A member of the mob attempts to dislodge a cross mounted atop the church. Photo: Instagram/@cpimcc Sat 03 October 2026: At least 60 incidents targeting Christians have been recorded in West Bengal since the BJP formed the state government in May 2026, a report by India Hate Lab says. The cases, logged between May 13 […]
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Sat 03 October 2026: The European Council on Thursday gave final approval to new rules aimed at strengthening the return of non-EU nationals who have no legal right to stay in the bloc. The rules, which complement the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum, include allowing member states to establish return hubs in third countries, […]
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Sat 03 October 2026: Three out of four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry after a surge in fighting displaced tens of thousands of people and disrupted food supplies, the United Nations food agency says. Some 74 percent of households in accessible government-held areas cannot meet their basic food needs, a record for […]
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Sat 03 October 2026: Government figures show confirmed cases have reached 8,300 across seven provinces as response efforts falter. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 4,000 people, according to government data, marking the deadliest epidemic the country has recorded. Figures released on Friday put the death toll at […]
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Sat 03 October 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️‘They are our neighbours, our partners’: “We do not hate white people; we love them, so much. “So much so that we are saying, for their own freedom, they must allow us to be free so they can demolish their walls in Sandton. […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the Strategic Political Defence Committee (SPDC) established under the joint defence pact (Mecca pact) between Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia will meet “soon” in the Saudi capital Riyadh. “Very soon, a meeting of the whole SPDC has been agreed to in principle to […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: Hundreds of schools were closed and disrupted while mass arrests and injuries were reported across France on Friday as student protests over better learning conditions continued for days, according to broadcaster BFMTV. The Ministry of National Education said 564 schools across France were affected on Friday. Education Minister Edouard Geffray told […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: The US military has deployed two additional Patriot missile batteries to protect energy facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar amid preparations for possible renewed military operations against Iran, the Axios news site reported Thursday, citing two US officials and a regional source. One battery was sent to Saudi Arabia last month […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel reserves to help bring down fuel prices. Asked about the proposal, Trump said he may ask European countries to make some of their stockpiles available as part of efforts to ease prices at […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: A U.S. Department of Energy electrical engineer was arrested, according to the Justice Department on Thursday, for allegedly supporting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels by purchasing materials for homemade explosives and drones, as well as traveling to Yemen. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Washington, was arrested Thursday and is due to make his first court appearance Friday. […]
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