A judge ordered a two-week stop to construction on US President Trump’s arch project in Washington. A federal panel had approved Trump’s triumphal arch plans in an 8-4 vote.
Pro-democracy former lawmaker Au Kam San was found guilty of “subversion against the political power of the State.” He was handed a prison sentence of 12-and-a-half years.
US President Donald Trump said the Ukraine war was close to being settled and that ending it might involve “all of Europe.”
Austrian businessman Rene Benko, who suffered a major fall from grace after his real estate empire, Signa Holding, went bust, was handed two more years in prison.
Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and a rumored presidential candidate, moved to commute the death sentences of 548 inmates in California for one of his last acts as governor.
Iran war hawk Pete Hegseth is facing the fallout from Republicans’ midterms losses as high energy prices turned voters toward Democrats. US President Trump continues to support his embattled defense chief — for now.
The US midterm results showed how unpopular Donald Trump’s Iran war is. Now, Gulf countries, trapped for months in the middle of the war between the US and Iran, see reason for optimism.
Hundreds of civilians were evacuated from the city of Oleshky after Russia and Ukraine agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire. Some observers have expressed optimism that more such humanitarian missions might follow.
Demonstrators took to the streets in several French cities to call for government action on the high cost of living. Protests were largely peaceful, but there were some reports of escalation, including in Paris.
The landslide victory of the Students’ List in Serbia’s general election seems to have removed a blockage in the justice system: Cases that were long stalled are now suddenly moving forward. How can this be?