News from around the world: regional politics, global trends, and the problems that cross borders.
Jessica Treviño has asked a US federal judge to reverse her deportation to Mexico and preserve her protection under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. US immigration officials cited unauthorized travel on the date the government removed her.
Lawyers for a Guatemalan mother detained in Nashville on May 19, 2026, have asked a US federal court to order her release. They say her detention conflicts with an ICE directive covering pregnant, postpartum and nursing people, while the US government cites undisclosed charges.
Three sources told Reuters that Iran agreed to buy 300 to 400 Chinese shoulder-fired air-defense systems, with the first shipment expected within weeks. China rejected the report and Pakistan denied any role in the proposed delivery route.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued the state's child welfare agency on July 28 after staff allegedly sent a 15-year-old US citizen across the border into Mexico alone. The state seeks the teenager's return and a court-order requirement for future placements outside the United States.
A methane explosion killed 34 miners at a coal mine near Quetta, Pakistan, on July 30, authorities said after an overnight rescue operation. Conflicting early worker counts and the absence of a published investigation leave questions about the mine's safeguards and the sequence of the collapse.
Spain installed a 500-meter sea barrier off Ceuta on August 1 after mass crossings from Morocco left at least 67 people dead. Spanish authorities said 48,300 people had returned to Morocco, while 22 European Union governments sought a coordinated response.
The UK High Court rejected a residents' challenge to planning permission for China's proposed embassy at Royal Mint Court on July 31. The dispute centers on whether planning conditions can be enforced at diplomatic premises and whether the approval process was fair.
The UK Supreme Court granted Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori permission on July 29 to pursue one ground of appeal against the group's proscription. The court refused a second ground, while the ban and its criminal penalties remain in force pending the appeal.
The High Court in London dismissed privacy claims by Prince Harry and six other public figures against the Daily Mail publisher on July 7, 2026. Associated Newspapers says it incurred £34.5 million in costs, but the recoverable sum and assessment basis remain undecided.
The US Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a 50-49 vote on August 8, 2026. Two Republican holdouts cleared his path only after the Justice Department put concessions over a disputed tax settlement in writing.
Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal appeared before a federal royal commission on July 30 as it examined education and training responses to hate. Her plan spans age-appropriate school lessons, professional development and scrutiny of universities, while the commission’s final recommendations remain pending.
A Greek judge ordered Afghan boxer Sharif Ahmadzai held pending trial after prosecutors charged him over the death of Scottish aid worker Elizabeth-Jane Ross. He denies killing Ross but acknowledges moving her body, according to British media reports from Athens.
Ghana's Supreme Court ruled 5-2 on July 29 that political parties cannot restrict presidential and parliamentary candidate votes to selected delegates. Parties have one year to give every registered member in good standing a vote, while the Electoral Commission must oversee compliance.
Temporary Protected Status and related work authorization ended for roughly 350,000 Haitians in late July after a US Supreme Court ruling removed lower-court restraints. The same judgment cleared the termination of protection for more than 6,000 Syrians and sharply limited review of the US homeland security secretary's decisions.
India ordered senior Meta executives to explain why a Facebook video posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly restricted on July 28. Meta restored the post and blamed an error, but Indian officials sought both a policy and technical account of the incident.
Australia's communications regulator sued Optus Mobile on July 30 over 1,005 alleged emergency-call rule breaches during a September 2025 outage. An Optus-commissioned review found that 455 of 605 affected callers did not connect during the 14-hour failure.
Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes resigned on July 30 after criticism of the city's delayed and inaccurate public updates on a festival shooting. Preliminary ballistics did not match the bullets that killed two bystanders to the gun carried by the arrested 15-year-old.
A Utah judge on July 29 rejected Kouri Richins' request to disqualify the judge who presided over her murder trial. The ruling addressed who may hear her separate motion for a new trial, not whether a new trial should be granted.
