The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

The British government said it was acting in response to Israel’s escalating military operation in Gaza. Israel condemned the decision.

The Israeli military ended a policy of pausing operations during the day that was intended to allow more aid in, calling Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone.”

A package of U.S. cruise missiles is among the first shipments of purchases by NATO allies to be sent to the embattled country.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra became the third member of her family to be removed from the job, as the nation plunged into fresh political instability.

The Russian authorities have seized on the crisis in Donetsk to argue that taking over the rest of the region from Ukraine would allow Moscow to restore the water supply.

While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old guard.

Against the backdrop of the devastating war and hunger crisis in Gaza, Israeli travelers have been harassed and accosted in Europe, sometimes just for speaking Hebrew.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, is heading to trial. But his path there has stirred concern that the judiciary has overstepped its bounds.

The U.N. Security Council voted to extend the peacekeeping mission in the volatile region for only one year then withdraw in 2027.