Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to country

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan, has been indicted on charges murder and robbery.

More inclement weather forecast in rain-soaked Four Corners region after evacuations and rescues last week A rain-soaked swath of the south-west US braced on Sunday for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of the Four Corners – the meeting point of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah – even as local officials forecast further receding of swollen rivers that surged since rains picked up on Wednesday.

While confronting medicine shortages and soaring inflation, many Iranians say they're bracing for the potential return of an all-out war with the U.S. and Israel, as leaders of both countries wage mounting threats in the days leading up to their respective elections. The Associated Press spoke with Tehran residents who described growing anxiety, with some preparing to leave the capital and others scrambling to acquire goods that have been difficult to find. Fereshteh Hajipour, 35, the mother of a toddler, said she was stockpiling over-the-counter medicines and food for fear of a "possible war and bigger bombs."

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, addressed some 10,000 supporters on Sunday in the city of Orleans as she kicked off her presidential campaign, a day after nationwide cost-of-living protests flared again into violence. Le Pen, the frontrunner, is seen to be benefiting in the polls from the weeks of unrest. Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London, Andrew Smith, shares further analysis.