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Chanel artistic director Matthieu Blazy used birdlife and Coco Chanel's life as themes for the fashion house's Paris show on Monday, one year after his first collection for the brand. Read full story →
Sao Paulo’s stock exchange opened 8% higher on Monday after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro edged past incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s first-round presidential election. Read full story →
Schneider Electric said Monday it would buy PTC, a US-based maker of software for industrial clients, for $22.6 billion in cash. Read full story →
“Verity” led the North American box office in its debut weekend with $32.6 million, industry monitor Exhibitor Relations said. Read full story →
Tickets for Glastonbury 2027 sold out in 45 minutes on Sunday, organisers said, after the general sale opened for the UK music festival. Read full story →
Chanel sales rose 16% in the first half of 2026 compared with 2025, Bloomberg reported in August, citing confidential sales data, as designer Matthieu Blazy marks a year since his first collection for the French fashion house. Read full story →
Vivienne Westwood creative director Andreas Kronthaler said the fashion industry was in a "precarious moment" as he presented the British house's Spring-Summer 2027 collection at Paris Fashion Week. Read full story →
Formula One's final races of the season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead as planned despite Middle East tensions, chief executive Stefano Domenicali said on October 3. Read full story →
Bayer said it will invest $2.2 billion in a new pharmaceutical site in New Albany, Ohio, as drugmakers face pressure from the Trump administration to expand manufacturing in the United States. Read full story →
Asian automakers are expected to account for more than half of US new vehicle sales in the third quarter for the second quarter in a row, Cox Automotive senior economist Charlie Chesbrough said. Read full story →
US oil prices fell on Friday as G7 leaders held urgent talks on coordinating action to lower fuel prices. Read full story →
Tesla shares rose in early trading Friday after the company reported third-quarter global vehicle deliveries that fell from a year earlier but exceeded most leading estimates. Read full story →
Walt Disney Company President Dana Walden said the company’s layoffs were “extremely painful” but necessary for its survival as Disney faces competition in streaming and cheaper production options from advances in AI tools. Read full story →
Mattel shares rose 20.6 percent Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Authentic Brands Group had approached the toymaker about a possible takeover. Read full story →
General Motors reported lower third-quarter US auto sales on Thursday as electric vehicle transactions fell, while Toyota and Hyundai posted gains helped by stronger hybrid demand. Read full story →
US stocks mostly rose early Thursday as Micron's results lifted artificial intelligence shares, though Micron itself retreated. Read full story →
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the streaming company is “not growing as fast as I want us to” after it posted its lowest growth rate in nearly three years. Read full story →
Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped more than 3 percent on Thursday after strong gains by technology companies including Kioxia, Advantest, Tokyo Electron and investor SoftBank. Read full story →
A US federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between Paramount and a group of US states, clearing the way for Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Read full story →
BMW boss Milan Nedeljkovic warned Wednesday that European carmakers need to prepare for growing Chinese competition in their home market and likely downward pressure on prices. Read full story →
US stocks rose early Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge stayed at 3.4 percent year-on-year in August and private hiring data came in above market expectations. Read full story →
Apple said Wednesday it had launched Apple Pay in India through a partnership with Axis Bank, entering one of the world's largest digital payments markets. Read full story →
Blue Origin is raising outside money for the first time and will no longer be funded only by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Dave Limp said Tuesday in Washington. Read full story →
US stocks were little changed in early trading on Tuesday as oil prices fell and investors kept focus on the artificial intelligence sector. Read full story →
Tokyo's record 37-day streak of rainy days ended after a sunny weekend, Japan's weather agency said Monday. Read full story →
Pacific leaders are set to put island climate risks at the centre of pre-COP talks starting Monday in Fiji, with a smaller-than-hoped group of ministers, negotiators and leaders gathering before next month's COP31 summit in Turkey. Read full story →
Lac des Brenets, on the France-Switzerland border, has largely dried up after a record-breaking hot summer, halting pleasure boat tourism and exposing much of the lake bed. Read full story →
Indonesia's forestry ministry said two critically endangered Sumatran rhinos at Way Kambas National Park on Sumatra island are pregnant, raising hopes for one of the world's rarest mammals. Read full story →
Tokyo residents are pressing local officials to set targets for tree canopy cover as extreme heat becomes more frequent and shade in parts of the capital declines. Read full story →
Tuvalu has lost an estimated 99.9 percent of the coral that built its remote islands to a 2024 marine heatwave, scientists say, as leaders prepare to visit the low-lying Pacific nation on Tuesday during a pre-COP climate gathering hosted by Fiji. Read full story →
A bright green layer of duckweed has spread across historic canals in Ghent after Belgium's hottest recorded summer and weeks of unusually warm, dry weather. Read full story →
Swiss glaciers lost a fifth of their mass in five years, a study said, after Switzerland recorded its hottest summer since measurements began in 1864. Read full story →
Kuala Lumpur topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and Singapore ranked third as haze from wildfires in Indonesia pushed air quality into unhealthy levels. Read full story →
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said Monday they struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh and sites across southern Saudi Arabia. Read full story →
A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz reported being struck by an unknown projectile as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was no military solution to Iran's war with the United States. Read full story →
A tanker hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz suffered engine-room damage, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said. Read full story →
Tehran’s government-sponsored wartime billboards are using images of US President Donald Trump, American drones and US warships to promote Iran’s message during its war with the United States and Israel. Read full story →
Unknown projectiles struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said Wednesday. Read full story →
A ship in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an “unknown projectile” on Monday evening, sparking a fire that was later extinguished, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said Tuesday. Read full story →
