A week after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph announced the creation of a committee to plan a funeral for the former leader, as a political power struggle grips the nation.

Democrats in the Texas legislature traveled to Washington in an effort to prevent the passage of a restrictive new voting law in their state. The legislature is G.O.P.-controlled, and Democrats hope the trip puts their cause in the national spotlight.

Texas Democrats left the state for the nation's capital in an effort to prevent passage of a new restrictive voting law in the Republican-controlled state legislature and to bring national attention to their cause.

At least 64 people were killed when the new coronavirus isolation ward at al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq, caught fire. It was not immediately clear what had caused the fire.

After a mural of the Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford was defaced with racist remarks, fans quickly repaired the wall with positive messages.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said England will lift coronavirus restrictions starting July 19 as planned. Cases in England continue to rise and the highly contagious delta variant is more widespread.

Gen. Austin S. Miller stepped down as commander of American-led forces in Afghanistan, as the United States prepares to end the 20-year-old war and as the Taliban has taken swaths of the country.

People in Cuba took to the streets to protest the country's economic crisis and the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, in one of the largest demonstrations in decades.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Sunday that coronavirus variants could hinder the global economic recovery and called for a stepped-up effort to vaccinate the world's population.

Pope Francis greeted the faithful from a balcony at Gemelli hospital in Rome on Sunday, his first public appearance since undergoing colon surgery last week.