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Protesters are demanding urgent action to tackle Spain's housing crisis

Opposed by Catalan separatists

Spain housing package at risk in parliament, as protests mount

A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is pictured on the tarmac after landing at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday

First public remarks

Pilot in flydubai attack says could not let 'all those people die'

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea "even called for an apology" over a blast at the DMZ and added it is "really despicable"

North Korea calls Seoul 'despicable' after DMZ apology demand

Students react as they walk past graffiti featuring the Brazilian national flag ahead of the friendly football match between India and Brazil in Kolkata

First-ever international friendly

Ancelotti says Brazil 'respects' India ahead of showdown

A Vellink driverless train from China's CRRC at the InnoTrans transport show in Berlin

No more laughingstock?

Germany's crisis-hit rail operator looks to AI future

Kusal Mendis will captain Sri Lanka in their three-match T20 series against Pakistan

Stand-in captain

Sri Lanka drop Asalanka from T20 against Pakistan

Disney chief Dana Walden speaks about the group's layoffs at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles

'Harsh reality'

Disney president says layoffs 'extremely painful' but necessary

Pilot Smit Machchhar says he realised the plane was going down while he was lying injured

'I know God himself saved me'

Indian flydubai pilot opened cockpit door to save passengers

Copernicus observatory

Europe's hottest summer caused record heat stress: monitor

A newly purchased F-16V Block 70 fighter jet lands at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on October 2, 2026

Upgrading military capabilities

Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets

A giant electoral poster for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with the slogan "no surrender" on the facade of a building in Tel Aviv

Facing growing isolation

Israel courts Europe's far right, finding friends but also unease

Picture of Palestine Liberation Organisation executive committee chairman Yasser Arafat (L) and Egyptian President Gamal Abel Nasser (C) taken on 4 February 1969 in Cairo during the National Palestinian Council.

Power & Politics

The rise of political Islam I: The four forces of the 20th Century

Fewer and fewer students are choosing to study science across west Africa

Lack of investment, teachers, labs

'We're losing our scientists': west Africa's STEM struggle

Long known as a tourist hotspot, South Pacific nation Fiji has in recent years emerged as a major cog in the international drug trade.

Life on frontline of climate change

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Bogong moths carpet the wall of an alpine cave in Australia, after completing an annual migration to beat the summer heat

Migratory spectacle

Return of swarming moth spectacle has Australia in a flutter

Kazakhstan's Rita Bakisheva (R) competes against India's Kashish Malik in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo

Fascination and bewilderment

Not-so-brave new world: virtual taekwondo makes Asian Games debut

Nepal was overwhelmed by the tsunami-like wall of freezing water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26

Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead

Sami Abu Shehadeh (C), leader of the Balad party, arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2026

Arab Israeli candidate drops out of election race

A wave of misinformation has accompanied a child vaccination campaign in the Philippines this year, with some 230,000 declining the jab

Misinformation 'major driver' of vaccine fear

Viral anti-vax posts weaponise Philippine inoculation fears

The presidential campaign in Latin America's largest democracy has been tense

Lula, Bolsonaro both snub final debate before Brazil election

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Dragon capsule lifts off for the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Four-member crew docks at International Space Station

A member of the security forces of the internationally-recognised Yemeni government mans a checkpoint on a street in Taiz

Strong condemnation

Saudi coalition accuses Houthis of drone attack on Medina

The firings come amid a tense debate about AI safety and whether the technology presents an existential risk to humanity

Violating company policies

OpenAI says three staffers fired for mishandling 'sensitive' info

An official collects tennis balls with Palestinian flag stickers thrown onto the pitch during Ireland's game with Austria in Dublin

Ireland game interrupted twice by Gaza protests

Cristiano Ronaldo waves as he arrives for a training session with the Portugal team at the Parken stadium in Copenhagen on Wednesday. He walked out on the squad shortly after.

'Nothing to make a fuss about'

Ronaldo's Portugal future in doubt after walkout

Nike's ties with women's basketball star Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever has been a bright spot as the sports giant struggles to emerge from a slump

Seeks to accelerate a turnaround

Nike plans job cuts as it forecasts lower sales

Lindsay Clancy does not deny strangling her children but claims she was suffering from postpartum psychosis

Yet to decide on retrial

Judge denies acquittal bid by US woman who killed her kids

Former cricket greats West Indies' Brian Lara (L), Australian Aaron Finch (C) and South African Shaun Pollock (R) were present for the unveiling of the schedule for the 2027 World Cup

India, Australia and Pakistan in same World Cup group

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