The International Court of Justice says it has no jurisdiction over Sudan’s claim that the United Arab Emirates fueled atrocities in Darfur by supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces.
Lebanon began its first municipal elections in nearly 10 years on 2025-05-04, with Hezbollah and allied parties expected to dominate in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Authorities in Jalisco have arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán as part of an investigation into organized crime and forced disappearance allegations tied to a notorious ranch case.
Carlos Lupi has resigned as Brazil's social security minister after police said a years-long scheme siphoned money from pensioners and reached into the administration that oversaw the system.
The People Power Party picked former labor minister Kim Moon Soo to face liberal front-runner Lee Jae-myung in an election shaped by Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment.
Australia’s governing Labor Party won a larger House of Representatives majority on the event date, May 3, 2025, while major opposition and minor-party leaders lost their seats.
The ruling party won a 14th straight election on May 3, 2025, giving Singapore’s new premier a strong mandate as the country braced for economic strain from a global trade war.
A Newcastle man was sentenced to 22 years and six months for murdering Mackenzie Anderson, prompting her mother to call the penalty too light and demand reform.
The president signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop federal funding for America’s largest public broadcasters.
The Pentagon says a new military zone attached to Fort Bliss in El Paso will let troops detain border crossers before transfer to civilian authorities.
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok resigned on 2025-05-01 just minutes before South Korea’s National Assembly was set to vote on impeachment, triggering another leadership shift.
A federal judge has found Apple willfully violated an injunction in the Epic Games case, pushing the long-running App Store dispute into possible criminal contempt territory.
Mike Waltz is leaving his job as national security adviser, and President Trump says he wants him to serve instead as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.