A suspected smoke bomber who threw a smoke bomb at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have harbored a grudge against the electoral system, according to court documents revealed Tuesday, after he failed to qualify as a candidate in last year's House of Councilors elections.

 Israeli demonstrations against the government's plan to reform the judiciary continue, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to stop the controversial proposals, with tens of thousands of people participating in the main protest held in the central city of Tel Aviv, while smaller demonstrations took place throughout the country.

 After months of escalating tensions between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces Group, violent clashes broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and elsewhere, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict and delaying reaching an agreement with political parties to return the country to its short-term transition to democracy.

 Elon Musk said during an interview with a BBC reporter at Twitter's San Francisco offices that he accused the BBC of covering up the side effects of coronavirus vaccinations and spreading misinformation about masks.