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Mexican authorities have arrested the former governor of Guerrero state on charges of ordering evidence destruction related to 43 missing students who vanished in 2014, one of Mexico's most notorious cases.
Police in Johor have arrested three men in connection with the death of a missing man whose body was discovered in a river. The arrests come as investigators work to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Susanna Liew, wife of missing pastor Koh Kum Chee, has criticized a court decision to maintain a stay order on investigations, arguing it effectively blocks renewed scrutiny and accountability into his disappearance.
Susanna Koh has appealed to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for help following a Court of Appeal decision that suspended a High Court order requiring police to restart investigations into her husband Pastor Raymond Koh's disappearance in 2017.
United Nations experts have called for impartial investigations into allegations that authorities interfered with protests during the World Cup aimed at highlighting Mexico's ongoing disappearance crisis.
Mexico's World Cup progress masks deeper anxieties about 135,000 missing people, persistent inflation, and civil protests, forcing citizens to navigate patriotic pride alongside economic hardship and calls for accountability.