The US Department of Justice has sued Texas over the implementation of a new abortion law

New pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a military parade in the country have been released, showing him in a Western-style suit. Kim is clearly slimmer and her skin is sunburned in these eye-catching images.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart that Russia opposes Syria becoming a region for confrontation with other countries. "That is why we do not want Syrian territory to be used against Israel or any third country," he added.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Centcom commander Kenneth Mackenzie agreed during a meeting with the Iraqi and US military technical committees to discuss the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of this year.

The German Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday that it supports the investigation of the German judiciary into the possible violation of the ministry's anti-money laundering unit. The German Ministry of Finance has also stated that none of the ministry employees are suspects in this case.

Following El Salvador's move to recognize bitcoin as a legal tender, the central banks of Honduras and Guatemala have also announced that they are considering cryptocurrencies to use in their economies.