The M23 and Rwandan forces yesterday launched a new offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining town in South Kivu province, as they resumed their advance towards the regional capital Bukavu.

The US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings.

A US Air Force plane carrying more than a hundred Indian migrants expelled by the United States landed in India yesterday, local media reported.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Iran “cannot have a Nuclear Weapon”, a day after he signed an order reinstating a “maximum pressure” policy against Tehran over allegations that it was trying to develop such weapons.

Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices on the advice of security agencies, a top official said yesterday, citing privacy and malware risks posed by China’s breakout AI program.

Nearly 60 percent turnout was recorded yesterday in the high-stakes assembly elections in Delhi, where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal is eyeing a third straight term in power in a triangular contest against the main challengers, BJP and Congress.

US President Donald Trump criticised the United Nations on Tuesday as “not being well run,” although he said it has potential, while he stopped US engagement with the UN Human Rights Council, extended a halt to funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and ordered a review of the UN cultural agency Unesco.

A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants landed in Amritsar city of the northern Indian state of Punjab today in the first such batch of Indians deported by the Donald Trump government

The suspects fled into the metro tunnels after the shooting incident

Countries like Australia and Italy have placed similar restrictions on the use of DeepSeek

The UN pushed back against Trump's remarks.

Here is some global reaction to the announcement as Trump said US will take over Gaza

"Eleven people are dead, including the killer," police told AFP

"Cooperation between China and Panama under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative is proceeding normally"

Migration has been among the key issues discussed by India and the US since Trump took charge last month

China dominates global supply chains for rare metals.

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's lawless borderlands

The administrative leave will hit "all USAID direct hire personnel

The move would make it the first intelligence agency to join a voluntary redundancy program initiated by Trump

Police did not disclose any information about the identity or ages of the dead, nor whether they were students or teachers at the school