US President Donald Trump’s administration is mulling a new travel ban that would affect citizens from dozens of countries to varying degrees, the New York Times reported Friday.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk yesterday said its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow “as soon as 2029.”

Cuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the fourth major power outage on the cash-strapped communist island in five months.

At least 14 people were dead and dozens injured after violent tornadoes swept across the central United States, officials said yesterday.

The US decision to expel South Africa’s ambassador was “regrettable,” the office of the South African president said yesterday, after Washington’s top diplomat accused the envoy of hating America and President Donald Trump.

Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday launched his term in office with a whole-hearted rejection of US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to annex his northern neighbor.

President Vladimir Putin has called for beleaguered Ukrainian troops in the Russian region of Kursk to “surrender” as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian leader of seeking to sabotage a ceasefire initiative.

The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups

The move appeared intended to discourage Thailand and other countries from such deportations

Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday launched his term in office with a whole-hearted rejection of US President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex his northern neighbor

Trump said CNN, MSNBC and unidentified newspapers 'literally write 97.6 percent bad about me'

'South Africa's Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country', secretary says

US President Donald Trump urged Putin to spare the lives of the Ukrainian troops

Hamas yesterday said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four others after the Palestinian militants and Israel resumed indirect Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

Sri Lanka’s wildlife and railway authorities announced yesterday a series of low-tech measures, including adjusting timetables to reduce night-time train collisions, following the worst wildlife accident that killed seven elephants.

The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of “critical funding shortfalls”, it said yesterday.

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte failed to show up in person at the International Criminal Court yesterday at the opening of his crimes against humanity hearing over his deadly crackdown on narcotics.

China yesterday urged an end to “illegal” sanctions on Iran as it hosted Iranian and Russian diplomats for talks Beijing hopes will restart long-stalled negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively boosting defence and infrastructure spending, paving the way for the plan’s approval in parliament.

The Group of Seven powers yesterday warned Russia of new sanctions unless it accepts a ceasefire with Ukraine, in a forceful show of unity after President Donald Trump rattled the club of democracies.