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The Jalisco New Generation Cartel dominates fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking and is linked to various assassinations. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says, "We will not declare war."

The Irish government advised the elderly to cocoon in their homes during the pandemic. To help them follow orders, neighbors in one Irish county responded with lemon drizzle cakes and community radio.

For years, refugees seeking asylum at the official ports of entry on the Canadian border have been turned back. But now a judge rules U.S. treatment of the returned refugees violates human rights.

Prime Minister Omar Razzaz tells NPR Jordan is determined to protect the most vulnerable and "went for a very different model ... based on social solidarity." There have been just 11 COVID-19 deaths.

With Venezuela's opposition weakened and in disarray, chances that U.S-backed Juan Guaido will unseat strongman Nicolás Maduro appear to be dimming.

Tianwen-1, which combines an orbiter, lander and rover in a single shot, would be China's second attempt to reach the red planet after a 2011 mission failed.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Razzaz about the Israeli government's plan to annex the occupied West Bank.

Mustafa Ugurlu who was charged with staging a July, 2016 coup but denied any involvement, says while his family has been embraced in Norfolk, Va., he fears the Turkish state will track him down.

With six pilots and no passengers aboard for the final flight from Sydney, QF7474's flight path sketched out a giant Qantas kangaroo logo off the east coast of Australia.

A former diplomat at the U.S. embassy says Ambassador Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV told him about the request. "I advised him that doing so would violate federal ethics rules," he tells NPR.

While Congress is debating whether to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok on government devices, the Trump administration is threatening a broader clampdown, given the app's Chinese roots.

The State Department, in a statement early Wednesday morning, said the move is "in order to protect American intellectual property and American's (sic) private information."