News Wire | June 22, 2023 Archive

Arrest of Mexican Army General Ordered in Case of Missing Students

By Natalie Kitroeff | The New York Times

Mexican prosecutors have obtained a warrant for the arrests of an Army general and 15 other soldiers in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014, a crime considered one of the worst atrocities in the country’s recent history.

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Israeli Settlers Rampage Through Palestinian Village After Hamas Shooting

By Shira Rubin and Sufian Taha | The Washington Post

Armed Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least one Palestinian dead and 12 injured a day after four Israelis were killed by Hamas gunmen near an Israeli settlement.