IRAN: Iran’s parliament impeached the country’s finance minister and voted to remove him from office today, amid growing concerns over mismanagement and a currency collapse.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf announced that 182 out of 273 lawmakers had voted to dismiss Abdolnasser Hemmati, just six months after President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government took office.

HAITI: Police have launched a massive operation in a shanty town controlled by powerful gang leader Jimmy Cherizier – widely known as Barbecue – the government announced today.