A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed the murder and weapons counts tied to Brian Thompson’s killing, removing the federal death penalty option while leaving stalking charges in place.
Burkina Faso’s military government has abolished all political parties and ordered their assets transferred to the state, deepening its break with civilian politics.
The case marks the first executions in Beijing’s crackdown on scam networks in Myanmar, where the Ming family built a violent fraud and gambling empire.
Authorities say the suspects, including an Iranian national, were detained after coordinated operations across five provinces and accused of gathering intelligence on military sites.
France’s lower house has passed a bill to bar under-15s from social media and to prohibit mobile phones in high schools, sending the measure to the Senate.
Security services arrested three people they say were linked to Islamic State’s Khorasan Province and were preparing to attack an embassy in the capital.
Conservative businessman Nasry Asfura took office as president of Honduras after a closely contested election shaped by crime, migration and geopolitical rivalry.
Operation Liberterra III spanned 119 countries and also identified more than 4,400 potential victims, Interpol said in a report on transnational trafficking and smuggling.
A convoy carrying the mayor of Shariff Aguak came under fire in Maguindanao del Sur on January 25, 2026, in an attack that ended with the assailants dead and the mayor unharmed.
French authorities are questioning the Indian captain of a tanker intercepted in the Mediterranean after the ship arrived at anchorage near Marseille, part of a wider crackdown on the Russian shadow fleet.
Myanmar held the third and final phase of its general election on January 25, 2026, in a process that all but guaranteed military-backed control of parliament.
Demonstrations, business disruptions and political fallout spread across Minneapolis after the death of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti during federal immigration enforcement activity.
Tens of thousands joined an economic blackout in Minneapolis and across Minnesota, with closures, arrests and a march through subzero weather after the death of Renee Good.
Vietnam’s ruling party has re-elected To Lam as general secretary, strengthening his position at the top of the state and sharpening focus on economic reform.
AP said Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council moved to oust acting prime minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé two weeks before the council was due to dissolve.
Police say a former teacher opened fire at Ntabankulu Primary School in Eastern Cape, killing two women teachers and leaving another educator critically injured.
Authorities urged residents of the small New South Wales town to stay indoors while more than 100 officers searched for a 37-year-old man described as armed and dangerous.
Authorities arrested more than 85 people and seized about 1,000 metric tons of precursor chemicals in what Europol called its largest operation against synthetic drugs.
The Nationals say their alliance with the Liberals has become untenable after a row over proposed hate speech reforms, leaving the opposition split for the second time since the election.