A California federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies to carry out the mass firings of thousands of recently hired employees.

Mexico on Thursday began to hand over to U.S. authorities major figures in the country’s criminal underworld, part of a surprise extradition of nearly 30 jailed convicts or others accused of ties to violent drug cartels.

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the government to put an end to the practice.

Large crowds turned out in India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela, with authorities saying it drew a total of 663 million people seeking absolution of their sins by taking a dip in waters that devout Hindus consider sacred.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will go into effect on March 4 as scheduled because drugs are still pouring into the U.S. from those countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelenskiy would visit Washington to sign an agreement on rare earth minerals.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to comment in response to a question about whether the United States would ever allow China to take control of Taiwan by force.

New Zealand and Vietnam signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership late, pledging to boost engagement in areas including defence and education, the two countries said in a statement.

Taiwan’s defence ministry said that over the past 24 hours, it had detected 45 Chinese military aircraft and 14 navy ships operating around the island.

President Donald Trump’s administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it “cannot” meet a federal judge’s 11:59 p.m.

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says a major minerals deal with the US has been agreed.

An Australian couple have spoken of the “traumatic” moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways flight.