PAKISTAN: A suicide car bomber backed by the Pakistani Taliban attacked a sprawling compound of security forces in Pakistan’s north-west near the Afghan border today, triggering an intense shootout that left three militants dead, police said.

The attack took place in Mir Ali, a city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Irfan Ali, a local police official said. 

It was unclear whether there were any troop casualties, and there was no immediate comment from the military.

IRELAND: A groundbreaking legal action which targeted Airbnb’s Irish subsidiary over accommodation listings in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory succeeded today.

The High Court of Ireland granted a Palestinian individual and Sadaka — the Ireland Palestine Alliance, both supported by the Global Legal Action Network — an order quashing the police’s refusal to investigate their criminal complaint against Airbnb.

PERU: New President Jose Jeri refused to resign on Thursday following the death of a protester during a massive demonstration led by Gen Z activists demanding he step down.

Around 100 people were reportedly also injured, including 80 police officers and 10 journalists.

PANAMA: President Joe Raul Mulino said on Thursday that someone at the US embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials as the Trump administration presses Panama to limit its ties to China.

The president added that such actions were “not coherent with the good relationship I aspire to maintain with the US.” 

US Ambassador to Panama Kevin Marino Cabrera said in a statement that “a visa is a privilege, not a right.”