A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya would clearly violate a prior court order barring officials from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first weighing whether they risk persecution or torture if sent there.

Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the country’s Senate, and Andres Calle, the former president of the House of Representatives, over corruption allegations.

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Thursday, in what may be a performance test of various projectiles for export.

South Korea’s right-wing presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo accused his party on Thursday of trying to force him out and threatened to take legal action just weeks ahead of a snap election slated for June 3.

India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles and Pakistan vowed to retaliate saying it shot down five Indian aircraft, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Sudan’s army said its anti-aircraft systems intercepted drones targeting a naval base in the wartime capital Port Sudan.

The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume, with Roman Catholic cardinals returning to the Sistine Chapel to try to settle a wide-open papal election.

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals locked in the Sistine Chapel in a conclave to elect a new pope to guide the Roman Catholic Church.

Myanmar’s junta has extended a temporary ceasefire to May 31 to support reconstruction efforts following a massive earthquake in late March that killed at least 3,700 people and devastated parts of the country, state media reported.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church.

US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.