The stalled operation, code-named “M&Ms,” sought to isolate Russian elites and force Vladimir Putin to negotiate a truce.

Critics in the small West African nation say their government has not said why it agreed to one of the largest U.S. deportation deals, who the deportees are, or how they will be handled.

The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.

It was unclear whether Khan would be returned to prison after the examination or allowed to remain at the hospital for medical treatment.

Hundreds of migrants have been sheltering from intense summer heat under makeshift bamboo structures on Ceuta’s El Trampolín beach.

The State Department has accused China of wrongfully detaining a U.S. citizen on spying charges and called for his release Thursday. The detained scholar, Min Zin, traveled to Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar,

An express train entering a station in Japan hit and killed four people who were doing weed control work on a railway track Thursday, officials said. The accident occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo,

French police stopped more than 4,300 migrants from reaching UK shores aboard small boats in the first three months of a new deal between the two countries, the Home Office said, as it seeks to demonstrate headway in cracking down on irregular crossings.