outraged state Democrats and immigration rights advocates.

21/03 Judge in deportations case says Trump administration lawyers were 'disrespectful'

He told Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign that language in some of the government's court filings had been "intemperate" and "disrespectful" in a way he could not recall ever having heard from government lawyers.

21/03 Trump urges Supreme Court to limit judges' power to impede his agenda

It's the latest sign of tension between the president and the judiciary.

21/03 Exclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources say

The cutbacks could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists, according to sources familiar with the matter.

20/03 Judge bars Trump administration from deporting pro-Palestinian student

A judge has ordered President Donald Trump's administration not to deport Badar Khan Suri, an Indian man studying at Washington's Georgetown University whose lawyer has said the United States was seeking to remove him after it accused him of harming U.S. foreign policy.

20/03 Trump administration due to respond on deportations as judge weighs possible violations

President Donald Trump's administration faced a deadline on Thursday to respond to a judicial request for more details on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants as the judge considers whether officials violated his order temporarily blocking the expulsions.

20/03 EU leaders urged to back Ukraine with weapons boost

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged EU leaders on Thursday to pledge 5 billion euros ($5.4 billion) for artillery shells for Ukraine to strengthen its hand in peace talks, amid divergences over how to bolster Kyiv and the EU's own military capabilities.

19/03 Judge extends deadline for Trump administration to provide details on Venezuela deportation flights

A U.S. judge on Wednesday extended his deadline for President Donald Trump's administration to provide more details about flights deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, after the administration accused him of overstepping his judicial authority.

19/03 Judge denies Trump bid to toss Columbia student's challenge to arrest

A U.S. judge denied a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to dismiss detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to the legality of his arrest by immigration agents over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests but moved the case to New Jersey.

19/03 Trump administration removes ban on 'segregated facilities' in federal contracts

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has removed an explicit ban on "segregated facilities" like waiting rooms, restaurants and drinking fountains for federal contractors, a memo issued by the U.S. General Services Administration showed.

19/03 Israel-Gaza war: A timeline of key events

Israel hit Gaza with heavy airstrikes on Tuesday, shattering nearly two months of ceasefire without formally declaring an end to a January truce agreement with Hamas.

19/03 US judge blocks Trump's EPA from clawing back climate grants

A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20 billion climate funding program that President Donald Trump's administration has moved to terminate.

19/03 Mahmoud Khalil calls himself political prisoner after US immigration arrest

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his detention.

19/03 US Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump's attack on judge

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump on Tuesday for urging the impeachment of a federal judge, laying bare tensions between the country's chief executive and the judiciary as Trump's sweeping assertions of power run into judicial roadblocks.

18/03 Where is Crimea and why is it contested?

The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

11/03 Judge temporarily blocks deportation of arrested Palestinian Columbia student

The Trump administration has not said Khalil is accused of or charged with a crime, but Trump wrote that his presence in the U.S. was "contrary to national and foreign policy interests."

10/03 Damascus faces demands for accountability after civilian killings

Syria's Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar al-Assad loyalists, as it faced Western demands for accountability over the reported killing of hundreds of civilians.

10/03 New Syrian leader Sharaa says killings of Alawites threaten unity, vows justice

Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were a threat to his mission to unite the country, and promised to punish those responsible, including his own allies if necessary.

10/03 What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?

Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region since Thursday.

10/03 Trump administration launches new 'self-deportation' app

The Trump administration rolled out a new app on Monday that will allow immigrants in the United States illegally to "self deport" rather than face possible arrest and detention, building on President Donald Trump's deportation push.

09/03 Ecuador will not receive deported migrants of other nationalities, president says

Daniel Noboa attacked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for "rejecting" flights of deported Venezuelans, calling it a "complete lack of empathy."

09/03 Romanian far-right candidate barred from May presidential vote

Romania's central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May's presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member.

09/03 Dozens protest at Tesla showroom in Portugal ahead of likely snap election

Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Tesla showroom in Lisbon on Sunday to protest against CEO Elon Musk's support for far-right parties in Europe as Portugal heads toward a likely snap election.

09/03 Germany's Merz wants European nuclear weapons to boost US shield

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a substitute for U.S. nuclear protection of Europe.

09/03 Syria's Sharaa calls for peace as communal clashes continue

Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa called for peace on Sunday after hundreds were killed in coastal areas in the worst communal violence since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

09/03 South Africa rejects 'megaphone diplomacy' as Trump backs funding cut

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, but South Africa responded by saying it would not engage in "megaphone diplomacy".

09/03 Environmental NGO sues Trump's EPA, Citibank over funding freeze

It is the latest in a scores of cases filed by nonprofit groups, state attorneys general and others.

