US President Donald Trump has encouraged Iranians to keep protesting, saying, 'Help is on its way," amid a bloody crackdown, which, according to activists, claimed at least 2,000 lives.

US President Donald Trump was caught on camera Tuesday responding obscenely to a heckler during a visit to an auto plant in Michigan, according to a video circulating on social media.

A US federal judge urged the Trump administration to resolve a "bureaucratic mess" by issuing a student visa to a college student who was deported to Honduras after being arrested at Boston's airport while trying to visit her family for Thanksgiving.

The number of dead climbed to at least 2,571 early Wednesday, as reported by the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. That figure dwarfs the death toll from any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades.

The head of Venezuela's national assembly, Jorge Rodrguez, said that a "significant number" of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country would be released as a gesture to "seek peace" following the military operation that deposed Maduro.

The United States on Tuesday designated the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as terrorist organisations, fulfilling a long demand of Arab allies and US conservatives.

Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs has decided that Jerusalem will immediately sever all contact with several United Nations agencies and international bodies, citing what the government described as persistent bias and actions hostile to Israel.

Turkey is in talks to become part of a Saudi Arabia-Pakistan security arrangement that resembles NATO's collective defence framework.

As the protests continue to rise in Iran, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned the country of "consequences" if it continues violent actions against its own citizens, saying Tehran "better behave".

The confrontation tactics used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been in the spotlight since the fatal shooting of protester Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that the country is working "very well" with Venezuelan authorities as Caracas prepares to send millions of barrels of oil to American refineries.

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said his administration's tariff policy is the cornerstone of what he described as the "strongest and fastest economic turnaround" in the country's history.

Costa Rica's government on Tuesday said it had uncovered a plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves on the eve of national elections, in which his right-wing party is tipped for victory.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States would take "very strong action" if the Iranian government starts hanging protesters, but did not elaborate on what those actions would be.

The US Supreme Court appeared likely on Tuesday in a closely watched pair of cases to uphold state bans on the participation of transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports.

Scott Adams, the US cartoonist famous for his "Dilbert" comic strip whose career was later soured by a racism row, has died at age 68, his ex-wife said Tuesday.

A trial in the lawsuit brought by Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman and other defendants, including tech giant Microsoft, is scheduled to begin April 27, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday.

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations.

India's economy is projected to remain among the world's fastest-growing major economies, with growth estimated at 7.2 per cent in FY2025-26, supported by strong domestic demand despite rising global trade tensions, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Republicans moved Tuesday to hold former US president Bill Clinton in criminal contempt after he skipped a subpoenaed deposition in the congressional investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.