Iranian official Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tuesday that no regional infrastructure would be safe if Iran's security was not guaranteed, state media reported. Read full story →
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday there would be no Hamas rule in Gaza, speaking at a state memorial event marking three years since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack. Read full story →
Israel's army chief, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, said on Sunday that the military must learn from the "failures" in its response to the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack. Read full story →
The Israeli military said it killed Saqr Nabil Musa Qaisi, director of the Turkish humanitarian organisation Deniz Feneri, in a strike in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, October 4. Read full story →
Israel said it tried to kill Ali al-Amoudi, whom its military described as Hamas's most senior figure in the Gaza Strip, in a pre-dawn strike on an apartment in Gaza City on Saturday that local officials said killed five people. Read full story →
Israeli soldiers backed settlers who seized Palestinian olive groves at the start of the harvest season in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, witnesses and medics said, with injuries reported in several places. Read full story →
Medical supplies for Gaza face long clearance delays through Israel, with large volumes waiting a median of 74 days, a World Health Organization official said Friday. Read full story →
Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers shot dead a Palestinian man and injured another during a raid on the village of Yasuf in the northern occupied West Bank on Thursday. Read full story →
Hundreds of Israelis marched on Wednesday between Ganim and Kadim, two northern West Bank settlements that were dismantled in 2005 and rebuilt this year under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read full story →
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon wounded a Lebanese soldier and three civilians, Lebanon’s army said on Wednesday. Read full story →
A Moldovan border police officer sustained minor injuries on Monday after a projectile fell near the Palanca crossing on the border with Ukraine and ricocheted into a bus, Moldova's border police said. Read full story →
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a Russian strike damaged the road surface of the Northern Bridge in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday, soon after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived on an unannounced visit. Read full story →
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday on an unannounced visit to show support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, a day after Moscow warned foreigners and diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital. Read full story →
Former Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov said on October 3 that President Vladimir Putin is not ready to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, despite what Kasyanov described as growing economic trouble and unease in Russia. Read full story →
Ukraine denied Friday that maintenance delays and parts shortages had grounded much of its F-16 fighter jet fleet, saying it could keep the aircraft flying through winter. Read full story →
Ukrainian troops regained 172 square kilometres of territory in the Donetsk region during a September counteroffensive, according to an AFP analysis of Institute for the Study of War data. Read full story →
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia would consider using “all types of weapons” if its Kaliningrad exclave was attacked, while insisting Moscow had no intention of attacking anyone. Read full story →
A Russian drone struck the grounds of the Institute for Nuclear Research in Kyiv on Wednesday, causing a fire but leaving the site's research reactor undamaged, Ukraine's nuclear safety regulator said. Read full story →
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev urged Europe on Wednesday to start talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, warning that military support for Kyiv would not be enough and that Moscow's nuclear threats should be taken seriously. Read full story →
Forces of Yemen's internationally recognised government said Monday they had launched an offensive on Sanaa, the capital held by the Iran-backed Houthis. Read full story →
Yemen's military said Monday it carried out more than 1,000 strikes against Houthi targets as Saudi jets supported a new campaign by the internationally recognised government to retake territory from the Iran-backed group. Read full story →
Fighting between Yemen's Houthi group and government forces killed more than 70 people in and around the western province of Taiz over the past day, sources from both sides told AFP on Sunday. Read full story →
Yemen's Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Sunday that the group launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on Saudi energy giant Aramco's sites in Riyadh and the oil-rich Khurais area of eastern Saudi Arabia. Read full story →
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said the group's claim to have attacked Riyadh was misleading, after an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke at an oil facility near the Saudi capital. Read full story →
The Saudi-led coalition has accused Yemen's Houthis of carrying out a drone strike on an electricity distribution station in Medina, a charge the Houthis deny. Read full story →
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said Thursday that its forces intercepted two ballistic missiles and four drones fired at Saudi Arabia by the Iran-backed group. Read full story →
Turkey and Pakistan will rapidly deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual defence alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the kingdom faces repeated attacks from Yemen's Houthis. Read full story →
US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States withdrew all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in Britain because of “some threats”, without identifying them. Read full story →
A drone strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed at least eight people, a humanitarian source and a witness said Monday. Read full story →
Germany's foreign intelligence chief warned Monday that Russia's undeclared “shadow war” against Germany and its allies was escalating and had taken on a more dangerous character. Read full story →
US authorities arrested a woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's son and his family in the United States, US and Taiwanese officials said. Read full story →
Anti-jihadist militias told AFP on Sunday that at least 28 people had been found dead after an attack on villagers gathering firewood in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state. Read full story →
Mekelle residents voiced relief and anxiety on Sunday as federal Ethiopian troops patrolled the Tigray regional capital a day after seizing it from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front with help from an allied militia. Read full story →
The World Food Programme said a strike hit two United Nations food aid trucks in Sudan's South Kordofan state, killing one driver. Read full story →
Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of Mekelle, the Tigray rebels' regional capital, on Sunday, a local journalist told AFP, as regional rivals of Ethiopia gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. Read full story →
Multiple media outlets reported that the co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had previously been barred from flying in Oman or removed from a flying job over concerns about extremist views. Read full story →
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, called South Korea “despicable” after Seoul demanded an official apology over a Demilitarised Zone landmine blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers. Read full story →
A strike by small drones was the most likely cause of explosions at the Ethiopian army headquarters and a military base in Addis Ababa this week, a diplomatic source in the city told AFP on Friday. Read full story →
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Friday that rebuilding areas destroyed in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war is beyond the state's capacity, and called for more funding during a visit to the damaged southern city of Nabatieh. Read full story →
Airstrikes in Afghanistan's Kunar and Helmand provinces killed at least 10 civilians, most of them children, and injured nine people, the UN mission in Afghanistan said Thursday. Read full story →
Garry Kasparov said Thursday that US and Lithuanian security services had warned him and Free Russia Forum co-founder Ivan Tyutrin that their lives were in danger and urged them to take precautions. Read full story →
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said Thursday that armed factions must hand their weapons to the state by June 30, 2027, setting a new deadline after groups backed by Iran said they were not bound by any timetable. Read full story →
MI5 warned UK academics on Wednesday to review ties with a Chinese technology institute, saying the organisation funds research that could improve Beijing's espionage capabilities. Read full story →
A reported Myanmar military airstrike on a market in western Rakhine state has killed 50 people and injured 58, local volunteers said Tuesday, as families searched for bodies around the charred site. Read full story →
NATO and European Union leaders backed Estonia on Tuesday after Tallinn said an investigation found Russia ordered an August 15 arson attack on Milrem Robotics, an Estonian defence company that makes ground drones used in Ukraine. Read full story →
Japan lodged a strong protest with the United States after a US Marine stationed on Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stealing her wallet, police said. Read full story →
Philippine authorities arrested 244 foreign workers during raids on two alleged illegal online gaming sites in Mindanao, the Bureau of Immigration said. Read full story →
Police in central Madrid blocked members of a far-right group late Saturday after some tried to reach a housing protest camp where activists have been calling for reforms to Spain's housing laws. Read full story →
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Indian flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar to Israel as a guest of honour after UAE investigators said the co-pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flight attacked him with an axe in a planned terrorist act. Read full story →
Guatemalan journalist Evelio Lopez was shot and killed in western Guatemala, and unrest after the attack left a police station in flames, police and local media said Saturday. Read full story →
Two Iranian men accused of plotting a terror attack on Manchester's Jewish community have been remanded in custody after appearing in a London court. Read full story →
A UK-Iranian dual national arrested in a counter-terrorism investigation linked to a major incident near RAF Fairford has been released on bail, British police said Saturday. Read full story →
A 28-year-old man already charged with murdering former British lawmaker Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing acts of terrorism, including against Nigel Farage, police said Friday. Read full story →
Suspected political assassinations in South Africa have killed at least 43 people this year to September, one month before local government elections, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime said Friday. Read full story →
Haiti's gang violence crisis has left at least 5,700 people dead or wounded this year, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, October 2. Read full story →
Armed kidnappers held up two buses near Umunoha in southeastern Nigeria's Imo state on Thursday, leaving an unknown number of passengers missing as security agencies searched for them, police said. Read full story →
Mexican cartels are using methamphetamine labs in southern Africa to target Australia and New Zealand, investigators told AFP, with South African police probing whether drugs seized in Australia came from a game-farm laboratory near Swartruggens. Read full story →
Two 18-year-old former students armed with knives and fireworks killed a female assistant principal and injured three other people at a school in Torreon, in Mexico's northern Coahuila state, local authorities said Thursday. Read full story →
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered women's safety audits in municipalities after the bodies of 11 women were found dumped in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, since mid-July. Read full story →
British counter-terror police said Tuesday that no improvised explosive devices were found in vans seen acting suspiciously near RAF Fairford, a military airbase in southwest England used by the US military. Read full story →
Somali maritime police said Tuesday they had rescued the Palau-flagged MT Honour 25 oil tanker, which was hijacked in April, in the Dharin-Bar area of Bandar Beyla district in Puntland. Read full story →
One woman was killed and another woman and a child were wounded in an attack at a school in Staskov, northwestern Slovakia, emergency workers said Tuesday. Read full story →
Ethiopia's regional rivals urged peaceful solutions to disputes at a summit in Egypt. Read full story →
The Philippines accused China's military and coast guard on Sunday of harassing Filipino government aircraft and boats in two areas of the disputed South China Sea. Read full story →
The United States expelled two members of Iran's delegation to the recent UN General Assembly after they did not comply with an order to leave the country, the State Department said Saturday. Read full story →
Remains attributed to Tsar Samuel, one of the last major rulers of the First Bulgarian Empire, returned to Bulgaria on Saturday after Greece and Bulgaria reached an agreement this week. Read full story →
China is viewed as a more positive influence on the world than the United States in Latin America, according to the 2026 Latinobarometro survey published Friday. Read full story →
Egypt has declared an Ethiopian diplomat persona non grata and given him 48 hours to leave the country, Egyptian state-linked broadcaster Al-Qahera News said, after Ethiopia expelled an Egyptian diplomat. Read full story →
The US Treasury said Thursday that the United States had sanctioned Iran’s largest automakers and major rail companies. Read full story →
Russia summoned Denmark's ambassador on Wednesday to protest what Moscow called dangerous manoeuvres by a Danish military helicopter during an incident with a Russian warship earlier in September. Read full story →
