Illinois launched a legal challenge on Monday to block U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into the streets of Chicago – the latest flashpoint in a growing number of court battles over the Republican president’s authority to deploy military forces domestically.

The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day, with President Donald Trump’s Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threatening to ramp up pressure by ordering mass layoffs of federal workers.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi has finalised a plan to appoint former party secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi as foreign minister following her appointment as prime minister, Asahi newspaper reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Hamas to end Israel’s war in Gaza and release hostages held by the Palestinian militant group were advancing rapidly.

The death toll from the collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia last week jumped to at least 49 people as rescuers have cleared nearly all of the debris, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said in a statement handed out.

U.S. forces hit another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, adding that the U.S. would also start looking at drug trafficking occurring on land.

The New Zealand government said it would pay the Samoan government 10 million Samoa tala ($3.51 million) following the sinking of a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel off the coast of Samoa in 2024.

Auckland International Airport (AIA.NZ), said it welcomed the New Zealand Commerce Commission’s decision not to launch a formal inquiry into airport regulation as Air New Zealand (AIR.NZ), had requested.

Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet had been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas.

A rift within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is emerging as a flashpoint in efforts to end the war in Gaza, threatening to derail a U.S. push to reshape the political landscape of the Middle East.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named Roland Lescure, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, as finance minister in a new government that political rivals threatened to topple quickly if it failed to break with past Macron policies.

President Emmanuel Macron’s office unveiled a new cabinet to be led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, whose most pressing – and most perilous – task will be to win support for a 2026 budget in a fragmented and fractious parliament.