French authorities on Friday raised preliminary terrorism charges against an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending soccer games at the upcoming Paris Olympics. The interior minister said it was the first such thwarted plot targeting the Games, which start in eight weeks as France is on its highest…

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts.The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. Gangs…

Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Friday evening killed four U.S.-backed fighters and wounded 11 civilians, the Kurdish-led force said.The strikes on areas held by the U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces came a day after Turkey’s president said his government won’t hesitate to act against Kurdish-led groups in…

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74.The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement that Pickton, an inmate…

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post-conflict humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, and to help restore a representative government in the country.The Iraqi government asked the council in a…

President Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new peace deal on offer from Israel, but some remain skeptical about the details of the deal and whether it was Israel who proposed the deal in the first place. “The Israeli government is united in the desire to return our hostages as…

Developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths in the country by 2030, a new study by the United Nations children’s agency said Friday.It would also contribute $296 million to the country’s fragile economy over the next 20 years by reducing maternal, adult…

El Salvador said authorities have broken up a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration on Saturday.The country’s National Police said the plot involved “veterans” of the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, an apparent reference to former leftist guerrillas.AT LEAST 241 PEOPLE HAVE DIED…

China says it will be “‘hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war because of problems with arrangements.China has consistently supported Russia, including hosting President Vladimir Putin on a recent state visit.Putin praised China’s peace plan for Ukraine, which has been largely dismissed for not requiring Russia to…

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