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Just one in 10 Germans thinks Merz is up to the job after election wipeout 

02 October 2026

Stuttgart, Germany – Minutes after the results of the first exit polls flashed across German screens, Chancellor Fried...

Tunisia softens its ‘false news’ penalty. What really changed, and why now? 

02 October 2026

Tunisia has softened a cybercrime law that has landed journalists and activists in prison, letting first-time offenders ...

Indian authorities clamp down as ‘cockroach’ movement launches new protests 

02 October 2026

Indian security forces have clamped down as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), other student coalitions and oppo...

Arab party leader forced to withdraw from Israeli elections 

02 October 2026

Arab Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh has withdrawn his candidacy for the upcoming Israeli elections after the Supre...

New aircraft carrier, 10,000 US troops: Is the Iran war about to escalate? 

02 October 2026

The United States is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to waters in the Middle East close to Iran, a US of...

US delivers F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan as island eyes threat from China 

02 October 2026

News|Weapons The United States has delivered two F-16V ⁠Block 70 fighter jets to Taiwan as the island seeks to build i...

UK arrests British-Iranian suspect over RAF ‘plot’: What we know 

02 October 2026

United Kingdom police have arrested a 25-year-old British-Iranian man in relation to a security incident at a Royal Air ...

Russia tries to freeze Ukraine as it suffers record casualties and retreats 

02 October 2026

Russia suffered its highest losses of 2026 in September, when 46,230 of its soldiers were killed or wounded, according t...

Election debate cancelled in Brazil, bomb scare outside Supreme Court 

02 October 2026

News|Elections Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his main opponent Flavio Bolsonaro have snubbed a chanc...

Greece pushes EU to suspend asylum during mass migration surges 

02 October 2026

Greece has urged the European Union to allow member states to temporarily suspend asylum applications during periods of ...