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Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to assault key facilities and kill top generals and scientists. Israel asserted the barrage was necessary before its adversary got any closer...

Kenyan police shot an apparent bystander at close range during the latest protests over the killing of a blogger in custody earlier this month, sparking more fury among the public and demands for accountability. An Associated Press journalist saw the officer, who had concealed his face with a mask...

A Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused outrage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces. Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death...

Days before his arrest outside his daughter’s house in the outskirts of San Salvador, constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya called Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele a “dictator” and a “despot” on live TV. This week, lawyer Jaime Quintanilla stood outside a detention facility in El Salvador’s capital...

Protesters took to the streets of the Kenyan capital on Thursday to vent their anger over the death of a blogger in police custody. Albert Ojwang was arrested June 6 in Homa Bay in western Kenya and driven 400 kilometers (248 miles) to Nairobi for what police said was publishing “false information”...

UN member nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and unrestricted access for the delivery of desperately needed food to 2 million Palestinians. The vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 149-12 with 19...

Colombia has been rocked by a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people and wounded at least 50 across the country’s south-west, deepening a security crisis roiling the Andean country. Police said attackers launched 19 attacks on targets in Cali—the country’s third...

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, will finally find himself in the dock this week, accused of masterminding an armed far-right conspiracy to seize power after losing the 2022 presidential election. The 70-year-old paratrooper turned populist, who governed from 2019 until 2023, is scheduled...

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a conservative presidential hopeful, was in “serious” condition Sunday following surgery for a gunshot wound at a political rally a day earlier, Bogota’s mayor said. The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood in Bogota when armed assailants shot...

A leading political activist whose family said that he was abducted by Mali’s military authorities has been released after a month in captivity, his relatives said. Alassane Abba, one of the leaders of the former political party Codem, was dropped off along a road in Mali’s capital, Bamako...