Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's Imran Khan

The charges followed a speech Khan gave in Islamabad on Saturday. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's Imran Khan [Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan waves to his supporters during an anti government rally, in Lahore, Pakistan, April 21, 2022. Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against Khan.] K.M. Chaudary/File/AP Pakistan Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as the [ousted premier holds mass rallies]( seeking to return to office. The charges followed a speech Khan gave in Islamabad on Saturday in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest. Khan could face several years in prison from the new charges. Mexico Federal prosecutors said Friday they have arrested Jesús Murillo Karam, the attorney general in Mexico’s previous administration on charges he committed abuses in the investigation of the 2014 [disappearances of 43 students]( from a teachers' college. Prosecutors also issued arrest warrants against 20 army soldiers and officers, five local officials, 33 local police officers and 11 state police, as well as 14 gang members. Murillo Karam claimed in 2014 that the students had been killed by members of a drug gang, but the mishandled investigation allowed most of the suspects to walk free. Russia Russia’s top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy services for organizing the killing of Daria Dugina, 29, in a car bombing just outside Moscow. Daria Dugina is the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a [philosopher, writer and political theorist](whom some in the West described as “Putin’s brain." Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the main KGB successor agency, said that Dugina's killing had been “prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services.” --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [The US is looking to free Griner in a prisoner swap. Russia wants Viktor Bout. Who is he?]( [Viktor Bout sits while waiting for his verdict at the detention room at a criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 11, 2009.]( Apichart Weerawong/AP Since Brittney Griner was arrested, detained, and later sentenced in Moscow, her supporters have been advocating for the Biden administration to do anything possible to secure her release. The US and Russian officials have been in talks about a potential prisoner swap. [The person that has come up most frequently as the man who could be released in exchange for Griner is Viktor Bout](. [West African countries adopt new strategies to encourage COVID-19 vaccination]( [Busy market in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. Only 24% of Sierra Leone's 8 million people are fully vaccinated.]( Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World For much of the pandemic, West African countries have lacked the vaccines needed to protect their populations against COVID-19. [Now, supply in the region has finally caught up with demand for the vaccine.]( Still, too few people are vaccinated. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bright spot Turns out time travel, magic tricks and classical piano are the perfect recipe for a summer hit! The long-awaited release of a new album by Taiwanese Mandopop megastar Jay Chou features a song called "[Greatest Works of Art,](" with hints of time travel and magic. [Listen here]( 🎧. Jay Chou/YouTube [In case you missed it on The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.