President Barack Obama has hit back at a ruling in Texas that brought to a halt his radical immigration plan.

The US opens a three-day conference on countering worldwide and domestic extremism, after a spate of recent terror attacks.

The US accuses Russia of violating the Minsk agreement on Ukraine, as the UN Security Council unanimously approves the ceasefire deal.

The US pays 87m pesos ($1.97m: £1.28m) to the Philippines over damage caused to a protected reef by a US Navy ship.

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says Syria is prepared to halt aerial attacks on Aleppo for six weeks as part of a UN "hostility freeze" plan.

The governor of the US state of Alabama apologises to India after an Indian grandfather was thrown to the ground by police and left paralysed.

At least 1,500 houses were damaged as deadly storms hit the northern Argentine province of Cordoba, authorities say.

The number of civilian casualties of the conflict in Afghanistan increased by over 22% last year, latest UN figures say.