Agency Desk

Divided UN council down to wire on Taliban travel exemptions

The divided UN Security Council was scrambling to reach agreement on whether to extend travel exemptions for 13 Taliban officials now ruling Afghanistan that...

Mexico’s ex top prosecutor arrested on disappearance charges in missing students case

Mexican former attorney general Jesus Murillo has been arrested on charges of forced disappearance, torture and obstruction of justice in the 2014 disappearance of...

Russia, Ukraine spar over fighting near nuclear facility

A fire at a munitions depot inside Russia forced the evacuation of two villages near the border with Ukraine, an official said on Friday,...

China jails Canadian tycoon for 13 years for finance crimes

A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of...

LATAM POLITICS TODAY-Mexican ex-AG arrested for involvement in students’ disappearance

The latest in Latin American politics today:Mexico's former attorney general arrested for 2014 student disappearances MEXICO CITY - Mexico's former Attorney General Jesus Murillo,...

Tennis-Medvedev and Tsitsipas defuse American bombers to set up Cincinnati showdown

World number one Daniil Medvedev and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defused big-serving American threats Taylor Fritz and John Isner on Friday to reach the...

‘The paycheck has died’: Argentine workers hold funeral for wages

Some women wore black funeral attire and sported flower crowns. Other people in the procession in Buenos Aires carried a gigantic coffin. But this...

Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case

Federal prosecutors have said they arrested the attorney general in Mexico's previous administration, apparently on charges he mishandled investigations into the 2014 disappearances of...