Ten months after the AFCON final, Senegal and Morocco are still contesting the title at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A ruling on Senegal’s appeal against Morocco’s victory by default is expected within days.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport held a long-awaited hearing in Lausanne on Thursday to consider Senegal’s appeal against the Confederation of African Football’s decision to award Morocco this year’s Africa Cup of Nations title. Senegal had won the match in Rabat, but CAF later overturned the result after the team left the pitch in protest before returning. A three-judge panel is expected to rule soon.
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Montenegrin authorities detained Rybar founder Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria and three associates in Risan on Oct. 9. Prime Minister Milojko Spajic confirmed the detention, saying Montenegro was protecting its interests and European future.
Rybar said its founder, Mikhail Zvinchuk, was detained in Montenegro alongside other Russian nationals. The project said they had been legally and officially in the country and had planned to film Cetinje Monastery after filing an official request in advance.
Montenegrin security forces reportedly found drones, advanced digital equipment and electronic devices with Mikhail Zvinchuk and his associates when they were detained in Risan. The operation was conducted by police in coordination with the National Security Agency.
Montenegrin security services detained Rybar Telegram channel head Mikhail Zvinchuk and several colleagues in Risan, the outlet Vijesti reported. Those detained included his wife and colleague Valeria Zvinchuk and three other people.
Acciaierie d'Italia has announced a production suspension at its Taranto site while it awaits a ruling from Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation. Its plants in Genoa and Novi Ligure are also due to close temporarily by 15 November, as former Ilva workers plan to strike and thousands of jobs are threatened.
A Pentagon official says the US will livestream the Army’s December 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. Hasan would be the first person executed by a US military firing squad since 1945.
Fort Hood survivor Alonzo Lunsford supports executing Nidal Hasan by firing squad, saying the method fits the crime, but questions showing it live to the public. He says survivors and victims’ families should be able to watch, while the execution should not be treated as entertainment.
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Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad, with the execution livestreamed. It would be the first US military firing-squad execution since World War II.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, is set to be executed by firing squad on December 3, with the public able to watch online. Donald Trump approved the plan, but legal experts say a livestreamed execution is unprecedented and its legal basis is unclear; Hasan’s appeals are not complete.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former Army major who killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting, would be open for the public to see.
In an interview, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed that the man who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting would be executed “publicly.”
The US military says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. A military court sentenced him to death in 2013, and the execution is scheduled for December 3. It would be the first US military execution since 1961 and its first firing-squad execution since World War II.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, would be open for people to watch. A Pentagon official told Al Jazeera it would be livestreamed. Hegseth said it was scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood.
The Pentagon says it will livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, who killed 13 people in 2009. President Trump has ordered that the execution be carried out by firing squad.
Anonymous Defense Department officials told the BBC and Associated Press that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army major convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, will be livestreamed. The firing-squad execution is scheduled for December 3 at 2PM ET. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would be public so people understand the serious consequences of such acts.
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. War Secretary Pete Hegseth had earlier said the execution would be public.
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A Pentagon official said the US will livestream the Army firing squad’s execution of Nidal Hasan on December 3. Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree; the livestream would be unprecedented.
The Pentagon said Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, will be executed by firing squad on December 3, with the execution livestreamed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday it would be public. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 in a 2009 shooting at the Texas military base.
The US will livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the public would be able to watch former Army major Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad. A Defense Department official told the BBC it would be livestreamed; the execution is scheduled for 3 December at Fort Hood, Texas.
Bitcoin rebounded to around $82,500 after Trump ruled out striking Iran before the midterms. It is still down about 4% for the week, while ether has fallen 9%.
French student unions said on Friday they would keep protesting after their campaign scored its first win. The movement is gaining support from Paris’s elite universities, while 141 schools remain shut nationwide, according to the education ministry. Student and teacher unions have called for another nationwide school strike next Tuesday.
France’s nationwide student protest movement continued on Thursday, with further clashes between protesters and police. The education minister promised to send 3,000 substitute teachers to struggling high schools “within the next hours.”
US immigration agents shot and wounded a man Thursday inside his car, with a child present, in New York City’s Marble Hill neighborhood, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses. Since Republican President Donald Trump returned to office, federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people, killing seven and sparking protests across the US.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would ask US President Donald Trump to remove ICE from the city. Federal immigration agents shot a man in a vehicle on Thursday while attempting to arrest him, with his five-year-old child nearby. The 28-year-old survived and is being treated in hospital.
