Mexico Investigates Migrant Deaths in Border City Fire as Homicide Case

By Simon Romero, Natalie Kitroeff & Eileen Sullivan | The New York Times

Mexican officials announced Wednesday that they were investigating a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez as a homicide case, saying that government workers and private security employees had not allowed detainees to escape from the blaze that killed at least 39 people.

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Russian Security Service Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich

By Daniel Michaels | The Wall Street Journal

Russia’s main security agency said it had detained a Wall Street Journal reporter for what it described as espionage.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Names His Son Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi

By Andrew England | Financial Times

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, has named his eldest son crown prince of Abu Dhabi as part of a series of changes to the oil-rich Gulf state’s top leadership.

Top U.N. Court to Rule in Iran-U.S. Dispute Over Frozen Assets

By Mike Corder | Associated Press (free)

The United Nations’ highest court is set to rule Thursday in a case filed by Iran against the United States over frozen Iranian assets worth some $2 billion that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran.

Harris Enters the Fray Over Democracy With Visit to Tanzania

By Chris Megerian & Evelyne Musambi | Associated Press (free)

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday encouraged Tanzania’s fragile progress toward a more inclusive government as she stepped onto the front lines of America’s push to strengthen democracy in Africa.

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Diplomats in Robes?

By Aziz Huq & Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar | Foreign Affairs

The Supreme Court’s unwelcome forays into foreign policy.