Senegal's Pastef turns a legislative landslide into near-total control
Official results confirmed the ruling party's sweeping parliamentary victory, giving it 130 of 165 seats.
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Brazil police formally accuse Bolsonaro and 36 others of coup plotting after 2022 defeat
The federal police send a sealed case file to the Supreme Court, moving the former president closer to formal charges over the aftermath of his election loss.
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant in Gaza war case
The International Criminal Court says it found reasonable grounds to believe Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant bear criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
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Serbia arrests former minister in Novi Sad station collapse probe
Serbian prosecutors have arrested 11 people, including former construction minister Goran Vesić, in an investigation triggered by the fatal Novi Sad railway station collapse and the protests that followed it.
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Iraq starts first nationwide census in nearly 40 years under two-day curfew
Iraq has begun its first comprehensive national census since 1987, with a curfew in place and officials warning that the count could affect resources, budgets and long-running political tensions.
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Mali junta fires prime minister after rare criticism of delayed transition
Mali’s ruling junta has dismissed Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga after he criticized the delayed return to civilian rule.
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Russia rejects Baltic cable sabotage claims as European suspicions sharpen
Moscow has denied responsibility for damage to two Baltic Sea telecoms cables as European governments examine possible sabotage.
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Belarus detains 1,671 people in crackdown on anti-war solidarity with Ukraine
Rights groups say Belarus has arrested 1,671 people for anti-war activity or solidarity with Ukraine, with at least 200 sentenced to prison terms as Lukashenko tightens his grip.
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Gautam Adani indicted in New York over alleged bribery and fraud scheme tied to solar contracts
U.S. prosecutors said Gautam Adani and seven others were indicted over allegations they paid bribes to win contracts for a major solar project and hid the conduct from investors.
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Brazil arrests five suspects in alleged plot to kill Lula and Alckmin
Brazilian federal police detained five people, including four security guards assigned to the G20 summit, in an investigation into an alleged 2022 assassination plot.
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Georgian police break up protest camp as opposition challenge deepens
Police in Tbilisi dismantled a tent camp set up by election protesters, and videos showed demonstrators and a journalist being beaten and detained.
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US recognises Edmundo González as Venezuela’s president-elect
Washington has formally backed the opposition figure as the winner of July’s disputed election, deepening pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s government.
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Tens of thousands protest New Zealand treaty bill in Wellington
A mass rally in the capital rejected a bill that would change how the Treaty of Waitangi is interpreted and would reshape Indigenous rights debates.
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Abkhazia’s president resigns after marathon talks with the opposition
After nearly eight hours of negotiations, Aslan Bzhania agreed to step down and Vice President Badra Gunba was named acting president.
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British farmers turn out in London as inheritance-tax row widens
Farmers marched on Parliament in London to protest changes that would bring many inherited farms into the inheritance-tax net from 2026, while ministers insisted the burden would fall on a small number of estates.
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German officials suspect sabotage after Baltic Sea cable damage
Germany says it has to assume damage to undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea was deliberate, as Sweden and Finland open investigations and NATO warns of growing threats to underwater infrastructure.
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Manhattan stabbing spree leaves three dead and city leaders searching for answers
Three people were killed in separate unprovoked stabbings across Manhattan, prompting renewed debate about the city’s criminal justice and mental health systems.
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Senegal votes in parliamentary elections after Faye dissolves parliament
Voters chose 165 lawmakers in an early election that follows President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s decision to dissolve the legislature in September.
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Russian opposition march draws several hundred in Berlin
Yulia Navalnaya, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin led a Berlin demonstration that called for an end to the war in Ukraine and the removal of Vladimir Putin.
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Gabon votes on a post-coup constitution that would strengthen the presidency
Gabon has held a referendum on a new constitution that would replace the country's semi-presidential system with a stronger presidency after the 2023 coup.
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Mass stabbing at Chinese college campus kills eight, injures 17
Police in eastern China say eight people were killed and 17 injured in a stabbing attack at a college campus.
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Kyrgyzstan opens Zhany-Barak village for resettled residents
President Sadyr Japarov took part in the opening of a new village in Osh region built for people relocated from an exclave in Uzbekistan.
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Croatian prime minister fires health minister amid corruption investigation
Andrej Plenković dismissed Vili Beroš after suspicions of corruption surfaced, adding to pressure on his government.
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Protesters storm Abkhazia parliament over property proposal
Demonstrators forced their way into the parliament in Sukhumi after anger over a measure that would let Russians buy property in the breakaway region.
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