The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a dispute over a Trump policy that subjects millions of immigrants in the US illegally to mandatory detention during their deportation proceedings.
MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration…
AUSTIN, Texas — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry. Instead, records show, the conservative firebrand announced his bid on Fox News, cleared…
TOKYO, Japan - Japan toughened on Thursday requirements for foreigners wanting to obtain permanent residency, as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's push to tighten immigration controls.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for immigrants as the government carries out a sweeping immigration crackdown. The justices will consider…
LOS ANGELES — A medical helicopter crashed off Catalina Island near Los Angeles, killing two people and leaving two hospitalized, authorities said. Rescuers early Thursday searched for a fifth person who was reported to…
Former overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso on Thursday urged Filipinos who wish to go abroad to follow the legal process.
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state's first attempt to…
JERUSALEM/DUBAI/TEL AVIV — Passengers on a flydubai flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday after customers and crew foiled a co-pilot's attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said, in a struggle that began…
A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could "say with 100% confidence I was raped,” according…
The agency also extends until November 16 its warning to airlines to avoid the airspace over Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, as well as the territorial Gulf waters of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The US military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Justice Department asked a court Wednesday to punish federal judges in Minnesota who spoke to the media and criticized aggressive raids carried out in that state by Immigration and Customs…
The incident involves 174 people on board, with one injured pilot hospitalized, and draws attention from international leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who…
DAMASCUS, Syria — A blast at a gas pipeline near the Syrian capital Damascus late Wednesday sparked a massive fire and put three power stations out of service. It came two days after an explosion caused by sabotage at a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump unveiled what he called a "damn good" AI chatbot, but it quickly drew attention for contradicting some of his contentious political claims. A day later, however, it stopped…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighboring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions.
JAPAN — Nagoya's mayor apologized to athletes on Wednesday for "inconveniences" at the Asian Games in the Japanese city following a string of complaints. The continent's biggest sporting event has been dogged by…
BERLIN, Germany — A wind turbine being built in eastern Germany reached its full height of 365 meters (1,197 feet) Tuesday, making it the world's tallest, according to the company that built it. The developer Gicon…
JERUSALEM/DUBAI/TEL AVIV - Passengers on a flydubai flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday after customers and crew foiled a co-pilot's attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said, in a struggle that began…
RASUWA, Nepal — Each morning at a school in flood-ravaged Nepal, teachers taking attendance are served a painful reminder of the disaster as they mark in red the names of students who never came back. The catastrophic…
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between Paramount and a group of US states that clears the way for its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery creating a Hollywood empire spanning television…
A Nigerian man accused of illegally creating a government agency, installing himself as its boss and securing federal budget allocations for it was charged with forgery and impersonation.
LONDON, United Kingdom — A spokesperson for Prince Harry on Wednesday condemned as "extraordinarily reckless" two press photographers seen outside his children's UK school. "There is a world of difference between…
BANGKOK, Thailand — China and Laos have inaugurated a joint military facility at an airport north of the Laotian capital, both governments said, extending the Chinese military's reach in the region. Beijing has long…
BAGHDAD — A United States-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight jihadists concluded its mission on Wednesday, a move celebrated by the country’s leaders, but which some fear would embolden…
KYIV — Russia hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a wave of deadly drone and missile strikes on Wednesday, prompting an urgent call for contingencies as winter approaches. Kyiv called the strikes the opening attack…
TABUK, Saudi Arabia — A flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv was forced to land in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after an “incident,” the airline said, with Israeli media reporting an altercation between the pilots. Flight FZ…
IRANIAN officials indicated on Wednesday they had received an official United States response to Tehran’s latest proposal to end their seven-month war, which US President Donald Trump had publicly rejected just days…
SEOUL — Seoul’s spy agency believes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have disclosed the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to boost public support in South Korea for providing arms to…
CIBINONG, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia razed luxury prison “villas” outside Jakarta on Wednesday where whiskey and a big-screen television were seized from a prison complex, complete with a pool and a gym, in…
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is understood to be “extremely obese,” Seoul’s spy agency said on Wednesday, citing its latest assessment of the reclusive leader’s health. A heavy smoker who has long been obese…
TOKYO — A hospital in Japan has carried out the world’s first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells after the groundbreaking therapy was approved this year, one of the surgeons said…
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