The UN Security Council extended the mandate of an international security force in Haiti for six months on Tuesday. The force is intended to combat powerful armed groups that have seized control of much of the country, following fresh gang killings.

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More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked Jalud village in the northern occupied West Bank early Tuesday, authorities and residents said. Three members of Israel’s security forces were wounded and two Palestinian homes were burned while the military was escorting a Palestinian family back home after two months of displacement caused by settler attacks.

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Dutch police have arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man suspected of belonging to ShinyHunters, which claimed it stole sensitive information on about 38,000 FBI staff. Police also suspect he may have ordered attempts to incite two murders abroad. His devices were seized and further arrests remain possible.

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An FBI official has unusually addressed the ShinyHunters hacking group in public, warning the cybercriminals that the agency knows how to find them after a Dutch man was arrested earlier this month.

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President Donald Trump unveiled a government website designed as a one-stop shop for people handling basic tasks such as renewing a passport, enrolling in Medicare or applying for disaster relief.

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Donald Trump met with technology leaders and unveiled an AI tool. A new government website promotes streamlined services while testing how much Americans trust artificial intelligence.

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America.gov is designed to make it easier to navigate government bureaucracy. But language models are imperfect and still prone to hallucinations, potentially creating new problems as they try to simplify the process.

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The Trump administration has launched a revamped America.gov website, but AI answers drawing on government sources undercut many of the statements promoted through it.

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King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Zahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first female prime minister after her Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in last week’s parliamentary election. The 50-year-old lawyer and longtime Marrakesh mayor will need to build a coalition, as her party holds 97 of 395 seats.

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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as prime minister, making her the country’s first woman to hold the post.

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Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has become Morocco’s first woman prime minister.

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According to a Bloomberg report, Apple CEO John Ternus wants the company to release products more often instead of concentrating launches in its customary fall and spring windows. He has indicated Apple should move faster and experiment more for the AI era, while also considering fewer management layers; the changes may not happen immediately.

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Apple CEO John Ternus, only weeks into the job, is pursuing a company overhaul to speed product development, expand the device lineup and build a leaner organization with a stronger engineering focus.

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Estonia says an August arson attack on a Milrem Robotics building in Tallinn was sabotage ordered by Russian intelligence. Estonia summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires, while the Kremlin called the accusation baseless. The fire caused no injuries, and three Latvian citizens were detained.

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Estonian authorities say Russian special services ordered an arson attack last month on Milrem Robotics in Tallinn, a defence company supplying Ukraine with unmanned military vehicles. Russia denies the accusation. Three suspects were arrested in Latvia and extradited to Estonia, while EU and Nato officials said support for Ukraine would continue.

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Estonia has condemned what it calls Russian “sabotage” after an arson attack on defence company Milrem Robotics. European countries have already faced repeated Russian drone incursions and a covert disruption campaign that began after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Estonia said on Sept. 29 that Russian intelligence services were behind an Aug. 15 arson attack at a Milrem Robotics building in Tallinn. Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said the government could state “with certainty” that it was sabotage ordered by Russian special services. Three suspects were arrested and transferred to Estonian authorities.

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first Labour Party conference speech as leader to call for a “fundamental rethink” and a sharp break with the past. He promised reforms spanning healthcare, pensions, housing and public utilities, while his government faces severe financial pressure ahead of its first budget.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool that his government wants to restore hope and end “politics as usual,” while having an honest discussion about difficult choices involving growth, living costs, pensions, care, infrastructure and defence. He faces tight public finances, pressure from debt markets and challenges from parties on both the right and left.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, defending his criminal investigations into President Trump. In his opening statement, Smith said he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith, who secured two indictments against President Donald Trump, is testifying before a Senate panel. The hearing is being covered through live updates.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee and is expected to face questions about the federal cases he brought against President Trump, which have since been dismissed.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith is due to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, answering questions about his investigations into President Donald Trump as the Justice Department intensifies scrutiny of his work.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to testify about investigations involving Trump.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the Justice Department pursues people involved in investigations into President Trump.

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British counterterror police say searches of vehicles following arrests near a US-run military base found no explosives.

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Lindsay Clancy and her legal team returned to court for the first hearing since her triple-murder trial ended in a mistrial. Her attorney argued that Massachusetts prosecutors failed to prove Clancy killed her children, while attention turns to the holdout juror and the case’s next steps.

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Lindsay Clancy’s attorney argues that there is no evidence she killed her children. A judge declared a mistrial in the case three weeks ago.

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Lindsay Clancy returned to court for the first time since her initial trial ended Sept. 4 with a deadlocked jury. Her defense has now made a striking shift by questioning whether she killed her three children, after the first trial focused more on her mental state.

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A hearing in Lindsay Clancy’s case ended without a date being set for a potential retrial over the killings of her three children. Another hearing is scheduled for November.

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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer has shifted from the position presented during her mistrial, now arguing that there is no evidence Clancy actually killed her three children.

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Lindsay Clancy and her legal team are due back in a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday, their first appearance there since her triple-murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month.

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A Russian Tu-95 bomber crashed during a training flight in an uninhabited part of the Amur region, killing at least six crew members and hospitalising another, the Defence Ministry said. The aircraft was not carrying ammunition, and a commission was sent to investigate the crash.

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A Russian nuclear-capable Tu-95 bomber crashed near Krasnoyarovo shortly after taking off from Ukrainka air base, killing all six crew members. Russia had used the base to shelter strategic bombers that survived Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb, which destroyed or damaged more than 40 aircraft at Russian airfields in June 2025.

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A Russian military Tu-95 bomber crashed in the Far East, killing six people.

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A Russian Tu-95 crashed during a training flight in Amur Oblast, killing six crew members and injuring one, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Moscow had not given a cause, while the Baza Telegram channel said a fuel explosion was preliminarily suspected.

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A Tu-95 aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area of Russia’s Amur Region during a training flight on September 29, the Defense Ministry said. Preliminary data indicates that six crew members died and one was injured and hospitalized. The plane carried no munitions, and an Air Force commission was sent to investigate.

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OpenAI has launched Dots, always-on AI assistants powered by GPT-6 Astra and represented by customizable avatars. They can use a cloud computer to work across a browser and more than 4,000 connected apps, learn user preferences, and communicate by text or voice. Dots are initially rolling out to ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users.

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OpenAI’s cute Dots agents are built to connect with users’ apps and handle multistep tasks, positioning them as the company’s answer to Meta’s Muse.

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US President Donald Trump vows never to “stifle” artificial intelligence, while top executives seek guardrails for new AI models.

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At an event launching the America.gov website, President Trump said he plans to sign an executive order that would rename artificial intelligence as “super intelligence.”

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A closed-door White House luncheon brings together artificial intelligence industry leaders for talks as warnings about the technology’s potential extinction risk grow more intense.

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