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The Defense Department intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace

Former three-term New Jersey senator is the first to be found guilty of acting as a foreign agent

On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact with the agency

Retrial date set for 15 April as movie mogul pleads with judge: ‘I can’t hold on anymore’

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of an army in disarray, or cross into nearby Rwanda, which is accused of backing the rebels

Investigators are exploring whether two apparently unrelated murders could be linked, by way of an alleged cult made up of highly educated computer scientists with an interest in animal rights, Andrea Cavallier reports

Bessent is one of 13 billionaires tapped to join Trump's administration

Organizations that depend on federal money expressed relief after a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's order to freeze federal aid. The decision gives more time for legal arguments.

Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city including its airport, the United Nations said, as Rwanda’s president joined calls for a ceasefire

Climate change and recent troubles with counterfeit seeds have challenged Kenya's agriculture efforts to improve food security

For more than 470 days, Eitan Gonen publicly pleaded with his daughter to stay alive while in Hamas captivity