Spanish renters will not get the rent-increase limits and eviction protections the government proposed, at least for now. Parliament rejected the measures this week, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap general election for No
Wildfires across parts of Indonesia's Borneo island are putting endangered orangutans at risk, and rescuers have been pulling injured and stranded animals out of smoke-filled forest, the Associated Press reported. Dozens of apes have been s
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay, 85, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of defending human rights and strengthening international law, NPR reported. The Nobel Committee says that legal order is now unde
Indian police detained thousands of protesters in New Delhi on Saturday as the youth-led "Cockroach" movement tried to step up a nationwide campaign against a revision of the country's voter lists, NPR reported. Authorities blocked access t
The wave of student protests sweeping across France began with complaints about the state of schools on the outskirts of Paris: ceilings leak, rodents roam, toilets break down, and the corridors smell of sewage. Teachers and pupils speak of
A U.S. charity that runs schools in Gaza plans to record classroom audio and use artificial intelligence to flag speech it considers hateful or inciting, The Independent reported. The founder says the goal is to keep teachers on a curriculu
A strong earthquake struck off the southern tip of Panama, and a US warning system issued a tsunami threat for a large part of Central America’s Pacific coast. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake’s focus lay at a depth of ten k
A Mexican judge on Friday convicted three men of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad, who were shot dead during a surfing trip to Baja California in 2024. The Guardian reported that
Austrian police have detained four Ukrainians in Vienna on suspicion of espionage. The arrests took place on Monday, 5 October, and a court has remanded two of them in custody.According to Austrian media, the detainees are linked to Ukraini
A co-pilot who attacked the captain of a flydubai jet on Sept. 30 planned to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in a suicide attack, the United Arab Emirates attorney general said Friday. Hamad Saif al-Shamsi sai
Thousands of people marched through Brussels on Friday against the Belgian federal government's austerity plans, while a smaller group clashed with police near the central railway station. Police said the union march itself was peaceful and
The Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, only hours after South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge, was named winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The measures target th