Two Hong Kong activists have been convicted under the national security law for organizing annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, facing up to 10 years in prison.

A Swiss tourist was sentenced to one year in prison for insulting Bali’s sacred Nyepi holiday by filming himself on a restricted beach during the Day of Silence.

Japan executed a man convicted of killing five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, marking the country’s first execution in more than a year.

Banknotes in circulation across the EU are increasing despite digital payment growth, driven by concerns over geopolitical instability, cyber-attack risks, and natural disasters prompting emergency cash stockpiling.

Russia’s navy conducted missile tests around disputed islands that Japan claims, prompting Tokyo to criticize the military exercises as provocative escalation amid ongoing territorial tensions.

The body of missing Australian hiker Lily Hooper has been recovered after an eight-day search. Officials are investigating a miscommunication that initially reported she had been found alive.

Violent Israeli settler attacks in Palestinian-controlled West Bank areas have nearly doubled since 2025, with a significant shift in focus toward regions designated for Palestinian governance under international agreements.

Five Palestine Action activists in the UK face potential terrorism sentencing for 2024 damages to a Barclays Bank branch, despite not being charged with terrorism offenses at trial.

Australian police charged a 27-year-old dual citizen with foreign interference for allegedly passing Ukrainian military intelligence to Russian intelligence operatives after enlisting in Ukraine’s military.

North Korea launched ballistic missiles after President Trump proposed meeting with leader Kim Jong Un later this year, dismissing U.S.-South Korea military exercise cutbacks as insufficient for resuming diplomacy.

Mexico City’s Tabacalera neighborhood, known as Little LA, has become a refuge for deported Mexicans who spent decades in the US and now struggle to readjust to their native country.

Russia conducted a major strike on Kyiv, killing at least 17 people and damaging critical infrastructure including a children’s hospital. Ukrainian officials say the attack marks the first deliberate targeting of critical infrastructure in the capital in several months.