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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Ahmadinejad’s office disputes claims of covert cooperation with Israel
The former Iranian president’s office said he remained active and rejected a report alleging that Mossad had cultivated him as an asset and that Iranian authorities later placed him under house arrest.
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Hungarian Parliament backs amendment to remove President Tamás Sulyok
Lawmakers approved a constitutional change targeting the Orbán-era president and advancing Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s promised overhaul of Hungary’s political system.
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Boris Nadezhdin faces court after brief detention over Navalny image
Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin was released after a short detention tied to an alleged extremist-symbols violation and is due in court on July 17.
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Darline Graham Nordone appointed to fill brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster selected the late senator’s sister as a temporary successor through the end of his term in January 2027.
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Israel sets October 27 election date as Netanyahu prepares another campaign
The scheduled vote will come after the current Knesset completes a full term, turning the election into a major test of the prime minister’s leadership after the Gaza war.
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Sudan court sentences RSF chief and 15 others to death in absentia
The Port Sudan ruling centred on Khamis Abbakar, West Darfur’s governor, who was killed in 2023, and on broader crimes attributed to the defendants.
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Qatar's former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa dies at 74
The ruler who led Qatar from 1995 to 2013 oversaw its rise as a gas exporter, diplomatic broker and international media centre.
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Hundreds in Stockholm protest Gaza blockade and ceasefire violations
Demonstrators gathered at Odenplan in Stockholm to call for an end to attacks in Gaza, an end to ceasefire violations and unrestricted humanitarian aid access.
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Tusk announces Warsaw remembrance wall amid Polish-Ukrainian dispute over wartime killings
The planned monument will carry the names of identified civilian victims, as Polish officials call for historical recognition alongside continued cooperation with Ukraine.
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UK court clears major carmakers of most diesel defeat-device claims
London’s High Court has dismissed the bulk of claims that five automakers used prohibited diesel defeat devices, though some damages questions still remain for a later stage.
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Man released as police continue Ann Widdecombe murder investigation
Police said a 26-year-old arrested on suspicion of murdering the former British government minister had been released and was no longer part of the investigation.
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Khamenei buried at Imam Reza shrine as funeral crowds chant for revenge
Iran’s slain supreme leader was buried in Mashhad’s Imam Reza shrine, closing a week of public mourning that fused grief, politics and calls for retaliation.
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Virginie Ruffenach Elected President of New Caledonia’s Congress After Coalition Deal
Pro-France politician Virginie Ruffenach won the presidency of New Caledonia’s Congress after a post-election governing arrangement with Eveil Océanien, giving anti-independence forces control of the chamber’s top post.
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Thousands rally in Budapest against plan to remove President Sulyok
Viktor Orbán's allies called the proposed constitutional amendment an attack on democracy, while Prime Minister Péter Magyar said voters gave him a mandate to dismantle the former government's system.
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