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Oct 6, 2026 - World

August Hanning served as president of federal intelligence service from 1998 to 2005A former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of treason and spying on behalf of an overseas intelligence agency, prosecutors said.August Hanning, 80, was head of the federal intelligence service (BND) – which operates outside Germany to gather information across the fields of political, economic, and military intelligence – between 1998 and 2005. Continue reading...

Oct 6, 2026 - World

President claims commercials were ‘positive promotion for our Great USA’ but says he will now cover their costQ&A: The Iran war is unpopular, but will it cost Trump the midterms? Our reporters answer your questionsSign up for Breaking News US emailIn Donald Trump’s telling, he’s a model of incorruptible self-sacrifice.“I’m the only president that donated his salary,” he told a group of cheering supporters at a Hispanic heritage month celebration in the White House last week, before conceding that George Washington – “a very wealthy person” – might have beaten him to the punch. Continue reading...

Oct 6, 2026 - World

In the last one year, more than 100 protests have erupted across 57 countries. Though they look different, there's a common thread that binds these movements.

Oct 6, 2026 - World

The Gaza war was sparked by Hamas's unprecedented 2023 attack against Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,221 people, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.

Oct 6, 2026 - World

Pablo Quirno says move is part of government’s strategy to peacefully assert sovereignty over the islandsArgentina’s foreign minister has told an audience that included the British ambassador that his government would stop the Falkland Islands from exploiting its offshore oilfields as part of a strategy to take sovereignty.During a speech at a thinktank event in the Argentinian capital, Pablo Quirno condemned the British government for failing to open negotiations over the islands and facilitating a significant offshore oil project in its waters. Continue reading...