U.S. charges 10 Mexican officials, including Sinaloa governor, with drug trafficking

U.S. charges 10 Mexican officials, including Sinaloa governor, with drug trafficking

The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York, accused of aiding in the massive importation of illicit narcotics into the United States. Some officials were members of Mexico’s progressive ruling party, Morena, posing a…

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3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News

3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News

An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory’s civil defense agency said. One of those killed, Abed Shaat, had worked for years as a cameraman for CBS News and other outlets. Officials identified the other two journalists killed as Mohammed Salah Qashta and Anas Ghneim, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported….

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Belarus releases 123 prisoners including Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief

Belarus releases 123 prisoners including Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed to the AP. Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. The U.S. earlier on Saturday announced lifting sanctions on…

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