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Abdulhamid Dabaiba told clan leaders in Misrata that Haftar directed the cell behind the attacks, which have targeted refineries and substations near Zawiya since July. The accusation complicates a US-backed plan in which Haftar had been discussed for a leading role in a unified Libya.
The Autonomous Warfare Command, or AutoWarCom, is due to be operational by October next year. It will have its own manpower, budget and acquisition authorities, and Hegseth called it the fastest peacetime shift in modern military history.
Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer Inc., allegedly used false documents and routed shipments through Malaysia and Singapore to conceal China as the true destination. Prosecutors say the scheme ran between 2023 and 2024 and are seeking to keep him in custody pending trial.
The gap between French and German borrowing costs is now the widest since the 2011–2012 European debt crisis. France enters the turbulence with debt at 119% of GDP and interest costs set to rise from 62.6 billion euros this year to 91.2 billion euros next year.
The package pairs a $42 billion senior-secured tranche, syndicated by Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley, with an $18 billion junior tranche led by Blackstone. Anthropic has committed $125.2 billion over five years for computing capacity.
Brent crude briefly hit nearly $120 a barrel after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, cutting passage for 15 million barrels a day. Global growth forecasts have barely moved, but inflation is rising and the supply workarounds won't last forever.
The FBI and EPA issued a joint advisory after attacks spread across at least seven states. Operators lost control of pumps and valves, and some communities received boil-water notices.
A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled the warrantless Flock query gave police a month's worth of a driver's movements and amounted to mass surveillance. She suppressed the camera records and everything found in the subsequent vehicle search.
The container ship cut the China-Europe journey to about twenty days, half the time of a Suez Canal voyage. Asia-to-Europe transits hit a record 103 passages last year, though they still account for less than 9 percent of all cargo on the route.
Brent crude fell by roughly 3% on Friday as markets anticipated the additional supply. Analysts warn that Gulf supply pressures are likely to limit how long the relief lasts.
The North Caterpillar mine in Karaganda Oblast is due to begin production in 2030. It is part of a push to build a tungsten supply chain outside China after Beijing's export controls sent global prices up more than 200% since May 2025.
More than 10 million barrels a day of Gulf production remain shut in, and global demand is falling by 2.5 million b/d this year. The IEA calls 2026–27 'essentially a lost period' for oil demand growth.
Daria Shipilova, 28, fell ill after the accident at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute and died on 2 October. Nearly 200 people have been isolated, a hospital quarantined and a criminal investigation opened into possible safety breaches.
The sixteen workers were pitching tents and fixing ropes for foreign climbers when about 14 feet of snow buried the site. One worker remains missing and is unlikely to be found, officials say.
Nearly half of the world's 13.1 million school-age refugees were not enrolled in 2025. Jamila Mostafa, 19, fled Sudan for Egypt still hoping to earn a technology degree — but the cuts threaten progress hard won over years.
American and Lithuanian security services told Garry Kasparov his life was in danger over the summer. The US Justice Department has charged five people linked to a network accused of plotting killings in multiple countries at the Kremlin's behest.
It is the first time Japan has imposed sanctions on vessels. The measures cut off insurance, crew services and repairs for ships believed to carry Russian oil to China and India.
The 18-year-old former students also wounded three people, including a student who lost a hand. The motive has not been established.
Hans Anders has suspended sales in the Netherlands and Belgium after reports that hundreds of women and girls were secretly filmed. Cases have been opened in France, Spain, South Korea, Japan and the US, and privacy groups are pressing Meta to pull the product entirely.
The Russian president stopped short of explicitly threatening nuclear weapons, but his comments follow claims from Russian embassies in Europe that NATO is preparing to blockade the Baltic exclave. NATO denies it.
The group, known as TA419, used the identity of Lynne Edwards Parker to approach fewer than 10 specialists at think tanks, universities and law firms in the US and Japan. Proofpoint, which identified the campaign, said the narrow targeting suggested an interest in US policymaking rather than technology theft.
The Omani co-pilot attacked the pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight carrying 174 people, sending the Boeing 737 plunging from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in under a minute. Investigators are now asking whether he used a crash axe stored in the cockpit — equipment that every commercial airliner is required to carry.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front has allied with six other armed groups to topple the federal government. Air strikes have already killed at least 14 civilians, and explosions have reached the capital, Addis Ababa.
Rahman Salehi and Salam Ahmadyan were arrested on 20 September, the eve of Yom Kippur, and are accused of sourcing explosive components and carrying out reconnaissance on possible targets. Police say they see no ongoing threat to the public.
The Independent Community Bankers of America is asking a federal court to revoke an OCC rule that lets crypto firms obtain national bank charters. The group says it gives digital asset companies the legitimacy of a federal charter without the capital, insurance and oversight requirements traditional banks must meet.