Protests and outrage have erupted in New York after ICE agents surrounded a vehicle and shot a man. A five-year-old child was in the car. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called President Trump to demand that ICE leave the city.
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in the Bronx on Thursday during what the Department of Homeland Security described as a targeted operation to arrest a “criminal illegal alien.” The department said the man was alive and taken to a hospital. Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the incident, saying early reports indicated agents had surrounded the man and a five-year-old child in his car before firing. Governor Kathy Hochul called for any body-camera footage to be released.
Witnesses said they saw several masked officers in clothing bearing Department of Homeland Security markings surrounding a man on the ground who appeared injured. They reported hearing three or four shots.
A man was hospitalized after ICE officers shot him in New York City, the Department of Homeland Security said. Mayor Mamdani called the situation “unconscionable.” The investigation is ongoing.
A person was shot during an interaction with federal agents in New York City, the NYPD said. The department said it was not involved in the shooting and that the person was conscious; their condition was not immediately clear.
Thailand’s SEC has restricted initial crypto ETFs to bitcoin and ether and set new rules on custody, exposure and trading. The rules take effect Oct. 16.
Amazon's Bedrock AgentCore Payments, built with Coinbase and Stripe, lets AI agents find services, authenticate and pay with stablecoins and x402 within preset limits. The harder issue comes after payment: whether goods or services met expectations, and who resolves refunds and disputes. Stakeholders consulted by Australia's central bank warned that liability may be unclear when agents exceed their authority, and that agentic commerce could raise merchant costs.
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Trump says he will not resume strikes on Iran before the November midterm elections, despite reports that the Pentagon has plans for attacks before the vote. The war is deeply unpopular in the US, and analysts say delaying strikes could shield Republicans from voter backlash, though election results could also shape Trump’s calculations.
A Polish parliamentary committee has urged that central bank governor Adam Glapinski be referred to the State Tribunal over accusations that he violated the constitution while in office, committee chairman Zdzislaw Gawlik said on Friday.
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🇮🇩 🦧 Injured orangutan rescued from Indonesia wildfire receives intensive care
A young orangutan rescued from a fire-hit area in Indonesian Borneo is receiving intensive care for burns to her hands and feet sustained while escaping wildfires that have devastated wildlife habitats.
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A young orangutan rescued from a fire-hit area in Indonesian Borneo is receiving intensive care for burns to her hands and feet sustained while escaping wildfires that have devastated wildlife habitats.
Three former OpenAI researchers say they were dismissed for trying to ensure AI safety and warned in an open letter that the move could make colleagues afraid to speak up. OpenAI said the firings followed a significant breach of trust involving mishandled company information, not the raising of safety concerns.
Officials said Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was targeted in two attacks on Thursday. A pilot was killed, and the Saudi-led coalition pledged a “firm” response.
Saudi authorities said Friday that Thursday’s attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people and injured several others. Yemen’s Houthis intensified missile strikes on the kingdom and sought to shut its airspace. The attacks damaged a Saudia Airlines plane, sent smoke over the airport and prompted many airlines to cancel flights to the Saudi capital.
Two missiles struck King Khalid International Airport, killing three people, including an airline captain. Diplomats sheltered in place and dozens of flights were delayed. Yemen’s government said it had made progress in its Red Sea counter-offensive, while Houthi forces said they were holding their ground.
Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority says two attacks on Riyadh’s international airport killed three Saudi nationals and injured several others. The Houthis said they targeted the airport with two missiles, amid intensified fighting between the group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s government.
Saudi authorities said Thursday’s attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people. Yemen’s Houthi group intensified missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to close its airspace, as the war triggered by the US-Iran conflict escalated.
Al Ekhbariya reported that a Saudia pilot was killed in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The airline said an aircraft parked on the tarmac was damaged in the October 8 attack, with no passengers aboard, and that airport operations resumed that evening.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said on Friday that two attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday killed three Saudi nationals and injured several others.
Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said Friday that two attacks on Thursday targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and a Saudia aircraft killed three Saudi citizens and injured several others. Houthi rebels claimed responsibility.
EU countries reached a deal on Friday to give the bloc’s financial markets watchdog broader powers, with the aim of making cross-border investment easier and helping businesses raise more money across the EU.
Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of deliberately targeting civilians after two buses were destroyed in Kramatorsk, killing 30 people. President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed the attack would not go unanswered.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will say in his national day speech that strengthening defences and spending more on the military are not a “provocation,” but reflect Taiwanese people's hope of preserving peace and freedom, an official said.
Bitcoin life insurer Meanwhile raised $37.5 million from existing investors in a round led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total funding to more than $180 million.
