Operation Lone Star empowers state troopers to arrest alleged border crosses on state charges, but critics say it has resulted in racial profiling and civil rights violations.

Following the excessive use of police force in this year's protests, the country should consider moving its national police out of the Ministry of Defense, the agency said.

German authorities have long suspected Russian agents were behind the execution-style killing in 2019, and two Russian diplomats were expelled over the case.

Putin also said he was attending the Beijing Olympics in sharp contrast to the U.S. diplomatic boycott.

In a transformative life of scholarship, the Yale University professor redefined the study of Black culture from Africa to the Americas.

The world is already witnessing more localized and conflict-driven food crises, and the pandemic is making it worse.

Tesla told a French newspaper that the Model 3 sedan, which was Europe's top-selling car in September, suffered no technical faults.

There has been little progress despite protection laws being drafted more than a decade ago.

Experts say the mass disciplinary action, which comes as China tries to position itself as a climate leader, was «unprecedented.»

The bill is the latest in West Africa seeking stronger punishments for sexual minorities.

Sergei Tikhanovsky tried to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020 election but was jailed, so his wife, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, stood in for him.

The study of the omicron coronavirus variant by South Africa's largest insurer involves 211,000 cases and is the most comprehensive to date.

The study by South Africa's largest insurer involves 211,000 cases and is the most comprehensive to date.

Despite Moscow's veto in the U.N. Security Council, experts say the case for linking climate change to security issues is likely to grow stronger.

The emergence of omicron has launched a crash course.

A review of more than 100 PowerPoint presentations, many marked “confidential,” suggests the company has had a broader role in tracking China’s populace than it has acknowledged.

Anne Sacoolas admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road, but asserted diplomatic immunity.

Roughly 54 million booster shots had been administered in the United States as of Sunday, compared to 64 million doses administered in total in low-income nations.

Israel carried out two secret raids amid signs that Syria was attempting to restart production of deadly nerve agents.

Britain’s health minister warned that the growth of the new variant is “phenomenal.”

The move aims to protest Beijing’s human rights abuses without penalizing athletes.

He sang rural anthems about ranchers cowboys, lovers’ quarrels, cockfighting and tequila, becoming one of Mexico’s most popular singers.

Bennett left Sunday to meet Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and deepen ties between the former adversaries.

Brazil's president has called vaccine mandates attacks on personal freedom. The country has the world's second highest covid-19 death toll, after the United States.

«I'll take care of the bad guys,» Súper Bigote promises. He bears an uncanny resemblance to authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.

He won four Grand Slam singles titles, including the 1966 Wimbledon championship, and became a national hero in Spain.

The United States by far sees the most annual tornadoes of any country. But some nations have shorter, more intense, tornado seasons.

The engagements with their longtime foe are driven by a desire to avoid getting caught up in a regional conflict should negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal fail.

In October, she admitted her «stupidity» for causing the chain-reaction rider crash in June's race.

The Biden administration banned American investment in the Chinese facial recognition company SenseTime, saying it aids state repression of the Uyghur minority population.

Big-game hunters say that they contribute to local economies, a point disputed by conservation groups, who regard the activity as cruel and bad for biodiversity.

Reckya Madougou’s case follows a stretch of democratic backsliding across the continent.

For the Kremlin, Ukraine represents the ultimate battle between Moscow and its Western rivals.

Karl Lauterbach made his name in Germany talking about the coronavirus. Now he’s in charge of the fight against it.

It is far from clear what would prevent the Russian leader from once again invading Ukraine.