Today: October 26, 2026
Today: October 26, 2026

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'Our land, our Albania': young lawmaker demands new future as protests rage

Marjana Koceku's life changed last year when Prime Minister Edi Rama hand-picked her to run for Albania's parliament, one of a legion of young lawmakers he

Election|Europe|Political

Serbian populist leader Aleksandar Vucic returns to tragedy-hit Novi Sad for preelection rally

Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has returned to Novi Sad, the northern city where 16 people died in a train station tragedy almost two years ago that set off a wave of anti-government protests

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Brazil's incoming right-wing Congress takes aim at judge who jailed Bolsonaro

Brazil's next Congress is spoiling for a fight with the Supreme Court, including plans for an unprecedented impeachment of one of its justices that could

Education|Europe|Political|World

Albania's leader defies calls to resign as student protesters rampage in capital

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday rejected calls to resign as thousands of student-led protesters smashed windows and fought

Crime|Political|World

Venezuela's Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture charges

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to

Arts

Mexican judge closes the case against immigration chief Francisco Garduño over 2023 Juarez fire

A Mexican judge has closed the case against Francisco Garduño, former head of the country’s immigration agency, related to the 2023 fire at a Ciudad Juárez detention center

Business|Crime|Europe|Finance

Austrian court grants former property tycoon Benko's request for house arrest

An Austrian court on Wednesday granted former property tycoon Rene Benko's request to be released from prison to house arrest with an ankle monitor after he served two-

Economy

House Democrats plan a first 100-days agenda if they sweep to power in midterm elections

Democrats are preparing an ambitious 100-days agenda if they win the House majority in the midterm elections

Business|Crime|Political|World

Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case

A businessman wanted in the U.S. for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custody

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Chinese court sentenced former mayor of Wuhan city to 14 years in prison for bribery

A former Chinese mayor of a central Chinese city plagued by the coronavirus outbreak more than six years ago has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption

Business|Economy

The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions

The United Auto Workers is working to regain political influence in closely contested Michigan

Crime

Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful

A London judge says police who searched former Prince Andrew's properties in connection to Jeffrey Epstein agreed the search warrants were unlawful

Election|Political|World

Brazilian students in Rio de Janeiro march against the prospect of another Bolsonaro presidency

Thousands of Brazilian students have marched in Rio de Janeiro against the possibility of Flávio Bolsonaro winning the presidency

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In Virginia, Democrat hoping to oust Republican tests anti-corruption message echoing around country

Longtime Virginia Republican Rep. Rob Wittman is emphasizing his humble roots rather than his deep experience as he campaigns this year in what's seen as the toughest race of his career

Crime|Education

Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations

Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations

Crime|Economy

Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty

Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty

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Trump doesn't commit to repaying federal funds already spent on controversial ads

President Donald Trump has pledged to use money from his MAGA Inc. super PAC for a controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign

Business|Crime|Health

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86

Crime

Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died

Election|Political|US

Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump

Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump

Crime|Political

Woman at center of Cornell rape allegations targeted with threats, lawyer says

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Election

Brazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro campaign in powerhouse state ahead of Sunday's presidential vote

Front-runners in Brazil’s presidential race are campaigning in the eve of Sunday’s election in the powerhouse state where a fifth of the nation’s vote is based

Europe|World

Bosnia votes as foreign powers jostle for influence

Bosnia holds national elections on Sunday which could impact its bid to join the European Union but also the influence that the United

Arts|Opinion

The tweet that defined a decade of Trump

The tweet that defined a decade of Trump

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The chairman of scandal-hit Man City has worked with Trump and Macron as part of the UAE elite

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak is a public face of the 2023 Champions League winner that is now embroiled in one of soccer’s biggest scandals

Europe|Political

Norway parliament probes Epstein links to politicians and diplomats

Norway's parliament began public hearings on Wednesday over ties between the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Norwegian diplomats

Crime

Nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine held by Fiji court replaced with flour

Nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine held by Fiji court replaced with flour

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog

Arts|Crime

A man who spent decades on Utah's death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing

A man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing

Crime|Political|World

US revokes visas from Latin American officials, including Bolivia’s top prosecutor

The Trump administration is revoking the visas of 27 Latin American officials and their families, including Bolivia’s attorney general, over accusations of corruption

Crime|Political|World

Florida pastor accused of role in Haitian president's assassination goes on trial

A Haitian American pastor accused by US prosecutors of helping orchestrate the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise so he could take over the

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Deputy chair of Turkey's AK Party resigns after trading allegation amid funds crisis

A deputy chair of President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party stepped down after an opposition politician accused her of making a large profit on shares just before a funds

Economy|Political

House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an option

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections

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China's purges of top military commanders spur questions about war-waging ability

Purges of military leaders may have dented China's war-fighting readiness, but are likely to have strengthened President Xi

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GOP senator calls for investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration funds

GOP senator calls for investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration funds

Crime|Europe

Italian police find $3.6 million in cash hidden in apartment’s walls, floors and furniture

Italian police find $3.6 million in cash hidden in apartment’s walls, floors and furniture

Crime|Europe

Malta attorney general appeals blogger murder trial verdict

Malta’s attorney general has filed an appeal against a jury verdict finding a businessman not guilty of charges of complicity and criminal association in the murder of

Crime

South Korea court cuts ex-First Lady Kim Keon Hee's prison term to five years, Yonhap says

A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday reduced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee's prison sentence to five years from seven for receiving bribes during her husband's

Arts

New Zealand commune's funding trust loses charity status over child labor and other misconduct

New Zealand authorities have stripped the Gloriavale commune's charity arm of tax-exempt status

Americas|Arts|Economy|Europe|MidEast

Suspects in 2021 killing of Haitian president flown to US to face trial

(This Sept 20 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)

Crime

Families of suspected illegal miners who died in Nigerian detention accuse officials of mistreatment

Lawan Mohammed is distraught over the death of his 25-year-old son Sulieman who was found dead in the custody of a Nigerian security agency

Business|Economy|Political

Malaysian ex-PM Najib working on conditions to start house arrest, his lawyers say

Malaysia's jailed former prime minister, Najib Razak, is working to fulfil the conditions to leave jail and begin his house arrest, including paying a 50-million-ringgit

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Malaysia's DAP leader offers to quit after jailed ex-PM Najib granted house arrest

The leader of Malaysia's Democratic Action Party (DAP), the largest party in the ruling coalition, said on Saturday he had offered to resign as transport minister over

Arts

Judge isn't swayed by government's claims that plans for an 'anti-weaponization fund' are dead

A federal judge who blocked the creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” for compensating President Donald Trump’s political allies isn't swayed by a government attorney’s assurances that the concept is abandoned

Crime|Political|World

Malaysia king permits ex-PM Najib Razak to serve term under house arrest

The Malaysian pardons board chaired by the king agreed on Friday to allow jailed former premier Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest,

Arts|Asia|Crime|Finance

Malaysia's king allows former leader Najib to serve rest of his graft sentence under house arrest

Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest

Crime|Europe|Political

Ex-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption

A former Connecticut state budget official convicted of corruption fled the U.S. by boat and plane before his sentencing and is now a fugitive in Greece

Arts|Business|Economy|Election|Entertainment

Trump’s transactional presidency takes a more brazen turn

Trump’s transactional presidency takes a more brazen turn

Crime|Europe|Political|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints acting prosecutor general, decree shows

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed Anton Kovalskyi as acting prosecutor general, a presidential decree showed on Thursday.