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Storm Charles causes floods and flight cancellations across southern Europe
Storm Charles brought severe weather across southern Europe this week, with heavy rain and strong winds causing widespread disruption. The system arr…
FAA ground stop disrupts NBA, NHL and college football weekend travel
A telecommunications outage knocked out the US Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control system for more than four hours on Friday, haltin…
Australia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal
Pat Cummins, Australia's cricket captain, denied on Friday that he knew about or participated in a plan to use sandpaper to tamper with the ball durin…
Harry Kane breaks caps record as England reach Nations League knockouts
Harry Kane won his record 126th England cap and scored a penalty as England defeated Croatia 2-1 on Thursday, securing their place in the UEFA Nations…
Czechia braces for massive protest as anger over government's public media reform plans boils
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's coalition government fast-tracked a bill to overhaul public media funding on October 24, passing the first reading…
Spain's workers hold a general strike over housing costs before national election
Spain's largest labor action in 14 years brought millions of workers out in a national strike on Wednesday to protest rising housing costs. Businesses…
Integration of immigrants in Germany: Much has been accomplished but problems remain
Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees released an integration report Wednesday finding that immigrant integration is improving overall, …
Falkland Islanders face ‘devastating consequences’ if Argentina blocks oil project, says UK
Britain's attorney general told an international tribunal in Hamburg that Argentina's attempt to block oil drilling in the Falkland Islands would infl…
Iran backs nuclear treaty even as hardliners raise prospect of bomb
Iran's Foreign Ministry reaffirmed Monday that the country remains committed to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, even as hardli…
India news: New Delhi ready to mediate Black Sea food corridors, says Ukraine's Zelenskyy
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed establishing "food corridors" in the Black Sea with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a…
French officials blame Iran for supermarket fridge hacking
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has blamed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for cyberattacks on French supermarket refrigerati…
Pope Leo delivers stinging rebuke of Milei’s austerity measures during Argentina visit
Pope Leo XIV delivered a direct criticism of Argentine president Javier Milei's austerity measures during a visit to Buenos Aires on Sunday, the secon…
Ousted Paraguay president under house arrest after banking crisis leaves 60% of country unable to access accounts
Santiago Peña, Paraguay's rightwing president, was placed under house arrest minutes after Congress impeached him. The detention followed a severe ban…
Dozens killed after migrant boat sinks off Senegal
At least 34 migrants died after a small boat sank off the coast of northwestern Senegal near Kebemer, according to the Senegalese Press Agency. The Se…
At least 6 killed in shooting in Polish city of Krakow, police say
A gunman killed at least six people and wounded 16 others in Krakow's main market square on Saturday, Polish authorities said. The suspect, a 25-year-…
Cornell faculty declares 'no confidence' in university leadership
Cornell University's Faculty Senate voted 75-50 on Friday to declare "no confidence" in the administration's handling of sexual assault on campus, wit…
US asks China to uphold Busan trade deal commitments
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called on China to "fully and immediately" implement its commitments under…
Flávio Bolsonaro battles to remain relevant as he speaks at rightwing conference at Mar-a-Lago
Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's 25 October presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by more than 4 million votes, fled the cou…
Mother and daughter killed in grizzly bear attack, Canadian authorities confirm
Search teams in British Columbia discovered the bodies of Jenny Balcarras, an art therapist, and her 20-year-old daughter Selah Reed near a trail clos…
How elderly ‘unsung heroes’ powered Lula’s historic fightback in Brazil
Brazil's second-round presidential election on October 25 saw an unusually high turnout among voters over 70, many of whom had skipped the first round…
Paraguay President Pena resigns in wake of bank collapse
Paraguay's Congress rejected President Santiago Pena's resignation Thursday and voted unanimously to impeach him following the collapse of digital len…
Zelenskyy hopes Democratic Congress will bring more US help for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed hope Wednesday that Democratic gains in US midterm elections will bring increased aid to Kyiv, after…
Fact check: Examining viral narratives after the US midterm elections
