Mali junta expels UN mission’s human rights chief over ‘destabilising’ actions
Mali’s ruling junta said Sunday that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country.
For Biden, a Chance for a Fresh Start in a New Era of Divided Government
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden probably will not put it quite this way when he gets up before Congress to address the nation this week, but the state of America’s union is disunion. To see that, he will need only turn around to find a Republican Hous…
One killed and four injured at rap concert in Arkansas
A 19-year-old woman is dead and four people are injured following a shooting at a rap concert in Newport, Arkansas, early Sunday, police said.
Teen fatally shot at fair in Florida county known for rodeos
A teenager was fatally shot at a county fair in a rural part of Florida known for its rodeos.
Iran acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ detained in protests with amnesty offer
The decree acknowledges for the first time the scale of the crackdown on anti-government protests that have shaken Iran.
Iran acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ detained in protests
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei “agreed to offer amnesty and reduce the sentences of tens of thousands accused and convicted in the recent incidents”, the state-run IRNA news agency said.
Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — If you walk down the right side street, the offers are plentiful, even in broad daylight. Young men in plain T-shirts draw near and call out their wares: Pills. Cocaine. Guns. But if you wave them away and go just a few feet fa…
Ukraine’s soon-to-be-replaced defence minister expects help from West on warplanes
The city of Kharkiv came under renewed attack on Sunday as Canada dispatched the first of its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. President Zelenskyy’s incumbent defence minister has warned that the country’s death toll will rise if warplanes are not delivered.