Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones.

Hundreds of people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured, according to the Taliban government, and the death toll was expected to rise.

A shift toward pressing for a permanent cease-fire deal, alongside plans for a new offensive in Gaza City, means the fighting is unlikely to end soon.

Their display of friendship in China was aimed at projecting an alternative to U.S. global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain.

A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.

The quake, near the border with Pakistan, injured more than 1,300 people, the authorities said. The death toll was expected to rise.

A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who will stand trial on Tuesday, is being closely monitored by the Brazilian authorities, who fear he may try to flee.

The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, attending university, visiting relatives or conducting business.