Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Saturday. Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP hide caption toggle caption Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine starting Saturday, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in his country’s war with Ukraine, the Kremlin said Saturday. The war has raged for more than three years and cost the lives of tens of thousands of people on both sides.  “Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 to 00:00 from Sunday to Monday,

The president of a prominent Christian college in Michigan reacted Thursday to President Donald Trump’s battle with Harvard University — and the billions it stands to lose due to a federal funding freeze over its response to on-campus antisemitism. “We all have a right to free speech, but if you join the academic community, you

Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands BBC Six people have been arrested after a woman died at Aston Wood Golf Club Three more men have been arrested over the death of a woman who was hit by a van on a golf course near Sutton Coldfield. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge, died in hospital on

CINCDS The layout of Myanmar’s capital city Nay Pyi Taw will be redrawn after the devastating earthquake last month, the country’s military ruler has said. During a government meeting, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that buildings which collapsed during the earthquake were so badly affected because they were built on soft soil. Office buildings

Annabelle Liang Business reporter Getty Images To leave or not to leave? China, home to more than a billion consumers, is Apple’s second-largest market Every iPhone comes with a label which tells you it was designed in California. While the sleek rectangle that runs many of our lives is indeed designed in the United States,

Brandon Drenon and Robin Levinson-King BBC News, Washington DC and Boston BBC For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in unmarked cars to detention centres. Those taken

The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.13%) is currently 14% below the record high it reached earlier this year. The decline started when President Donald Trump announced tariffs on goods from China, Canada, and Mexico in February, and the losses deepened as he added new duties on steel, aluminum, and auto imports. However, it was the 10%

Parham Ghobadi BBC Persian EPA As Iran and the United States hold a second round of high-stakes nuclear talks in Rome, hopes for de-escalation are being tempered by mounting military threats and mixed messages. US President Donald Trump reminds Tehran nearly every day of its options: a deal or war. He has previously said Israel

Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu BBC News Watch: US senator Hollen says his ‘principle mission’ was to meet Ábrego García A Maryland man who the Trump administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador has been moved to a new prison, US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said. The Democratic senator was speaking after returning from El Salvador where

Reuters Venezuelans who the Trump administration says are gang members have been deported to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of accused Venezuelan gang members under an 18th-century wartime law. A civil liberties group is suing the administration over planned deportations