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Van crash on Mexico’s Caribbean coast kills 9

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Nine people died Monday in a van crash on a highway in a largely Indigenous area on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, authorities said. Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said that the van carrying the victims apparently collided with a truck. MEXICAN PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT 7 NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITS DROWNED IN AN ARMY TRAINING … Read more

As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access

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PARIS (AP) — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and governments have been gradually expanding abortion rights, with some exceptions. Women can access … Read more

Houthi missile attack sets ship ablaze in Gulf of Aden

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Mexican president acknowledges that 7 National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledged for the first time Monday that seven National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident in February — the worst military training accident in recent memory in Mexico. The drownings on Feb. 20 raised questions about the president’s insistence that guard members receive military training and be … Read more

Thousands of Belarusians convicted on politically-driven charges amid sweeping crackdown on dissent

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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of Belarusians have been convicted on politically-driven charges over the last three years as part of the authorities’ relentless crackdown on dissent, the country’s leading human rights group said Monday. The Viasna human rights center said that at least 4,690 people have been convicted on politically-motivated charges since the August … Read more

US sanctions Zimbabwe president for alleged human rights abuses

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The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, its first lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on three entities and 11 people, including the Mnangagwas, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and retired Brig. Gen. Walter … Read more