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

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Political|World

Mexico enacts reform barring dual citizens from presidency

Mexico's reform to block dual citizens from running for president will take effect on Wednesday, amid criticism that the ruling party designed the move to block

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Once shunned, Myanmar's military-backed leader gets red carpet welcome in Malaysia

Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Malaysia on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as the military-backed leader once

Europe

Hungary to open Communist-era informer files in reckoning with Cold War past

In a historic move, Hungary will soon start releasing tens of thousands of Communist-era police files in an online public database, giving people access

Arts

Catholic diocese sues US government seeking clergy access to detainees

The Catholic Archdiocese of St.

Africa|Asia|Economy|Environment|Europe|MidEast|Political

As Iran war smolders, shunned Eritrea looks to come in from the cold

When Halima

Crime|Political|World

US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing four

The US military said on Sunday four people were killed ​in a strike on a vessel ‌in the Caribbean Sea, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington

Africa|Americas|Arts|Asia|Europe|MidEast

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Malaysia as UN warns of risks

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals have arrived in the country’s largest city after being sent back from Malaysia

Political|World

Rubio waives human rights restrictions to release $320 million in military aid to Egypt

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns

Arts|Environment|Europe|Health|Technology|World

UN urges more US action on Marshall Islands nuclear legacy

The United States needs to take additional steps to remedy the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands by providing healthcare and releasing secret archives,

Arts|Entertainment

Welcome to ‘Doctober’: 12 documentaries that have the world buzzing

Welcome to ‘Doctober’: 12 documentaries that have the world buzzing

Economy|Sports

Trump says he discussed release of political prisoners with Xi

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he discussed the release of political prisoners with Chinese President Xi Jinping when

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Spain orders probe after rights group alleges troops abused migrants in Ceuta

Spain's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had alerted prosecutors to an Amnesty International report alleging the military tortured or mistreated migrants in Ceuta, and

Arts|Economy|Europe|World

UN refugee agency concerned by Malaysia returns to Myanmar

The United Nations Refugee Agency on Wednesday said it was concerned by Malaysia’s return of more than 1,000 people to Myanmar because of the dire

MidEast|Political|US|World

US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rights violations in West Bank

US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bid to require President Donald Trump's administration to report to Congress on increasing violence in

Arts|Environment|Finance|Travel

Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy

The Supreme Court will let President Donald Trump’s administration resume deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal

Political|World

Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the

Political

Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial deportations to countries that migrants have no connection to

Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial deportations to countries that migrants have no connection to

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Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, blocking family's return home

More than 100 Israeli settlers have attacked a village in the occupied West Bank, preventing a Palestinian family from returning

Asia|Political|World

Malaysia begins Myanmar repatriations despite safety warnings by UN and rights groups

Malaysia has begun repatriating Myanmar nationals under a voluntary program, despite warnings from the UN refugee agency and rights groups about unsafe conditions in Myanmar

Europe|World

Pope urges Russia, Ukraine to sit down and discuss how to end war

Pope Leo on Monday urged Russia and Ukraine to sit down and discuss how to end their four-year war, hours after he had urged European leaders seeking to

Political|World

UN experts call for halt to Trump policy of migrant deportations to third countries

More than a dozen UN human rights experts have written to the US government urging a halt to policies that they said on Monday were putting migrants at heightened risk of

Uncategorized

Trump, Xi end summit with tea, tour of US archives - and little sign of progress

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping drank tea at the White House and visited the National Archives on Friday,

Crime|Political|World

Violence displaced members of more than half a million Mexican households in past 5 years

New figures from Mexico's national statistics agency reveal that violence has forced people from more than half a million households in Mexico to flee their homes in the past five years

Arts|Crime|Education|Europe

Wisconsin police find dozens of partially clothed men in frat house basement in alleged hazing incident

Wisconsin police find dozens of partially clothed men in frat house basement in alleged hazing incident

Africa

Telecoms networks disrupted in Tigray as Ethiopia's military cites major losses by rebels

Internet and phone networks were disrupted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, as Ethiopia's military said it had inflicted major losses on Tigrayan forces in the

