Advocates say new rules let Education Department to politically punish groups working on immigration, transgender care. The United States Department of Education has finalised new rules that could bar nonprofits deemed to have undertaken work with a “substantial illegal purpose” from a special student loan forgiveness programme. Those rules, finalised on Thursday, appear to single out certain organisations that do work in areas that President Donald Trump politically...

Here are the key events from day 1,345 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. By News Agencies Published On 31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Here is how things stand on Friday, October 31, 2025: Fighting Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces took control of the villages of Krasnohirske in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region and Sadove in the Kharkiv region, Russian...

Announcing the move, staff at the outlet said ‘authoritarian regimes are already celebrating’ its potential demise. Radio Free Asia (RFA) will shut down its news operations on Friday, citing the government-funded news outlet’s dire financial situation caused by funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration and the ongoing US government shutdown. Bay Fang, RFA’s president and CEO, said in a statement that “uncertainty about our budgetary future” means...