US President Donald Trump yesterday slammed “highly political judges” as his new administration veered closer to a constitutional clash over his plans to radically overhaul the US government.

A Hamas official said yesterday Israeli hostages can be brought home from Gaza only if a fragile ceasefire is respected, dismissing the “language of threats” after US President Donald Trump said he would “let hell break out” if they were not freed.

A routine inspection at Europe’s oldest nuclear power plant Monday inadvertently triggered an emergency shutdown of one of the reactors, its Swiss operator said, stressing there had never been any danger.

UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 percent increase from the period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government’s plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said Monday.

Kyiv and Moscow traded long-range attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure overnight, officials in the warring countries said yesterday, allegedly sparking a fire at a Russian oil refinery and fresh power restrictions in Ukraine.

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.

Attempts to reach global agreement may also frustrate major powers

Hamas on Monday said it will stop releasing Israeli hostages, throwing Gaza ceasefire into doubt

Tensions spiked after Trump proposed taking over Gaza and removing its more than two million inhabitants.

The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan

Nearly 13,000 tremors have been recorded between January 26 and February 8

Trump must remember that there is an agreement that must be respected by both parties, says a Hamas leader

The idea "came straight from the heart", Golubic told AFP

Graft could see funds intended to tackle global warming diverted to other ends and weaken the implementation of environmental regulations

"Today I'm simplifying our tariffs on steel and aluminum," Trump said in the Oval Office

Hamas was to release more Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

Trump sees tariffs as a way to raise revenue, remedy trade imbalances and pressure countries to act on US concerns

The website -- which initially described the workers as "targets" -- now displays "dossiers" for workers it claims have promoted such initiatives, most of whom are Black and women.

The truce that went into effect on January 19 largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip

One person remained trapped inside one of the planes at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona