Malta's Labour wins again as Colombia heads to a runoff

Preliminary results from Malta's election showed the Labour Party, led by prime minister Robert Abela, had won a record fourth consecutive term. The vote chose the House of Representatives. The result extended a run that already made the party the incumbent.

In Colombia, National Salvation Movement candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round and was set to face Ivan Cepeda of Historic Pact in a runoff on June 21. President Gustavo Petro said he did not recognize the results because of doubts about the computerized vote-counting system. Guineans, separately, voted to elect 147 members of the National Assembly.

Cambodia's senate president and acting head of state Hun Sen pardoned opposition leader Kem Sokha, ending a 27-year treason sentence. The pardon kept restrictions on Sokha's political rights and on international travel. It changed his custody without restoring a full political life.

Senegal's president Bassirou Diomaye Faye appointed Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo as prime minister, replacing Ousmane Sonko, whom Faye had dismissed on May 22. The appointment filled the post left open at the end of the previous week. It was the formal next step after the government was dissolved.

Bolivia's Chamber of Deputies approved legislation allowing president Rodrigo Paz to declare a state of emergency and deploy the military amid anti-government protests. In the United States, the South Carolina Senate rejected a redistricting push to change congressional districts before the midterms. Television writer Dan Greaney said he would run for the Republican nomination to succeed Donald Trump in 2028.

Somalia's institutional fight continued in public. The opposition Somali Future Council had already said president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud could no longer perform key functions after his mandate expired, and fighting around Baidoa killed at least eight people as forces loyal to Mohamud and to ousted South West State president Abdiaziz Laftagareen entered the regional capital. Puntland had said federal executive and legislative mandates were over.