French media reported that the imperial crown was found damaged outside the Louvre grounds after the museum burglary on the event date, adding a new detail to the investigation.
The opposition party picked Cheng Li-wun to lead it after a contested vote that highlighted the party’s balancing act on defence, Beijing, and Taiwan’s domestic power struggle.
Voters in northern Cyprus are choosing between incumbent Ersin Tatar and opposition leader Tufan Erhürman in a contest that could reshape the territory’s political direction.
Preliminary results gave the centrist Christian Democratic Party candidate about 54.6% against former president Jorge Quiroga, setting up a political shift amid a deep economic crisis.
A Polish court has blocked Germany’s extradition request for a Ukrainian suspect in the Nord Stream sabotage case, saying the German file was too thin and that the alleged act resembled a wartime military operation.
China’s defense ministry has said He Weidong and eight other generals were expelled from the party and the military, days before a key Communist Party plenum.
The AU moved to suspend Madagascar after the removal of President Andry Rajoelina, while the country’s new leadership scheduled Colonel Michael Randrianirina’s swearing-in.
A Maryland grand jury indicted former national security adviser John Bolton on 18 counts tied to the transmission and retention of national defence information.
A prosecutor asked Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal to sentence former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death over alleged crimes against humanity tied to last year’s mass uprising.
Lawmakers in Uruguay have passed a landmark euthanasia bill, making the country the first in Latin America to legalize the practice through legislation.
Madagascar’s president issued a decree dissolving the lower house after leaving the country in fear for his safety, but lawmakers proceeded to impeach him as soldiers said they were taking power.