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US President Donald Trump announces his plans to run for president in the 2024 US presidential election at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US on November 15, 2022. — Reuters A US federal judge has warned the Trump administration it could be held in contempt of court over its alleged failure to comply with an order halting deportation …

Human rights activists protest outside the European Parliament ahead of a vote by lawmakers on the EU’s Pact on Asylum and Migration, in Brussels, Belgium, April 10, 2024. — The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations …

A general view shows the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, about 322km south of Tehran March 9, 2006. — Reuters Araqchi urges trust-building, rejects US call to end enrichment. Iran to deliver Supreme Leader’s message to Russia’s Putin. Tehran may oppose plan to transfer uranium stockpile abroad. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi rejected Washington’s demand to end uranium enrichment …

Li Chenggang, China’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), gestures during an interview on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting to discuss a draft agreement on curbing subsidies for the fisheries industry in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 15, 2021. — Reuters Li Chenggang replaces veteran trade tsar Wang Shouwen. Wang had been China’s top trade negotiator since 2022. US …

China on Wednesday unexpectedly appointed a new trade negotiator key in any talks to resolve the escalating tariff war with the US, replacing veteran trade tsar Wang Shouwen with its envoy to the World Trade Organisation. Li Chenggang, 58, a former assistant commerce minister during the first administration of US President Donald Trump, takes over from Wang, 59, the human …

This aerial photograph shows scaffolds installed on the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 14, 2025. — AFP ISTANBUL: The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change — through the centuries the city’s architectural jewel has gone from church to mosque to museum, back to mosque again. But the latest renovation aims not only to …

UNESCO has officially distanced itself from the Pakistan-based International Council of Traditional Sports and Games (ICTSG), issuing a firm clarification against the unauthorized use of its name, acronym, and logo. The statement follows a series of complaints from former members of UNESCO’s now-dissolved Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, raising alarms over ICTSG’s misleading implications of an ongoing partnership with the United …

Protesters holding signs take part in a rally to demand the end of deportations in US immigration policy, at Silver Lake Reservoir in Los Angeles, California, US. — Reuters/File Dept of Government Efficiency staffers get access to migrants’ databases. Officials work at HUD on rule that would ban mixed-status households. White House backs moves, saying sharing data to find migrants, …

Former US President Joe Biden makes his first major speech since leaving office, at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) conference in Chicago, Illinois, US on April 15, 2025. — Reuters Biden slams Trump’s staff cuts at Social Security Administration. Ex-US president re-enters political fray after leaving office. Some Democrats have misgivings about Biden’s re-emergence. Democratic former …

A view of Harvard campus on John F. Kennedy Street at Harvard University is pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, December 7, 2023. — Reuters NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has threatened to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status after it rejected what it described as unlawful government demands to change its academic programmes or risk losing federal funding. Beginning …