Protests over rising fuel protest are happening around the world, a ripple effect as the Us war on Iran is dragging Saudi Arabia in deeper
NYTimes – World From Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are leading to protests and blackouts.
NYTimes – World From Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are leading to protests and blackouts.
Sky News – World Jordanian authorities arrested three men after a deadly attack on a church during a funeral procession in the western village of Hammoud. The suspects were wounded in a dawn shootout with security forces. The Jordanian director of public security called the assailants Islamic extremists. The death toll was reported as eight or nine. Jordan also carried out strikes on "militant hideouts" in Syria that it said were linked to the attack; Syria gave a different account.
NYTimes – World US R&B singer Chris Brown, 37, received an eight-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to affray over a 2023 bottle attack on a music producer at a London nightclub. Reports describe the weapon as a glass or tequila bottle and the location as a Mayfair or central London club.
NYTimes – World Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela after nearly 10 months in exile, arriving in Caracas where thousands lined the streets to welcome her. The Nobel laureate, who left in December 2025 after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, had carried out political activity from the United States and Panama. She announced her arrival on social media, writing, "I am here. With you."
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