Federal prosecutors charged David Morens with concealing records tied to Covid-era communications, bringing a long-running dispute over pandemic handling and lab-leak debates back into court.
A gunman opened fire at a social security office and later at a courthouse in central Athens on April 28, 2026, leaving several people hurt before police detained him near Patras.
The former FBI director was charged over a social-media post tied to Donald Trump, as the Justice Department once again moved against a longtime presidential critic on April 28, 2026.
Tibetans living outside China cast ballots in a worldwide election for the Central Tibetan Administration, a vote that carries added weight as the community looks beyond the Dalai Lama’s eventual succession.
Syria has opened its first public trial of officials linked to Bashar Assad, with Atef Najib appearing in court while Assad and his brother were charged in absentia.
The former prime ministers are merging Yesh Atid and Bennett 2026 into a new list called Together, Led by Bennett, with room left for Gadi Eisenkot to join.
A Palestinian election official says registration has ended for local votes that will help choose 403 authorities, with the process tied to a broader push toward representation in the West Bank.
Politico Europe says Viktor Orbán has relinquished his seat in Hungary's parliament, a move that signals another change in the country's political choreography.
Secret Service agents removed the president from the Washington Hilton as an armed man was subdued and taken into custody; no dinner guests were reported injured.
Authorities say the intelligence officer played a central role in the 2013 Tadamon killings, one of the most notorious war-crimes cases from the Assad era.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola as investigators examine alleged procurement violations linked to a multimillion-rand matter.
Officials said a riot at a maximum-security prison in Venezuela killed at least five inmates, with broader casualty figures not yet verified in the brief report.
Parliament has approved legislation that will stop people born after December 31, 2008 from ever buying cigarettes, creating one of the world’s toughest anti-smoking regimes.
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges over past payments to confidential informants used to infiltrate extremist groups.
French investigators were reported to be examining allegations that two Lebanese banks moved billions of dollars out of the country despite capital controls.