The US Supreme Court yesterday paused the Trump administration’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under an 18th-century law.

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing yesterday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6:00pm Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday until the end of Sunday.

Donald Trump’s simmering discontent with the US Federal Reserve boiled over this week, with the president threatening to take the unprecedented step of ousting the head of the fiercely independent central bank.

At least 143 people died and dozens more went missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said.

Iran and the United States yesterday agreed to hold another round of talks next week over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Iranian state TV reported, as they ended their second round of negotiations in Rome over their decades-long standoff.

Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US was, for now, unwilling to support such a move, according to an Israeli official and two other people familiar with the matter.

Israeli strikes killed at least 92 people in the Gaza Strip in the last 48 hours, the health ministry said yesterday, as UN said the tiny Palestinian territory is being subjected to “deprivation by design”.

Tehran and Washington have had no diplomatic relations since shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution

"We never expected to eat a turtle"

Rights groups say Saied has had full control over the judiciary since he dissolved parliament in 2021

Court ruled that the man's conduct could undermine public trust in the system

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

Trump has been pressing both sides for a truce

Tehran has sought to tamp down expectations of a quick deal

Revoked visas, deportations and political uncertainty are forcing Indian students to reconsider studying in the US.

The White House on Friday unveiled a revamped Covid-19 website that promoted the contentious theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory, framing it as the pandemic's "true origins.

At least 143 people died and dozens more went missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Friday

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the US and China that shocked markets, and that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to wait.

US strikes on a fuel port in Yemen killed at least 74 people yesterday, Houthi-run media said, one of the deadliest days since the United States began its attacks on the Iran-backed militants.