A candidate from the UK's left-wing Green Party has comfortably won a closely-watched by-election for a vacant parliamentary seat, delivering an embarrassing defeat to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party in one of its former strongholds.
Pakistan launched air strikes on Afghanistan's capital Kabul and other cities, as clashes intensify along the shared border between the two countries.
A global technological issue, termed RAMpocalypse, is affecting computer systems worldwide. This event stems from malfunctions related to random-access memory (RAM), leading to outages in servers and personal devices.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified on Thursday before the House Oversight Committee of the US Congress, which is investigating the crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein, convicted for sexual exploitation of minors.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked a US judge to dismiss drug trafficking charges brought by the Trump administration, alleging that Washington sabotaged his constitutional right to defend himself.
Canadian police warned Sikh activist Moninder Singh in Surrey on Sunday about threats to his life and family, despite previous similar alerts. Singh was an associate of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh activist assassinated in Canada in June 2023, which sparked a major diplomatic rift with India.
At Israeli airports, particularly Ben-Gurion Airport, border control and security measures are rigorously enforced. Travelers, especially those of Arab descent or visiting Israel for the first time, often face lengthy interrogations. This process is employed by Israeli authorities to mitigate terrorism risks, but some human rights organizations deem it discriminatory. The interrogations typically involve scrutiny of personal details, travel purposes, and connections.
Pakistani military forces conducted airstrikes on the Afghan capital, Kabul. These actions followed recent border clashes between the two countries.
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Paraguayan President Santiago Peña received Uzbekistan's Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade, Laziz Kudratov. The meeting took place during the minister's visit to Asunción.
According to Bloomberg, Poland is planning to ban social media use for children under 15. Education Minister Barbara Nowacka stated that platforms will be responsible for verifying users' ages.
The Russian State Duma has passed a law prohibiting the extradition of foreign citizens and stateless persons who served under contract in the Russian Armed Forces or participated in combat operations, including in Ukraine, to other states for criminal prosecution or sentence enforcement.