Ukraine faces a critical moment in the Donbas as Russian forces push forward, threatening key cities and testing the resilience of exhausted defenders. Meanwhile, Sweden’s escalating gang wars spill across Nordic borders,

It was the No. 1 issue for Democrats during the campaign. It was also a winning issue for them in the 2022 midterm election, and one that Trump was able to apparently neutralize in the presidential race with his promise to leave the issue of abortion access to the states in the post- Roe era.

A victory for Putin means, in due time, a re-charting of the entire map of Europe, to suit his vision of a Russian empire that never lost the Cold War. The only way to end the war in Ukraine is to ensure that Russia loses and that Ukraine wins.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

New administration targets illegal migration, ending birthright citizenship and diversity programmes, and Joe Biden’s TikTok ban

Trump has said he will issue executive orders on his first day in office to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico if the two US neighbors do not clamp down on the flow of drugs into the US and people entering the country illegally.

An international affairs consultant discusses the status of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and how the new Trump Administration might help secure peace.

Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.

Russian forces are trying to bypass the city from the north and south, but so far without success, a military spokesperson said.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Friday that Russian troops have fought their way into the center of a strategically important eastern Ukraine town and raised the Russian flag there after a monthslong battle.

The Trump administration is also issuing bans and restrictions on legal immigration, including refugees displaced by violence.

Donald Trump's second presidential term could have huge implications for U.S. trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans' taxes and illegal immigration.