More than 3,000 people took to the streets of Tunis to protest soaring living costs and what they describe as a rollback of rights and freedoms.

The demonstration was organised following calls from several groups, including trade unions and opposition parties.

Rights organisations have criticised what they describe as an erosion of freedoms since President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab.

UGTT trade union chief Slaheddine Selmi said political and civic life had been “laid to waste.”

Footage released by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis shows what the group says are attacks on Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces in Al-Yatmah, in the northern Al-Jawf governorate.

Clashes between the two sides have continued to escalate since the collapse of a UN-brokered truce in July.

Several hundred demonstrators marched in Tirana for a fifth consecutive day of unrest, gathering outside the Ministry of Education and demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation.

Some protesters threw stones at police and set fire to rubbish bins, using them as barricades to block law enforcement.

Protesters broke into Marseille’s town hall and clashed with police during nationwide demonstrations against rising prices in France.

The rallies, called by the Yellow Vest movement, saw fires set in the streets as riot police responded with tear gas.

The unrest comes as France approaches a presidential election, adding pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.

Police used tear gas to disperse protesters and dismantle a barricade on Boulevard Saint-Martin in central Paris during nationwide demonstrations against France’s rising cost of living.

The protests come amid weeks of student blockades demanding better learning conditions, which have sometimes led to clashes with police.

Rights groups have accused law enforcement of using disproportionate force in response.

Hundreds of demonstrators, including Yellow Vest activists and students, gathered in central Marseille as part of a nationwide day of protests against the rising cost of living.

Protesters blocked traffic, set rubbish bins alight, waved French flags and lit flares ahead of a larger demonstration planned later in the day.

Palestinians searched through the rubble of their destroyed building in al-Maghazi, central Gaza, following an 'Israeli' airstrike.

One resident described the devastation, saying their lives had been destroyed and everything they owned was gone.

Hundreds of protesters marched through central New Delhi under heavy security, demonstrating against India’s election commissioner.

Police had earlier detained Abhijeet Dipke, leader of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), as protests continued in the Indian capital.

Protesters clashed with police and set rubbish bins alight in Tirana for a fourth consecutive day of demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation and education reforms.

The protests have spread to several other Albanian cities, while students continue boycotting universities, escalating months of anti-government demonstrations.

Australia is set to deploy Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessels to patrol Fiji’s waters under a maritime security agreement announced on Friday.

The solar-powered sea drones will help monitor drug trafficking and other threats across the Pacific.

Fiji recently approved a maritime security strategy to tackle transnational crime amid increased methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking in the region.