A political impasse has given way to snap poll in Vanuatu, where voters will be soon asked to elect a fifth government in the last three years.

A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing on Chinese hacking incidents, including a recent incident involving American telecom companies.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he would restart talks with India for a free trade deal, following a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the G20 summit in Brazil.

The U.S. Senate is due to vote on legislation that would block arms sales to Israel, backed by lawmakers who say Israel is obstructing aid shipments desperately needed by Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters across New Zealand has culminated in Wellington at a rally with thousands readying to protest against a bill that opponents say seek to dilute the rights of the Maori.

An Israeli drone strike hit a neighbourhood in central Beirut, a Lebanese security source said.

U.S. President Joe Biden pledged a $4 billion U.S. contribution.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he visited the “intense” eastern frontline town of Pokrovsk, where Russia has directed an unrelenting infantry assault for months to close in on the strategically placed road and rail hub.

Poland’s largest opposition party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS), is set to lose millions in state funding after the country’s electoral commission rejected its 2023 financial report.

Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution that called on Sudan’s warring parties to cease hostilities immediately and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said he is “strongly confident” the South Korea-U.S. alliance will continue to thrive under the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies with the launch of a global alliance to combat poverty and hunger that 81 countries have agreed to back.