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Oct 24, 2026 - World

Burkina Faso's military government, led by Ibrahim Traore, has restored the death penalty for serious crimes and suspended beauty pageants nationwide.

Oct 24, 2026 - World

About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle blaze at former Nazi mountain retreat in remote part of southern GermanyGerman police have arrested a suspect after a fire ripped through Adolf Hitler’s former mountain retreat in Bavaria, leaving the historic Nazi meeting place – known as the Eagle’s Nest – largely destroyed.About 200 firefighters were deployed on Friday night to tackle the blaze at the Nazi dictator’s remote, purpose-built Kehlsteinhaus residence, a protected building on the peak of Obersalzberg in southern Germany. Continue reading...

Oct 24, 2026 - World

Ebro Ahmed, who acted after driver’s medical emergency, said he hopes incident will show Eritreans ‘in a good way’A man who hopped on to a school bus full of terrified children that was careering down a Minnesota street after its driver had a medical emergency and manually halted it says he was motivated to act by a Qu’ran verse about how saving one life is equivalent to saving all of humanity.“I’m a numbers guy, and those numbers make sense to me,” Ebro Ahmed, 27, said on Friday during an interview about his actions four days earlier in front of his family’s convenience store in Saint Paul, Minnesota. “I didn’t do it for me. It was selflessness in the name of God.” Continue reading...

Oct 24, 2026 - World

France will deploy 70,000 officers around the country, while protests are also expected in Italy, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Albania and IrelandFollowing last weekend’s unrest, authorities across France moved to try to restrict demonstrations, limiting gathering numbers and march routes and issuing blanket bans in some cities.That led to groups seeking permission for “authorised” protests with mixed results. For example, in Paris, the leading trade union was granted permission for their march while the Yellow Vest demonstrators were denied.Paris, Lille, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Grenoble, Toulouse, Amiens Continue reading...

Oct 24, 2026 - World

Donald Trump's administration asked Musk to make the service available in Iran following US-Israeli strikes in 2025 and 2026, in hopes it would bolster internet access and communications for anti-government protesters