Iran FM opens new Syria consulate after deadly strike
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, center left, walks with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad, center right, and Iran’s Ambassador to Syria Hossein Akbari, center, during a visit to the site destroyed by airstrikes, in Damascus on April 8, 2024.
Brazil Supreme Court strikes down military intervention thesis in symbolic vote for democracy
FILE – Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro storm the Supreme Court building in Brasilia, Jan. 8, 2023. The court unanimously voted, April 8, 2024, that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in disputes between government branches.
Actor Jonathan Majors sentenced to probation, counseling for assaulting ex-girlfriend
Actor Jonathan Majors leaves Criminal Court with his girlfriend Megan Good after his sentencing in Manhattan in New York, April 8, 2024.
Ethnic guerrillas in Myanmar look set to seize important town on Thai border
Captured weapons from Myanmar’s military battalion 275 in Thin Gan Nyi Naung, Myawaddy, in this undated photo. (Photo: KNLA & PDF)
Botswana leads calls on G7 countries to review diamond tracking initiative
FILE – A diamond sorter processes diamond at the Botswana Diamond Trading Company in Gaborone. (Mqondisi Dube /VOA)
Pakistan probes threatening letters sent to 18 judges
FILE – Lawyers are seen gathered outside Pakistan’s Supreme Court in Islamabad, April 4, 2023.
In Northeast Syrian markets, US dollar is king
A view of Qamishli, Syria, March 25, 2024.
Ukraine claims destroyed Russian planes in overnight drone attack
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after air defenses downed an alleged Ukrainian drone, in Kursk, Russia, April 4, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. (Kursk Governor Roman Starovoyt via Telegram/via Reuters)
Analysis: 6 months into Gaza war, Israel faces deepening isolation
Members of the Abu Draz family mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, April 4, 2024.