Category: International

The PRI – once the overwhelmingly dominant party of Mexico in the 20th century – is now a weak and also-ran political force

Nina Lakhani in New York and María Teresa Montaño Delgado in Mexico City

Mexico’s oldest party has lost control of the country’s most populous and influential state, in an election result that could signal the end of a powerful network that has dominated politics in the region for almost a century.

Warring factions urged to preserve heritage after video clip appears to show fighters raiding Khartoum museum

Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum and Jason Burke

Heritage officials in Sudan have pleaded with warring factions to preserve tens of thousands of historical artefacts threatened by fighting in the capital, Khartoum, that is in its eighth week.

Ex-president’s lawyers complain about perceived misconduct in investigation into handling of documents and obstruction

Lawyers for Donald Trump met with top US justice department officials on Thursday to complain about perceived misconduct in the criminal investigation into the former US president’s handling of national security materials and obstruction, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Agent who took more than $1.4m in cash and diamonds to trade secrets is believed to have died of natural causes at age 79

Associated Press

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4m in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow, in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday.