A Pakistani court granted interim bail to former PM Imran Khan,Thailand's PM was suspended until a ruling on his term limit is determined,a Malaysian court upheld the former PM's graft conviction,and defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga challenged Kenya's election in the Supreme Court.Meanwhile, the first US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years arrived in Khartoum,French Pres. Macron sought to reset ties with Algeria,Colombia suspended ELN rebel arrest warrants,Australia announced plans to investigate ex-PM Morrison,and Finnish PM Sanna Marin's drug test returned a negative result.

The Dept. of Justice released a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit,and Republican Sen. Ron Johnson accused the FBI of slow-walking the Hunter Biden laptop investigation.Meanwhile, Meta and Twitter reportedly removed a pro-US influence operation from their networks,Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in the Georgia election probe was put on hold,and Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida.

Dept. of Homeland Security shut down its disinformation board,a partial recount of a Kansas referendum favored abortion rights,a federal judge blocked part of Idaho's abortion ban,and Singapore announced it will decriminalize gay sex.Meanwhile, Rohingya refugees marked five years since their exodus from Myanmar,UK's intelligence agencies M15 and M16 were accused of a tip-off that led to a Sikh activist's torture,UK Channel migrant crossings hit a new record,and Qatar reportedly detained foreign workers protesting late pay.

The Uvalde school district police chief was fired over his response to the elementary school shooting,the charges against two Atlanta officers involved in Rayshard Brooks' death were dropped,three Arkansas officers were suspended over a video showing a violent arrest,two men were convicted in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,and Mexico's former Attorney General was arrested in connection to a missing students case.

This week saw Wednesday mark 31 years of Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union and six months since the start of the war.It came a day after Ukraine celebrated its Flag Day on Tuesday, with Zelenskyy pledging to raise the Ukrainian flag over the Russian-occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Crimea.Meanwhile, shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - for which Russia and Ukraine have traded blame - continued this week, with the power cut off on Thursday due to nearby fires allegedly caused by strikes.Despite power being restored on Friday, Ukraine's state energy operator, Energoatom, said there's a risk of radiation leakage and iodine tablets were handed out to residents in the area.This comes as Russia issued a decree ordering an increase of troops by 137k, though the UK Ministry of Defence said on Sunday that this will likely have minimal impact on their combat power.Meanwhile, Ukraine denied responsibility for a car bomb that killed the daughter of Putin-ally Aleksander Dugin in the outskirts of Moscow last week.

At least 32 people were killed and 159 wounded in militia clashes in Libya, the US and South Korea launched joint military drills,rockets were fired at two US bases in Syria following US airstrikes in the east,and Somali forces ended an al-Shabaab siege at a hotel.

Fauci announced plans to step down in December,and California Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill calling for legal injection sites.

The Biden admin. announced plans to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt,the UK's top energy regulator, Ofgem, announced plans to raise the energy price cap to $4k,and the US Federal Reserve said high interest rates are likely "for some time..

A report revealed that Europe is facing its worst drought in 500 years,at least 33M people have been affected by monsoon flooding in Pakistan,Germany launched the world's first hydrogen-powered train fleet,and Google Flights was accused of 'airbrushing' carbon emissions.

Musk subpoenaed former Twitter CEO Dorsey,a Twitter whistleblower alleged major issues with the company's security and spam accounts,Ford announced it will appeal a $1.7B verdict in a truck crash case,Moderna sued Pfizer for allegedly copying its mRNA vaccines,and T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a partnership to end cellphone dead zones.

Djokovic withdrew from the US Open due to vaccine travel requirements.

NASA revealed new pictures of Jupiterand started its countdown to the Artemis moon mission launch..