Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday, nearly two weeks after Sadr supporters stormed parliament and began an open-ended protest first inside, then outside the legislature. . For nearly two weeks, his supporters have held daily sit-ins, first inside the legislature and later on its grounds.
Mexican authorities said Friday they were finally in a position to begin searching a flooded coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week, offering fresh hope to anguished relatives.. Since the August 3 accident, there have been no signs of life from the 10 miners trapped inside.
Paraguay's Vice President Hugo Velazquez announced his resignation Friday and pulled out of the running for next year's presidential election after he was sanctioned by Washington for "significant corruption.". Velazquez was hoping to stand for election next year as Paraguay's presidents -- including the current leader Mario Abdo Benitez -- are limited to a single five-year term.
British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings made him the target of Iranian death threats, was attacked and stabbed in the neck at a literary event on Friday in western New York state.. Police said in a statement that a male suspect stormed the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer, with the writer suffering "an apparent stab wound to the neck."
Michelle Bachelet is to make the first visit by a UN rights chief to Bangladesh next week, including to the sprawling refugee camps home to nearly a million Rohingyas.. The camps house nearly one million Rohingya refugees that fled a military offensive in Myanmar.
A wave of violence in a Mexican city on the border with the United States left 11 people dead, including a radio presenter, and businesses torched, authorities said Friday.. Gunmen also killed four radio station employees, including a presenter, as they were taking part in a promotional event outside a pizzeria.
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Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: - First UN grain vessel due in Ukraine - The first UN-chartered vessel set to transport grain from Ukraine under a deal to relieve a global food crisis should dock in Ukraine on Friday, the United Nations says.. On July 22, Kyiv and Moscow signed a landmark deal with Turkey to unblock Black Sea grain deliveries, following Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Mexican authorities said on Friday they are in a position to enter the flooded coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week.. Since the August 3 accident, there have been no signs of life from the 10 miners trapped inside.
US justice officials were poised Friday to make public a sealed warrant explaining the unprecedented raid on Donald Trump's Florida estate that triggered accusations of political persecution by the former president and his supporters.. Andrew Weissmann, a former Justice Department official, said Garland had "called Trump's bluff" by putting the onus on the former president to object or consent to release of the document.