09/03 Trump Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force

The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime was fired on Friday, amid a move by President Donald Trump's administration to purge or sideline career officials.

08/03 Germany's Merz and SPD clear first hurdle to forming coalition

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded preliminary talks on forming a coalition government, Merz told reporters on Saturday in a joint announcement alongside other party leaders.

08/03 Hundreds killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says

Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers have killed more than 340 people, including women and children from the Alawite minority, in the country's coastal region since Thursday, the head of a leading war monitor said.

08/03 Despite Trudeau promises, more Indigenous people being jailed in Canada

Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules.

07/03 Diversity firings begin at top US intelligence agency, lawyer says

Officials involved in diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility programs at the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have been ordered to resign or be fired, the lawyer for two of the officials said on Friday.

07/03 US cancels $400 million in grants, contracts to Columbia University over antisemitism allegations

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has canceled grants and contracts totaling $400 million to Columbia University in New York City due to "inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students," the General Services Administration said on Friday.

07/03 Syrian forces seek to snuff out nascent Alawite insurgency

Security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect in western Syria, with scores reported killed as the Islamist-led government faced the biggest challenge yet to its authority.

07/03 Canada's ruling Liberals move on from Trudeau with Trump boost

Liberal party members will select a successor to Trudeau, who earlier this year announced his resignation facing deep unpopularity, on March 9.

07/03 Cartels loom over Mexico's new system of electing judges

The heightened public exposure of those competing for the prestigious posts has sparked fears that the candidates will be easy targets.

07/03 Rights advocates concerned by reported US plan to use AI to revoke student visas

Free speech advocates said AI should not be relied upon for assessments related to the decades-old and nuance-filled Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

06/03 Canada will be in trade war with US for foreseeable future, says Trudeau

Canada will continue to be in a trade war with the United States for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, a day after what he called a "colorful" call with President Donald Trump.

06/03 Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.

06/03 New Trump travel ban could bar Afghans, Pakistanis soon, sources say

A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. as soon as next week based on a government review of countries' security and vetting risks, three sources familiar with the matter said.

05/03 US mayors defend 'sanctuary city' laws protecting migrants in congressional hearing

Mayors of four of the largest cities in the U.S. appeared before lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday to defend their so-called "sanctuary city" laws, which restrict local officials in helping enforce federal immigration regulations.

05/03 Combative Trump declares 'America is back'. Here's what his voters made of it

U.S. President Donald Trump's address to Congress received high marks from a group of voters who backed the president in November's election, saying in interviews they supported his promises to cut taxes, reshape the government and crack down on immigration.

05/03 Trump's early immigration enforcement record, by the numbers

U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown after taking office on January 20, aiming to reduce illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border and deport record numbers of immigrants without legal status.

05/03 Trump takes victory lap in speech to Congress, Democrats protest

Al Green was ordered removed from the chamber after he refused to sit down.

04/03 Mexico vows retaliation as Trump trade war erupts

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and said her government would respond with its own measures, without immediately providing details.

19/02 FBI dismisses Homeland Security secretary's claims that called FBI corrupt

The FBI said on Friday that allegations made against its agents labeling them as corrupt are "unfounded" and "deeply irresponsible."

26/01 Brazil condemns handcuffing of deportees on flight from US

Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees who were flown to the South American country on Friday, with a prominent minister in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government calling the practice "blatant disrespect" for the rights of his fellow citizens.

26/01 Trump's anti-DEI order yanks Air Force video on first Black pilots

U.S. President Donald Trump's order halting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has led the Air Force to suspend course instruction on a documentary about the first Black airmen in the U.S. military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

25/01 Exclusive: Flights halted for Afghans approved for special US visas, advocate and official say

President Donald Trump's foreign aid pause has forced a suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for special U.S. visas and at risk of Taliban retribution, a leading advocate and a U.S. official said on Saturday.

25/01 Romanian prehistoric gold treasures stolen from Dutch museum

Romanian artefacts, including a 2,500-year-old gold helmet, were stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands early on Saturday, the museum said.

25/01 US refugee group funding suspended under Trump aid pause

The U.S. State Department this week suspended funding to groups that assist refugees with housing, job placement and other needs as part of a broad pause on aid, a letter reviewed by Reuters shows.

25/01 U.S. fentanyl deaths are down. But not on this New Mexico reservation

Twenty-eight-year old Ambrose Begay died after a fentanyl overdose under a tree 125 yards from his home on the Alamo Navajo reservation in southern New Mexico two years ago.

25/01 Mexico refuses U.S. military flight deporting migrants, sources say

Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.

24/01 Canada reduces international student permits for second year

Canada will cap the number of international students allowed to enter the country for a second year in a row in 2025, as the government continues to try to ease pressure on housing, healthcare and other services.

