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1. In reversal, Trump urges Republicans to vote to release Epstein files

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after weeks of railing against the Democrats' desire to pass the Epstein Transparency Act.

2. Systematic violence, denial of medical care contributed to Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody: report

   

   The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the deaths it examined.

3. Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for student crackdown

   

   A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.

4. Mexican government pursues second-shooter theory in 1994 political assassination that shook country

   

   The March 23, 1994, death of Luis Donaldo Colosio, a reformer on the cusp of winning the Mexican presidency who promised a more just and democratic country, holds a space in the country's consciousness like the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy does in the United States. Federal authorities in Mexico recently arrested a 64-year-old man in Tijuana in connection with Colosio’s killing.

5. Dozens of religious pilgrims from India feared dead in Saudi bus accident

   

   Dozens of Indian pilgrims are feared dead after a bus was in collision with a diesel tanker on Monday near the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia, Indian officials said.