Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay urged the United States to defend human rights and return to what she called its traditional role as a global leader.

Pillay made her comments in The Hague, where she is a judge at the International Court of Justice.

The United States announced sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court hours after Pillay was named the Peace Prize winner.

She said the timing was troubling and showed that efforts to target international criminal justice had been developing for some time.

Federal agents searched the Washington home of Ilhan Omar, a Democratic member of Congress from Minnesota.

The Justice Department said the search was carried out under a court-authorised warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, but did not name Omar or explain the investigation.

News reports linked the search to a fraud inquiry about immigration paperwork filed by Omar’s late father when she was a child; officials have not confirmed that link.

Omar, who came to the United States from Somalia as a child, said the search was an attempt to target political opponents.

A fire reached native vegetation at Fazenda Iporanga, a farm owned by Terra Santa in Nova Maringá, Mato Grosso.

The affected area is a legal reserve, not land currently leased for farming.

The company linked the increased fire risk to dry conditions, the effects of El Niño and forecasts for below-average rain.

Terra Santa said it detected the fire through satellite monitoring and called in firefighters, a specialist team and equipment to help contain it.

Mexico’s industrial output rose 0.6% in August compared with July, after adjusting for inflation and seasonal effects.

The increase was the third monthly gain in a row and the fastest since April, according to the national statistics agency.

Industry contributes about one-third of Mexico’s economy and is closely linked to foreign trade.

Civil engineering construction grew 5%, while petroleum and coal products rose 4.7% and transport equipment increased 2.8%.

Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K at a smart home-focused event on Oct.

13.

The streaming box looks much like its predecessor, last updated in 2022, but has an A19 chip and Wi-Fi 7 support.

Built-in microphones let users talk to Siri hands-free, without speaking into the remote or a HomePod.

Marvin Harrison Jr. has officially joined the Houston Texans after passing his physical on Monday.

The 24-year-old wide receiver was traded from the Arizona Cardinals, who selected him fourth overall in the 2024 draft.

Houston sent Arizona a 2027 second-round pick and a seventh-round pick, and received Harrison and a 2027 sixth-round pick.

Harrison reunites with quarterback C.J. Stroud, his former teammate at Ohio State.

Singer Lee Seok Hoon met ballerina Choi Sun Ah on a TV variety show in 2011.

He shared the story on KBS 1TV’s Morning Yard, where he appeared with Son Jun Ho and Enoch.

The show, Love Studio, had been canceled but returned for a brief Lunar New Year special, and Lee said he had not usually accepted variety show offers.

He asked for Choi’s number through his manager because he did not normally approach someone first.

A 39-year-old woman in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has been reported as the state’s sixth measles-related death in less than two months.

The woman was unvaccinated and had underlying medical conditions, the county coroner’s office said.

The coroner’s spokesperson said the probable cause was an acute cardiac event that may have resulted from measles complications.

Pennsylvania has confirmed 1,136 measles cases and 219 hospitalizations, with two-thirds of cases in adults.