The late-night vote was a step towards bringing the 40-day partial shutdown - and long security lines at US airports - to an end.
A hacker group shares Patel's purported resume and photos of him on its website, information, the FBI says, is "historical in nature".
Marco Rubio said US allies were open to helping escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has closed and threatened to charge fees for.
Mexico's navy launches a rescue mission for ships delivering aid to Cuba, strained by food and fuel shortages amid a US embargo.
The proposed under-14 ban follows similar steps in other European countries, including France and Spain.
The helicopter, which was carrying one pilot and four passengers,crash-landed about 100 yards off a beach, officials say.
Rescue teams now believe the whale has reached deeper water in Lübeck Bay and hope it will head for the wider sea.
Paul Adams explains why it is so dangerous to navigate the strait, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels.
The US television presenter will return to hosting the NBC news programme in April.
The strike - which killed at least 168 people, mostly children - "evoked a visceral horror", Volker Türk said.
The US president's commitment to deadlines is fluid but he uses them for a purpose, writes the BBC's James Landale.
The airport is experiencing some of the longest delays in the US as TSA agents work without pay in a partial shutdown.
Mohammad al-Malhi is the seventh Palestinian killed by a settler in a surge of violence since the start of the war with Iran.
Noelia Castillo died on Thursday evening in a Barcelona hospital, after a protracted legal battle with her own father.
The disruption in oil supplies has caused shortages and concerns in several African countries.
One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.
Women in Kenya and Ghana tell the BBC about being approached by a Russian man who later posts videos of them without their consent.
Balendra Shah won the election by a landslide promising change to Nepalis who are angry at corruption.
Germany once terrorised Europe, but now Europe is welcoming a resurgent German military.
Two key supporters of Russia's war in Ukraine close ranks as Alexander Lukashenko visits Pyongyang.
At 15, prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi is forcing India to ask if he is already ready for the big stage.
As gas prices rise, Trump's approval rating is heading into politically dangerous territory.
In her first interview since the disappearance, Savannah Guthrie recounts the moment she learned her mother was missing and wrestles with the idea that her fame may have made her mother a target.
Parenting experts share their tips on how to keep children's screen time under control.
The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.
BBC Verify breaks down the moments before the deadly collision with a fire truck at the New York airport.
Video shows the aftermath of the collision between a passenger plane and a firefighting vehicle on the runway of the New York airport.