Judge rules Trump unlawfully ended FEMA disaster prevention programme
Twenty states had challenged the end of the programme, meant to make localities more resilient to natural disasters.

Twenty states had challenged the end of the programme, meant to make localities more resilient to natural disasters.

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Fault Lines travels to Iran to investigate the human cost of Israel’s attacks and the risk of another war.

A video released by US Attorney General Pam Bondi shows American forces seizing an oil tanker.

Venezuelan opposition leader greeted supporters in Oslo after missing the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Republican renewed his threats against Colombia, blaming its left-wing leader for the country’s cocaine production.
The US has rolled back a series of restrictive economic sanctions put in place during the rule of Bashar al-Assad.
The controversial bill, which prompted a scuffle in Congress’s lower chamber, now proceeds to the Senate for a vote.
Protests over electoral uncertainty remain peaceful as military assures orderly transition of power in Honduras.
The Republican lawmaker, a Trump ally, says during a congressional hearing he is ‘not afraid’ to be called Islamophobic.

About 200,000 people have fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels surged into Uvira.
The central bank cut rates for the third time in 2025 as limited government data clouds economic outlook.