Armenia's governing party wins as Britain's defence secretary resigns

Preliminary results from Armenia's election gave the governing Civil Contract party 49.8 percent, a parliamentary majority but not the two-thirds needed for a constitutional referendum on a peace deal with Azerbaijan and a restart of border trade with Turkey. Strong Armenia won 23.2 percent and Armenia Alliance 9.9 percent. Prosperous Armenia narrowly missed entry after a later tally of electronic votes.

The day before the vote, investigators arrested six Strong Armenia candidates after the election commission authorized criminal proceedings. The arrests were a legal fight inside the campaign, not a change to the preliminary percentages. Those percentages were what the early count produced.

In London, defence secretary John Healey resigned in protest at a lack of funding for the armed forces. He said prime minister Keir Starmer was putting the country's security at risk amid growing international threats. Armed forces minister Al Carns resigned as well.

Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court justice and United Nations human rights chief, was sworn in as Canada's 31st governor general. In Jersey, results indicated Reform Jersey leader Sam Mezec would not return to the States Assembly after placing tenth in the senatorial race. West Bengal said it had deported nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals and detained hundreds more after the state's election.

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of treason and abuse of power for ordering drones flown into North Korea to help justify his martial law declaration. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison on top of an existing life sentence. The judgment was a domestic criminal result in the same week the World Cup opened.

Swiss voters rejected an initiative to cap the permanent resident population at 10 million by 2050. Hundreds of Indonesian students protested President Prabowo Subianto over a fuel-price rise, government tensions, and spending on the free meals program. Trump said a joint United States-Venezuela operation had killed Tren de Aragua leader Nino Guerrero.