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Political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dodik's candidate heads for victory in Republika Srpska

Sinisa Karan, handpicked by ousted president Milorad Dodik, looks set to win the election in Republika Srpska, the Serb part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the election commission, which presented the results after 93 percent of the votes were counted, Sinisa Karan received 50.9 percent and challenger Branko Blanusa 47.8 percent.

Dodik was ousted by a court in the country after signing a law granting the region independence. He was sentenced to a year in prison and banned from holding political office for six years.

When Dodik gave a victory speech together with Karan, he took the opportunity to criticize the verdict.
 

Violence in Pakistan
Three dead in suicide attack on headquarters in Pakistan

At least three police officers have been killed and five injured after several suicide bombers attacked the Border Police headquarters in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, reports the AP.

One of the suicide bombers detonated his explosive device at the entrance to the headquarters while another was shot dead in a parking lot.

The police chief in Peshawar, Saeed Ahmad, told the news agency that the terrorists' goal was to strike the daily morning parade in the area.

- A quick response prevented a much greater tragedy.

No actor has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but AP notes that the Pakistani Taliban have previously been blamed for similar attacks.

The verdict against Bolsonaro
HD decision: Bolsonaro to remain in custody

Jair Bolsonaro is being remanded in custody pending the start of serving his 27-year prison sentence. The country's highest court has decided this, Brazilian media reports.

HD suspects that the 70-year-old former president is trying to provoke confrontations between his supporters and the police in order to escape. He was arrested this weekend after he tried to destroy his electronic ankle cuff with a soldering iron while his supporters demonstrated outside his home.

“This aggravates the threat to public order and confirms the need for detention,” High Court judge Flávio Dino told G1 Globo.

The defense has applied for continued house arrest due to his age and health, according to Bloomberg. The High Court has rejected the application, but it can still be appealed.

The railway attack in Poland
Third Ukrainian suspected of railway sabotage

A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Poland, suspected of having participated in the railway sabotage earlier in November, Reuters reports.

He is the third Ukrainian to be singled out and is suspected, like the others, of collaborating with Russia.

The two previous suspects, however, have not been arrested because they are believed to have fled to Belarus.