Fourteen police officers have been killed and three injured in a shooting in western Mexico. The police were carrying out a court order in El Aguaje, Michoacán state, when their convoy was ambushed. A powerful criminal group, the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, is believed to have carried…

Catalonia geared up for more upheaval yesterday a day after thousands of pro-independence activists stormed Barcelona airport in an angry response to Spain’s jailing of nine of its leaders following a failed secession bid. By early Tuesday, several roads and railway lines remained cut as activists…

Hundreds of people were killed or wounded in violence related to Afghanistan’s recent presidential election season as the Taliban sought to undermine the democratic process, a UN agency said yesterday. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that 85 people were killed…

Pope Francis’ chief bodyguard resigned Monday over a leak related to an ongoing financial investigation, the Vatican said. Domenico Giani, 57, “bears no personal responsibility” for the leak, but was stepping aside to allow the investigation to proceed, the Vatican said in a statement.…

Sri Lanka’s front-running presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapakse vowed yesterday that if elected he will scrap Colombo’s pledge to investigate war crimes committed during his brother Mahinda’s decade in power. Gotabhaya was defence secretary during his brother’s rule, when…

Rescuers in Japan were working around the clock yesterday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful weekend typhoon that killed more than 70 people and caused widespread destruction. Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday, unleashing fierce winds and unprecedented rain that triggered…