Federal judges in California and Maryland on Thursday ordered US President Donald Trump's administration to reinstate thousands of probationary federal workers who lost their jobs as part of mass firings carried out at 19 agencies.

The Russian president said he agreed in principle with US proposals to halt the fighting but said he wanted to address the “root causes of the conflict”

Cuts to US foreign aid under President Donald Trump have caused a “seismic shock” to global humanitarian work, a UN agency head said, warning that “many will die” as a result.

Azerbaijan and Armenia yesterday said that they had wrapped up peace talks aimed at resolving the Caucasus neighbours’ decades-long conflict, both sides having agreed the text of a possible treaty.

A new graft scandal rocked the European Parliament yesterday after police carried out several raids in Belgium and Portugal, detaining multiple suspects as part of a probe into corruption masqueraded as lobbying.

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa yesterday hailed the start of a “new history” for his country, signing into force a constitutional declaration regulating its five-year transitional period and laying out rights for women and freedom of expression.

Host Canada yesterday called on the Group of Seven powers to back Ukraine against Russia’s “aggression” as a more conciliatory approach toward Moscow by Donald Trump’s United States split the club of wealthy democracies.

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said he was prepared to accept responsibility as the International Criminal Court took him into custody Wednesday to face charges over his war on drugs.

China yesterday called for a “diplomatic” resolution to the Iran nuclear issue as it prepared to host diplomats from Tehran and Moscow for talks.

Vladimir Putin has said he has many questions about the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine and appeared to set out a series of sweeping conditions that would need to be met before Russia would agree to such a truce.

A United Nations investigation yesterday concluded that Israel carried out “genocidal acts” in Gaza through the destruction of its main IVF clinic, maternity facilities and other reproductive healthcare facilities.

Trump's Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday to meet Putin

Recessions come with costs. Business profits fall, as do stock prices, which can then amplify the impact as investors reduce their own consumption.

Deceased were identified as 19 military passengers, one police and one railway official, while four bodies are yet to be identified

As a legal permanent resident of the US, surely Khalil did not have to worry about that, she recalls telling him.

Rubio arrived in the town of Charlevoix on the banks of the St. Lawrence River on Wednesday for meetings with foreign ministers from the club of the world's industrialized democracies.

Trump's hyper-focus on tariffs has rattled investor, consumer and business confidence and raised recession fears.

The Kremlin said it was awaiting details of a US-Ukrainian proposal agreed this week

ICE is currently funded to house an average of 41,500 detainees.

21 hostages, 27 off-duty soldiers killed; military say 33 militants eliminated