Nomia Iqbal and Brandon Drenon BBC News Getty Images Protesters gather outside a federal court in Maryland on 15 April over the case of Kilmar Ábrego García A federal judge has given the Trump administration two weeks to submit evidence on how it is trying to return a Maryland man who officials have conceded was…
Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France’s foreign minister has said. Jean-Noel Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of three Algerians in France on Friday, one of whom is a consular official. They are accused of involvement in the abduction last year of Amir…
The heads of six UN agencies have appealed to world leaders to act urgently to make sure food and supplies get to Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel has stopped letting in deliveries for more than a month. A joint statement said Palestinians were “trapped, bombed and starved again” with supplies “piling up” at crossing points….
Reuters US President Donald Trump’s advisers defended sweeping tariffs on imports and vowed to stay the course, despite market turmoil and calls to avoid a trade war. In a series of television interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down recent stock market falls and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, insisted “tariffs are coming”. Bessent said…
The Tourism Authority of Thailand is expecting that country’s upcoming Songkran festival will generate more tourism revenue than it did last year, despite projections that the March 28 earthquake has dampened tourist arrivals to the kingdom. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake, which epicentered in neighboring Myanmar, caused a building under construction near Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak market to…
The White House has confirmed that a journalist inadvertently was added to a group chat in which US national security officials planned a strike against the Houthi rebel group. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported on Monday that he was added to a Signal message group which included accounts labelled as White House National…
US officials are headed to Russia to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine, according to President Donald Trump. The news comes after Ukrainian officials agreed to a 30-day ceasefire following a highly anticipated meeting with American officials in Saudi Arabia. Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the “ball is truly in their [Russia’s]…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with the media on his military airplane as he flies to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images U.S. and Ukrainian officials are convening in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, marking the first time the two parties will meet since the spectacular Oval…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with the media on his military airplane as he flies to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images U.S. and Ukrainian officials are convening in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, marking the first time the two parties will meet since the spectacular Oval…
A student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in New York City last year has been detained by federal immigration officials, says his lawyer. Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, was lead student negotiator for the encampment at the campus on the west side of Manhattan. His attorney,…
