Globe Trot: Brazil’s head of state in the hot seat

BRAZIL: Suspended President Dilma Rousseff went on the defensive today as she took the stand in her own impeachment trial: “Don’t expect from me the obliging silence of cowards.” Rousseff is accused of manipulating the budget to cover economic woes.

NIGERIA: The Los Angeles Times does a deep dive on Gilbert Chagoury, the Nigerian businessman profiled in our series of articles on Hillary Clinton’s troubling ties.

MEXICO: Singing superstar Juan Gabriel has died of a heart attack, just days after performing before a crowd of 17,000 fans at the Los Angeles Forum.

IRAQ: Five attackers armed with suicide vests and weapons have killed at least 18 people in Karbala, the first attack by ISIS in an area where Iraqi forces had presumably regained control.

IRAN: As Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens pointed out over the weekend, the Fordor nuclear site was supposed to be deactivated under the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, so why is Iran deploying long-range missiles to defend it?