Today: October 19, 2026
Today: October 19, 2026

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ICE agent wounds man in Austin, Texas, shooting, city officials say

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, city officials said, adding that the man was in

Americas|Arts|Economy|Europe|MidEast

Suspects in 2021 killing of Haitian president flown to US to face trial

(This Sept 20 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi tells the AP that Iranians paying the price for war and repression

Iran's most prominent human rights activist says Iranians are suffering seven months into the war and paying the price for the conflict

Arts|Crime|Europe

Father of murdered Spanish student arrives in Mexico after suspect detained

The father of a Spanish exchange student killed in Mexico arrived in the Mexican state of Morelos on Friday to identify his daughter's body, a day after authorities

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Widespread sexual violence in Ukraine war, most cases tied to Russia, says UN report

Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine, including gang rape and electric shocks to the

Arts

US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries

A US federal appeals court rejected on Friday a policy adopted by the Trump administration that allows authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries

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Curfew imposed in Nigerian city after protests over deaths of detained miners

Authorities imposed an overnight curfew in Nigeria's central city of Minna on Friday after security forces opened fire as hundreds of people took to the streets to

Asia|Business|Economy

US officials make rare trip to Myanmar to free former marine as isolated regime seeks greater recognition

US officials make rare trip to Myanmar to free former marine as isolated regime seeks greater recognition

Political|Technology|World

UK silence over demand for Apple data access is farcical, lawyer says

The British government's refusal to confirm whether it has issued an order to bypass encryption to access customer data held by Apple has become farcical,

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UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity

A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States

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Ireland’s national broadcaster will boycott 2027 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation

Ireland is set to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year due to Israel’s participation

Arts|Entertainment

Ed Sheeran stadium drama turns to donations and humanitarian cooperation

Ed Sheeran stadium drama turns to donations and humanitarian cooperation

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A detained US scholar’s wife asks Trump for help as Xi’s Washington visit nears

Min Zin, a U.S. scholar of Myanmar politics, has been detained in China for over three months

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Large crowd demands justice for assassinated Malta journalist

A large crowd marched through Malta's capital on Wednesday, demanding justice for assassinated anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Arts|Environment|World

Sudan gold mine collapse kills at least 82 people with many more missing

A local official and activists say that a gold mine collapse in Sudan has killed at least 82 people

Asia|Economy|Election|Europe|Political|World

Malaysia PM to offer to host Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing in deal for Rohingya return

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday he would invite Myanmar's junta chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing for an official visit in return for

Arts|Political

George W. Bush's new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March

Former President George W. Bush has a new book of oil paintings coming out in March

Arts|Crime|Europe

Former Philippines leader Duterte appears before ICC judges for first time

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared in public on Wednesday for the first time since being transferred to the

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Former Philippines leader Duterte appears in ICC courtroom

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte appeared in public for the first time on Wednesday since being transferred to the International Criminal

Environment

Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report says

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths

Africa|Political|World

Rubio announces US visa curbs for some foreign nationals from South Africa

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the U.S. was announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign

Business|Environment|Health|Science

Gold mining expands fastest on Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, new analysis finds

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon

Europe|Political|World

Belarus using justice system to silence Lukashenko critics, say UN experts

Belarusian state institutions have worked together to repress critics of President Alexander Lukashenko's government through every stage of the

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Trump's envoy meets Lukashenko for new talks on Belarus prisoner releases

U.S. presidential envoy John Coale met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday for their first talks in six months, as Washington pushes for the

Europe|Political|World

Belarus' authoritarian leader meets US envoy to push for lifting sanctions

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has met with a U.S. envoy to push for the lifting of the remaining U.S. sanctions against his country

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Police detain dozens at an Istanbul courthouse protest over LGBTQ+ crackdown

Police have detained dozens of demonstrators outside a courthouse in Istanbul

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UN extends partial Sudan arms embargo for a month while talks continue on US demand for a total ban

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to briefly extend the current arms embargo on Sudan’s western Darfur region while negotiations continue on a contentious U.S. proposal to expand the embargo throughout the country

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Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison in national security case

A Hong Kong court has sentenced three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown to prison terms of about five to seven years

Political|World

Emma Bonino, leader of the abortion battle that changed Italy, dies at 78

Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician known for her work with the Radical Party, has died at 78

Arts

Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers' documentary on Gaza war premieres at Venice Film Festival

Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor are premiering their documentary “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival Thursday

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Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port in Yemen, and other Mideast developments

Yemen's Houthi rebels have taken the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, bringing them closer to controlling key shipping routes

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Suburban teen's family self-deports to Colombia nearly year after father's detention during Midway Blitz

Suburban teen's family self-deports to Colombia nearly year after father's detention during Midway Blitz

Political|Science|Technology

AI could pose 'existential' risk to humanity, UN rights chief warns

U.N. rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that

Arts|World

Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain's role in slavery to King Charles III

Jamaica is pushing for Britain to pay reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Arts|Asia|World

China exerts tight grip on information after floods along the border with Nepal

It’s been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border

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EU official scraps planned Serbia visit over handling of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic's death

The European Union’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has canceled a visit to Serbia due to what she called the “glorification” of Ratko Mladic after his death

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Indonesia's top rights body calls for police to probe poisoning of more than 2,000 students

Indonesia's top human rights body urged the police on Friday to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's

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Current, former heads of ICC's governing body say isolation efforts aim to erode global legal order

The current and former presidents of the International Criminal Court's governing body said efforts to isolate the institution diplomatically are aimed

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As Colombia slowly identifies conflict victims, families left waiting

Roselly Gil watched as authorities carefully removed the blackened bones from the rotting wooden coffin, stored for decades in a cemetery in

Arts|Education

German far-right party targets iconic Bauhaus school ahead of landmark state election

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground

Arts

Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid by Israeli settlers and army

Two Palestinian teenagers were killed on Wednesday in an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops on their village in the occupied West Bank, local officials and the

Europe

Thousands protest in Ceuta as Spain rallies over enclave's migrant crisis

Residents of Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta took to the streets on Wednesday to protest the handling by Madrid of a

Political|World

Rubio urges partners to stop 'business as usual' with Nicaraguan government

The U.S. urges international partners to immediately stop "business as usual" operations with Nicaragua's government, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement

Crime|Health

China presses the US for answers after a man dies hours after entering ICE custody

The Chinese government is pressing for answers after a Chinese man died hours after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a U.S. territory

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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case

Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled Hong Kong’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement

Crime

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong faces longer prison sentence after second national security guilty plea

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong faces longer prison sentence after second national security guilty plea