Entertainment|World

Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among more than 100 detained during anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN

Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among more than 100 detained during anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN

Europe|Political|World

Poland halted asylum claims at the Belarus border and now wants Europe to follow its example

Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, calling it a temporary emergency measure

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Trump urges Supreme Court to restart deportations to countries with poor human rights records

Trump urges Supreme Court to restart deportations to countries with poor human rights records

Crime|Economy|Finance|MidEast|Political|World

Rights group says some people it classified as journalists killed in Gaza were militants

The Committee to Protect Journalists says that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or participants in combat

Crime|Political|US

What we know after officials say ICE detained a US citizen and left him injured in Chicago suburb

What we know after officials say ICE detained a US citizen and left him injured in Chicago suburb

Economy|Europe|Political|World

Belarus president Lukashenko frees 15 more prisoners in wake of US talks

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners in a decree on Thursday that follows talks last week with an envoy for US President Donald Trump.

Arts|Crime|Economy|Europe|MidEast|Science|Technology

Sudan's RSF steps up deadly drone attacks on frontline cities

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have intensified deadly drone attacks in government-held towns in the frontline state of North

Business|Political|World

Trump is giving China's Xi a warm welcome. But criticism is loud on Capitol Hill

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House

Economy|Political

Trump to raise detainees with Xi, but other rights issues may not come up

President Donald Trump is expected to press Chinese leader Xi Jinping to free two US citizens held by China,

World

Race to evacuate war-damaged Gaza buildings after deadly apartment block collapse

Officials in Gaza say plans to evacuate people from war-damaged buildings after the deadly collapse of an

Asia|Interview|Sports

Afghan female cyclist wins silver at Asian Games after disguising herself as a man to train

The easy part for Fariba Hashimi was winning a silver medal in the women’s cycling road race at the Asian Games

Arts|Environment|Interview|World

Civil society groups urge Malaysia to stop deporting Rohingyas

More than 160 civil society organisations released a joint statement on Wednesday urging Malaysia to halt plans to deport Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, citing severe risks of

Political|Science|World

Wife of US seismologist held in China says Trump will ask Xi to free him

The wife of a US expert on North Korean nuclear tests who has been imprisoned in China since late 2024 said on Tuesday the White House has assured

Economy|Political|World

Taiwan, human rights are 'red lines' for China, ambassador says ahead of Trump, Xi meeting

Taiwan and human rights are "red lines" for China that cannot be crossed, the country's ambassador to the US warned on Wednesday, striking

Uncategorized

In Cambodia's 'Waiting Village', tattooist mourns trade lost to war

More than 3,000 houses stand in neat rows across Rong Cham, a 400-hectare (990-acre) resettlement site dubbed by residents "the Waiting Village

Africa|Americas|Arts|Asia|Crime|Entertainment|Europe|Finance|MidEast|US

Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029

A federal judge has ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights

Crime|Health|Political|US|World

Judge sets hearing for Venezuelan man shot by ICE and police in Texas release some video from scene

The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he's back in an ICE detention center after being taken to a hospital for a second time

Crime|Europe|MidEast|Political

Spain clears way for US extradition case against millionaire activist

Spain clears way for US extradition case against millionaire activist

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'One after another, they started dying': survivors recount deaths in detention in Nigeria

Nigerian prison guards sprayed an unidentified substance into a crowded cell where dozens of detainees died and kept the doors

Africa|Arts|Crime|World

Nigerian residents protest as hundreds remain captive a month after mass kidnapping

Residents of Nigeria's north-central Niger protested on Monday over the abduction of hundreds of people who they said remained in captivity a month after

Arts|Environment|Health

Nicaraguan government responsible for at least 8 deaths in custody since 2018, UN report finds

A U.N. report says the Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since 2018

Economy|Europe

Not the time to soften stance over Belarus, Lithuania says

The European Union has no reason to ease sanctions on Belarus, Lithuania's foreign minister said on Monday, arguing that President Alexander

Political

ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers and relatives to find them

Uncategorized

The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC

The Netherlands is making preparations for the United States to sanction the International Criminal Court, in the last escalation of the Trump Administration’s attacks on the global tribunal