International

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponents both claimed victory in Monday’s presidential election, while the United States and several regional nations expressed skepticism about the official results awarding victory to the dictatorial leader. Voters line up before the polls open on July 28, 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela. Matias Delacroix/AP With 80% of the votes counted, Maduro obtained …

  Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant vowed Sunday to “strike the enemy hard” after rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and raised fears that the war in Gaza will spread. Druze women mourn next to a coffin during the funeral of a person killed the day before in a rocket attack from Lebanon, …

  Poland’s parliament has approved controversial proposals to decriminalize the use of firearms by border guards in self-defense under certain circumstances. A soldier stands guard near the fence on the border between Belarus and Poland NGOs say the legislative changes violate human rights standards, but the government says they are needed to protect the Polish-Belarusian border from increasingly aggressive migrant …

  One of the world’s most powerful drug lords, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by U.S. federal agents in El Paso, Texas. Images by Reuters Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organization together with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is incarcerated in the United States. Guzman’s son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, was also arrested Thursday …

  Manhattan prosecutors say there is no basis to overturn Donald Trump’s conviction in the silence case after the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. Any errors, they argued in a document filed Thursday, are “harmless” when compared to the “overwhelming evidence” of the former president’s guilt. Trump’s lawyers have argued that his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business …

Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, calling her a “left-wing extremist” and the “ultraliberal driving force” behind Joe Biden’s policies. At a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump claimed Harris would be the most left-leaning president “times 10” if elected. Trump has criticized Harris’ record on abortion and …

Britain must be ready to fight a war in three years’ time, the new army chief has said. General Sir Roland Walker has warned of a range of threats in what he called an “increasingly unstable” world. But he said war was not inevitable and that the military had “just enough time” to prepare and avoid conflict. Critical to achieving …

The founder of South Korean tech company Kakao was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stock price manipulation. State media reported that a district court in Seoul issued an arrest warrant for Kim Beom Su. The decision was justified by the risk that the 58-year-old businessman could flee or destroy possible evidence. Kim and his company’s management are suspected of …

  US Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle was grilled by a bipartisan House Committee over the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The grilling of the Secret Service chief has triggered a strong bipartisan demand for Cheatle’s resignation Cheatle said the shooting was “the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades” Cheatle faced questions from lawmakers for nearly …

Former President Donald Trump’s security detail had complained that the Secret Service had not provided him with enough resources and personnel over the past two years, and the agency admitted on Saturday that it had rejected some requests. A spokesperson for the secret service said in a statement Saturday that the agency had not provided certain resources in the past, …