Political opponents of President Saied say the plebiscite would cement his sway.

In the UK a cost of living crisis years in the making has hit hard, forcing ordinary people to shoulder the pressure and accept worsening living standards.

Palestinian Authority Security Services (PSS) have reportedly suppressed a student rally at a West Bank university using brutal force, leaving some protesters and academics wounded.

Thousands of protesters have rallied against gun violence in cities across the United States following recent mass shootings in Texas, and New York.

Anti-riot squads used water cannon followed by tear gas, as furious protesters pulled down yellow iron barricades across a road leading to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo.

Canada's police have arrested several people in the capital, Ottawa, following a march by hundreds of bikers, pedestrians and cars against government overreach.

Months of lengthy blackouts, record inflation and acute food and fuel shortages have spread public discontent in Sri Lanka.