![A judge in the US has ordered Facebook to release information connected to now-deleted accounts that fuelled hatred against the Rohingya and led to an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people [File: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-08-24T114502Z_1833906950_RC2SND9HDFG4_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-REUTERS-SIDDIQUI.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Gambia is seeking the records as part of a genocide case against Myanmar over the brutal 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya.
US & Canada News
![Retired four-star United States General James Mattis testified Wednesday that he admired Holmes and came to believe in her promise that the Silicon Valley startup would transform blood testing, only to be disappointed later when the shortcomings of Theranos technology were revealed and the company ultimately collapsed [File: Win McNamee/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/378745895.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes faces 20 years in prison after being charged with lying to investors and patients.
![Protesters demanding police reform memorialised George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody in May 2020 [File: Adam Bettcher/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2020-06-05T000000Z_1323631465_RC2O2H90HWN6_RTRMADP_3_MINNEAPOLIS-POLICE-PROTEST.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Leading Democratic US lawmaker says talks with Republicans failed to reach a compromise, urges President Biden to act.
![The United States Federal Reserve, headed by Chair Jerome Powell, said in December that it would not start withdrawing extra support for the economy until it sees 'substantial further progress' towards its maximum employment and inflation goals [File: Al Drago/The New York Times via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/powell-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Fed signals it may start to dial back bond purchases if economic recovery progress continues as expected.
![Epic Games sued Apple in August 2020 after the iPhone maker removed Fortnite from its App Store, citing a workaround that circumvented Apple’s commission on purchases [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/378720948.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Epic Games sued Apple in August 2020 after the iPhone maker removed Fortnite from its App Store.
![US President Joe Biden, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone on Wednesday and agreed to 'in-depth consultations' after diplomatic dispute [File: Kevin Lamarque/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-06-11T134856Z_1124148676_RC2DYN9AZADD_RTRMADP_3_G7-SUMMIT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
France will send its ambassador back to US, joint statement says, after diplomatic spat over Australia submarine deal.
![The Gilgamesh Tablet, which features inscriptions in Sumerian, is considered one of the world’s oldest religious texts [File: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement-ICE via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21209729660597.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
It is believed that the tablet was looted from an Iraqi museum in 1990 and introduced into the United States in 2007.
![France's Hugo Lloris passes the trophy as they celebrate winning the World Cup in 2018 [File: Dylan Martinez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-09T120508Z_408925264_RC2CMP9HUQWS_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FIFA-WORLDCUP.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
European football’s governing body voices numerous concerns about a plan to hold the World Cup every two years.
![United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley is struggling to get military basing rights in countries bordering Afghanistan [Susan Walsh/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21265309310243.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
General Milley meets with Russia General Gerasimov in Finland for six hours amid US push for Central Asia bases.
![Delhi is among the world's most polluted cities [File: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2020-11-10T045533Z_154142109_RC240K9RATJ6_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-POLLUTION.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Agency calls for urgent action to tackle one of biggest environmental threats to human health.
![Johnson's remarks came after France last week recalled its ambassadors from the United States and Australia over the AUKUS agreement [File: Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21262555936432.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Boris Johnson tells Paris to ‘give me a break’ amid French fury over new security pact between UK, US and Australia.
![The 76th session of the UNGA has a hybrid format, with more than 100 leaders appearing in person and others giving speeches via video [File: Mary Altaffer/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21264762954085.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Leaders of United Kingdom and Ukraine among those to speak as UNGA continues.
![Poorer countries in Asia and Africa have struggled to secure vaccines for their populations [File: Aaron Favila/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21172529047872.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Biden pledge comes amid increasing anger over the slow pace of coronavirus vaccination in developing countries.
![Hamza recounts the torture he endured during his imprisonment at Bagram [Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_8952.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Former prisoners return to the now abandoned US-run Bagram jail, which was notorious for enhanced interrogations.