Early returns put President Yoweri Museveni far ahead in Uganda’s election, while Bobi Wine’s party said a military helicopter took the opposition candidate from his home.
The deaths in Butambala on the 2026-01-16 event date came as President Yoweri Museveni held a large early lead in Uganda’s presidential count and Bobi Wine’s party challenged the process.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says Singh’s criminal convictions and parliament’s view of his conduct make it no longer tenable for him to keep the role.
Yemen’s presidential leadership council accepted Salem bin Breik’s resignation and named Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsen Zindani to form the next cabinet, according to the state news agency Saba.
Polling in Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary election was marred by delays as some stations opened hours late during a days-long internet shutdown.
Uganda imposed a nationwide internet blackout two days before its presidential vote, deepening fears about repression as Yoweri Museveni seeks a seventh term.
Spanish police say 13 people were arrested after officers boarded a ship 332 miles off the Canary Islands and uncovered nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine packed into salt.
The government says at least 116 people were freed, while a human-rights group put the number lower as pressure from the Trump administration intensified.
Voting has resumed in Myanmar’s tightly controlled general election, with the second phase covering additional townships despite criticism that the process is neither free nor fair.
A prison fight at Washington State Prison in Davisboro over the weekend left three inmates dead and 14 other people hurt, exposing again the violence and staffing problems inside Georgia's correctional system.
Authorities say a 24-year-old Mississippi man killed six relatives and a pastor at three separate locations before being arrested and charged with murder.
Governor Tim Walz issued a warning order and activated the state emergency center while disputing federal claims about the killing of a woman in Minneapolis.
Residents and workers fought at a gold mining site in Takhar province, leaving four dead, five injured and the company’s operations suspended pending a probe.
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores both denied U.S. drug and narco-terrorism charges at their first court appearance in New York.