Mexico

A self-defense militia was attacked by a rival faction in southern Mexico on June 6 leaving at least 10 people dead, witnesses said, amid tensions in the region on the eve of elections.

Violence in the run-up to Mexico's mid-term elections this weekend has killed at least seven candidates and forced another 20 out of the race, battering the government's record on law and order. 

In a sprawling, multi-disciplinary show, The New York Botanical Garden focuses on a long-overlooked side of artist Frida Kahlo: her deep connection to Mexico's plants and flowers, and how they inspired her art.

Photos of underwater sculptures, featured on National Geographic magazine's list of the world's top 25 wonders, will be displayed in Istanbul, at its Military Museum. 

Criminals originally from Serbia and Montenegro "control the criminal underground in Australia and have connections with gangs in Colombia, Mexico, and Asia."

This is reported by the Daily Telegraph, which quoted "a lengthy News Corp Australia investigation."

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TIME magazine’s article “9 Vacation Spots That Are Better (and Cheaper) Than the Places You Want to Go” looks at less-traveled locales that have the perks of iconic destinations but have fewer tourists and are more affordable.

ING Group, BNP Paribas and Bahrain-based Arab Banking Corp (ABC) have submitted bids to buy HSBC's Turkish business, a source familiar with the process said on May 29.

The source said the bids are non-binding, suggesting that the process could still take some time to complete, but that one-to-one talks have begun.

A tornado ripped into a town in northern Mexico on May 25, killing at least 13 people and flattening hundreds of homes in a deadly six-second blast of carnage, officials said.

Like everybody else, I was astonished when the finance minister commented on the armored Mercedes allocated to the head of the Religious Affairs Directorate by saying, ?The money spent on vehicles for public institutions is 3.3 billion Turkish Liras, peanuts in Turkey?s budget.?

Luxury cars allocated for public officials draw the reaction of the people everywhere in the world.