People in Afghanistan were searching into Monday night for survivors following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 800 people and wounded nearly 2,800 others a day earlier.
Nestlé fired CEO Laurent Freixe "with immediate effect" on Monday due to an "undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate" the Swiss food giant announced.
Why it matters: Freixe was replaced by Nestlé Nespresso chief Philipp Navratil after just a year in the job.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a stern warning on Monday to the Trump administration that Mexico is willing to enter security agreements with the U.S. around immigration and fighting cartels, but "without subordination."
Why it matters: Sheinbaum is facing pressure from President Trump amid his increasingly changing and erratic demands to battle drug cartels while holding the threat of tariffs over Mexico.
Rural states in the American South and West had some of the nation's highest violent crime and homicide rates in 2024, driven by violence in small communities, according to an Axios analysis of FBI data.
Why it matters: A state-by-state comparison paints a complex picture of U.S. crime trends as President Trump threatens to send the National Guard to Democrat-controlled cities in blue states over concerns about violent crime.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday night, killing more than 800 people, wounding over 2,800 others and causing significant damage to villages in the mountainous region, Taliban officials said.
The big picture: The quake struck at 11:47pm local time some 17 miles east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, with a depth of about six miles, per the U.S. Geological Survey.
A federal judge told the Trump administration not to deport 10 Guatemalan children in a temporary order on Sunday that also blocks the removal of hundreds of other unaccompanied minors.
Why it matters: Some of the children were on planes facing deportation within hours when District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued the temporary restraining order, allowing them to stay in the U.S., for now, to challenge their removal.
Pope Leo XIV offered his prayers for the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting victims and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small" on Sunday.
What he's saying: "Our prayers for the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass in the American state of Minnesota," said the first U.S. pontiff during a weekly prayer with crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
The Israeli government is seriously debating the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank in retaliation for the imminent recognition of Palestine by several western countries, according to three Israeli, U.S. and European officials with direct knowledge.
Why it matters: Most of the international community views the West Bank as occupied territory and would consider any Israeli annexations illegal and inflammatory.