The Kremlin said Wednesday that work was under way on rebasing Russian-made S-400 missile-defence systems from Turkey to another country, a move that could affect Ankara's effort to regain access to the US F-35 fighter jet programme. Read full story →
Argentina's President Javier Milei threatened on Monday to take the United Kingdom to arbitration over the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands, a British-administered territory claimed by Buenos Aires. Read full story →
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the Emirates on Sunday, UAE official media and Netanyahu's office said. Read full story →
An AFP journalist and residents reported loud explosions in the north of Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Monday. Read full story →
A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in southwestern Ondo state, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said. Read full story →
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian drones struck a Turkish-owned grain ship in the Black Sea on Monday after Romanian authorities said the vessel caught fire and sank off Romania, killing two crew members. Read full story →
Five shallow earthquakes rattled southern Turkey on Sunday and were felt in parts of northern Syria, but authorities reported no injuries or damage. Read full story →
Two people have died and at least one person is missing near Barcelona after torrential rain hit Catalonia, Spanish authorities said Sunday. Read full story →
The US Coast Guard said it found debris from a medical transport plane that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston, but the six people on board remained unaccounted for. Read full story →
A tornado struck Ulladulla, an Australian town just over 226 kilometres south of Sydney, after midday on Saturday, damaging properties and knocking down trees, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said. Read full story →
A fire near the main access road to Machu Picchu has killed one person and injured two others, Peruvian officials said Saturday. Read full story →
Flooding after heavy storms trapped people in cars and forced some tourist evacuations on the Greek island of Crete, officials said Saturday. Read full story →
A road accident involving several vehicles killed 17 pilgrims travelling to a Catholic shrine in Kenya early Saturday, road safety officials said. Read full story →
A multiple-vehicle crash in northcentral Nigeria killed 20 people and injured five others, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. Read full story →
UAE investigators said the co-pilot on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv attacked the pilot with an emergency axe and was planning a “terrorist act,” adding new official details about an alleged cockpit struggle that ended with an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Read full story →
Police said a car crashed into a crowd of rugby league fans in Newcastle, Australia, on Saturday, injuring 10 people including children. Read full story →
A 58-year-old German tourist died after being struck by lightning on the Greek island of Rhodes as storms hit the Aegean Sea for a second day. Read full story →
A mine collapse in Soma in western Turkey killed five workers after rescuers recovered the bodies of three miners who had been trapped, local authorities said Friday. Read full story →
A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht in the remote South Pacific, forcing four sailors into a life raft before they were rescued about 18 hours later by a container ship. Read full story →
A stampede during a cash handout in central Nigeria killed at least three women, a paramedic at state-run Minna General Hospital said Wednesday. Read full story →
Four people were injured, one of them seriously, when an explosion ripped through an apartment in northwestern Switzerland on Tuesday, regional police said. Read full story →
A Russian Tu-95 military aircraft crashed during a training flight in the far eastern Amur region on September 29, killing six crew members and injuring one, Russia's defence ministry said, according to the state TASS news agency. Read full story →
The United States warned foreign financial institutions Monday that they could face Washington sanctions if they do business with Iran or its banking sector. Read full story →
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have urged the European Union to develop a new legal tool to respond faster to potential trade conflicts, with concern focused on China. Read full story →
G20 trade ministers failed to reach agreements on overcapacity and forced labor after two days of talks in Milwaukee, with China saying on Sunday that divergent opinions contributed to the lack of consensus. Read full story →
Hungary's paprika producers are trying to sustain a shrinking industry as drought, heat, cheaper imports and labour shortages make the country's signature spice harder to grow. Read full story →
President Donald Trump's tariffs have pushed some carmakers to expand or shift production in the United States, but analysts say the overall effect on the US auto industry is mixed. Read full story →
Vietnam’s economy grew 9.95 percent in the July-September quarter, up from 8.81 percent in the previous three months and the fastest quarterly pace in four years, according to government data. Read full story →
African leaders and officials called for more use of the continent’s own capital at a business summit in Egypt on Saturday, arguing that Africa should reduce reliance on external funding and build more cross-border partnerships. Read full story →
China's commerce ministry launched an anti-dumping investigation on Saturday into European Union imports of p-nitrotoluene, a chemical used in dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Read full story →
G20 trade ministers failed to agree on action against industrial overcapacity and forced labor after two days of talks in Milwaukee, the US presidency of the group said Friday. Read full story →
Russia's draft 2027 budget would raise defence spending to 17.1 trillion rubles, or about $204 billion, while reducing planned funding for education, healthcare and social programmes. Read full story →
Argentina will offer citizenship to foreigners who invest at least $350,000 in the country, President Javier Milei's government said Friday. Read full story →
Eurozone inflation rose to 3.8 percent in September, its highest level in three years, according to figures published Friday by the European Union's statistical office. Read full story →
G20 trade ministers have found common ground that countries should not target food and agriculture in conflicts, France's minister delegate for international trade Nicolas Forissier said Thursday during talks in Milwaukee. Read full story →
South Korea's exports surged 83.5% in September to a record $120.94 billion, official data showed Thursday, as demand linked to artificial intelligence lifted chip shipments. Read full story →
The US Commerce Department revised second-quarter economic growth up to 2.2 percent on Wednesday, while the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge stayed at 3.4 percent year-on-year in August. Read full story →
Inflation rates rose in France and Italy in September as energy and fuel costs increased, official data showed Wednesday. Read full story →
