Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at an historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan.

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze delivered a sharp rebuke of the BBC on Monday, dismissing its recent investigation as “sheer nonsense” and accusing the broadcaster of spreading fabricated claims about Georgia, News.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi says a listening device was discovered in his office after recent meetings with senior Ukrainian officials and foreign guests.

Israeli forces have arrested Tayseer Abu Sneineh, the mayor of Hebron, during a raid on the city in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA).

Thousands gathered in Nagasaki on Saturday to mark 80 years since the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb, as its mayor warned that current global tensions risk pushing the world toward nuclear war.

At least 14 people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Friday, as falling debris from intercepted drones ignited fires across multiple neighborhoods and damaged critical railway infrastructure.

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, has declared a groundbreaking victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, positioning himself as a leading contender to become the city’s first Muslim mayor.