Washington has formally labeled Colombia’s largest drug gang a terrorist organization, escalating its campaign against Latin American cartels and complicating Bogotá’s peace-track approach.
Police say the suspects were part of a coordinated smuggling operation that used weather balloons from Belarus, as Lithuania keeps treating the flights as a security threat.
A Dominican Republic judge sent seven former officials to preventive prison as prosecutors investigate a broad corruption case tied to the health insurance agency.
Spain’s government imposed a 64 million euro fine on Airbnb as part of a wider crackdown on short-term rentals tied to housing pressure in city centers.
President Bernardo Arévalo has declared a 15-day state of emergency in two western municipalities after gunmen attacked a military post and police station, blocked roads and hijacked buses.
CNN said a detained person of interest in the Brown University shooting was identified as Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin, while authorities continued to investigate the attack that killed two people and injured nine.
Authorities in Bavaria say they detained five men after foiling an alleged Islamist-motivated attack plan targeting a Christmas market near Dingolfing.
Voters in the Falkland Islands went to the polls to choose eight members of the Legislative Assembly, with official turnout figures and results to follow from the election night count.
Austria’s coalition government has passed a school headscarf ban for girls under 14, reviving a constitutional dispute that has already reached the country’s top court.
Australia has started enforcing a new age-restriction regime that cuts off underage access to major social platforms and resets how young users interact online.