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Washington (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state over immigration enforcement. According to Associated Press, the 5-4 vote clears the way for …

The frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine have become infested with rats and mice, reportedly spreading disease that causes soldiers to vomit and bleed from their eyes, crippling combat capability and recreating the gruesome conditions that plagued troops in the trench warfare of World War I. A Ukrainian servicewoman, who goes by the call-sign “Kira,” recalled how her battalion was beset last …

Former President Donald Trump spent the three-year anniversary of his White House departure trying to sweep away the few remaining Republican obstacles to his third consecutive nomination, hammering former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and warning supporters against complacency two days ahead of the New Hampshire primary. “We need big margins,” Trump said at a rally in Manchester, “because we have to …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday questioned the lopsided representation at the UN Security Council. He also made a case for Africa to have a permanent seat on the council. “How can we accept that Africa still lacks a single Permanent Member in the Security Council?” he asked in a post on X. There has been increased questioning of the structure of …

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Sunday that “Egypt will not allow anyone to threaten Somalia,” after a controversial maritime deal between rival Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland. During a joint press conference with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Cairo, Sisi reiterated Egypt’s rejection of the deal for sea access as a violation of Somalia’s sovereignty. In a …

WASHINGTON — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. Senators are closing in on the details of an agreement on border measures that could unlock Republican support for Ukraine aid …

UNITED NATIONS — Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed and an estimated two mothers losing their lives every hour since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, the United Nations agency promoting gender equality said Friday. As a result of the more than 100-day conflict, UN Women added, at least 3,000 women may have …

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday in Iran against alleged militant hideouts, killing at least nine people and further raising tensions between the neighbors. Thursday’s attack followed one by Iran inside Pakistan on Tuesday. Both appeared to target Baluch militant groups with similar separatist goals on either side of the Iran-Pakistan border. The countries accuse each …

McALLEN, Texas — The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has seized a city park in a major corridor for illegal crossings and denied entry to Border Patrol agents. The Department of Justice filed a new request late Monday with the Supreme Court to …

Donald Trump has won the Iowa Republican caucuses. The Associated Press declared the former president the winner based on an analysis of early returns as well as results of AP VoteCast. Initial results showed Trump with far more than half of the total votes counted as of 8:31 pm. ET, with the rest of the field trailing far behind. AP VoteCast shows …