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Mexico has deployed 10,000 troops to quell clashes sparked by the killing of the country’s most-wanted drug lord that have claimed dozens of lives, officials said Monday.

Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was wounded Sunday in a shootout with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa, in Jalisco state, and died while being flown to...


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The son of US movie director Rob Reiner pleaded not guilty to the fatal stabbing of both of his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court on Monday.

Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder over the double killing that sent shockwaves through Hollywood days before Christmas.


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London police on Monday arrested Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, amid allegations over his ties to disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein.

“Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.


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Iraq and the US energy giant Chevron signed deals on Monday to manage and develop several oil fields, including one previously operated by Russia’s Lukoil.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s media office said “two preliminary memoranda of principles” were signed with Chevron, the first of which was “concerning the transfer of management of the West Qurna 2 field,...


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Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that Palestinian Islamist group Hamas may soon be given a deadline to lay down its weapons.

“We estimate that in the coming days, Hamas will be given an ultimatum to disarm and completely demilitarise Gaza,” Smotrich said in an interview with public broadcaster Kan.


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