The UK economy grew by 0.5% in the April-to-June quarter, revised up from an initial estimate of 0.4%, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. Read full story →
China’s factory activity returned to growth in September, official data showed Wednesday, after two months of contraction in the world’s second-largest economy. Read full story →
US consumer confidence fell in September to its lowest level since April 2014, the Conference Board said Tuesday, as households cited prices, fuel costs and wider economic uncertainty. Read full story →
Brazil's unemployment rate stayed at 5.3 percent in the three months through August, the lowest level for that period since the current methodology began in 2012, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics said on September 29. Read full story →
A US import ban on several Canadian products, including many alcoholic beverages, took effect Tuesday as trade tensions between the neighboring countries deepened. Read full story →
The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed two arrest warrants for Afghan education ministers accused of “gender-based persecution” under the Taliban regime. Read full story →
Up to 500 French high schools will be totally or partly closed on Monday because security conditions have not been met during student protests, Education Minister Edouard Geffray said. Read full story →
Palestinian teacher Hadeel Zourob has built a free school in Egypt's North Sinai for nearly 400 displaced Gazan children who were uprooted by the Israel-Hamas war. Read full story →
About 5.8 million refugee children were out of school in 2025, the UN refugee agency said Friday, warning that funding cuts could make the situation worse. Read full story →
The US economy added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on October 2, in a jobs report that showed weaker hiring than analysts expected. Read full story →
Science classes are shrinking across west Africa as fewer students choose maths, physics and other science tracks, despite government pledges to train more engineers, researchers and innovators. Read full story →
Chilean students protesting feared education cuts by President Jose Antonio Kast clashed with police in Santiago on Thursday. Read full story →
The University of Tokyo has appointed scientist Yuko Fujigaki as its first woman president in the institution's nearly 150-year history. Read full story →
Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in an October 25 runoff after finishing first in Brazil's presidential election and gaining support from a broader right-wing surge in Congress. Read full story →
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election for November 29 after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government. Read full story →
US rights groups are trying to counter recent voting law changes ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, arguing that new rules are making it harder for legitimate voters to cast ballots. Read full story →
Indigenous voters in Brazil's Amazon showed support for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday as forest-fire smoke affected communities near Manaus during the election. Read full story →
Milorad Dodik's Serb nationalist party was projected to retain power in Bosnia's Serb-run entity and keep its seat on the country's shared presidency, after electoral officials said 95 percent of ballots had been counted in general elections. Read full story →
Residents of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's largest favela, voted in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday with security, sanitation and the cost of living among their main concerns. Read full story →
Exit polls from Latvia's parliamentary election put Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centre-right United List party in the lead on Saturday, suggesting the country is likely to keep its pro-European and pro-Ukrainian direction. Read full story →
Israel's Supreme Court on Friday restored two Arab parties to the ballot for the October 27 election, overturning an electoral committee made up of lawmakers. Read full story →
Alberta voters are set to test the province's separatist movement in a non-binding October 19 referendum on whether the government should organize a binding vote on leaving Canada. Read full story →
Many Russian-speaking residents interviewed in eastern Latvia say they identify with Latvia and do not want Moscow's help as parliamentary elections approach on October 3. Read full story →
An African Union committee urged South Sudan on Tuesday to resolve remaining obstacles before its first national election, scheduled for December 22, and to set a clear roadmap for a credible vote. Read full story →
Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said Monday that global oil stockpiles are “scarily thin” because of the US-Iran war, warning that the energy system is already under strain. Read full story →
Pumping on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline has been halted after a new attack, a Saudi energy sector source told AFP. Read full story →
International Energy Agency member countries have released around 325 million barrels of oil and oil-derived products from strategic reserves, the agency said Saturday. Read full story →
The US Coast Guard said Friday it intercepted a ship carrying fuel to Cuba in violation of a US oil blockade imposed in January. Read full story →
The German government warned Friday against further destabilising global fuel markets after the United States called on European countries to release more diesel reserves to counter high energy prices. Read full story →
G7 countries agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from their reserves over four months in a coordinated move aimed at easing fuel prices. Read full story →
French President Emmanuel Macron urged G7 countries to act together on a diesel shortage without export restrictions, the Elysee said Friday after a call with US President Donald Trump. Read full story →
German motorists began paying less for fuel on October 1, 2026, after subsidies took effect to soften the impact of higher energy prices linked to the Middle East supply shock. Read full story →
The average pump price of diesel across the European Union has reached a record 2.24 euros per litre, European Commission data published Thursday showed. Read full story →
A $16-billion oil refinery project was being launched at the Kenyan port of Lamu on Wednesday, with builder Aliko Dangote saying it marked a step toward African industrialisation. Read full story →
Ukraine's war is slowing efforts to control illegal amber mining, with industry figures warning that unregistered amber is flooding the market and environmental oversight has been weakened. Read full story →
EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned Tuesday that the bloc faces a challenging winter with “very high” oil and gas prices because of the US-Iran war, but said he did not expect security of supply problems. Read full story →
Spain plans to limit natural gas price increases to 15 percent as winter approaches, Ecological Transition Minister Sara Aagesen said Tuesday. Read full story →
The euro fell to its lowest level against the dollar in 17 months on Monday as investors focused on concerns over France's high debt and deficits. Read full story →
