The $459bn spending package passed the Senate hours before several federal agencies were to suspend services.

Nigeria continues to search for nearly 300 schoolchildren taken in the northern town of Kuriga.

Anthony Joshua delivers the most powerful statement to the heavyweight division with a destructive second-round knockout win over Francis Ngannou.

Their voices have become a social media phenomenon, protesting against restrictions on women’s freedoms.

Carrying desperately needed food, the vessel will hope to use a newly opened shipping route to Gaza.

The US says the workers were legally admitted to the country to support democratic reform.

The company "weaponised" its US users in a lobbying effort against a bill before Congress, sources say.

Britain's Andy Murray falls to a straight-set defeat against Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev in the third round at Indian Wells.