A joint military force to fight jihadists and organized crime in the Sahel has chalked up successes but promised funding is slow to materialize, the foreign minister of Niger said on Monday. “The strength of the G-5 Sahel force has become a reality even if not all the funding has been disbursed,” said Kalla Ankourao, whose country is assuming the …

The claim that leaving the European Union would free up money for health care, a potent argument during the referendum, was long ago dismissed as bogus.

Heads of the Armenian, Greek Orthodox and Catholic churches in Jerusalem also accused the Israeli authorities of failing to keep a commitment made just a few months ago that brought an end to a major crisis between the sides.

U.S. President Donald Trump blamed the Democrats for the country’s immigration crisis and said ” the United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility.”  Trump spoke about immigration amid rising criticism over his administration’s tough stance separating children from their parents trying to enter the country illegally.  WATCH: Trump on immigration …

“Not on my watch”

The authorities said the sheriff’s deputy, Jose S. Nunez, repeatedly sexually assaulted the daughter of a woman who entered the country illegally.

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday has ruled against state Democrats in a case concerning partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin, sending it back to a lower court for a decision. Gerrymandering is the process of redrawing lines of a state’s electoral districts in order to gain an electoral advantage. Gerrymandering on racial and ethnic grounds was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court …

Follow along for live updates and highlights of goals and key plays as England faces Tunisia in the World Cup group stage.

Critic Maureen Corrigan says Tommy Orange’s novel, which centers on a cast of native and mixed-race characters whose lives intersect at a powwow, features “a literary authority rare in a debut.” (Image credit: Samantha Clark/NPR)

Critic Maureen Corrigan says Tommy Orange’s novel, which centers on a cast of native and mixed-race characters whose lives intersect at a powwow, features “a literary authority rare in a debut.” (Image credit: Samantha Clark/NPR)