A minister and few MLAs loyal to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar headed to New Delhi on Thursday to meet the Congress top brass, indicating a power tussle in the ruling party, sources said.

A federal judge on Thursday moved to halt President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., a temporary legal setback to Trump’s efforts to send the military to American cities over objections of local leaders.

A sudden fire broke out at the COP30 climate conference in Belem, prompting immediate evacuations and bringing crucial discussions to a standstill. While the flames consumed several exhibition pavilions, emergency services were swift in extinguishing the inferno.