Top 10 world news: Police open fire at Kenyan protesters; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds freedom, more

Police opened fire at protesters who were opposing Kenya's unpopular financial reforms. The protesters tried to storm parliament, setting afire parts of the building.

After years in a London prison, WikiLeaks founder reached a plea deal to avoid extradition to the US. The Australian is on his way home, before which he will have to face a court appearance in a US territory.

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Police opened fire on demonstrators who were trying to storm Kenya's parliament on Tuesday (Jun 25), killing at least five, as per Reuters. Several protesters reportedly entered the complex where lawmakers were debating tax hike proposals that have sparked widespread anger across the nation.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British prison. He is expected to plead guilty to violating US espionage law on Wednesday (Jun 26) and is set to face a final court hearing. WikiLeaks said in a statement that Assange was freed on bail from prison in London and had boarded a flight to fly out of the nation on Monday (Jun 25).

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday (June 25) said it has issued arrest warrants for Russia's former defence minister and military chief over alleged crimes during Russia's war against Ukraine.

At least 24 Palestinians were killed in three separate airstrikes launched by Israeli forces on the Gaza City early on Tuesday (June 25).

In a decision that might split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition, the Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 25) mandated that the state start enlisting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminarians in the military.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has withdrawn Conservative Party support for two parliamentary candidates who are under investigation by the Gambling Commission over allegations of betting on the date of the upcoming general election.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (June 25) allowed the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea to stay the trial court's bail order for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case.

Recently purported videos of individuals in disastrously inebriated states have taken the internet by storm raising concerns of drug menace in northern India's Punjab.

As the Afghan cricket team reaches the T20 world cup semi finals and reaches a new milestone, the Taliban has thanked India for the capacity building that has been provided by Delhi for many years. Afghanistan qualified for the semi finals by beating Bangladesh by eight runs and will now play South Africa on Thursday.

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who recently took oath as MP in the 18th Lok Sabha session, is all set to return to the silver screens after her 2023 film Tejas, which turned out to be one of Hindi cinema's biggest box-office disaster within its first two days of release. Her next film Emergency, which is based on the 1975 Indian Emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, will hit theatres on September 6.