Viral posts falsely claiming election fraud have proliferated on social media following the US midterm elections, in which Democrats achieved signific…
Why South Africa's local elections matter
South Africans vote Wednesday for municipal government leaders amid widespread complaints about water shortages, power outages, sewage in streets and …
UK's King Charles III decries 'monstrous injustice' of slave trade
King Charles III told Commonwealth leaders gathered in Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday that the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade "fills my heart…
Thousands of European troops to rehearse Ukraine deployment in event of peace
Britain and France will lead a military exercise this month to rehearse deployment of a multinational force to Ukraine if a peace deal occurs. Nearly …
India news: Cyclone Murasu wreaks havoc after landfall
Cyclone Murasu made landfall in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, leaving destruction in its path. Weather agencies warned of heavy rainfall in the following…
Ice hockey officials considering options after CAS order to reinstate Russia
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Friday that the International Ice Hockey Federation must allow Russian national teams back into international…
Lindsay Clancy in court to drop child murder charges after mistrial
Lindsay Clancy, an American mother charged with murdering her three young children in Massachusetts, appeared in court Monday to seek dismissal of fir…
Serbia: Police chief arrested after election for abuse of office
Marko Kricak, head of Serbia's criminal police directorate, was arrested and charged with abuse of office, state media reported Sunday. Prosecutors sa…
Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack
Heavily-armed police officers have begun patrolling Sydney's streets as part of heightened security following a shooting at Bondi Beach in December th…
France opens attempted murder probe after protest attack
Paris prosecutors opened an attempted murder investigation Sunday after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at security forces during a demonstration in the…
Al Jazeera marks 30 years of transforming news in Middle East and beyond
Al Jazeera marked its 30th anniversary on Sunday with a commemorative event at its Doha headquarters, attended by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad …
Thousands demonstrate in Paris as protests spread across Europe
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France on the third consecutive weekend of nationwide protests against rising living costs and poo…
‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery
Flávio Bolsonaro fled to Miami on Tuesday night after losing Brazil's presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by 4.4 million vote…
Severe rainfall and flood warnings issued for central Greece and western Turkey
Heavy rain and strong winds continue to affect south-eastern Europe and Turkey this week, with authorities issuing severe rainfall and flood warnings.…
Report reveals campaign promoting racist, Islamophobic, anti-Qatar views
Two academics have uncovered a years-long, paid-for influence operation promoting racist, Islamophobic and anti-Qatar views across 30 countries, with …
Smuggling, power, profit: Irregular migration out of eastern Libya
Almost 20,000 people have attempted an irregular crossing from eastern Libya to Crete this year, according to DW News. The route from Libya's east coa…
Venezuela: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says US backs 2027 election
Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, said Thursday that the United States backs a presidential election in 2027 as part of a democrati…
Rock collapse kills two in Turkey's Cappadocia, local media reports
At least two people died and five were injured after a rock formation collapsed at an open-air museum in Göreme, a town in Turkey's Cappadocia region,…
Philippine police obtain warrant to search Thomas Markle's devices
Philippine police obtained a warrant this week to examine devices seized from a property in Cebu that allegedly belonged to Thomas Markle Sr, father o…
UAE sentences eight people to life over arms supplies to Sudan’s army
A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced eight people to life imprisonment on Thursday over arms trafficking and money laundering connected to Su…
Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany's health scare highlights the need for better support for elite coaches
Vincent Kompany collapsed during Bayern Munich training last Friday and spent time in hospital with meningeal irritation, a condition that can progres…
EU backs away from offer to Canada to start ‘associate member’ talks
The European Union has retreated from offering Canada formal "associate membership" status, replacing the commitment with vaguer language about "ever …
Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says
Serbian police shot dead a young man outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade early Wednesday after he rushed at an officer with two knives while shout…
Can Turkiye’s Libya breakthrough reshape Eastern Mediterranean diplomacy?
Libya's eastern parliament in Tobruk approved a maritime boundary agreement with Turkiye on October 14, reversing years of opposition to the 2019 acco…
Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park
An eight-year-old girl was seriously injured in a wolf attack at Johannismühle wildlife park in Brandenburg, Germany, on Wednesday. She was inside an …
Flavio Bolsonaro lands in US, declares himself 'leader' of Brazil
Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami on Wednesday and declared himself the rightful leader of Brazil, refusing to concede defeat in Sunday's presidential…
Netanyahu's bloc leading Israel election but short of majority, partial results show
With 85 percent of ballots counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and allied far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish factions were set t…
Sudan war and inflation leave families struggling to survive in Khartoum
Families in Sudan's capital Khartoum are skipping meals and borrowing money as food prices surge and incomes collapse, according to reporting by Al Ja…
How could Israel break election deadlock? Here are four scenarios
Israel faces a political deadlock after Tuesday's election. With 85% of votes counted, neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition nor chall…
Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa
The Trump administration said it will issue visas to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family, according to a senior State Department officia…
Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr
A Cairo court convicted Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the independent news outlet Mada Masr, of managing an unlicensed website. Attalah was briefly…
Rivals in Israel Election Strike Tone of Triumph, but Outcome Is Far From Clear
Israelis voted in large numbers on Tuesday in an election where exit polls showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance and a bloc led by oppos…
The next phase of military rule in Egypt is here
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced recently that he will leave office when his third presidential term ends in April 2030, reversing ea…
Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil for US amid investigation — reports
Flavio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian senator, left Brazil for the United States after losing a presidential runoff election on Sunday to incumbent President …
Israel election: Anti-Netanyahu bloc ahead, but no majority
Exit polls from Israel's October 27, 2026 election show no bloc commands a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, with the anti-Netanyahu opposition and Pr…
Ceasefire extended across Ukraine's Kherson region, officials say
A ceasefire in Ukraine's Russian-occupied Kherson region, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo XIV, began early Tuesday and has expand…
Flávio Bolsonaro's passports cancelled after he fails to surrender them
Brazil's federal police have cancelled the passports of Flávio Bolsonaro after he failed to comply with a Supreme Court order to surrender them within…
Lula’s victory echoes across BRICS after fears of a Bolsonaro win
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term on Sunday, delivering relief to the BRICS alliance at a moment when the …
I'm a single mum on £41,000 and limit my weekly shop to £40 - it's hard
Chancellor John Healey prepares to deliver his first Budget on Wednesday against a backdrop of historic government borrowing costs and widespread fina…
UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’
The UK has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on senior Sudanese military commanders accused of orchestrating sexual violence during the siege of E…
Lula wins fourth term in dramatic Brazil election comeback
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff with 51.79 percent of votes, securing a fourth term and becoming the first Brazilian presid…
Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched coordinated drone strikes on five power stations across three eastern states on October 30, causing…
Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement
Serbia's longtime leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections on Sunday to the Student List, a student-led anti-corruption…
Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian leader brought down by students
Serbia's longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded parliamentary election defeat on Sunday to a student-led movement that protested against his govern…
Portuguese police with dogs and batons dismantle housing protest camps
Portuguese police dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, deploying batons and dogs to clear at least 100 tents from centra…
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to detained former Myanmar leader for first time in five years
Kim Aris, son of Myanmar's detained former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, spoke to his mother by phone for the first time in over five years, acc…
More than one million Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff
More than one million supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gathered on Rio de Janeiro's beach on the eve of a presidential runo…
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘sounds strong’ but is isolated, son says
Kim Aris, son of detained Myanmar former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said his mother appears mentally and physically well following their first phone cal…
Kim Jong-un crosses newly opened bridge into China
Kim Jong-un crossed into China on Saturday via a newly opened bridge spanning the Yalu River, according to South Korea's unification ministry and Chin…
Ukraine’s military says Starlink satellite connection stable after recent restrictions
Ukraine's military reported stable Starlink satellite connectivity on October 24, roughly ten days after the communications system suddenly became res…
Hundreds of thousands march across France in protests over schools and policing
Hundreds of thousands of people marched across French cities on Saturday to support schoolchildren's demands for more teachers and building repairs, a…
Nine killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan
Gunmen opened fire at a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Jordan on Friday, killing nine people and injuring 40 others, according to state authorities.…