The International Monetary Fund said Monday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Sri Lanka that will allow the country to access about $345 million from its $2.9 billion bailout programme. Read full story →
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note rose as high as 5.3402 percent on Thursday, its highest level since 2002, during a global sell-off in government bonds. Read full story →
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the third and fourth reviews of Madagascar's bailout program, clearing the way for an immediate disbursement of about $155 million. Read full story →
France plans to borrow a record 340 billion euros on the bond market in 2027, the AFT agency that manages government borrowing said Tuesday. Read full story →
Australia's central bank raised its key interest rate to a 15-year high on Tuesday, lifting the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.6 percent as it sought to curb inflation. Read full story →
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Monday that higher long-term interest rates would slow eurozone growth after a sell-off in sovereign debt pushed bond yields higher. Read full story →
Extreme heat is putting pregnant women and newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell is expected to warn at a pre-COP summit in Nadi, Fiji, on October 5. Read full story →
A woman in Russia's remote Siberian region of Irkutsk has died of plague, a regional official said Friday, while a Russian media outlet reported that dozens of people were under quarantine. Read full story →
Global life expectancy has almost returned to its pre-Covid level, but years lived in good health are recovering more slowly, the World Health Organization said Friday. Read full story →
Viral anti-vaccine posts spread fear during a Philippine child vaccination campaign in 2026, as health officials tried to rebuild trust after years of falling childhood immunisation rates. Read full story →
A Doctors Without Borders worker who was helping fight the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the virus and is being evacuated to the Netherlands for treatment, the medical charity said Thursday. Read full story →
A hospital in Japan has performed surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells, in what surgeon Yoshiki Sawa described as the first clinical use of the regenerative therapy since it received conditional government approval in March. Read full story →
The UN Human Rights Council urged the Taliban on Monday to repeal practices restricting the fundamental freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan. Read full story →
Iran’s judiciary said it executed Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raissi on October 5 over involvement in the deaths of four police officers during anti-government protests. Read full story →
Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of Sky News journalist Alex Crawford, she said Monday, in a move a rights group linked to a wider wave of social media censorship. Read full story →
Plan International said Monday that global warming has increased the risk of child marriage, teenage pregnancy and violence against girls. Read full story →
The 2026 Nobel Prize announcements are scheduled to begin on October 5 with the medicine prize and continue through October 12. Read full story →
Cheikh Hamidou Kane, the Senegalese author best known for the novel “L'Aventure ambiguë” (“Ambiguous Adventure”), has died aged 98, Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said. Read full story →
Thai activists marking the 50th anniversary of the October 6, 1976, massacre at Thammasat University say a new generation of protesters still faces prosecution, jail or exile for dissent. Read full story →
South Korea football captain Lee Gi-hyuk apologised on Oct. Read full story →
Fabian Ruiz left the Spain squad on Saturday to be present for the birth of his first child in Paris, the Spanish Football Federation said. Read full story →
Dozens of Egyptian journalists staged a sit-in at the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate in Cairo on Saturday, October 3, demanding the release of six reporters from the independent platform Matsadaash who were detained earlier in the week. Read full story →
China's foreign ministry accused a US congressional committee of fabricating claims after the committee's chairman urged Starbucks to close two newly opened cafes in Xinjiang over alleged rights abuses. Read full story →
Hong Kong police arrested two people Wednesday for allegedly acting with seditious intent, and local media identified them as independent journalist Tang Ho-wing and activist Lee Ying-chi. Read full story →
Turkey has blocked the website and social media accounts of T24, a leading independent digital news site, after the justice ministry accused it of producing what it called "LGBT propaganda". Read full story →
Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien has returned to Montreal as controversy continues over allegations that he used artificial intelligence to write his debut novel, friends and fellow writers said. Read full story →
South Sudanese government critic Samuel Peter Oyay has been detained in the United Arab Emirates for a year without charge, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday as it called for his immediate release. Read full story →
Iranian prisoner Mahboubeh Shahbani has urged international action after being sentenced to death over protests earlier this year, in an audio recording shared by rights groups on Wednesday. Read full story →
Women in Bangladesh are securing a smaller share of public-sector jobs after quota reforms that followed years of student protests over recruitment rules. Read full story →
Vietnamese authorities have been accused by the campaign group Viet Tan of abducting two pro-democracy activists in Cambodia and detaining them in Vietnam on what the group called fabricated terrorism charges. Read full story →
Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi came out as gay on Tuesday, saying he wanted to help others struggling with their sexuality in a country where openly LGBTQ athletes are rare. Read full story →
Iranian airlines resumed flights to Iraq's Najaf on Sunday after the United States granted Baghdad an exemption allowing sanctioned Iranian carriers to serve the city. Read full story →
The US Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that a Boeing 737 MAX flight-computer software issue that delayed certification of the 737 MAX 10 is not a safety concern after a review. Read full story →
Deutsche Bahn is testing AI and automated transport systems as Germany's rail operator tries to modernise a network known in recent years for delays and ageing infrastructure. Read full story →
International flights to and from Tehran's main airport have fallen 42 percent since a US ban on Iranian airlines took effect, according to FlightRadar24 tracking data up to Wednesday. Read full story →
Flydubai said the reasons and motives behind an altercation in the flight deck of flight FZ 1073 were unknown and under formal investigation, after tracking data showed the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight dropped from nearly 34,000 feet to below 17,000 feet in about a minute before landing safely in Saudi Arabia. Read full story →
Turkish authorities seized a Boeing 737 belonging to Iran's Caspian Airlines in Istanbul over an alleged unpaid debt of 3.0 million euros, or $3.4 million, Turkish and Iranian media said Tuesday. Read full story →
