The action comes amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options.
A riot was declared in Oregon's biggest city as protesters demonstrated outside a law enforcement building early Sunday, continuing a nightly ritual in Portland.
The embattled Belarus president tried to put on a show of strength Sunday, holding a rally of supporters and rejecting any possibility of repeating the vote that gave him a sixth term. But opponents countered with a far larger demonstration that attracted as many as 200,000 people.
At least 28 people have been injured in an explosion at a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the head of a local ambulance service said, while a witness said he heard gunfire after the blast at the Elite Hotel in Lido beach.
More than 10,000 Thai protesters chanting "down with dictatorship" and "the country belongs to the people" rallied in Bangkok on Sunday in by far the biggest anti-government demonstration since a 2014 coup.
Foreign ministers from Israel and the United Arab Emirates have held their first publicly acknowledged call after the Gulf state opened telephone lines to Israel as part of a normalization of ties.
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters called on Sunday for a delay to the planned September general election, given an abrupt reappearance of COVID-19 in the country.
The controversy surrounding Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has, at least in an indirect way, brought Queen Elizabeth's name into the fray.
