Two tourists stabbed near Athens Acropolis as police detain 60-year-old suspect
Greek police say two tourists were wounded near the Acropolis in what appeared to be a random morning attack, and a 60-year-old suspect was detained.
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Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s military chief after protests over defence shake-up
Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief after days of protests sparked by the removal of Ukraine’s defence minister.
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Ozgur Ozel moves to build new Turkish opposition party after court ouster
The former CHP chairman said his planned movement would seek to become Turkey’s leading parliamentary opposition, although analysts warned it could divide forces challenging President Erdogan.
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Rahul Gandhi detained during New Delhi education protests
Police removed India’s opposition leader and other lawmakers from a sit-in as youth-led demonstrations over examination scandals entered a second day.
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Ortega says Nicaragua will hold no more elections as crackdown deepens
Daniel Ortega has announced that Nicaragua will stop holding elections, a move that hardens the country’s drift toward openly inherited authoritarian rule.
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Indian police batons meet student anger as NEET protest reaches parliament route
Riot police in New Delhi baton-charged protesters marching toward parliament over exam irregularities, as internet access was restricted in parts of the city.
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Andy Burnham enters Downing Street after Starmer premiership ends
Andy Burnham became Britain’s new prime minister, entered 10 Downing Street and began forming his first Labour cabinet.
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Bologna protest over Fakir death ends in confrontation with police
An evening civic gathering gave way to disorder near Bologna’s police and prefecture offices, with authorities reporting dozens of officers hurt and six vehicles damaged.
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Wangchuk hospital transfer intensifies Cockroach Janta Party protests
Demonstrations backing activist Sonam Wangchuk spread across several Indian cities as supporters prepared for a July 20 march in Delhi and raised demands over examination irregularities.
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Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signs amendment ending his term
The constitutional change removed an official viewed as close to former prime minister Viktor Orbán and was condemned by Sulyok as an attack on the rule of law.
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Japan criminalizes public desecration of its national flag despite free-speech criticism
The new law creates penalties of up to two years in prison or a fine of 200,000 yen for public acts against the flag judged to cause strong offense.
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Civilian killed and officer wounded in Nørresundby shooting
A fire report brought police to an industrial area in northern Denmark, where gunfire left a 62-year-old man dead and led to the detention of a wounded suspect.
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Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour leader amid cabinet tensions
Burnham was confirmed as Labour leader on July 11, 2026, and will succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday.
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Former Baja California Governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel Arrested in Fuel Smuggling Probe
Federal authorities detained Ernesto Ruffo Appel in Ensenada on organized crime and fuel smuggling allegations tied to a wider investigation into contraband fuel imports.
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Thailand weighs suspending nearly 6,000 officials in exam-cheating probe
Thai authorities say irregular exam results affected 5,814 civil servants and could lead to suspensions as police widen a corruption probe.
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South Korea’s top court upholds prison term for PPP lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong
The ruling over illegal political funds from the Unification Church stripped Kweon of his parliamentary seat.
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Ukrainian drone commander quits after Zelensky ousts defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
Pavlo Yelizarov resigned in protest as demonstrations and political backlash spread across Ukraine.
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Former Autostrade chief sentenced to 12 years over Genoa bridge collapse
A Genoa court convicted Giovanni Castellucci at first instance over the 2018 Ponte Morandi disaster, which killed 43 people; the ruling can be appealed.
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Ukrainians protest Zelenskyy's move to replace defence minister Fedorov
Demonstrators rallied in Kyiv and other cities as a dispute within Ukraine's wartime leadership became public.
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France approves assisted-dying bill, but constitutional review still stands in the way
Lawmakers backed a measure allowing eligible adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, with the final hurdle now a constitutional review.
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Iran court extends British prisoner Craig Foreman’s sentence as hunger strike enters second month
Family members say Craig Foreman’s prison term was lengthened by two years after he spoke to the media, while he and Lindsay Foreman remain on hunger strike in Tehran.
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Dena Karari leaves Iran after exit restriction dating to 2024
The dual US-Iranian citizen’s departure was confirmed by her lawyer and a senior US official, while Iran’s judiciary denied that an American prisoner had been released.
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Japan to require labels on AI election content as lawmakers tighten social-media rules
New rules will require AI-generated images and videos to be labeled and bar false or distorted candidate information.
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ICC prosecutors move to drop Darfur war-crimes case against Abdallah Banda
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court say they no longer have substantial grounds to pursue charges against Sudanese rebel leader Abdallah Banda over a 2007 attack on peacekeepers.
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