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Police in Mexico have arrested a retired judge accused of tampering with evidence related to the disappearance of 43 students from Iguala more than a decade ago. Lambertina Galeana Marín was the president of the Superior Tribunal of Justice in the state of Guerrero when the trainee teachers went...
The nationalist party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán introduced a bill late Tuesday that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, penalize, and potentially ban organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty, marking a significant escalation of the government’s long-running...
The worst fighting in Libya's capital for years calmed after the government announced a ceasefire, Tripoli residents said, while there was no immediate statement from authorities on how many people had been killed. Clashes broke out at the beginning of the week after the killing of a major militia...
Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defense minister would head up Kyiv's team. They will be the first direct talks between the sides...
Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former leftist rebel who became Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, has died at the age of 89. Mujica became an icon even beyond Uruguay’s borders, as he led his country to pursue environmental reforms, legalize same-sex marriage and loosen restrictions on marijuana. He also...
President Donald Trump said he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with Syria's Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Trump is set to say hello to Sharaain Saudi Arabia, a White House...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will travel to Turkey's capital Ankara to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be available for direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Istanbul. "We will do everything to ensure that this meeting takes place," he told...
International aid agencies warned that Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, including a U.S.-backed proposal, will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory, calling on Israel to lift its blockade on food and other supplies, now in its third month. The U...
At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said. According to victim testimony and videos shared on social media gathered by the rights group, the attackers were Burkina Faso special forces and members of a pro...
Crates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court. The unusual find was made as workers were clearing the building's basement ahead of its archives being moved to a newly created museum. The documents were sent by the German embassy in...