A California-led coalition says the new federal standard — 34.9 miles per gallon by 2031 — falls far below the legal requirement to set the highest feasible limit. The plaintiffs argue drivers will lose nearly $220 billion in fuel savings as a result.
Joshua Kerry, 28, already faces a murder charge over the death of the former Conservative minister in July. He now faces a separate terrorism charge over alleged plans that included Reform UK's leader, Nigel Farage.
The permission lets apps read your files, messages, mail and browsing history — and Apple says some developers have used it without users fully understanding the risk. Granting it will now require what the company calls "very explicit user action".
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order removing the Tompkins County district attorney after Cornell police left the victim's rape allegation out of material sent to prosecutors. Attorney General Letitia James will now lead the investigation and may bring the case to a grand jury.
Two F-16Vs touched down at Chihhang Air Base on October 2, the first of 66 aircraft from a 2019 deal that ran three years late. The delivery comes as Taiwan worries about Donald Trump's commitment to arming the island — he has stalled a separate $14 billion weapons package.
The company is in talks with outside investors to fund a fleet of Grace Blackwell chips through a special-purpose debt vehicle, retaining up to 10% equity. Customers reserving Nvidia-based capacity on Amazon's cloud will face higher rates from next week.
The Southern Bridge carries up to 110,000 cars a day and handles about 90% of cross-river traffic in the capital. Mayor Vitali Klitschko says it is completely shut after strikes damaged a support, the road surface and the metro's protective structure.
The existing guarantee will stay in place until April 2030, in line with Labour's last manifesto pledge. After that, the annual earnings link will go, saving an estimated £15 billion a year by the end of the 2030s — money Burnham says will pay for a new National Care Service.
Yemeni ground forces backed by Saudi air strikes would lead the operation, expected within weeks. Riyadh says peace talks cannot resume while the Houthis hold Bab al-Mandab, the passage linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
The Swiss drugmaker will pay $575 million upfront for global rights to an experimental autoimmune therapy that uses mRNA to destroy disease-causing cells. The deal comes months after two late-stage trial failures wiped around $30 billion from Novartis's market value.
Ukraine's local counter-attacks recaptured a record 128 square kilometres in August 2026, with Operation Vivaldi near Lyman adding a further 85. Russian casualty figures have passed 1.5 million killed and wounded, and July was one of Moscow's worst months of the war.
Both measures fell at Friday's vote, with the Catalan separatist party Junts joining the opposition to defeat them. The government is now weighing whether to dissolve parliament.
The pipeline would carry more than a million barrels a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast, and officials say it could add $30 billion a year to Canada's economy. Indigenous communities are being offered a minimum 10 per cent stake, though it is not yet known whether they will accept.
President Zelenskyy confirmed the FP-7 — built by Ukrainian firm Fire Point, with a range of up to 250 kilometres — was used against Russian-occupied territory on October 1. Whether it hit its target is unknown, but Zelenskyy's announcement pointed firmly at expanding production.
Both groups let the submission deadline pass without entering music. The Recording Academy's new Best Asian Pop award requires meaningful use of an Asian language, a rule that has already excluded BTS and Blackpink's latest English-language releases.
The pair will not join David Ellison's management team when Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery complete their deal on Oct. 6. Paramount's Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein are set to oversee both studios, with a combined slate of 30 films a year.
More than 400 schools and colleges were closed on Friday as demonstrations over teacher shortages and crumbling classrooms spread nationwide. Fires broke out at schools in Nantes and Rouen, 305 police officers were injured in a single day, and one region alone recorded €25 million in damage.
The RAC says the national average has reached 200.01p a litre, a record. The milestone comes as Trump threatens to ban US diesel exports and the EU pushes back, with G7 leaders due to discuss fuel supplies on Friday.
The White House has urged Germany and France to tap emergency stockpiles as diesel hits record highs at UK forecourts and US pump prices climb over 70%. EU officials have flatly rejected any American export ban, and it remains unclear whether either side will act.
A Washington research group estimates Chinese fabs spent over $13 billion on the tools in 2024 alone, racing to build up supplies before the Netherlands extended licensing requirements. The findings have added to US calls for a complete ban on advanced lithography exports to China.
Payroll growth has slowed sharply, with hiring in July now revised into negative territory. The unemployment rate held at 4.2 percent, but the report leaves open whether the weakness is temporary or something more persistent.
Health ministry figures put confirmed cases at 8,300 since the outbreak was announced on 15 May. The virus driving it, Bundibugyo, has no known treatment or vaccine.
The EU's Copernicus Climate Service says it was Europe's third-warmest summer on record — and the hottest ever for Western Europe. Half the continent felt temperatures above 38°C, while rivers ran at their lowest average flows since measurements began in 1992.
Price growth across the eurozone outpaced economists' forecasts, leaving the European Central Bank under pressure to raise interest rates. The margin of the surprise and the causes of the increase have not been reported.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt left San Diego on Sunday, followed a day later by more than 2,000 Marines aboard the Makin Island. By the end of November, three carriers and two amphibious groups will be in position near Iran, joining roughly 50,000 US troops already in the region.
An independent panel found the club used sham contracts to hide more than £830m in secret funding. City have until Friday to appeal, and are expected to argue that key sponsorship deals were funded by the Abu Dhabi government, not the club's owners.
More than 210 attacks on commercial vessels were recorded between July and September, the worst violence since Russia's full-scale invasion began. Turkish efforts to arrange a limited truce have so far failed.
Britain said there were strong indications Iran played a role in an incident at the military base, where five men were arrested and later released. Tehran called the accusations groundless and questioned why suspected terrorists had been set free.
The Foreign Office now says Pakistan will comply with 'all applicable sanctions regimes' under domestic and international law. The earlier formulation made no mention of sanctions regimes or domestic law, focusing instead on bilateral trade agreements with Tehran.
The two sides could not find a way to protect the French insurer from anticipated US restrictions on dollar transactions. The ICC says it has a new health insurance provider, but has not named it.
The projected 471.4 billion rubles is nearly double what companies paid in 2025. Most of the money started arriving after Putin reportedly asked business leaders at a closed-door meeting in March to help fund the war.
The designation bars US banks from making transfers involving A7's foreign shell companies. Iran's Revolutionary Guard and central bank were also found to have used the network's services.
Talks are set for early October, mediated by a Swiss humanitarian group. Russia has ruled out reviving the 2022 grain corridor, while Ukraine is signalling caution, leaving the shape of any new deal unclear.
The Treasury Department targeted Iran Khodro and SAIPA, which together produce nearly 1.5 million vehicles a year. Rail companies and overseas firms supplying auto parts were also named under Operation Economic Outcast.
Britain's energy minister held talks with European counterparts on Thursday about a co-ordinated release of strategic stocks. UK diesel prices have hit an all-time high of nearly 200p a litre, and the country imports much of what it needs.
Flight FZ1073, carrying more than 170 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv, plunged 17,000ft before making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu said the attacker had been radically indoctrinated and that it was looking 'very likely' he intended to crash the plane.
Lai Ching-te told 500 experts and guests he wants foreign governments and civilian groups to join Taiwan's five-year-old whole-of-society defence effort. Key details — membership, mandate and launch date — have not been announced.
The warning was delivered last month by the US ambassador to a senior Lebanese Shiite official, according to al-Modon newspaper. Israel has also demanded the Lebanese Army deploy to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure — and bar Shiite personnel from pilot zones, a condition Lebanon has rejected.
Blasts were heard overnight close to Ethiopia's military headquarters and near the secret service base. An opposition-linked source told Reuters its forces carried out drone strikes, though the claim has not been confirmed and Ethiopian authorities have not responded.
The legislation, part of the EU's wider asylum pact, sets a shared framework across member states and Norway. Amnesty International has warned that return centres cannot be run in a way that is compatible with human rights protections.
Delays tied to China's military anti-corruption purge have pushed back the timetable. But officials warn the risk could rise sharply after Taiwan's 2028 presidential election, especially if the ruling party wins a fourth term.
Russia continues daily strikes with ballistic missiles and new jet-powered drones, buoyed by Ukraine's shortage of air defence missiles. Senior Russian officials are now framing the war as a direct confrontation with Europe, with one raising the prospect of nuclear escalation if the fighting continues.
The Prime Minister told the BBC his government could seek full membership, not just a closer trading arrangement. France and Spain welcomed the prospect, though the terms of any return remain unresolved.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there are strong indications Iran played a part in the incident near the American bomber base in southwest England. Iran's embassy in London called the allegation unfounded. Five British men arrested near the base on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack have been released on bail.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee says developments since 2020 have been "very negative". The concern falls on Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia's prime minister and the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, as the UN and African Union both call for an immediate halt to the violence.
The Russian embassy in Ireland posted the warning on social media, citing unspecified reports of NATO preparations to cut the region off by air and sea. NATO denied any such threat and urged Moscow to drop its nuclear rhetoric.
Operation Atlantic City brought US, Norwegian and British troops together on the remote island from 26 August to 4 September. The Marine Corps called it the first rapid insertion of military assets into a location of this kind, as NATO watches Russia's growing presence in the Arctic.
A bipartisan group of representatives warned that relief would strengthen Moscow and prolong the war. The pushback comes as the administration weighs offering sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners.
The final withdrawal from the Kurdistan region is scheduled for Wednesday. Baghdad is marking the departure as a sovereignty milestone, but the government has yet to resolve how it will manage Iran-backed armed factions once foreign troops are gone.
The US is hosting two days of talks while pressing ahead with tariffs on 60 economies over forced labour and probing 16 more over industrial overcapacity. Analysts say partners will raise concerns, but breakthroughs are unlikely.
Beijing's commerce ministry called the reported EU instrument a protectionist measure that would disrupt China-EU trade. Germany and France are pushing the European Commission to fast-track a tool modelled on a US unfair trade provision.
The 47-53 vote defeated a resolution by Democrat Chris Van Hollen that would have required the State Department to report on nine American killings and the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. Only one Democrat crossed party lines — to vote against it.
The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on Cuba, cutting off Cuban businesses from US bank accounts and requiring approval for cultural exchanges, people-to-people visits and business travel. An oil blockade against Cuba has been in place since January.
The route is intended to reduce Iraq's dependence on the strategically sensitive waterway. Key details — including which port is being used, the volumes involved and who is supplying the fuel — have not been disclosed.
Tafouk TV began broadcasting from Bamako on 16 September and is available through Canal+. Its launch follows the expulsion of foreign correspondents and the banning of several Western broadcasters across all three countries.
Called Dots and powered by GPT-6 Astra, the agents pursue user-defined goals without step-by-step instructions. The service starts Tuesday for ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users, though OpenAI has yet to detail which markets are eligible or how app access and data privacy will work.
The proposal, put forward by special envoy John Coale, would offer Moscow sanctions relief and a return to trade without waiting for the war in Ukraine to end. Zelensky says he will do everything he can to block it.
The agency has not set out when or how any release would happen, or what volumes might be involved. Europe's winter outlook is described as tough, though no detail is given on where pressures are expected to fall hardest.
The 700,000-barrels-per-day plant would take around 30 months to build. Africa's richest man says the continent will largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 2030, though financing and approvals have yet to be detailed.
France and Italy back the plan, which would support the Lebanese Army rather than replace UNIFIL. Key details — who else participates, when, and how disarmament would actually work — are still unresolved.
A New York Times investigation found Israeli forces have pushed past agreed withdrawal lines since the October 2025 truce. Netanyahu has said Israel plans to seize more territory and will not pull back without what he calls genuine disarmament.
A new report documents unlawful killings, torture and drone strikes across the Ségou, Mopti and Timbuktu regions between 2023 and 2025. Two FAMa airstrikes alone killed at least 23 people, including five children.
Polish pilots currently have to get close enough to see a target before firing. The change follows a Russian military helicopter that strayed into Polish airspace on 23 September, and near-daily drone threats from the direction of Russia.
Drought, heat waves and forest fires have hit crops and livestock across the bloc, EU agricultural commissioner Christophe Hansen said after meeting ministers in Brussels. The final bill won't be clear until harvests are complete.
Founder Fei-Fei Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to chief executive Lisa Su. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
The Spanish airline was fined €225,000 — the maximum penalty — after a Paris court found its training failures contributed to the loss of Air Algérie flight AH5017 over Mali. Spanish prosecutors had previously closed their own investigation without charges.
Footage from a military exercise in Russia's Rostov region shows a shoulder-fired air defence weapon Russian personnel call 'Iva'. Visual analysis points to China's QW-series and Iran's Misagh-3, though its origin and how it reached Russian forces remain unclear.
The 124-metre rocket hit 26,300 kilometres per hour and an altitude of 277 kilometres, carrying 26 advanced Starlink satellites. The milestone comes ahead of NASA's Artemis III lunar mission, expected as soon as next summer.
Chirantan 'CJ' Desai left MongoDB after less than a year to become Meta's chief enterprise platform officer, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg. MongoDB has brought back its former long-serving chief executive as interim replacement.
Aircraft from the ruling military struck close to a market in Rakhine state on Monday, wounding 36 others. The area lies near the Bangladesh border, far from Myanmar's active civil war zones, and the intended target is unknown.
Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani urged civil aviation authorities to take seriously the risk to flight paths over the southern Red Sea. He said Huthi forces were firing converted Iranian air defence weapons that use heat-seeking technology and cannot distinguish civilian targets from military ones.
Netanyahu met UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed on Sunday in a trip described as secret. It came days after Haaretz reported that the Emirati leader had warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning an attack before October 7, 2023.
Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the closure on the military's recommendation. It bars most Palestinian permit holders from reaching work in Israel, cutting off a workforce already down from 160,000 to roughly 27,000 since the Gaza war began.
The Pope met seven survivors of abuse by French clergy during his visit to Lourdes, where 150,000 attended Mass. A 2021 inquiry found the Church had abused around 330,000 children in France over 70 years.
Seoul says Kyiv broke a confidentiality agreement when Zelenskyy told the UN that two North Korean soldiers captured in Russia had been transferred to South Korea. Ukraine has not explained why it made the transfer public.
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