The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said he had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia to evacuate nationals from the French territory which has experienced a week of deadly riots, sparked by electoral changes by the French government in Paris.

A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all countries to prevent “for all time” the placement, threat or use of weapons in outer space failed with the 15-member body split over the move.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a U.S. court.

Support for South Africa’s governing African National Congress has risen in the weeks leading up to this month’s election.

Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel’s history long before the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office said it had requested an arrest warrant against him over possible war crimes in Gaza.

Gaza Strip residents criticised the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s decision to seek the arrest of Hamas leaders, saying it falsely equated them with the Israeli leaders waging war in the Palestinian enclave since October.

Indians voted in the fifth phase of mammoth general elections.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash upsets the plans of hardliners who wanted him to succeed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and will stir rivalries in their camp over who will take over the Islamic Republic when he dies.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces voter fatigue and some resistance from a resurgent opposition in India’s mammoth general election, foot soldiers of his party’s Hindu nationalist parent have stepped in to help regain momentum, insiders said.

Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, in footage shown live on television from the presidential office.

The bodies of those killed in the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president will be transported to the city of Tabriz, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent said, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News.