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The U.S. military will take control of a strip of federal land that spans three states along the southern border in an effort to stem illegal immigration, a memorandum Friday by President Donald Trump said.

The memorandum, "Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions," directs the secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security "to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal lands, including the Roosevelt Reservation and excluding Federal...

Children in Africa and South East Asia are most at risk from antibiotics medicines no longer working, a study suggests.

The crime lord was hiding in a forest, authorities say, after dozens were kidnapped from a village.

Ukrainians in Russian-held land tell the BBC about the difficulties of life under occupation.

The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge that the Maryland man mistakenly deported last month is "alive and secure" but remains confined in a notorious El Salvador prison.

The filing by the U.S. State Department, however, did not address the judge's demands that the administration detail what steps it was taking to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.

"It is my understanding based on official reporting from our Embassy in San Salvador that Abrego Garcia is currently being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center in El...

The move comes days after its leader and presidential candidate was arrested and charged with treason.

The Hollywood actor was formally warned by the show earlier this week over "offensive" language he had used.

State media outlets earlier warned that people weighing less than 50kg may be "easily blown away".

Steve Witkoff held talks with the Russian president, meanwhile Moscow's ambassador to the UK told the BBC the US is not Russia's ally.

The Trump administration is ending the protected status for thousands of Afghans who entered the U.S. after its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 under the Biden administration.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security doesn’t plan to renew Afghans' Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which lasts six to 18 months and applies to people from countries that are war-torn or have a natural disaster or some other event that makes returning dangerous.

The U.S. military evacuated more than 82,000 Afghans from the country when the U.S. withdrew in...

President Trump on Friday night authorized the military to take control of a strip of public land along the southern border.

The president justified the use of the military by saying the United States is "under attack from a variety of threats."

"The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past," the order reads.

A memorandum released by the White House directs the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security to transfer the...

Donald Trump has suggested Iran could face military action if it does not agree to a new nuclear deal.

The Trump administration plans to release new documents on former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination in the coming days, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday, bringing fresh attention to a killing that has drawn public fascination for decades.

It's not clear what — if any — new information will emerge from the release. But the disclosures have drawn the backing of President Trump and his health and human services secretary, the slain politician's son Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

During the cabinet meeting in which Gabbard...

A New York judge has relaxed a ban she’d put on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency preventing it from accessing sensitive Treasury Department information related to millions of Americans.

Judge Jeannette A. Vargas said in a written opinion late Friday that one DOGE worker, Ryan Wunderly, can access sensitive payment and data systems if he completes training that Treasury employees typically go through before given such access and submits a financial disclosure report.

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by 19 Democratic state...

Israel's defence minister also said it had taken over a "security zone", which separates the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis.