Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, a 51-year-old employee at the United States Department of Energy in Richland, Washington, was arrested on October 1, 2026. Federal authorities charged him with attempting to support the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen. The FBI executed the arrest on Thursday. Ellaboudy is scheduled to appear in court on Friday for his initial hearing. Court records indicate that no attorney is currently available to represent him or speak on his behalf regarding the case.
A Georgian-Israeli dentist on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel helped a pilot allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot on September 30. Shota Musayev left his wife to assist the injured crew member. He feared for his own survival during the incident. The flight was diverted to safety. Georgian-Israeli dentist Shota Musayev told RFE/RL that he feared he might not survive when he left his wife’s side to help after the lead pilot was allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot during a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel on September 30.
The World Health Organization warned that delayed medical supplies to Gaza risk devastating consequences. Lifesaving medicines and prosthetics are stuck in transit from Israel. The UN agency appealed for a massive aid influx before winter arrives. Palestinians in the enclave urgently need these critical resources. Repeated delays in bringing lifesaving medicines, prosthetics and more from Israel into Gaza risk having devastating consequences on Palestinians who urgently need them in the war-torn enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Cairo authorities removed a 66-metre mural from Tahrir Square before Xi Jinping’s state visit. The artwork depicted Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin. Critics alleged it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins. The removal sparked a public row over historical representation. Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ originsOn the eve of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-long mural from the esteemed guest’s line of sight. Depicting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Queen Nefertiti, t.
Exports of crude oil from the Middle East hit their highest level in September since the war with Iran began, reinforcing a trend of increased supplies despite Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, data by industry observers.
Georgia summoned Iran’s ambassador after his planned book Georgia has summoned Iran’s ambassador after his plans to publish a personal interpretation of Queen Ketevan’s history sparked criticism from ruling party lawmakers. Revered as a saint in Georgia, Ketevan was tortured and killed in Persia in the 17th century after refusing to renounce Christianity.
Iran’s ambassador to Georgia announced plans to publish research on Queen Ketevan, a 17th-century monarch executed by Persia and later canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Tbilisi summoned the envoy over the move, which the Foreign Ministry viewed as an inappropriate intervention in Georgian religious history. The incident highlights ongoing diplomatic friction between the two nations. Georgia’s government rejected the ambassador’s framing of the historical figure.
The enormous challenge of halting the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just became even harder after a key transit centre for patients requiring treatment burned down in Ituri province.
Qatar will keep the Afghan refugee camp open for another nine months after the closure deadline passed, Qatar have been told it will be kept open for another nine months after a deadline for its closure passed, but they face continuing uncertainty over their fate amid an ongoing bar on entry to the United States.
President Cyril Ramaphosa urged men to take responsibility for gender-based violence. He announced new measures following a recent wave of murders. Authorities face anger over inadequate protection for women. President announces measures amid anger at authorities over recent murders of womenSouth Africa’s president has called on men to take more responsibility for violence against women as he announced measures to tackle the problem, amid anger at authorities over a recent wave of murders. Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that not enough had been done to protect women.
Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policyBurundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy. However, the authorities in Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital, said Burundi will only accept those not accused o.
Acting UN Special Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov said Palestinians in Gaza yearn for a return to normal life as the UN pushes to restore utilities and rebuild infrastructure amid severe access restrictions. The effort faces obstacles from damaged roads The UN is continuing efforts to support Palestinians in Gaza amid major challenges to humanitarian access, reconstruction and the restoration of essential services, Acting UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a massive rally in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. He declared himself the sole barrier against the return of far-right "fascists" to power. The event preceded Sunday’s presidential election, which observers view as the most consequential in decades. Lula, eighty years old, framed the vote as a decisive choice between his left-wing government and the political movement associated with former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil held its first-round presidential election on Sunday. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president, ran to succeed his father. Jair Bolsonaro was convicted in September 2025 of attempting a coup. The campaign tested whether his political legacy survived the conviction. The Bolsonarosthey’re back! Brazil heads to the polls – podcast.
AI agents don’t go rogue. That’s something only humans do. Nevertheless, a New York Times article – representative of much news coverage of AI – described an OpenAI hacking as “A. I. bots going rogue and independently spearheading a cyberattack.” Name-brand artificial intelligence agents have been on a hacking spree in 2026. OpenAI’s software agents hacked The post Computer science has long und.
Jorge Messias calls Guardian report ‘an important alert for Brazilian sovereignty’ as nation prepares to go to pollsBrazil’s attorney general has said foreign meddling in his country’s institutions and democracy “cannot be tolerated” after a Guardian report revealed how the Trump administration was pushing to direct funds to a campaign against the Brazilian supreme court. Writing on X, Jorge Messia.
Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rightsWith hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a massive $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner.
Russian security forces detained fraud analyst Aleksandr Kynev in Moscow after he warned of vote falsifications benefiting United Russia. He was reportedly beaten while in custody. The incident highlights a clash between security agencies and political operatives within the Kremlin. In the days between the elections and his arrest, Aleksandr Kynev had pointed to evidence of falsifications benefitting the United Russia party.
Estonian slackliner Jaan Roose walked a 160-metre line 120 metres above Seoul on Thursday. The ribbon stretched between the Koreana hotel and Dong-A Media Center near Gyeongbokgung palace. He completed the first of two planned attempts. Estonian completed first of two attempts to navigate narrow ribbon, 160 metres long and 120 metres high, near the city’s famous Gyeongbokgung palace on ThursdayThe lunchtime crowds drifted slowly back to their offices along central Seoul’s main boulevard, heads up and phones raised to the sky. High above, a narrow ribbon ran between the Koreana hotel and the Dong-A Media Center, a few hundred metre.
Institutions have for years turned to China for funding opportunities but national security concerns are mountingMI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing researchThe security alert issued by MI5 regarding a Chinese state-owned conglomerate accused of conducting espionage in the UK reveals the extent to which British intelligence remains concerned about Beijing’s.
The US Department of Energy conducted underground blast experiments in Nevada. These tests aim to detect clandestine nuclear detonations. The program addresses concerns about China's secret testing capabilities. Faced with rising great-power suspicions and the challenge of verifying clandestine, cavity-muffled detonations, the US is turning to high-precision subterranean blast experiments in the Nevada desert to strip covert nuclear testing of its technical cover.
The Lenin District Court in Bishkek found activist and politician Mavlyan Askarbekov guilty and sentenced to two years in prison on offenses related to a law on incitement of racial, ethnic, national, religious, or interregional hatred, a verdict he called "absurd.".
For years, Pakistan’s claim that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan operates from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan produced a familiar exchange: Islamabad accused, Kabul denied, and each new militant attack triggered another round of recrimination. That pattern is becoming harder to sustain. The sanctuary dispute can now be tested against a growing body of evidence rather than competing claims The p.
The deadly flash floods in northern Nepal have severely disrupted employment and livelihoods, with wider impacts beyond communities that were directly affected, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a preliminary assessment released on Thursday.
A Tokyo court ruled an AI tool violated actor Kenjiro Tsuda’s rights. The TikTok account cloned his voice for generated videos. The verdict grants human voices legal protection under Japanese publicity law. Kenjiro Tsuda wins case against TikTok account in landmark Japanese verdict to protect publicity rightsA court in Japan has ruled that the human voice has legal protection after a landmark case involving a well-known actor and a TikTok account that he claimed had cloned his “lustrous” baritone voice in its AI-generated videos. Tokyo district court said on Wednesday that voices should enjoy the same.
