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Azerbaijan’s independent media faces a stark new warning: nine journalists, NGO workers and activists have received lengthy prison terms in a trial critics call political. Their case offers a glimpse into the growing risks of challenging those in power in the country.

Poland’s conservative opposition is fracturing as former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki launches a new parliamentary group with 41 lawmakers. The split deepens his power struggle with PiS founder Jarosław Kaczyński—and could reshape the fight against Donald Tusk’s government.

Uganda’s independent Nation Media Group is set to resume operations after President Museveni lifted a shutdown ordered by his son, army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The reversal offers relief—but also exposes the fragility of press freedom under the ruling family.

The UK has granted former Hong Kong lawmaker Wu Chi-wai a six-month stay after briefly holding him at Heathrow airport and warning of removal. Jailed under Beijing’s security law, Wu can now reunite with his family - while rights groups question why he faced deportation at all.

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that a government regulation allowing the registration of same-sex marriages concluded abroad is unconstitutional.

An appeal to justices of the Supreme Court in Washington seems to be part of a push by President Donald Trump and his allies to put fresh limits on voting ahead of key elections where control of the House and the Senate is at stake.

The International Criminal Court faces a turbulent period. Chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been ousted for misconduct, and US Secretary of State Rubio aims to dismantle what it sees as the threat that the ICC poses to US sovereignty.

Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the US government withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.

The immediate cause of the reshuffle was the resignation of a conservative ally over a surrogacy row, but it has also provided Chancellor Merz with the opportunity to prepare his unpopular government for battle with the far-right AfD in a key state election in September.

A dispute over future policy led to the break-up of Poland's national-conservative PiS after leader Jarosław Kaczyński expelled former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The PiS ruled from 2015 to 2023, reshaping the country with policies the new government is seeking to reverse.