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US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters upon his arrival to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on October 10, 2026

Mounting frustration

Trump urges Zelensky replacement as diesel row rages

Filmmaker Spike Lee picked out a subway sign at the annual sale in New York

Open-air market

New Yorkers snap up discarded subway signs, seats at annual sale

A woman holds up a placard reading 'US military out' during a protest against the killing of a woman in Okinawa allegedly committed by a US Marine Corps member, in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on October 5, 2026. A woman's murder allegedly committed by a US Marine in Okinawa is a "heinous crime", Japan's premier said on October 5, as the new accusation of violence involving American forces sparked public outrage.

US marine suspected

'Everyone is angry': Okinawans fearful and frustrated after killing

Building materials at Shapes Unlimited, a US manufacturer in North Jackson, Ohio facing millions of dollars in additional costs due to President Donald Trump's aluminum tariffs

'Frustrating would be one word'

Trump's trade wars sting US manufacturers ahead of midterms

Police personnel detain supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party movement during a protest demanding the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner in New Delhi

'Absolute dictatorship ruled by Modi'

India 'cockroach' movement says thousands detained in Delhi protest

Dominic Solanke struck Tottenham's equaliser against Manchester United

Ten-man Spurs rescue draw at Man Utd, Arsenal survive Leeds scare

Palestinian photographer Mahmoud Abu Hamda was not at the Bayeux ceremony but sent a video message to the event

War correspondent

Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Hamda wins top photography prize at Bayeux

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has postponed legislative elections to September 2027, blaming Israeli 'obstacles'

Confirming speculation

Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections to September 2027

Marchers carried placards reacing 'End the genocide' and 'Free Palestine'

'End the genocide'

Thousands join pro-Palestinian marches in several European cities

Convicted US murderer Christa Pike, whose execution has been stayed

US lethal injection survivor returns to prison

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rallied suupporters near Seville

Snap election ahead

Spanish PM begins vote campaign overshadowed by housing protests

Polnesch Policebeamten op Patrull an enger Schoul.

Third in four days

Knife attack at Polish school leaves three women injured

This success completes a remarkable first full season in the professional ranks for Paul Seixas

'Dream' victory

French prodigy Seixas becomes youngest Giro di Lombardia winner

A flooded street is seen in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil in May 2024

'Environmental and climate-related responsibilities'

Brazil prosecutors sue Shell for $108 mn over deadly 2024 floods

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay called the US sanctions on the ICC 'unacceptable'

Nobel peace laureate Pillay calls US sanctions on ICC 'unacceptable'

France argues the EU needs a bigger budget for priorities like defence

Slashing 140 billion euros

Proposed EU budget cut back in search for Christmas deal

President Lai Ching-te says Taiwan's defence spending increases are not meant as a provocation

Amid territorial claims

Taiwan's leader says increasing defence spending to 'deter war'

Efforts to end the Iran war remain deadlocked

Putin told Trump about Iran's position on peace deal: Kremlin

Anthropic said its Claude chatbot leads more than a quarter of its research and development work

'Unintended' actions

Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police

Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel speaks to the media as he arrives for a Foreign Affairs Council to discuss Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East, in Brussels on 16 March 2026.

Calling for united European response

Xavier Bettel condemns US sanctions against International Criminal Court

Ukrainian national police said Russia had targeted residential neighbourhoods in Zaporizhzhia

Russian strikes kill 11 including 3 children: Ukrainian authorities

In Panama City, about 200 kilometers from the epicenter, there were scenes of panic as people rushed to evacuate from skyscrapers

Major earthquake hits Panama, injures at least 27

Sophie Adenot said she experienced strong emotions during her 235-day stay in space

Returning from ISS

'No divisions, no borders', French astronaut says of seeing Earth

Afghan children play outside their dwelling near the war damaged Darlaman Palace in Kabul, 5 January 2008.

Power & Politics

The rise of political Islam II: Genie out of the bottle

Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan is pictured in a 2010 photo released by the Bell County Sheriff's Department

Killed 13 people

Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution

Israel has reduced its level of attacks but has kept striking Gaza on a near-daily basis

Hostages released, calm in Israel

Year later, Gaza ceasefire promises mostly unfulfilled

Pillay has criticised attacks on institutions such as the International Criminal Court, the subject of fresh US sanctions Friday

Defender of international law

South African judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize

Nihaya Al-Masri is struggling to feed her family of 10 people, who are surviving on one meal a day

Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire

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