Dubai Airports chief Paul Griffiths said on the sidelines of the WTTC Global Summit in Malta that he believes regional airport expansion will be key to travel over the next decade.
At a meeting of CIS leaders, Vladimir Putin said member states unanimously support a just, multipolar world order based on international law and the UN’s central role. Russia-CIS trade exceeded $110 billion in 2025 and grew 19% in the first half of this year, he said, adding that removing barriers could accelerate cooperation. National currencies account for over 90% of mutual settlements.
The US accuses Russia and other countries of developing banned biological weapons. Following an incident at the plague laboratory in Irkutsk, Euronews spoke with bioweapons expert Mirko Himmel.
Three people said Thomas Barrack, a senior US diplomat in the Middle East, promoted a business partner’s firm for a role in developing an oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria. The activities appear to violate federal ethics rules.
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The Nobel Prizes rank among the world’s most prestigious honors, recognizing laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace.
Japan’s national forecaster says the El Niño disrupting weather across South America and Asia has reached its strongest level on record. It threatens widespread economic disruptions that could persist long after the climate pattern fades.
Former UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on Friday. Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes said she was recognised for efforts to advance peace and international law.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a former UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge, citing her work to advance peace and international law, including her early efforts against apartheid in South Africa.
International Court of Justice judge Navi Pillay has received this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee described her as “one of the great defenders of international legal principles.”
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that South African lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay will receive the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. It cited her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her work promoting peace and international law. She served as a judge in South Africa, at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and at the International Criminal Court.
Jurist and international law pioneer Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for a career marked by “exceptional courage and integrity.”
South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, a South African who formerly served as the UN high commissioner for human rights and as an International Court of Justice judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday.
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Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes announced the prize for Navi Pillay, saying she had led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order with exceptional courage and integrity.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to former South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her work promoting peace and international law. It said she helped ensure prosecutions for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. This year’s prize drew 287 nominations.
The Nobel committees keep nominations secret, and the statutes bar judges from discussing their deliberations for 50 years. DW is covering the announcement of this year’s Peace Prize winner live. Predictions remain guesswork, though Donald Trump said this week he deserves the award.
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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner is due to be announced at a ceremony that morning. Speculation has put Mykola Kuleba and Save Ukraine, Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, and Yulia Navalnaya among the contenders. Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes will reveal the name.
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The Nobel Peace Prize is due to be awarded Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee received 287 nominations, with organizations making up just over a quarter of the candidates.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is set to announce the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday in Oslo. Unlike the other Nobel awards, the Peace Prize ceremony is held there; this year’s prize is worth 12 million Swedish kronor.
Sales of Tesla’s China-made electric vehicles rose 5% year over year in September, up from 3.6% growth in August, while the company’s sales rebound in Europe continued.
NATO will launch its annual Steadfast Noon nuclear deterrence exercise in Italy on October 13, with 17 countries participating. The alliance said no live weapons would be used and that the exercise is unrelated to current world events and directed at no country.
The WHO says the DRC has recorded 8,728 confirmed Ebola cases since May, including 4,205 deaths, for a case fatality rate of about 48.2%. The outbreak affects 64 health zones in seven eastern provinces, with transmission still intense nationally but varying by area.
Texas landowners are fighting the Trump administration’s push to build a $46 billion border wall stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
At Xi Jinping’s invitation, Botswana’s President Duma Gideon Boko will visit China from October 12 to 17, his first visit since taking office in November 2024. Xi will host a welcoming ceremony and banquet and hold talks with Boko. Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji will also meet him separately, and Boko will visit Fujian. China’s Foreign Ministry said the trip would advance bilateral ties and contribute to China-Africa cooperation.
Mathematics teacher Maha Taha looks back at a June 2023 photo of 15 schoolgirls in Nuseirat. Three years later, one has been killed in an Israeli air strike, four have left Gaza and others have been displaced, with their education and plans disrupted. Al Jazeera searched for the girls and brought some back together at their old school.
📽️ AIDS drama 'Elsinore' opens London Film Festival
"Elsinore", starring Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott, opens the London Film Festival. The drama tells the story of actor Ian Charleson as he prepared to play Hamlet while living with AIDS in the final months of his life.
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"Elsinore", starring Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott, opens the London Film Festival. The drama tells the story of actor Ian Charleson as he prepared to play Hamlet while living with AIDS in the final months of his life.
