Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, is facing intense political pressure after breaking a power sharing agreement. Yousaf replaced Nicola Sturgeon in March .

   A Romanian court has ruled that a trial can proceed in the case involving Andrew Tate, who is accused of human trafficking, rape and leading a criminal group.

   A fire started in a small hotel in Porto Alegre, Brazil, resulting in the deaths of at least people. The hotel was known to provide affordable housing.

   The double amputee athlete, who competed at the London Olympics in , was granted parole after spending the last decade behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

   A year old British man has been charged with conducting hostile activity to benefit Russia. He is accused of plotting to torch a London business connected to Ukraine.

   A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been arrested in Khabarovsk on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military.

   South Korean police on Friday conducted a raid on the office of Lim Hyun taek, the incoming leader of the Korean Medical Association, according to authorities.

   A premature baby girl who was rescued from her mother’s womb after her mother was killed in an Israeli airstrike has died in a Gaza hospital, her uncle said.

   A Syrian woman has received a life sentence for her role in a explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, which killed six people and injured , officials say.

   Sweden’s parliamentary committee has recommended increasing the military budget by nearly billion until to improve air defenses and expand conscription.

   A former U.K. Parliament researcher and his alleged accomplice have been granted bail after being charged with espionage for China, according to officials.

   Vuong Dinh Hue, the head of Vietnam’s parliament, has resigned as the country faces an ongoing anti corruption campaign, according to state media reports.

   Somalia’s government has taken action against members of its Danab commando unit for allegedly stealing rations donated by the U.S., according to officials.

   Russia’s defense minister has voiced the need for Russia and its allies in Asia to expand joint military exercises, citing what he perceives as a direct threat from the U.S.

   The head of Mexico’s detective service has apologized for calling Mexico quot;the champion quot; of fentanyl and meth production this week, according to his office.

   A transitional council, made up of eight men and one woman who will appoint Haiti’s new cabinet and PM, was installed on Thursday as the country faces soaring hunger and gang violence.

   Mexico City prosecutors on Thursday sought to downplay a suspected serial killer’s case; he allegedly targeted women for more than a decade and kept women’s bones in his room.

   Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked a ship in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, in the latest assault over Israel’s war on Hamas; a Houthi missile targeting a vessel was shot down the day before.

   Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil’s capital of Brasà lia on Thursday; they called on the government to protect territories and officially recognize lands.

   The Moulin Rouge’s iconic windmill lost its sails when they mysteriously fell off Thursday night outside of the historic Parisian cabaret club.

   Kurdish led authorities in Syria handed over women and children, related to Islamic State militants, on Thursday to a delegation from Tajikistan for repatriation.

   Mexican President Andrés Manuel L pez Obrador said Thursday that the country’s gangs and cartels generally quot;respect the citizenry quot; in favor of killing each other.

   Top ranking Belarusian security official Ivan Tertel said Thursday that the country had stopped attempted drone strikes by Lithuania, which has denied the claim’s validity.

   people have been reported dead and over , otherwise affected by widespread flooding in Tanzania following weeks’ worth of heavy rain.

   Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said Thursday that anti terrorism measures put in place to safeguard the Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony will ’apply to all buildings along the route.’