Suspect arrested over fire at Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ retreat in Bavaria
Police in Bavaria have arrested a 33-year-old German citizen after a fire destroyed much of Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat known as the Eagle's Nest,…
Opposition deepfake video of Spanish PM’s wife sparks outrage before election
Spain's main opposition party released a deepfake video this week targeting the prime minister's wife and other figures linked to his Socialist party …
Magnitude-7 earthquake hits Tibet, killing at least 16 and destroying hundreds of homes
A magnitude-7 earthquake struck Nagqu, a city in northern Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring 54, according to official Chinese media. The …
Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris
A gunman opened fire from a car in Trappes and Verrière, towns west of Paris, on Friday, killing one person and injuring five others, including a 12-y…
Magnitude-7 earthquake hits China’s Tibet, killing at least 16 and destroying hundreds of homes
A magnitude-7 earthquake struck northern Tibet on October 23, killing at least 16 people and injuring 54, according to the Nagqu media office and offi…
‘I’ve killed people’: Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to friend and asked for help cleaning ‘mess’, court told
A friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon told a court that the accused confessed to killing two men in early 2024. According to testimony reported by The Guard…
Macron bans ‘illegitimate‘ protests in France as he tries to get a grip on unrest
Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will ban "illegitimate" demonstrations as the government responds to street violence that erupted durin…
Besieged Yemeni city on verge of ‘unmanageable’ crisis, aid workers warn
Oxfam aid workers have warned that the humanitarian crisis in Taiz, a besieged Yemeni city of more than 900,000 people, is becoming unmanageable as su…
North Korea prepares to restart propaganda loudspeakers as ties sour with South
North Korea plans to restart propaganda loudspeakers along its entire border with South Korea within days, Kim Yo-jong announced on Thursday. Kim Yo-j…
‘Almost looks fake’: two Sydney beaches closed after whale carcass washes up
Two Sydney beaches have closed indefinitely after a heavily decomposed whale carcass washed ashore at Lurline Bay, a rocky cove between Coogee and Mar…
Some US diplomats told to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks
The US State Department ordered some diplomats and families of government employees to leave Saudi Arabia following Iranian-backed Houthi attacks on c…
Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes
Taiwan's prosecutors have charged five men over an alleged plot to use a vehicle to injure comedian Huang Yi-hao, who performed jokes mocking the Chin…
Shark trapped for a month in South Korean canal is finally freed
A shark trapped in a South Korean canal for more than a month was successfully freed on Wednesday after rescue officials made their third attempt to g…
Putin orders release of jailed American as he meets Trump envoy for Ukraine talks
Vladimir Putin ordered the release of Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old American former teacher, after Donald Trump requested his freedom. Hubbard had sp…
No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment
A man charged in connection with an alleged vehicle attack on independent MP Helen Haines has been denied bail, as Australia's federal police chief wa…
US has resumed sharing intelligence with Ukraine about Russian strikes, says Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that the United States has resumed sharing intelligence with Ukraine about Russian missile strikes, following a me…
Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta
Independent MP Helen Haines lost one leg and faces ongoing surgery to save the other following an alleged car attack in Wangaratta, northern Victoria.…
Brendan Nugent facing three charges over alleged attack on MP Helen Haines
Brendan Nugent, a 43-year-old from Tarrawingee in Victoria, Australia, has been charged with three offences following an alleged attack on MP Helen Ha…
Italy to deploy 500 troops to Milan after days of protests and looting
Italy's government is deploying 500 soldiers to Milan and pledging a "firm response from the state" following protests against the cost of living that…
US grants deportation reprieve to migrants from Ukraine and Sudan
The Department of Homeland Security has granted a temporary reprieve to more than 100,000 migrants from Ukraine and Sudan whose right to remain in the…
Mother of alleged Alan Jones victim ‘absolutely trusted’ the radio host, court told
The mother of Alan Jones' youngest alleged victim testified in a Sydney court that she trusted the 2GB radio broadcaster and felt comfortable allowing…
Helen Haines loses leg after car allegedly did U-turn and struck her twice in Wangaratta
Helen Haines, the independent MP representing the Victorian electorate of Indi, lost one leg after a car allegedly struck her twice in Wangaratta on M…
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
A Kenyan court found cult leader Paul Mackenzie and approximately 30 others guilty of murder in connection with the deaths of 190 children and one adu…
Drone attack near market kills 80 in Sudan
A drone strike killed 80 people near a market in the Sudanese town of al-Dibab on Sunday evening, according to The Guardian. The attack struck a trans…
Three deaths from float crushes raise safety concerns over Japanese festivals
Three deaths from crushing accidents involving festival floats have prompted safety concerns across Japan's traditional festival culture. Akihiro Nab…
Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees
A US research expedition to Nikumaroro, an uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific midway between Australia and Hawaii, failed to locate remains of A…
Former Labor attorney general turned judge Robert McClelland named new anti-corruption boss
Robert McClelland, a former Labor attorney general and federal judge, has been appointed to lead Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission, succ…
Shabana Mahmood to hold talks with EU over law enforcement cooperation
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will meet with the European Union's home affairs commissioner on Monday to discuss law enforcement cooperation, migr…
An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria
