Belgian unions launched a three-day wave of strikes targeting rail, schools, hospitals, airports and public services in protest at Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s austerity program.
Egyptians voted in the second phase of parliamentary elections after authorities annulled results in about two dozen constituencies over alleged violations.
A High Court judge convicted ten defendants, including three women, and acquitted two others in a case tied to the killing of a 30-year-old man in 2011.
Preliminary results showed Sinisa Karan, an ally of barred Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, winning the snap presidential election in Republika Srpska.
Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Slender Man stabbing case, was detained in Illinois after fleeing a Wisconsin group home and removing her monitoring bracelet.
A UK court has sentenced former Welsh MEP Nathan Gill to 10 and a half years in prison after he admitted taking bribes linked to statements promoting Russian interests.
Voters in Tonga have elected 26 members of the Legislative Assembly, with the nobility choosing the remaining seats in a parliament where every result matters.
Álvaro García Ortiz was handed a two-year ban from office and a fine in a case tied to a leaked email involving the partner of Madrid regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
Donald Trump said he signed legislation requiring the US Justice Department to release unclassified Jeffrey Epstein files in a searchable public format, while allowing some redactions for victims and active investigations.
Greg Abbott has declared the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR terrorist organizations and banned them from operating in Texas, escalating a long-running political fight over extremism and civil liberties.
Chile’s presidential race moved to a December runoff after Jeannette Jara and Jose Antonio Kast finished first and second without either candidate clearing the 50 percent threshold.
President Daniel Noboa says the head of Ecuador’s Los Lobos gang was detained in Málaga after faking his own death and living under a false identity in Europe.