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Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged ties to Sinaloa Cartel

A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that trial outside of detention, the boxer's lawyer said.

Nigerian military airstrikes free 76 hostages, including children and kidnapping victims

By Dyepkazah Shibayan, Associated Press

At least 76 hostages, including children, have been freed after Nigeria’s military targeted militants with precision airstrikes in the country’s northwest, local authorities said.

As Ukraine marks Independence Day, Moscow says Kyiv struck a nuclear power plant in Russia

By Associated Press

Russia accused Ukraine on Sunday of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, as Ukraine celebrated 34 years since its independence.

Israeli strikes hit Yemen’s capital, days after Houthi rebels fired cluster munitions at Israel

By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Sam Metz, Associated Press

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital on Sunday, just days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had fired at it since 2023.

‘Purely in survival mode’: Aid worker shares conditions in Gaza City after famine declared

By John Yang, Andrew Corkery

Officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 33 people, including Palestinians sheltering in tents and seeking scarce food. It comes a day after the IPC declared that Gaza City is in the grips of a famine…

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Trucks carrying UN food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region destroyed by drone attack

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

A drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region destroyed three vehicles that had caught fire, the World Food Program said. All drivers and personnel were safe.

Israeli airstrikes, gunfire kill 33 as Gaza City becomes focus of famine and military offensive

By Mariam Dagga, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel's defense minister has warned that Gaza City could be destroyed in a new military operation perhaps just days away, even as famine spreads there.

Congo’s prosecutor seeks death penalty for former President Kabila for war crimes

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Associated Press

Congo's public prosecutor on Friday asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia in a treason case that includes war crimes charges related to his ties to the M23 rebel group.

German foreign minister calls for Israel and Palestine two-state solution during Indonesia visit

By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press

Johann Wadephul and Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said the humanitarian catastrophe resulting from the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is unbearable and a two-state solution is the sole means of ending the conflict.

Carney says Canada will match U.S. tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.