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Newcastle Crash Injures 10 Ahead of NRL Grand Final
A car struck a crowd in Newcastle on Saturday morning as fans gathered to farewell the Newcastle Knights before the NRL grand final. Ten people were injured, including two in critical condition, and police arrested an 18-year-old driver at the scene.

Cape Town Moves to Finish Its Famous “Bridge to Nowhere”
Cape Town has unveiled a plan to complete its most famous unfinished highway links, a long-stalled project that could reshape movement through the city centre

New Details Emerge in Cornell Assault Case as Accused Men Offer Conflicting Accounts
Newly surfaced records are widening the gap between what the woman at the center of the Cornell University assault case says happened and what some

Political killings have left South Africa with 42 dead in less than a year, report says
Forty-two people have been murdered in politically linked attacks in South Africa in less than a year, according to reporting cited by News24. The toll

Delhi Metro Shuts 12 Stations as Security Tightens Around Jantar Mantar Protest Site
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has closed entry and exit gates at a dozen stations Friday as authorities locked down the area surrounding Jantar Mantar

Netanyahu Says Omani Co-Pilot Was “Radicalized” After Flydubai Cockpit Stabbing
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Omani co-pilot accused of stabbing a colleague on a Flydubai flight and trying to seize the aircraft had

France school protests spread as hundreds of schools close and dozens of staff are injured
Hundreds of schools across France were hit by disruption on Friday as student protests over school conditions escalated into fires, blockades and clashes wit...

Russia Plans Bigger Winter Strike as War Budget Swells for 2027
Russia is preparing a larger winter campaign against Ukraine’s power and water network while also pushing defense spending to a post-Soviet high next year, a...

Ramaphosa’s GBVF Plan Faces a Simple Test: What Changes?
JOHANNESBURG — President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered 60- and 90-day plans to tackle stalled gender-based violence and femicide cases, forensic backlogs and u...

UK voters could reshape parliament under proportional representation, polling model shows
Britain’s next parliament could look very different if voters abandon first past the post. New modelling based on recent polling suggests proportional system...

South Africa summons US envoy Bozell again over public criticism
PRETORIA — South Africa has summoned US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III again after he spent the past week publicly accusing the government of ignoring

CJP widens anti-election protest to Goa, Bengaluru and Kolkata as pressure mounts on India’s poll chief
Mumbai’s protest against India’s election authority is set to spill far beyond the city. Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Thursday that the

Iran says it received U.S. feedback on seven-day Strait of Hormuz trust plan
Iran said on Wednesday it had received U.S. feedback on a seven-day trust-building proposal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for Washington

Early voting data points to Democratic edge as U.S. midterms near
Early voting data from more than 30 U.S. states is showing the first signs of a Democratic turnout edge in the November midterms, with more

Police search for mother after newborn baby girl found on North Wales shoreline may have been in water for weeks
Police in North Wales say the body of a newborn baby girl found on a shoreline in Bangor may have been in the water for

Cornell campus police left rape claim out of case file, report says
Cornell University campus police omitted a student’s explicit claim that she had been raped when they sent a summary of the case to prosecutors, according

South Africa’s election board rejects DA challenge over party lists, warning of disruption
South Africa’s election commission has dismissed the Democratic Alliance’s challenge over party candidate lists, saying the case has no merit and could disru...

Five Arrested in U.S. Shooting Spree as Gun Violence Surges Across Multiple Cities
Police have arrested five suspects across separate shooting incidents in the United States this week, marking a troubling spike in firearm violence that has ...

Suspended South African police general faces new firearm charge as custody woes mount
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadack Sibiya is facing fresh legal pressure after prosecutors added a firearm-related charge while he remains...

Flydubai scare casts new light on Israel-UAE travel link
The United Arab Emirates drew many Israelis because it felt close, open and safe. A security incident on a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv

Passenger Says He Grabbed Knife-Wielding Attacker as Flydubai Flight Plunged Toward Disaster
A Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv dropped 17,000 feet in less than two minutes after a knife attack in the cockpit, sending passengers into

Passengers say flydubai co-pilot stabbed captain as jet plunged toward Saudi Arabia
Passengers aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 say the aircraft suddenly dropped from cruising altitude after a co-pilot stabbed the captain, throwing the cabin in...

California Couple, Both 77, Charged After Son-in-Law Is Shot Dead in Dublin
DUBLIN, Calif. — A 40-year-old New York Times Games engineering director was shot dead Saturday afternoon in a parking lot near a sports complex in

Jaishankar warns India-US ties hinge on Washington’s response to cross-border terrorism
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2026 — India’s relations with the United States cannot move smoothly forward if Washington fails to fully grasp New Delhi’s concerns