Father of slain Colombian senator launches presidential campaign in Bogotá
Miguel Uribe Londoño is running for president, casting the campaign as a way to preserve his son’s legacy after the younger Uribe was killed at a rally.
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Minneapolis shooting leaves one dead and six injured
MPR reported that one person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting outside Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in south Minneapolis.
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El Mayo Zambada pleads guilty and says he is sorry for decades of drug trafficking
The longtime Sinaloa cartel leader admitted his role in flooding the U.S. with narcotics and said he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison.
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Trump revives fight over flag burning with push for federal prosecutions
The president’s move runs into long-standing First Amendment rulings that the Supreme Court has already used to block flag-burning prosecutions.
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Venezuelan opposition says 13 detainees were freed after post-election crackdown
Opposition leaders said eight people were released outright and five were moved to house arrest, though the government has not confirmed the move.
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Norway teenager suspected of terrorism after social worker killing in Oslo
Norwegian police have widened a murder investigation in Oslo to include terrorism after the killing of a social worker at a home for vulnerable young people.
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Five dead in two family killings in Dominican Republic
Police in the Dominican Republic say four children and their father were killed in separate domestic crimes over the same weekend, according to CTV News.
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Pro-Palestinian protests draw crowds across Australia and push for sanctions on Israel
Demonstrators marched in major Australian cities on the event date, with organizers claiming a nationwide total of 300,000 people and urging stronger action against Israel’s war in Gaza.
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Indian police arrest man after Dharmasthala burial claims trigger major investigation
Police in Karnataka arrested a former temple cleaner on perjury allegations after his claims of secret burials and murders in Dharmasthala sparked a major inquiry.
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Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns after cabinet row over Gaza sanctions
Caspar Veldkamp quit the Dutch cabinet after failing to secure tougher measures on Israel, prompting wider resignations from his party’s ministers.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from Tennessee jail and ordered to Maryland home detention
A judge required Abrego Garcia to travel directly to Maryland, where he will live under electronic monitoring as his immigration and smuggling cases continue.
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Former Gambian Jungler Michael Sang Correa sentenced to 67.5 years in US torture case
A federal judge in Denver sentenced former Gambian paramilitary member Michael Sang Correa to 810 months in prison for torture committed in The Gambia in 2006.
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Five killed, 18 injured after clashes erupt in Iraqi Kurdistan over arrest of Lahur Talabani
Security forces and supporters of a prominent Kurdish politician exchanged fire in Sulaymaniyah after an overnight arrest operation that left five people dead and 18 wounded, according to local officials.
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Charlotte train stabbing kills Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska
ABC News reported that Iryna Zarutska, 23, was fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line and that police later arrested Decarlos Brown Jr. on a murder charge.
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Italian police arrest Ukrainian suspect linked to Nord Stream inquiry
Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of helping coordinate the Nord Stream pipeline attacks in a case that keeps one of Europe’s biggest sabotage mysteries in motion.
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Four bodies found in Seine river as man detained in Choisy-le-Roi murder probe
French police detained a suspect after four bodies were recovered from the Seine in Choisy-le-Roi, with investigators treating the case as suspected murder.
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New Zealand soldier gets military prison term in first spying conviction
A New Zealand soldier who admitted attempted espionage and related offenses has been sentenced to two years in military prison and will be discharged from the army.
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Mexico City arrests widen investigation into killing of mayor’s aides
Authorities say 13 people have been arrested over the May shooting that killed two senior city officials, including three suspects who allegedly took part directly in the attack.
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Universidad de Chile violence leaves 19 hospitalized after Copa Sudamericana abandonment
A Copa Sudamericana round-of-16 match in Buenos Aires was abandoned after violence in the stands left 19 Universidad de Chile supporters hospitalized.
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Xi makes rare visit to Tibet as China marks 60 years of contested rule
On the event date, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa for the 60th anniversary of Beijing’s consolidation of rule there.
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Finnish lawmaker Eemeli Peltonen dies at parliament building, prompting grief and privacy appeal
Authorities are treating the death as a cause-of-death inquiry after the first-term Social Democrat was found dead inside Eduskuntatalo in Helsinki.
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Norway's Marius Borg Høiby charged with 32 offences including rape
Prosecutors say the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit faces a broad indictment that includes four rape counts, domestic abuse, violence, vandalism and violations of restraining orders.
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Poilievre wins Alberta by-election and returns to the House of Commons
The Conservative leader took 80.4% of the vote in Battle River-Crowfoot, regaining a seat after losing his Ottawa riding in the federal election.
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Qantas fined AU$90 million over pandemic outsourcing plan
An Australian court has imposed a major penalty on Qantas for unlawfully replacing 1,820 ground staff during COVID-19, capping a long labor fight.
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