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MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned 10 Mexican citizens, including a brother-in-law of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Wednesday for alleged involvement in the production and trafficking of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. Those sanctioned by the Office of…

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canadian police are investigating at least 70 cases of alleged sexual assault at a youth detention facility in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday the alleged assaults took…

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Sweden’s NATO membership bid would not be ratified by Turkey’s parliament before October, but that he hopes for a swift ratification once lawmakers return from a break. Turkey on…

JOHANNESBURG — A former Mozambique finance minister who has been held in prison in South Africa for nearly five years was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving…

VILNIUS, Lithuania — President Joe Biden pledged Wednesday that western allies “will not waver” in defense of Ukraine, casting the struggle against Russian aggression as one of the world's central challenges requiring a broad coalition of countries to stand in…