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Austrian, Swiss women kidnapped in Niger are freed — report

An Austrian woman and a Swiss woman kidnapped in Niger have been freed after 18 months in captivity, local reports say....

Oct 22, 2026
US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat

The US State Department has asked some US diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia because of the threat of Houthi attacks on the Gulf kingdom....

Oct 22, 2026
Pope Leo will not need further cancer treatment — Vatican

Pope Leo's lung cancer surgery last week was a success, the Vatican said. The pope broke with traditions of secrecy around papal health issues after a...

Oct 21, 2026
German youth plan France-style mass protests

A youth-led movement in Germany has called for demonstrations in major cities of the country on October 31. The group has categorically distanced itse...

Oct 21, 2026
France bans protests in parts of Paris as Macron slams Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron railed against "stupid" comments made by foreign leaders for their political purposes. Plus, Paris police are set to ...

Oct 21, 2026
Germany news: AfD's Weidel calls for major EU reforms

Far-right Alternative for Germany co-leader Alice Weidel reveals the party's plan to reform the EU. Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in Berlin t...

Oct 21, 2026
Trump, Putin and Xi at one table, without Ukraine. What Moscow wants from the proposal and why Beiji

Moscow is pushing for a summit with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, without Kyiv or the EU. What does Russia hope to...

Oct 21, 2026
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in Cambridge Analytica case

A New Mexico judge ordered Facebook's parent company, Meta, to pay $25 billion for misleading users over the Cambridge Analytica breach, which took pl...

Oct 21, 2026
PHP developers say key patches available after global scare

Newly discovered vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language have put millions of websites at risk, with government agencies sounding alarms and t...

Oct 21, 2026
Raids at far-right group's offices at European Parliament

Authorities searched the Patriots for Europe's European Parliament offices in a long-running funding inquiry. The group says the charges pertain to it...

Oct 21, 2026
Russia arrests German man, calls him a Ukraine 'mercenary'

Russian FSB agents have arrested a German national and accused him of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine's military. They claim he deserted over unpa...

Oct 21, 2026
Russia frees jailed American Stephen Hubbard during Witkoff talks

During talks between Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff, Putin announced that jailed American Stephen Hubbard had been released. The Kremlin also said R...

Oct 21, 2026

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