Irish presidential polls close as Connolly and Humphreys wait on count
Voting ended in the race to succeed Michael D Higgins, with turnout and transfer patterns set to shape the result under Ireland’s PR-STV system.
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British police launch manhunt after convicted asylum seeker is mistakenly released
Police are searching for Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu after he was wrongly freed from prison despite a sexual assault conviction that triggered protests in Epping.
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Croatia votes to bring back compulsory military service after 17 years
Croatia’s parliament has approved a return to conscription, with two months of basic military training and an opt-out civilian service path for conscientious objectors.
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Grenade blast on Ukrainian train kills four and wounds at least 12
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Lula confirms reelection bid during Indonesia visit
Brazil's president says he will seek a fourth nonconsecutive term next year, setting up a new contest in a political landscape shaped by tariffs, age questions and Bolsonaro's legal troubles.
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Rival rallies in Budapest show the scale of Hungary's election fight
Hundreds of thousands of people filled Budapest for dueling events for Viktor Orbán and Péter Magyar, turning Hungary's national holiday into a live measure of political strength ahead of next spring's vote.
Read report »Federal grand jury indicts Decarlos Brown Jr. in Charlotte train killing of Ukrainian refugee
A federal grand jury indicted Decarlos Brown Jr. in the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a charge that makes him eligible for the death penalty.
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Former Fiji prime minister gets suspended prison sentence in unwarranted demand case
Frank Bainimarama has been given a 12-month suspended sentence after a Fiji High Court found him guilty of making an unwarranted demand with menace, his second major criminal conviction in little more than a year.
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Sri Lankan opposition politician shot dead in Weligama office attack
Police said Lasantha Wickramasekara was killed at his office on the event date of 2025-10-22 while shootings were rising across Sri Lanka.
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Police arrest six after violent Dublin protest outside migrant hotel
Irish police say protesters tried to breach a cordon outside the Citywest Hotel, where asylum seekers were being housed.
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Poland and Romania detain Ukrainians in suspected Russian sabotage plot
Authorities say the suspects were preparing explosive shipments aimed at destabilizing countries backing Ukraine.
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Colombian Court Throws Out Alvaro Uribe Witness-Tampering Conviction
A Bogota court overturned former president Alvaro Uribe's conviction for bribery and witness tampering, ruling that prosecutors had not proved the charges beyond reasonable doubt.
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Slovak Court Sentences Robert Fico’s Gunman to 21 Years
Juraj Cintula was convicted of a terrorist attack for the 2024 shooting that gravely wounded Slovakia’s prime minister, with an appeal considered likely.
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Damaged Crown of Empress Eugénie recovered near the Louvre after Paris burglary
French media reported that the imperial crown was found damaged outside the Louvre grounds after the museum burglary on the event date, adding a new detail to the investigation.
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Myanmar military says it shut a major scam compound near the Thailand border
State media said more than 2,000 people were detained and dozens of Starlink terminals seized in a raid on KK Park.
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Lithuania shuts Vilnius airport after balloon sightings from Belarus
Lithuanian authorities suspended flights and border crossings after balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes entered the capital's airspace.
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Taiwan’s KMT chooses Cheng Li-wun as leader in a vote that could reshape its China line
The opposition party picked Cheng Li-wun to lead it after a contested vote that highlighted the party’s balancing act on defence, Beijing, and Taiwan’s domestic power struggle.
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Thieves steal French Crown Jewels from the Louvre in daylight raid
A masked gang used a mechanical ladder and power tools to raid the Louvre, escaping on mopeds with nine pieces of royal jewellery.
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Turkish Cypriots vote in first round of leadership election as Tatar faces Erhürman
Voters in northern Cyprus are choosing between incumbent Ersin Tatar and opposition leader Tufan Erhürman in a contest that could reshape the territory’s political direction.
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Thousands of Orthodox Jews rally in New York over Israel draft changes
The Manhattan protest showed how a military draft fight in Israel has spilled into one of the world's largest ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.
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Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel in Qom
Iran’s judiciary said the sentence was carried out after the Supreme Court upheld the case and clemency was denied.
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Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia runoff, ending two decades of MAS dominance
Preliminary results gave the centrist Christian Democratic Party candidate about 54.6% against former president Jorge Quiroga, setting up a political shift amid a deep economic crisis.
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No Kings protests draw crowds across the U.S. and rallies abroad
More than 2,700 demonstrations were planned as protesters criticized Trump's policies and supporters said the rallies reflected patriotic opposition.
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Sweden identifies suspect in the killing of anti-Islam campaigner Salwan Momika
Prosecutors say a 24-year-old Syrian man who lived in Sweden at the time is wanted over the January killing, but his whereabouts are unknown.
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