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Oaxaca, Mexico | AFP | Gunmen burst into a musician’s home in southern Mexico before dawn on Thursday, decapitated him and killed his wife and son, police said. The armed group entered the family’s home in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, at 2:30 am and killed Victor Sanchez, 40, the singer of …

Hillary Clinton on Friday tapped Tim Kaine, a popular Spanish-speaking senator from the swing state of Virginia, to be her running mate in the White House showdown against Donald Trump. The pick comes three days before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where Clinton — and now …

Tayyip Erdogan  declares a three-month state of emergency emergency in Turkey in order to hunt down all those deemed to be behind an attempted coup. Ankara, Turkey | AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault “to mind his own business” after he warned …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Europe is at major risk of so-called “lone-wolf” terror attacks, its policing agency said Wednesday, with the latest incidents showing “how difficult it is to detect and disrupt suspects”. Recent incidents including Monday’s attack on a German train and last week’s carnage in Nice …

Cleveland, United States | AFP | Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention on Tuesday that he would win the White House in November, saying he was “so proud” to be their nominee for US president. “This is a movement. But we have to go all the way. I am …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | A judge on Tuesday suspended the WhatsApp smartphone messaging service across Brazil, where it is hugely popular, for failing to surrender user data in a police investigation. “WhatsApp is blocked across the whole national territory,” a spokesman for the court in Rio de …

A Turkish court has remanded in custody 26 senior generals on charges of playing a role in the  failed coup aimed at toppling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said on Tuesday. The 26 placed under arrest by the Ankara court include former Turkish air force chief General Akin Ozturk, …

Washington, UNITED STATES | AFP | Three police officers were killed and three injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, with at least two suspects at large, police said. “Three law enforcement (officers) are confirmed dead, three others injured,” the East Baton Rouge sheriff’s office said in …

Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the attempted coup. “In democracies, decisions are made based on what the people say. I think our government will speak with the opposition and come to a decision,” he …

Cleveland, UNITED STATES | AFP | American photographer Spencer Tunick merged nudity and politics in a dramatic way Sunday in his latest work, posing 100 unclothed women for a shoot in sight of the Republican National Convention. Tunick’s large-scale arty installation, “Everything She Says Means Everything,” featured women of all …