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A Louisiana judge has blocked the state's abortion "trigger law" banning the procedure at any stage of pregnancy.

If Putin succeeds in his takeover, “we’re legitimizing further acquisition by him by violence of other parts of the Soviet Union,” Johnson said.

"Two issues including one on sanctions remained to be resolved," two Iranian and European officials said.

The late, great Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is being roasted after her death for a decision many say would have saved America from its abortion nightmare.

The Wikileaks co-founder is bound for a show trial by politicians desperate for votes

Workers at an Apple store in Maryland have voted to unionise, forming the tech giant's first retail union in the United States.

However, some states are treating Juneteenth as a day of remembrance or observance rather than a legal paid holiday.

The British Government has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US.

China will "fight to the very end" to stop Taiwanese independence, the country's defence minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island.

Thousands of migrants are headed to the US-Mexican border in a caravan timed to coincide with a meeting of Western Hemisphere leaders in Los Angeles.

As questions grow about why Texas police waited outside while a school shooter massacred children, one official has offered a jaw-dropping excuse.

US late night host Jimmy Kimmel has delivered an emotional address, calling out Texas politicians over a glaring oversight.

A colonel in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has been shot dead in a rare assassination in Tehran.

U.S. president's comments appear to be a departure from existing U.S. policy of so-called strategic ambiguity

Blinken calls on Moscow to end blockade of Ukraine ports as Medvedev says Russia is ready to allow the flow of food when sanctions lift

Evacuations of Ukrainian troops from Mariupol continue • Russia's siege of Mariupol reaching end, Ukrainian troops leave Azovstal

Police video has been released of a white officer fatally shooting a black man in the back of the head after a scuffle over a stun gun.

The Senate voted, 53-47, to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice, making history in diversifying the bench while leaving unchanged the conservative tilt of a court preparing to tackle gay rights, environmental regulations and race in college admissions.

The US has been pressing China not to support Russia – but Vladimir Putin has other, grander, plans, and the signs from Beijing are ominous.