The Cook Islands will hold its 2026 general election on Wednesday, August 12, after King’s Representative Sir Tom Marsters announced the parliamentary dissolution on the event date, 2026-06-25.
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, accused of helping lead a $250 million child-nutrition aid fraud scheme in Minnesota, was taken into custody through cooperation between US and Somali agencies.
Electoral authorities declared conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella the winner of Colombia’s presidential runoff after a recount, confirming a narrow victory over Iván Cepeda and setting up a sharp change in tone from Gustavo Petro’s government.
The 94-year-old religious leader is accused of pressuring more than 50,000 followers to join South Korea’s conservative People Power Party between 2021 and 2024.
Four Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in a 50–48 vote for a House-approved war powers measure challenging President Donald Trump’s military policy toward Iran.
Judicial authorities in Belgium have moved to lift Dimitris Avramopoulos’s immunity so they can question him about payments connected to an NGO under investigation.
Spain's supreme court has sentenced former transport minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison over bribes linked to public contracts for sanitary equipment during the pandemic.
The Supreme Court found disbandment necessary after decades of harmful donation solicitation, clearing the way for liquidation and victim compensation.
Authorities have officially set December 22, 2026, as the date for South Sudan's first general election since its 2011 independence, despite ongoing security and legal concerns.
Employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio protested a proposed shift from licence fees to state-budget financing, warning that reduced funding and greater political control could weaken public-service broadcasting.
Final results gave Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party 438 of 501 seats after an election affected by insecurity, exclusions and restrictions on opposition.
Teachers in Mexico have ended a 20-day strike over wages and pensions after street protests and road blockades put pressure on officials in the capital and beyond.
President Rodrigo Paz and the Bolivian Workers' Confederation called the deal a first step, while rural groups outside the talks maintained roadblocks and demands for his resignation.