Democrats hoping to win a U.S. Senate race in Republican-heavy Texas have begun debating, their first meeting in a primary campaign that features a contrast of styles more than policy differences.
Public officials on both sides of the aisle are sending mixed signals about how to de-escalate Saturday's fatal shooting at the hands of federal officers in Minneapolis.
A four-day truce between the Syrian government and Kurdish fighters ended Saturday evening with no clear sign of whether it will be renewed as the main Kurdish-led force in the country called on the international community to prevent any escalation.
The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly coming into focus, despite authorities cutting off the Islamic Republic from the internet and much of the wider world.