Bayo Randle is welcoming a new biography of his great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a woman who was captured by an African king as a child a…
Multiple people killed as Canadian authorities tackle active blaze at Alberta military base
Multiple people have been killed and others injured in a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on S…
Brazil’s Lula says he now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16
Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced support Thursday for lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 16 for "heinous" crimes, re…
Zelenskyy thanks Trump for resumed intelligence sharing after US Starlink ‘message’
Zelenskyy said on NBC on Sunday that the Trump administration resumed sharing US intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes, a reversal he welc…
‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action
Lena Schilling, an Austrian Green MEP, disclosed that she discovered nude deepfakes of herself circulating online last month. The images were doctored…
Buildings set ablaze and more than 1,200 arrested as police clash with protesters across France
More than 1,200 people were arrested across France on Saturday after protests supporting high school students escalated into clashes with police. Poli…
Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge student protesters
French police deployed 4x4 vehicles funded by the UK government to charge at student protesters during school demonstrations in Dunkirk, according to …
UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to resume financial support for Yemeni government forces fighting Iran-backed Houthi fighters, according to Yemeni…
Greens leader denies knowledge of ‘secret dossier’ on how to handle Jordon Steele-John misconduct allegations
David Shoebridge, leader of Australia's Greens party, has denied any knowledge of a 47-page crisis management document reportedly created to handle mi…
Trump’s pause on Russia sanctions is ‘reward’ for Putin, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has characterized Donald Trump's decision to roll back sanctions on Russia as a "reward" for Vladimir Putin, a…
Pope Leo discharged from hospital after cancer operation
Pope Leo, 71, has been discharged from a Rome hospital following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his lung. Doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano …
Mexican judge sentences three men to 158 years in prison for murders of Australian and US surfers
A Mexican judge sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months each in prison for the 2024 murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson a…
Elizabeth Struhs’ child protection case not ‘prioritised’ due to high workload, inquest hears
An inquest into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs heard that Queensland child protection staff failed to prioritize her case due to high wo…
Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank
Israeli settlers launched coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting Palestinian olive farmers during the annual harvest s…
Milei adviser claims UK being ‘colonised by Islam’ as Falklands row grows
Santiago Caputo, chief adviser to Argentina's president Javier Milei, has claimed the UK is undergoing "Islamisation" and used that assertion to argue…
British man fined €3,000 for causing two-year-old son’s death in Cyprus
Joshua Foster, a British man, received a fine of €3,000 (£2,500) after his two-year-old son died in a fall from a fourth-floor hotel window in Cyprus.…
French police accused over war-like injuries to teenagers in school protests
French lawyers and human rights groups have accused police of using weapons that caused war-like injuries to teenagers during ongoing school protests,…
Nineteen injured in collision between minibus and train on Eurotunnel loading platform
A minibus carrying 18 passengers and a driver collided with a stationary freight train on the Eurotunnel loading platform near Calais on October 15, i…
Albania’s prime minister vows not to resign over student-led protests
Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday he will not step down amid student-led protests that have turned violent in the capital, Tirana. Th…
Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15
Youssef al-Manasif faces execution in Saudi Arabia for attending protests and funerals between the ages of 15 and 17, according to human rights groups…
LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested
Human Rights Watch reports that Senegal has detained at least 320 people since February on charges of "acts against nature" following a toughened law …
Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’
Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York federal court on Thursday to face a rewritten indictment that accuses him and his wife Cilia Flores of leading a…
Brazil cuts work week to 40 hours in win for Lula ahead of runoff
Brazil's Congress approved a constitutional amendment cutting the maximum workweek to 40 hours, a move that eliminates six-day workweeks and could aff…
Victoria to become first state to make abortions free as Coalition matches Labor election promise
Victoria will become Australia's first state to offer free abortion care, with both major parties now committed to covering out-of-pocket costs ahead …
Russia arrests Japanese journalist on allegations of spying
Russia arrested Japanese journalist Yuki Imai on the island of Sakhalin on charges of spying, according to the country's FSB security agency. Imai wor…
Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns
A video recording device was discovered aboard HMAS Leeuwin, a Royal Australian Navy ship docked in Cairns, the Defence Department confirmed on Wednes…
Student protests in Albania turn violent as demonstrators clash with police
Tens of thousands of students protested in Tirana, Albania's capital, setting fires at a government building and two banks while clashing with police …
Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAX
Aili Wang, a 32-year-old microbiology graduate student from China, was arrested on 6 October at Los Angeles International Airport after prosecutors al…
$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: how council red tape hinders the right to protest
A regional New South Wales council required a protest organiser to obtain a $20 million public liability insurance policy to hold a rally in a park, a…
Ukraine is littered with landmines on a scale last seen in Vietnam. How can they be removed?