24/01 Premier of Canada's most populous province seeks early election because of Trump tariffs threat

The premier of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, said on Friday he would call an early election, citing the need for a strong mandate to fight against tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.

24/01 Trump immigration enforcement memo targets migrants who entered legally under Biden

The Trump administration is empowering federal immigration officers to consider whether to strip temporary legal status from migrants who entered through former President Joe Biden's signature "parole" programs in an effort to ramp up deportations to record levels, according to a memo issued on Thursday.

24/01 US military aircraft deport migrants, as Pentagon readies more troops for border

U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying out migrants on orders from President Donald Trump on Friday, as the Pentagon prepared to send even more troops to southern border, including from the Army's elite 82nd Airborne division.

24/01 Despite Trump order, abandoning DEI could land companies in legal trouble

U.S. companies that scale back workplace diversity efforts to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration may be exposing themselves to more discrimination lawsuits by workers, experts said.

24/01 Afghans stranded in Mexico under Trump immigration crackdown face bleak choices

Naser Zazai, 29, had planned to reunite with his mother and brother in the United States this week after fleeing Afghanistan, where he says he was threatened and attacked because his brother had once worked for the U.S. military.

24/01 Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia's national day

A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day, authorities said on Friday.

24/01 US agents raid New Jersey business, detaining migrants and citizens, mayor says

U.S. immigration agents raided a business establishment in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday and detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, including a U.S. military veteran, the city's mayor said.

24/01 Costco shareholders vote against proposal for report on diversity programs

Costco Wholesale shareholders voted against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the U.S. company said on Thursday, against the backdrop of intense scrutiny of such policies.

23/01 UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for 'harrowing' Southport girls' murders

A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain's history.

23/01 Trump's attack on diversity programs, bureaucracy sends US agencies scrambling

U.S. agencies under new President Donald Trump are pushing to implement his mandates to reshape the federal bureaucracy, encouraging workers to report any clandestine efforts to maintain diversity programs and sidelining more than 150 national security and foreign policy officials.

23/01 Families of apartheid-era victims sue South African government for damages

Twenty-five victims' families and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have sued South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government for what they say is its failure to properly investigate those offences and deliver justice.

23/01 Fed axed diversity section from website around time of Trump's executive order

The Federal Reserve has scrubbed a "Diversity and Inclusion" section from its website, with previous links to a statement of the U.S. central bank's diversity standards and data on the racial, ethnic and gender makeup of its economists and researchers now defaulting to its home page.

23/01 Germany's likely next chancellor demands migration crackdown after knife attack

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.

23/01 Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.

23/01 US judge to hear states' bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order

Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing the Republican's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States.

23/01 Why LBJ signed executive order 11246 that Trump rescinded   

When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act shortly.

23/01 Explainer: Trump says corporate diversity efforts are illegal - but are they?

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order designed to eradicate workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and the private sector. Trump suggested that some companies will face investigations and legal action if their programs are deemed to be discriminatory.

23/01 Trump pardons two police officers convicted in murder of Black man in Washington

Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said.

23/01 US Justice Dept freezes its civil rights litigation

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.

23/01 Rights groups warn Trump executive order would restore Muslim 'travel ban'

U.S. civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries.

22/01 What Trump has done since returning to the White House

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a blizzard of executive orders and taken other actions since being sworn in on Monday on scores of issues that could have an impact on the lives of millions of Americans and non-citizens.

22/01 Trump's DEI cuts force Davos elite to find new words for diversity

President Donald Trump's escalating pressure on the private sector to ditch diversity programs has left some in Davos searching for new words to describe workplace practices they say are essential to their businesses.

22/01 Two killed in German park in stabbing attack; Afghan suspect arrested

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested following a knife attack on Wednesday in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police and the state health minister said.

22/01 Afghan Americans fearful after Trump order halts refugee program

An executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend refugee admissions has magnified the fears of one Afghan American soldier who has long been worried about the fate of his sister in Kabul.

22/01 Trump administration to criminally probe officials who resist immigration actions

President Donald Trump's administration has directed federal prosecutors to criminally investigate state and local officials who attempt to resist its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a memo to Justice Department staff seen by Reuters.

22/01 Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for mass deportations from U.S.

Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under U.S. President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations.

22/01 Hamas' tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace

In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday's ceasefire. The group's gunmen are guarding aid convoys on Gaza's dusty roads, and its blue-uniformed police once again patrol city streets, sending a clear message: Hamas remains in charge.

22/01 Trump escalates campaign to dismantle government diversity programs

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his assault on diversity programs on Tuesday by pressuring the private sector to join the initiative, ordering aviation officials to review diversity hires and telling employees of DEI government offices and programs they would be placed on paid leave.