Yandex said a drone attack overnight on Oct. 9 damaged its data center in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast, disabling several modules and potentially disrupting services. No one at the facility was injured, and the damage is still being assessed. Ukraine has not publicly confirmed responsibility; it was the second reported attack on a Yandex data center in two days.
Yandex said a Ukrainian drone strike hit its data center in Kaluga, completely disabling several modules and potentially disrupting some services. The company said the extent of the damage remains unclear. Its shares fell about 4% on the Moscow Exchange. The strike was the second against Yandex data centers in two days; a drone attack on its Sasovo facility in the Ryazan region caused a fire and temporarily halted operations.
Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Friday that a drone attack completely disabled several modules at its data centre in Russia’s Kaluga region. It was the second data centre hit in two days.
Yandex said a drone attack damaged part of the infrastructure at its Kaluga data center, disabling several modules and potentially disrupting some services. The damage is being assessed, emergency services and company specialists are at the site, and there were no casualties.
Thailand’s new crypto rules take effect on Oct. 16, allowing Thai asset managers to launch crypto ETFs on the local stock exchange. Bitcoin and ether are initially eligible.
US diesel prices remain near record highs, up 70% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began. Two recent high-profile steps by President Donald Trump to boost supplies—pressuring allies to release emergency reserves and expanding access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel—have not yet lowered prices.
Britain said three crypto platforms and two payment services may have helped Russia evade financial sanctions. Two of the platforms handled transactions involving the Kremlin-backed A7 network.
The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia has fueled global concern about suspected pneumonic plague. The incident is presented as the latest example of Russia managing the official narrative, with the Kremlin long keeping public information under wraps, especially about accidents and health emergencies.
Tanker freight rates have surged to record highs, putting US crude beyond the reach of Asian refiners and prompting them to look for alternatives in the Middle East and Latin America, traders and shipbrokers tracking the markets said.
Teenagers blockaded several high schools and took to the streets in cities across France on Thursday to protest school conditions. With demonstrations showing no sign of slowing, around half of the French population reportedly supports the movement.
Kirill Dmitriev said EU member states’ own actions caused the bloc’s gas shortage. He was commenting on a report that the EU could face its largest winter shortage in 15 years, at about 14 billion cubic meters, or 7% of demand. Reserves are at their lowest since records began in 2011, while gas prices have reached a four-year high.
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Las Vegas Aces centre A’ja Wilson was named WNBA MVP for a third consecutive year and a record fifth time overall. She averaged 26.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.9 blocks per game. Kamala Harris was among those who congratulated her.
China has launched a two-year drive to speed up the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, aiming to complete 70% of the work by 2027 and finish in 2030. The forestry administration calls the 2026–2030 plan a crucial period. Over the past three years, 265 million mu of land has been planted, improved or restored.
Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has renewed efforts to boost market liquidity, outlining further measures as emerging markets face pressure from capital outflows amid rising US equities and a stronger dollar. SFC chief executive Julia Leung described proposals including longer trading hours, shorter settlement cycles and cross-market measures at an Asifma conference on Friday.
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Hong Kong sets out new liquidity reforms as US rally draws funds away
Volkswagen is replacing the ID.4 with the ID. Tiguan, built on an updated MEB+ platform. Battery options are 58 or 77 kWh, with rear-wheel-drive configurations and a 295 hp all-wheel-drive version. The European WLTP-rated range reaches up to 373 miles.
As Russian attacks on Kyiv intensify, resident Olena Konoplia has moved to the Ukrainian countryside. After weeks of searching, she chose a cottage in a rural community two hours from the capital. Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid have left people without electricity and heating, with prolonged sub-zero temperatures expected soon.
Renewed Russian strikes on power and energy infrastructure, alongside the approach of another freezing winter, are prompting some Kyiv residents to consider leaving. Mariia Shostak is taking her two children to spend the winter in Egypt, while a survey found 40% of Ukrainians would consider relocating if living conditions worsened.
Trump has long treated the stock market as a gauge of his performance. Though the S&P 500 closed at a record this week, gains rested on a small group of AI-focused companies, obscuring growing vulnerabilities in the economy and financial markets. With midterms less than a month away, what Trump sees as a Republican asset could instead be a liability.
Prince Harry said he became depressed in 2019 while taking a break from royal duties, before formally stepping down. In a videocast about grief, he also described feeling “emotionally numb” after his mother died.
Hotel room rates in mainland China fell short of expectations during the National Day holiday, even as tourism and bookings rose. Prices were largely unchanged from the previous month between October 1 and 7, prompting hotel and travel industry figures and analysts to urge stronger asset and revenue management to ease pricing pressure.