Ukraine's landmine contamination has reached scales comparable to Vietnam, according to The Guardian. Demining operations across eastern Ukraine, wher…
Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer as growth removed during surgery
Pope Leo, 71, has been diagnosed with lung cancer following surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican confirmed on Tuesday. Tes…
Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’
A four-month Guardian investigation reveals that Latin American criminal networks now operate across at least 12 European countries, forging alliances…
Indonesia wildfire fuelled by El Niño razes almost 300 homes
A forest fire on Sumatra island in Indonesia has destroyed nearly 300 homes and displaced hundreds of residents in Bangka Belitung province, according…
Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill five people on Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel have killed at least five people along Mexico's Pacific coast, with damage spanning infrastructure, homes an…
Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case
A businessman wanted for years in the US for allegedly bribing Venezuelan officials has been taken into custody, the US Department of Justice confirme…
Saudi Arabia further suspends flights after latest deadly Houthi attack on airport
Saudi Arabia has suspended all flights to and from Riyadh's main international airport until next Saturday following another round of Houthi missile a…
Thousands without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves north
The remnants of Hurricane Isaias brought heavy rainfall across the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic region on Sunday, leaving nearly 396,000 cust…
Detained Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq after being jailed in 2021
Robert Pether, an Australian engineer, has left Iraq after spending four years detained in a Baghdad jail. The Iraqi government approved his departure…
Donald Tusk says man accused of plotting to kill him detained
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Sunday that police detained a man accused of plotting to assassinate him and Defence Minister. Tusk pos…
Missing Australian hiker Jordan Yap last seen on remote trail found dead in Peru
Jordan Yap, a 30-year-old hiker from Melbourne, has been found dead in Peru's Huayhuash mountain range, his family confirmed. Yap last contacted frien…
‘It was a terrible thing’: Panama declares state of emergency as quake aftershocks rattle communities
Panama's government declared a state of emergency Saturday following two powerful earthquakes that struck Friday and triggered more than 100 aftershoc…
Ben Roberts-Smith attends Canberra event honouring Australian troops who served in Afghanistan
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese honoured troops who served in Afghanistan at a Canberra commemoration on Sunday, marking the 25th anniversa…
Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’
Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia via social media post, claiming both sides had agreed to stop long-range attacks. "Effe…
‘Like a drill going into my eye’: why the mystery over Havana syndrome refuses to die
A decade-long mystery surrounding unexplained neurological symptoms affecting dozens of CIA officers remains unresolved, with competing explanations r…
Three men found guilty of murders of Australian surfer brothers and US friend in Mexico
Three men have been found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, and their American friend Carter Rhoad, 30…
Twelve killed and hundreds injured in Houthi attack at Riyadh airport
A missile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300 others, Saudi civil aviation authorities rep…
Supporters of Imran Khan start march on locked-down Islamabad
Supporters of imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan launched a march toward Islamabad on Sunday after government efforts to prevent th…
Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
A businessman named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in Peru's Huánuco region in the central And…
Sydney trader sacked for working from Singapore without permission wins unfair dismissal case
The Fair Work Commission, Australia's workplace tribunal, ruled on Wednesday that Charles Graham was unfairly dismissed by HIFX Australia, trading as …
Dozens injured and buildings damaged as tornadoes hit Sicily
Two tornadoes struck the coastal town of Marsala on Sicily's west coast, injuring dozens of people and causing widespread damage, according to The Gua…
Powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Panama and triggers panic in capital
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake occurred at a depth of 12.6 kilometers w…
Men accused of shooting Australian surfer brothers and US friend dead in Mexico to learn fate as trial concludes
A Mexican judge is expected to deliver a verdict in the trial of three men accused of killing two Australian brothers and an American friend during a …
Pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk arrested in Montenegro
Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the influential Rybar war blog, was arrested in Montenegro on Friday alongside his wife and three other Russians. Police …
Three Saudis killed in Riyadh airport attack claimed by Houthis
Three Saudi citizens died and several others were wounded in attacks on Riyadh airport late Thursday, according to Saudi officials. Yemen's Houthi mov…
ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Navi Pillay, a South African judge at the International Court of Justice, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized her …
Egyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of six colleagues
Egyptian journalists plan a weekend protest in Cairo after six colleagues from the independent fact-checking platform Matsadaash were charged with ter…
Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray
Eritrean troops crossed into Ethiopia's Tigray region on Wednesday, prompting a drone strike from Ethiopian government forces. The incursion marks an …
Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia
Canada's federal government announced Wednesday it will pursue legislation to indefinitely block access to physician-assisted death for people whose s…
Bachelor star Sam Wood denied bail as police allege he choked wife until she ‘thought she would die’
Sam Wood, a 46-year-old wellness influencer and former star of the Australian version of Bachelor, was denied bail in Queensland court on Thursday. Po…
‘Another coup d’état’: fears grow as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to ‘re-democratise’ Brazil
Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right frontrunner in Brazil's presidential election, has vowed to "re-democratise" the country, prompting critics to warn of…
South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law
South Korea's government said it will pursue legal action if an investigation confirms that fuel shipments from its ports to Russia violated domestic …
Indonesia accused of ‘gross negligence’ in wildfires lawsuit as haze tests region
Indigenous and civil society groups in Indonesian Borneo filed a class action lawsuit accusing the government of "gross negligence" in managing wildfi…
Separatists win in Quebec – but does that bring separation from Canada any closer?
The Parti Québécois won Quebec's election Monday, gaining 56 seats and more than doubling its vote share from 2022. The party takes power for the firs…
Satellite images show attack jets at Chinese military facility in Laos
Satellite imagery has documented attack jets at a newly opened Chinese military facility in Laos, marking Beijing's first air force presence in mainla…
Former bishop sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexually abusing young Aboriginal men
Christopher Alan Saunders, a 76-year-old former bishop of Broome in Western Australia, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexually abu…
Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers beat a photographer for Agence France-Presse while Israeli soldiers watched, according to The Guardian. The assault occurred in…
Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads
Fighting has reignited in Ethiopia's Tigray region after a ceasefire collapsed, with armed groups now forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15 to bolst…
Outcry in Trinidad and Tobago after passing of police bill that could threaten press freedom
Trinidad and Tobago's government passed the Special Operations Bill 2026 on 24 September, citing the need to combat rising crime and murder rates in t…
Argentina will stop Falklands exploiting offshore oilfields, foreign minister says
Argentina's foreign minister Pablo Quirno declared on Tuesday that his government would prevent the Falkland Islands from extracting offshore oil as p…
Quebec poised to elect separatists to power for first time in more than a decade
Voters in Quebec are heading to the polls in provincial elections expected to return the Parti Québécois (PQ) to power, marking the separatist movemen…
Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on
South Korea has shipped more than 176,000 tonnes of fuel to Russian ports in July and August, according to Guardian analysis of port records and ship-…
US closely monitoring case of lab worker who ‘possibly’ died of plague in Siberia, says Rubio
US State Secretary Marco Rubio said Monday the United States is closely monitoring the death of a Russian laboratory worker at a plague research insti…
California woman arrested and accused of spying on Taiwan president’s son for China
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, a 34-year-old California resident, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before she could board a flight to C…
Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places
Norway is preparing legislation to temporarily ban camera-equipped smart glasses from a broad range of public spaces, according to The Guardian. The O…
Brazil’s presidential race goes to second round as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Lula
Brazil's presidential race will proceed to a runoff after far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, narrowly…
US Coast Guard finds debris of missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts
The US Coast Guard discovered debris from a medical transport aircraft off Massachusetts on Saturday, according to the FAA and Coast Guard statements.…
Exiled separatist leader is likely to return to a very different Catalonia
Spain's constitutional court is expected this week to clear the way for Carles Puigdemont, the exiled former president of Catalonia, to return home af…
More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned
More than 400 schools in France will shut or operate at reduced capacity on Monday as authorities prepare for escalating student protests. Education m…
Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained
An Egyptian journalist from the independent platform Matsadaash has been charged with joining a terrorist group, days after authorities detained the e…
Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday tests whether the rightwing momentum sweeping Latin America under Donald Trump will extend to the region's larg…
US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
A US Marine stationed in Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 39-year-old Japanese woman at a hotel in Naha, according to local polic…
Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support
Russia struck Kyiv's Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River with a drone on the day German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Ukraine on an unannounc…
Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes
Bangkok is facing catastrophic flooding, with 40 dead and disaster declared across all 50 city districts, according to The Guardian. In parts of the T…
Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban
Polish abortion rights activists have installed a vending-machine-style locker in Warsaw to distribute abortion pills outside the country's near-total…
Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride
Oktoberfest organizers in Munich are distributing free cycling shorts to women riding the Teufelsrad, a spinning amusement ride at the beer festival, …
Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities
The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) says further cooperation with Saddam Haftar is "impossible" after allegations linked him to drone…
US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts
The US Coast Guard launched a search for a Gulfstream G-100 air ambulance carrying six people that lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administrati…
North Korea launches ballistic missile after Seoul demands apology over wounded soldiers
North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea and Japan confirmed, escalating tensions a day after Pyongyang reje…
MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities
MI5 issued a security alert to UK universities and researchers on Wednesday, warning them to cease work with the China Academy of General Technology (…
Five-year-old girl and man, 67, in critical condition after car hits crowd in Newcastle
A car struck a crowd of people in Newcastle, Australia on Saturday morning, injuring ten people including three children. New South Wales police said …
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria early Saturday morning, with its epicentre near Leongatha, 130 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. The trem…
India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll
India's youth-led Cockroach movement launched fresh nationwide protests on Friday, with thousands gathering in Mumbai under heavy police presence to c…
US Coast Guard says it intercepted ship carrying fuel to Cuba
The US Coast Guard intercepted a cargo ship named Grace on 5 September while it carried fuel bound for Cuba in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Mexi…
Brazil attorney general says meddling ‘cannot be tolerated’ after Trump funding plans revealed
Brazil's attorney general Jorge Messias has condemned foreign interference in his country's institutions after The Guardian reported that the Trump ad…
Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo
Western Australia police have banned at least 12 activists from entering a security zone around the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre ahead of th…
‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities
Hundreds of women protested at Indian universities following a series of rapes, demonstrating anger over what they say is a lack of progress in combat…
British Sikh activist released from Delhi jail after nine-year detention
Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh activist, has been released from a Delhi prison after nine years of detention without a full trial. The Indian high…
Pakistan locks down Islamabad as Imran Khan’s party vows to march on capital
Pakistan's government has locked down Islamabad with tens of thousands of police and barricaded highways to block a nationwide demonstration announced…
Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Newcastle University has appointed Anant Ambani, heir to India's largest oil and gas fortune, as a professor of practice in sustainability. The univer…
Melbourne man’s mysterious disappearance on popular Peru hiking trail prompts widespread search
Jordan Yap, a 30-year-old Australian hiker, has been missing for nearly two weeks on Peru's Huayhuash mountain range, a remote hiking area located 400…
Finnish PM says suspected break-ins at MPs’ homes could be work of foreign power
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Thursday that a foreign power could be behind a series of suspected break-ins at the homes of several Memb…
Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting approximately one week before the country's first rou…
MI5 warns UK universities over ‘theft of tech secrets by Chinese front company’
MI5, Britain's domestic security service, has issued a rare public warning to UK universities naming a specific Chinese organization it says is used b…
South Korea calls for apology from North Korea after mine injures three soldiers
South Korea demanded an apology from North Korea after a landmine blast injured three of its soldiers on September 21 during a search operation near t…
Canada urges stronger partnerships as global order faces ‘rupture’
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand told the UN General Assembly on Saturday that the international order faces a period of deep disruption, as majo…
South African leader urges men to speak up on gender-based violence after series of killings
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa called on men to take greater responsibility for violence against women and announced police action on unsolv…
Burundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US
Burundi agreed to accept migrants deported from the United States under President Trump's immigration policy, joining several other African nations in…
DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak
Marie-Celestin Karondwa, acting president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party's federal executive committee in Butembo, Democratic Re…
At least 27 dead after two mass shootings in South Africa, police say
Two mass shootings within hours killed at least 27 people across South Africa's major metropolitan areas over the weekend, underscoring the country's …
Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
The UN Security Council convened in New York on Tuesday to address a deepening humanitarian and security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Cong…