Turkey’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek launched the crackdown, saying it was part of an initiative to protect children and family values.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the war between Feb. 28 and Aug. 1 has directly cost the U.S. about $38 billion.

Alex Saab pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit money laundering and unlawful financial transactions in a Miami federal court.

Police in Congo fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating against constitutional changes they said could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term in office. The opposition coalition C64 organized demonstrations in the capital,

A pair of House Democrats voted to advance a slate of GOP bills in a procedural vote that was otherwise on track to fail — the second time they have crossed party lines to help out House GOP leaders in recent weeks.

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia targeted his plane with drones as part of a campaign to intimidate him and other foreign leaders.

Brazil's Supreme ⁠Court postponed on ​Tuesday a decision on ‌whether to open ‌an ⁠investigation ⁠of fellow court member Justice Alexandre ​de Moraes over allegations he advised ​a banker accused of ⁠leading ⁠a multibillion-dollar ⁠fraud scheme.

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.