Rohan Rane, a 29-year-old Indian national, went on trial behind closed doors in Paris on Monday accused of running a neo-Nazi child exploitation ring that allegedly coerced young girls into sexual acts online and self-harm. Read full story →
Turkish Football Federation President Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu has denied involvement in a referee graft scandal after the country's top refereeing official and four others were jailed pending trial. Read full story →
Christa Pike remained in critical condition and on a ventilator after Tennessee tried to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyer Stephen Ferrell said Sunday. Read full story →
Delhi police said Sunday they had opened an inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against officers during protests in New Delhi against the Election Commission of India. Read full story →
Tennessee prison commissioner Frank Strada will resign this month after the failed execution of Christa Pike, a convicted murderer who survived two injections of pentobarbital and was later taken to hospital in critical condition. Read full story →
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff has backed an outside review of the university's handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape case that has drawn public backlash and a wider online campaign. Read full story →
Iran's judiciary said Saturday it had executed Siavash Jamshidi, a man convicted on charges including firing a military-grade weapon at police officers during anti-government protests earlier this year. Read full story →
Guinean opposition politician Aliou Bah was granted a presidential pardon Friday after being jailed for insulting junta leader General Mamadi Doumbouya. Read full story →
Former Republican congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison for secretly lobbying the US government on behalf of Venezuela, US media reported Friday. Read full story →
US authorities have arrested Greg Lui, a 38-year-old California man also known as Yiu Kong Lui, on accusations that he smuggled more than $300 million worth of export-controlled computer servers to China, the Department of Justice said. Read full story →
Prosecutors told a Hong Kong court that the ex-husband and former in-laws of influencer and model Abby Choi made an elaborate plan that ended in her killing in 2023. Read full story →
Execution methods in the United States vary widely by state, with lethal injection still the most common method but nitrogen inhalation and firing squads also used in recent years. Read full story →
A Massachusetts judge has rejected Lindsay Clancy's request for an acquittal after a jury failed to reach a verdict in her trial over the killing of her three children. Read full story →
Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca was arrested in Santa Cruz on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, the government said, two days after the United States blacklisted him over alleged narcotrafficking links. Read full story →
India released British Sikh blogger Jagtar Singh Johal on bail on Thursday after nearly nine years in detention, while his trial continues on eight remaining charges including conspiracy to murder. Read full story →
Algerian lawmakers adopted penal code changes on Thursday extending the death penalty to people convicted of deliberately setting fire to forests, woods or fields. Read full story →
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday stayed Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee shortly before she was due to receive a lethal injection. Read full story →
A French court on Wednesday sentenced six men to between six and 10 years in prison over the deaths of at least 31 people in the Channel in 2021, the deadliest accident involving migrants trying to reach the English coast. Read full story →
Iran hanged two men on Wednesday over charges linked to anti-government protests that peaked in January, the judiciary announced. Read full story →
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Ivanna Ortiz, accused of opening fire at Rihanna's Beverly Crest home in March, is mentally competent to stand trial. Read full story →
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer urged a Massachusetts judge Tuesday to acquit the US mother accused of murdering her three children after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case. Read full story →
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in Scotland on Tuesday after being found guilty of sexually abusing two children. Read full story →
British anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, was refused bail Tuesday in a criminal damage case over the alleged slashing of a migrant dinghy in the Channel. Read full story →
Singapore police charged a man Tuesday over a fake AI-generated image of a crocodile at the city-state's largest reservoir that prompted public concern, a search and the suspension of activities. Read full story →
Two men died off northern France and two women and a girl were hospitalised with burns after a boat carrying around 90 people tried to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said. Read full story →
Authorities in Ceuta began removing a migrant camp from Trampolin beach on Sunday ahead of a planned visit by Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, a police spokeswoman said. Read full story →
Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants returned from Malaysia to Myanmar on Sunday under a repatriation scheme that UN officials and rights groups say cannot guarantee their safety. Read full story →
Advocates say unaccompanied migrant children in the United States are being left to face immigration proceedings without experienced legal support after the Trump administration ended a long-running funding arrangement. Read full story →
A 47-year-old man was found shot dead in a UK-plated van carrying irregular migrants at a motorway rest stop in northern France, officials said. Read full story →
Japan tightened requirements on Thursday for foreigners seeking permanent residency, adding income and Japanese-language conditions and raising application fees as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushes tighter immigration controls. Read full story →
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on deporting immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December. Read full story →
The United States announced approval on Monday of a $1 billion sale to the United Arab Emirates of up to 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance sections for rockets. Read full story →
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed has been reappointed prime minister. Read full story →
Iran disabled terminals used for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service during anti-government protests in January, a senior Iranian official said Monday. Read full story →
Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, and President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed National Iranian Oil Company chief executive Hamid Bovard as acting oil minister, the president's office said Sunday. Read full story →
Thousands of supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan joined a protest march in Pakistan's northwest on Sunday after last-minute talks with the government stalled. Read full story →
