FRANCE: A police officer will face trial next year on charges of voluntary homicide over the killing of a 17-year-old of north African descent, a death that triggered nationwide riots.

The prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where victim Nahel Merzouk grew up and was killed in 2023, announced in a statement that magistrates decided today to send the police officer, identified only as Florian M, to trial after a two-year investigation.

IRAN: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said today that Tehran supports Lebanon’s efforts to pressure Israel to end its military presence in parts of the country, including diplomatic moves “to expel the occupiers.”

Mr Araghchi said that Iran looks forward to relations with Lebanon based on mutual respect under the new circumstances in the country following the Israel-Hezbollah war.

POLAND: Prime Minister Donald Tusk said today that parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11, as the country faces a “new political reality.”

He called for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, lost Poland’s weekend presidential election to right-wing Karol Nawrocki.

MEXICO: The ruling Morena party appeared to be heading toward control over the Supreme Court, the preliminary count of the country’s first judicial election indicated.

While votes were still being counted for the majority of the 2,600 federal, state and local judge positions up for grabs in Sunday’s judicial elections, results rolled in for the nine Supreme Court positions.

The majority of the newly elected justices share strong ties with the ruling party.