Crime
Police raids in Brazil leave at least 44 people dead
"A clash occurred when police teams came under attack by gunmen at the scene," state police said in a statement
Human Rights
International Criminal Court opens investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine
"I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine," the prosecutor stated
Culture
Biden says he's 'determined to ban' assault weapons, high capacity magazines
"We're living in a country awash in weapons of war," Biden stated
Human Rights
Cuban prosecutor’s office says peaceful protest participants will face legal charges
Cubans who participate in November’s peaceful march with be charged with “instigation of crime,” says Cuba’s Prosecutor’s Office.
Human Rights
Peruvian politician arrested over 1988 journalist's murder
While Bustios was riding a motorbike, he was ambushed and shot at with machine guns by a group of plain-clothes soldiers
Human Rights
BUSTED! Cuban General accused of participating in "Tugboat March 13" massacre caught partying in nightclub
Photographs of Cuban Brigadier General Lázaro Román Rodríguez, the former head of Cuba's Directorate of Coast Guard Troops (TGF) was photographed partying at Tropicana Night Club, 28 years after he allegedly played a role in the tugboat “March 13” massacre.
Politics
Hours after Peru's attorney general is accused of corruption, she charges the president with murder
The South American country’s attorney general filed charges against the president just hours after she was accused of corruption
Politics
Protesting Putin: More than 5,900 arrested for antiwar demonstrations in Russia
Thousands of demonstrators still took to the streets Sunday despite the threat of arrests and beatings
Politics
Sandinistas assert political dominance in Nicaraguan municipal elections
After outlawing the country’s main opposition parties and arresting dozens of opposition leaders, the party now controls all of the country’s municipalities