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China hotel rates disappoint over ‘golden week’ despite tourism boom
Russian newspapers reported that Kyiv may step up strikes on Russia ahead of an EU summit to seek more funding and weapons. The EU is delaying new methane rules amid supply concerns, easing pressure on Russian oil and gas exports, while Rubio urged Europe to prioritize national interests, strengthen transatlantic ties and confront common threats. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said resource shortages constrain Ukraine’s ability to escalate.
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Isaias has become the 2026 Atlantic season’s first hurricane, with winds of 80mph, and is expected to intensify into a Category 2 storm before nearing the northern Gulf coast on Friday. Heavy rain could cause flash and isolated river flooding, while parts of the coast face growing risks of life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds.
Turkish President Erdogan said decisions issued by international courts are no longer being enforced and that international agreements have “lost their effectiveness.”
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🏅 The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, a human rights champion who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.
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🏅 The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, a human rights champion who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded five across Ukraine, officials said Friday. Ukraine is struggling to counter escalating Russian bombardments, which have killed more than 50 people over the past three days.
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 41 people and injured 67 over the past day, local authorities said, with glide bombs striking Zaporizhzhia. The Air Force said Russia launched 136 drones overnight, including 93 jet-powered Shahed-type drones; air defenses shot down or suppressed 114.
Russia’s extensive use of jet-powered drones since late summer 2026 has brought frequent alerts and strikes to major Ukrainian cities, affecting businesses, transport, schools and hospitals. In Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, residents and institutions have adapted with underground schools and shelters, while public transport often continues during alerts. Attacks have also damaged malls and industrial facilities and disrupted some services.
OpenAI says an investigation found the researchers committed a significant breach of trust and that they were fired for violating policies on handling sensitive information, not for raising AI safety concerns. The researchers say they believe they were dismissed for speaking up. OpenAI says its internal probe found additional breaches but provided no details.
OpenAI defended firing three safety researchers, which it had described as a “significant breach of trust,” saying the decisions were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out.
Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores, running for the centre-left Ahora Nación party, won by 25 votes in Queropalca, a district of just over 730 people in Peru’s Huánuco department. He is not the country’s first elected Hitler.
The French student protests have grown into a broader movement, with some university students joining to voice anger at what they describe as a dysfunctional system. Protesters say they will keep fighting after securing their first win.
U.S. Marshals say a man who went by Troy Williams and worked as a chef at Miss B's Coconut Club in San Diego is actually 50-year-old Brian Anthony Williams, wanted in connection with a kidnapping in Iowa.
Students across France have protested since late September over inadequate education funding, blocking high-school entrances, with some demonstrations turning violent. The article links grievances over staffing, buildings and university admissions to France’s tradition of street protest shaping policy, while arguing that the government’s limited political and fiscal room complicates the standoff.
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Keyrock found Strategy’s $1.45 billion preferred-share repurchases accounted for more than 20% of weekly trading in STRC in almost every week of September. As Strategy nears its buyback authorization limit, the report questions how liquidity and investor demand could change if the company cuts purchases. STRC trades about $150 million daily, but market depth falls sharply when its price moves away from the $100 reference price.
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🇯🇵 Japan's 'polka dot queen' works on display at Tokyo exhibition
Giant balloon sculptures and a field of silver spheres by the late Japanese "polka dot queen" Yayoi Kusama go on display ahead of the opening of Tokyo Atlas, a new international exhibition in the capital.
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Giant balloon sculptures and a field of silver spheres by the late Japanese "polka dot queen" Yayoi Kusama go on display ahead of the opening of Tokyo Atlas, a new international exhibition in the capital.
Preserving fertility is a major challenge for young men undergoing intensive treatments such as chemotherapy. Freezing their own testicular tissue beforehand may help.
Wildfires have burned in parts of Indonesia for weeks, spreading smoke across the country and into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The BBC’s Gavin Butler explains why the fires are difficult to fight and produce so much toxic haze.
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Rhenus Group plans a multimodal hub in Aktau, Kazakhstan, and up to 14 terminals along the Middle Corridor. The network would link Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Türkiye with the company’s infrastructure in Europe.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces used two FAB-3000 bombs to destroy Ukrainian temporary troop deployment sites near Orekhov in the Zaporozhye Region. It also reported strikes on Ukrainian positions in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions.
Oil prices declined on Friday as concerns about Middle East supplies eased somewhat after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would not attack Iran before next month’s U.S. elections and described talks to end their market-disrupting war as productive.
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Morocco and Senegal await ruling on AFCON final