22/01 Mexican leader stresses sovereignty, holds off on retaliatory tariff threats

Mexico's president emphasized on Tuesday that she will defend her nation's sovereignty and independence but also pursue dialogue with U.S. President Donald Trump, a day after he began his new term with a flurry of orders, including measures to curb immigration.

22/01 Trump administration says it is reinstating 'remain in Mexico' program

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was reinstating the "remain in Mexico" program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for the resolution of their U.S. cases.

21/01 Explainer: What is US birthright citizenship and can Trump end it?

President Donald Trump launched his sweeping immigration crackdown on Monday which included an order reinterpreting birthright citizenship, a principle that has been recognized in the United States for more than 150 years.

21/01 Trump's pardons will embolden Proud Boys, other far-right groups, say experts

A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, America’s far-right celebrated. Some called for the death of judges who oversaw the trials. Others partied and expressed relief. Some even wept with joy.

21/01 Harvard settles lawsuits over antisemitism on campus

Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday that resolves two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of becoming a hotbed of rampant antisemitism.

21/01 Trump removes Coast Guard commandant, US official says

The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an armed forces branch, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.

21/01 Lawsuits challenge Trump's birthright citizenship, other orders

Immigrant and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Monday after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the U.S.

21/01 Pardoned prisoners from Jan. 6 attack to go free on Trump's first full day in office

Supporters of Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago will start leaving prison on Tuesday, pardoned by the new president in a flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders showing intent to stamp radical change on the country.

21/01 Childcare centre torched in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

A childcare centre in Sydney was set alight early morning on Tuesday and antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the wall, authorities said, the latest in a spate of attacks in Australia targeting the Jewish community.

21/01 Trump executive order on free speech draws criticism

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that he said aims to restore freedom of speech and end censorship, drawing fire from critics who point to his past actions threatening and suing journalists, critics and political opponents.

21/01 Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol begin to leave prison following sweeping pardons

Donald Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago will begin to leave prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president issued a sweeping pardon that signaled he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power.

21/01 Americans divided over Trump inauguration, some tune it out

U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters on Monday praised his swift executive actions upon his return to the White House, while critics derided his planned mass deportations and a rollback in diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

21/01 A new American era is ushered in by a familiar Trump

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised a new golden age, casting himself as a uniter. But for a speech that heralded a bright future, it often echoed the past.

21/01 US Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state

The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a China hawk and staunch backer of Israel, as President Donald Trump's secretary of state.

20/01 Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate

Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.

20/01 South Sudan says 16 Sudanese nationals killed in last week's unrest

South Sudan police said on Monday that 16 Sudanese nationals were killed in riots last week over the alleged killings of South Sudanese people in Sudan's El Gezira region.

20/01 Trump creates "DOGE" advisory group, attracting instant lawsuits

U.S. President Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of an advisory group aimed at carrying out dramatic cuts to the U.S. government, attracting immediate lawsuits challenging its operations.

20/01 FTSE 100 hits another record high, investors eye Trump policies

London's blue-chip FTSE 100 hit a record high on Monday for the second session in a row as investors awaited Donald Trump's return to the White House for fresh insights on his stance on tariffs and international relations.

20/01 Trump poised to launch sweeping border crackdown, ramp up deportations

President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a sweeping immigration crackdown on Monday that directs military troops to assist with U.S.-Mexico border security, cuts off asylum at the border, and challenges U.S. citizenship for children born to parents in the U.S. illegally, an incoming Trump official said.

20/01 Russian disinformation targets German election campaign, says think-tank

A Russian disinformation campaign is seeking to boost the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), undermine mainstream German parties and sow worries about the economy ahead of the country's Feb. 23 election, a think-tank has found.

20/01 Trump's foreign policy: buy Greenland and end the Ukraine war

Republican President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to acquire Greenland, bring the war in Ukraine to a close and fundamentally alter the U.S. relationship with NATO during his second four-year term.

20/01 Triumphant Trump returns to White House, launching new era of upheaval

Donald Trump will be sworn in today, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push the limits of executive power, deport millions of immigrants, secure retribution against his political enemies and transform the role of the US on the world stage.

19/01 Why Turkey is so influential in post-Assad Syria

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ending his family's brutal five-decade rule.

19/01 Biden pardons five people including late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement.

18/01 Migrants set fire in midnight camp raid in northern Mexico

Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday.

18/01 Trump immigration forces to target multiple cities, border czar says

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan said on Saturday that targeted operations to detain migrants who are in the U.S. illegally will begin next week, and indicated they would involve several cities.

18/01 Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration

Demonstrators rallied for abortion and immigration rights as well as local D.C. issues.