Japan demanded that the UN "correct" the world map showing the Kuril Islands as belonging to Russia

  The Japanese government has spoken out against the UN's new world map. 

A speed grave-digging championship was held in Hungary

 The competition took place at a cemetery in the town of Nyergesújfalu. Nineteen teams of professional grave diggers, 38 people in total participated. 

Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem - Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar

 

Israel also intends to evict British representatives from the headquarters in Kiryat Gat and halt British participation in training Palestinian Authority forces in Ramallah, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced.

Russia retaliates against Germany with closure of St. Petersburg Consulate and Goethe-Institut

In a tit-for-tat move, Russia on Monday announced retaliatory measures against the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg and Germany’s Goethe-Institut centers in Russia.

Merz acknowledges his party suffered 'dramatic defeat' in Saxony-Anhalt election results

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has acknowledged that the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) suffered a "dramatic defeat’ in the regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, Bild reported.