Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei broke his silence Monday after 17 days of protests in Iran, saying the death of Mahsa Amini was heartbreaking but claiming without evidence the ensuing "riots" had been instigated by the U.S. and Israel.
The big picture: Amini, 22, died after being detained by morality police for "improper hijab," the mandatory head covering. A viral image of her lying in a hospital bed fueled outrage, and protests that began at her funeral in Iran's Kurdistan province have swept through the country.
The National Archives asked former President Trump's lawyers to account for correspondence with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in May 2021 as part of a bid to locate boxes of presidential records, according to email correspondence released Monday.
Why it matters: Exactly eight weeks since the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, the former president and his legal team have still not explained why he took more than 11,000 government documents and refused to return them on request.
Burkina Faso’s second coup this year had a striking geopolitical dimension.
Driving the news: Capt. Ibrahim Traore grabbed power on Friday from fellow coup plotter Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba, who he accused of failing to deal with Jihadist extremists. Much of the country is largely outside of the government’s control, and violence is getting worse.
Elections in Bosnia on Sunday were set to yield gains for some more moderate candidates even as the primary ethno-nationalist parties looked set to control of the country's national and entity parliaments, preliminary results show.
Why it matters: Bosnia has what is often described as the world's most complicated system of government and its composition is structured to favor nationalist tendencies. But Sunday's result could provide an opportunity for reformist forces to wield more political influence in the country.
Hurricane Orlene was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Mexico's Pacific coastline Monday morning as a Category 1 storm just north of the Nayarit-Sinaloa state border, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
The big picture: The storm was expected to bring dangerous storm surge along the coast of mainland Mexico and heavy rain in the southwest through Tuesday, raising the risk of flash flooding and possible landslides.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei without evidence on Monday blamed the U.S. and Israel for a wave of protests that has rocked the country.
The big picture: It was the first time Khamenei has publicly weighed in on the protests, which began last month after the death of a woman in police custody.
The British government has abandoned plans to cut taxes for the highest earners 10 days after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced the move, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed Monday.
Why it matters: The plans designed to stimulate growth sparked a growing rebellion among members of Parliament in Truss' ruling Conservative Party, and global financial markets responded by treating the U.K. as if it were an emerging market.
Indonesia will hold an independent inquiry into one of the deadliest disasters at a soccer game, the country's chief security minister announced Monday.
Driving the news: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he requested the country's police chief to launch "a thorough investigation" and for security at soccer matches to be evaluated after at least 125 people died on Saturday after police deployed tear gas in a packed stadium and a stampede ensued, per the New York Times.
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff this month after neither political heavyweight clinched more than 50% of the vote Sunday.
Driving the news: Lula, who consistently led in the polls ahead of Sunday's election, captured 48.4% of the vote, while Bolsonaro got 43.2%, per Brazil's electoral authority.
Hundreds of hospitals and schools in Ukraine have been devastated by bombings in acts of "terrorism" since Russia's military launched its invasion, Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview broadcast Sunday evening.
What she's saying: Zelenska told CBS' Scott Pelley during their interview in Kyiv that since the war began nearly 500 hospitals and clinics have been struck and entire cities destroyed — along with about 150 schools. 900 schools have been damaged.
