ISRAEL: Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters who pelted the troops with stones along the border with Lebanon today, leaving some Lebanese demonstrators and troops suffering breathing problems.

Protesters tried to break through a fence in the rugged area overlooked by an Israeli military post. Israeli forces fired tear gas to disperse them.

SENEGAL: Authorities in the Senegalese capital Dakar banned protests by supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko which were planned for today.

On June 1 Mr Sonko was sentenced to two years in prison for “corrupting” a young woman in 202. The move sparked violence which has so far claimed the lives of at least 16 people and injured hundreds.

The protests were also about fears President Macky Sall may attempt to run for an unconstitutional third term in office.

The opposition has vowed to hold the banned demonstrations on Saturday.

UNITED STATES: Former president Donald Trump has been indicted on seven charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate.

The development makes Mr Trump the first former president in US history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw.

He is expected to appear in court next week.

IRAN: Iranian authorities have summoned and arrested a cartoonist who has a history of being imprisoned for political posts on her Instagram account, her lawyer said today.

Mohammad Moghimi said in a tweet that his client, Atena Farghadani, a painter, cartoonist and former political prisoner, was summoned to the Evin courthouse in Tehran and arrested. 

He did not elaborate on why she had been detained.