Jay Clayton will keep serving as US director of national intelligence while becoming President Donald Trump's AI czar, adding the White House artificial intelligence portfolio to one of the country's top national security jobs. Read full story →
Jordan Bardella, the 31-year-old leader of France's far-right National Rally, is denying allegations that he wrote antisemitic messages as a teenager in 2013. Read full story →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of a missile that Pyongyang says used artificial intelligence to adjust its trajectory, state media reported Sunday, after South Korea said the weapon flew more than 700 kilometres from the Wonsan area. Read full story →
Marine Le Pen said she had “complete confidence” in Jordan Bardella after the investigative news website Mediapart accused her top ally of making antisemitic comments in 2013. Read full story →
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he will invite US President Donald Trump to lead his ring walk before his fight with Anthony Joshua in Cardiff on December 11. Read full story →
Moldova summoned Russia's ambassador on October 3 after officials said five drones and missiles crossed into Moldovan airspace from the war in neighbouring Ukraine and exploded near settlements. Read full story →
The Dominican Republic banned Haiti’s national football team from playing in Dominican sports venues after Haitian fans tried to force their way into a sold-out match between the neighbouring countries. Read full story →
A US federal judge has issued an emergency injunction blocking President Donald Trump's administration from restarting border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region in Texas. Read full story →
China has opened a joint flight training and support centre at Ban Keun airfield in Laos, which analysts described as its first overseas air force base and a sign that Beijing's foreign military footprint could grow. Read full story →
Swedish parliament speaker Andreas Norlen asked Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson on Friday to make another attempt to form a government, days after she abandoned a first bid. Read full story →
Taiwan received its first US-made F-16V fighter jets on October 2, as it upgrades its air force amid the threat of a possible Chinese attack. Read full story →
The Pentagon has awarded Raytheon a $24.4 billion contract to speed production of SM-6 missiles (anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and ballistic missile defense or sea-based terminal missions) as Washington works to rebuild munitions stocks used during the war against Iran. Read full story →
Brazilian Attorney General Jorge Messias asked police on Thursday to investigate allegations that US President Donald Trump's administration was using government funds to promote what Messias called a "far-right agenda" in Brazil. Read full story →
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the United States has cut the number of generals and admirals in the military by 20 percent, describing the reductions as an effort to impose accountability. Read full story →
Lithuania's government approved a draft law on Wednesday that would ban Russians and Belarusians from buying property near strategic sites, including military facilities, in an effort to curb espionage. Read full story →
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed the possibility of Britain rejoining the European Union after UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said a return to the bloc was among the options to consider. Read full story →
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Wednesday hailed the end of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition's mission as the start of a new chapter for the country. Read full story →
Morocco's royal cabinet has named Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister, making her the first woman to head the country's government. Read full story →
Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo II, a journalist and UBC news anchor, was set to be crowned king of Uganda's Tooro kingdom on Tuesday, September 29, after a succession dispute following the death of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Read full story →
The US Senate voted 72-22 on Monday to approve a federal college sports bill that would regulate how universities pay athletes, restrict transfers and give the NCAA limited protection from antitrust lawsuits. Read full story →
US President Donald Trump faced bipartisan criticism Monday over taxpayer-funded television advertisements featuring himself weeks before midterm elections. Read full story →
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday increasing the size of the Russian army by 15,500 troops, the fourth such order this year. Read full story →
The 2026 Nobel medicine prize was awarded on October 5 to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in optogenetics. Read full story →
Scientists have discovered a new lizard species in the Peruvian Andes, the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University said Saturday. Read full story →
Two new island-like formations have appeared in waters around Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau after a major eruption in September, the head of the country's volcano monitoring agency said on Friday. Read full story →
Four new International Space Station crew members docked at the orbiting laboratory after what NASA officials said was the fastest trip by a US spacecraft to the outpost. Read full story →
Norway's government said Monday it wants a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in some public places, citing privacy concerns over people being filmed without knowing it. Read full story →
Chinese high-tech goods could pose security risks because data may be collected and passed to state agencies, Germany's domestic intelligence chief warned Monday. Read full story →
A White House artificial intelligence task force will have 120 days to review the technology's risks and opportunities and recommend government responses, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing its charter and comments from US Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. Read full story →
Google's planned data centres are bringing expectations of jobs and investment to the northern Finnish town of Muhos, while also raising concern over energy use and forest clearance. Read full story →
Former OpenAI employee David Robinson has urged advanced artificial intelligence labs to adopt layers of safeguards like those used in aviation and nuclear power, warning in The Atlantic that human errors in AI development could open the door to disaster. Read full story →
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a broad investigation into artificial intelligence safety practices at Anthropic and OpenAI, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Read full story →
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Sol on Tuesday, a new mid-range artificial intelligence model that costs five times less than its flagship GPT-6 Astra. Read full story →
Nvidia unveiled a system on Monday designed to stop autonomous AI agents from going beyond what they were instructed to do, after several companies reported incidents involving agents that broke out of test environments. Read full story →
OpenAI said on Monday it will not release its newest artificial intelligence model, Astra 6.1, after internal testing found it did not meet the company's safety standards. Read full story →
