- Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu remains far from defeated AP News
- Netanyahu, Eisenkot stake rival claims to lead Israel after deadlocked vote Reuters
- Israel’s voters deny Binyamin Netanyahu a majority The Economist
- What to Expect Now That Polls Are Closed in Israel The New York Times
- Israel elections: Arab parties could hold key as Netanyahu and Eisenkot fall short of victory BBC
No clear winner in Israel as exit polls suggest rebuke for Netanyahu – CNN
- No clear winner in Israel as exit polls suggest rebuke for Netanyahu CNN
- Joint List's Cassif: 'More elections would be a gift to Netanyahu, ball is in the hands of the change bloc' The Times of Israel
- Arab-Majority Joint List Head Says Party 'Cannot Be Ignored' Amid Historic Turnout Haaretz
- Ahmad Tibi outlines plan to oust Netanyahu after elections if neither bloc forms majority The Jerusalem Post
- Joint List leader says voters sent clear message to ‘government of bloodshed’ Middle East Eye
King acknowledges ‘suffering of the past’ as Caribbean tour begins – BBC
- King acknowledges 'suffering of the past' as Caribbean tour begins BBC
- King Charles to discuss legacy of slavery with Commonwealth leaders at summit The Guardian
- King Charles says Commonwealth to confront slavery's injustices, as calls for reparations grow KSL News
- King Charles heads to Caribbean as calls grow for slavery apology CNN
- What Is the Commonwealth? What to Know as King Charles Hosts Meeting in the Caribbean The New York Times
Iran hasn’t tried to repair nuclear facilities damaged in US strikes, UN nuclear chief says – AP News
- Iran hasn’t tried to repair nuclear facilities damaged in US strikes, UN nuclear chief says AP News
- Security Council, 10253rd Meeting (AM) Iran/Non-proliferation UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
- Nuclear Inspectors See No Evidence Iran Fixed Bombed Sites Bloomberg
- Director General Statement to the United Nations Security Council International Atomic Energy Agency
- UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Urges Iran To Grant Access NDTV
ASEAN envoy to lead humanitarian mission to Myanmar – Reuters
Arab parties projected to win 18 seats in Israeli parliamentary election
Record-breaking voter turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel hits around 80 percent, early indications show.
Netanyahu, Eisenkot camps clash over Israeli election projections
Despite narrower exit poll figures, opposition leaders insisted the result was a defeat for the government.
Israel’s Eisenkot says country voted for change
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says millions of Israelis voted for change, tired of Netanyahu’s ‘lies’.
‘This is America’: US envoy scolds Cuban diplomat at UN
US envoy Mike Waltz repeatedly told Cuba’s UN team, ‘This is America’, during a heated clash at UN headquarters
Watch: What happens now after close vote in Israeli election?
Polls have closed in the Israeli election, but there is no clear winner.
Alexander brothers each sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case
The trio - two of whom were high-profile US real estate moguls - were found guilty using their social status to lure women to parties and then raping them.
Gaza’s women filmmakers turn pain into cinema as new academy launches
Gaza film festival highlights women's resilience through stories of war, loss and survival.
President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters
Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election.
China’s families are now supporting more old people than kids – BBC
- China's families are now supporting more old people than kids BBC
- China aims to stabilise number of new births with policy support Reuters
- As births decline across China, 1 in 8 are born in Guangdong. What’s the secret? South China Morning Post
- Nine provincial-level regions in China post birth rates above 7‰ in 2025, Guangdong tops newborns: report Global Times
- China’s Population Falls by 3.39 Million, Largest Drop Since 2022 Caixin Global
No clear mandate projected in Israel election: What’s next?
President Isaac Herzog will task the candidate he deems best placed to form a government once results are in.
Smotrich dances in Israel despite far-right decline
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich celebrates despite exit polls suggesting support for his far-right party declined.
Arab towns in Israel celebrate historic Knesset gains with fireworks
Celebrations erupted in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats
Thousands rally outside Portugal’s parliament over housing crisis, police operations – Reuters
- Thousands rally outside Portugal's parliament over housing crisis, police operations Reuters
- Thousands of Portuguese gather outside Parliament as housing protests swell AP News
- Portuguese police clear Lisbon housing protest camp, arrest 25 Al Jazeera
- Portugal: Lisbon housing crisis sparks protest outside parliament Yahoo
- CORRECTION Portugal Housing Protest dailyrecordnews.com
Grand jury declines to indict ex-White House staffer who testified about January 6
Cassidy Hutchinson had implicated Donald Trump in US Capitol attack during testimony before House committee
The justice department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 US Capitol insurrection, according to two people familiar with the matter.
A grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors’ request to return an indictment charging Cassidy Hutchinson, said the people, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case. It’s the latest setback in the justice department’s efforts to charge perceived adversaries of the Republican president.
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