Central Australian leaders have spoken out with disgust, heartbreak, and a plea for urgent government action after a baby girl’s skull was fractured in an alleged violent home invasion.

Images show the fighters standing next to the burning gravesite of Hafez al-Assad in the former president's hometown.

Across the United States, state prison systems are grappling with chronic understaffing and overcrowding — dual crises that are keeping incarcerated people confined to their cells for far longer perio ...