Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race hands the city its first Muslim and first South Asian mayor, while also underscoring a sharp generational and ideological shift in local politics.
On the event date, Claudia Sheinbaum was sexually assaulted during a public encounter in Mexico City, according to the supplied report, and the suspect was detained on the spot.
Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in for a second term after winning a disputed election that triggered deadly protests across Tanzania and a sharp crackdown on dissent.
The regional leader stepped down after a year of public anger over his administration’s handling of the October 2024 disaster that killed 229 people in Valencia.
Anyone born in 2007 or later is now barred for life from buying or using tobacco in the Maldives, a move the government says applies to residents and foreign visitors alike.
A notice in the US Federal Register says the 2026 refugee ceiling will fall sharply from 125,000, with most admissions reserved for Afrikaners from South Africa and other victims of discrimination.
Buckingham Palace said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will lose his remaining titles and be moved out of Royal Lodge after renewed scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Danielle Smith’s government pushed through emergency legislation overnight, overriding rights protections to end the strike and reopen schools on Wednesday.
Biman Prasad has told Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka he intends to step down after being charged by Fiji’s anti-corruption office, deepening pressure on the coalition government.
The trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, accused of assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, has opened in Nara and is expected to run until mid-December.
The lower house approved a bill that would let conscription offices summon men for medical checks and paperwork at any time, though service windows stay seasonal.
A Malian court sentenced former prime minister Moussa Mara to prison after he publicly expressed solidarity with jailed critics of the ruling military authorities.