The May 25, 2026 pardon ended the opposition leader's 27-year sentence, though the supplied reporting says it did not restore his right to full political activity.
Read report »Hundreds of prisoners in Barinas took over a detention centre, demanding the removal of its director and accusing guards of torture.
Read report »A Bahraini court sentenced nine defendants to life in prison and two others to three years over allegations of spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and financing hostile activity, state media said.
Read report »Madrid saw a large march against rent pressure and unaffordable homes as housing remains one of the biggest political problems facing Spain's government.
Read report »At the Ferry Building, demonstrators said a ceasefire without regime change would entrench the Islamic Republic and undercut long-term stability.
Read report »Police in Afghanistan’s capital say two suspects were arrested after a gunfight near Sara-i-Shahzada left the son of a former lawmaker among the dead.
Read report »The centre-right party won 17 seats, AKEL took 16 and far-right ELAM moved into third place in a vote that weakened Cyprus’s established political duopoly.
Read report »Riot officers entered the CHP’s national offices after its leadership refused to accept a court-ordered change.
Read report »Turkish and Syrian intelligence services say they arrested 10 people suspected of ISIL ties in a cross-border operation in Syria.
Read report »Tens of thousands rallied in Belgrade to demand early elections, as Serbia’s student-led protest movement broadened and clashes flared near the presidency.
Read report »Secret Service officers returned fire at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue; a bystander was also wounded, while President Trump and posted officers were unharmed.
Read report »President Bassirou Diomaye Faye removed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved Senegal's government, sharpening a political split at the top of the ruling coalition.
Read report »The supplied evidence is limited to secondary reports, but it says Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey and extradited to the United States.
Read report »The justices dismissed Alabama’s bid to revive an execution after lower courts found Joseph Clifton Smith intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty.
Read report »Thai police say the arrests deepen a probe into a network accused of fraud, weapons possession and links to Cambodia-based cyber scams.
Read report »The Puntland administration says Somalia’s federal institutions have entered a transitional period and should no longer act as if their mandates are intact.
Read report »The ruling overturned the companies’ 2023 acquittals in the 2009 Rio-to-Paris crash, which killed all 228 people aboard.
Read report »Security forces detained the mayors of Atlatlahucan and a former Yecapixtla mayor during Operation Enjambre and said they were still seeking the mayor of Cuautla, according to El Financiero.
Read report »Hungary's new administration proposed a constitutional amendment that would stop any future prime minister from serving more than eight years in total.
Read report »Air-raid warnings sounded across central Israel as authorities said a projectile launched from Yemen was intercepted before impact.
Read report »German federal prosecutors arrested a Chinese couple in Munich on suspicion of spying for Chinese intelligence.
Read report »President Rodrigo Paz said he would reorganise his cabinet and create a social and economic council after weeks of unrest over fuel, wages and the country’s economic crisis.
Read report »Two officers who defended the Capitol say the settlement fund created from a Trump IRS deal is illegal and could end up rewarding people who attacked police.
Read report »Federal prosecutors disclosed charges in Florida against Cuba’s former leader and others tied to the deaths of four people aboard civilian aircraft in 1996.
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