South Sudan orders civilians to vacate a northern area as it battles an armed group

Vladimir Putin has agreed to a partial ceasefire in Ukraine, halting strikes on energy plants for 30 days after a call with Donald Trump, but demands a complete cessation of foreign military aid and intelligence to Kyiv for a permanent truce. The leaders discussed negotiations for a full ceasefire and permanent peace, starting with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire and technical talks on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, as well as immediate negotiations...

Elon Musk and his team's efforts to permanently shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development were found to likely violate the Constitution by a federal judge. The judge ruled that Mr. Musk acted as a U.S. officer without proper appointment by President Trump, ordering agency operations to be partially restored and prohibiting further shutdown work. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was noted to have assumed control of the agency, canceling programs and contracts, leading to...

A live-stream from NASA showed the SpaceX shuttle splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, US, with the crew celebrating the successful landing. The four astronauts aboard were welcomed home by the ground crew, with recovery boats testing for hypergolic fumes before beginning the process of preparing the vessel for removal from the ocean. The astronauts, including Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, spent a prolonged mission aboard the International Space Station, setting new records...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore, along with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov, returned to Earth after a 9-month space mission, experiencing a tense reentry as the Dragon spacecraft deployed parachutes to safely splashdown off the coast of Florida. Despite facing risks like muscle atrophy and bone mass reduction due to prolonged exposure to space, the astronauts are in good health and will need time to readjust to gravity, as per NASA doctors....

Labour has announced cuts of £5 billion to welfare spending, with a focus on health and disability benefits, including changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the health element of Universal Credit. Around 900,000 PIP claimants and 2.4 million families on Universal Credit are expected to see reductions in their incomes, with new claimants facing a nearly 50% cut in the UC health element rate from April 2026. The impact on affected individuals will be...

Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, killing over 400 Palestinians and breaking a ceasefire in place since January, marking the deadliest bombardment in a 17-month war with Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas rejected Israeli demands to amend the ceasefire agreement, vowing to continue until all war goals are met, with the White House supporting the actions. The Israeli military instructed evacuations in eastern Gaza, hinting at potential ground operations,...