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Jewish Youths Attacked Two Arab Men Near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate, and Eleven Were Arrested

Video showed a mob pushing one man to the ground and chasing him before police intervened, in an overnight riot that also saw a Border Police officer hurt by a thrown bottle near the Old City during the Sukkot holiday crowds.

Sep 29, 2026/2 min read

Damascus Gate, the entrance to Jerusalem's Old City named in this report, photographed in November 2022

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Five Men Arrested Near RAF Fairford Over a Suspected Terror Plot Were Released on Bail

The five Londoners in their early to mid twenties were held on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offences after a farmer reported vans and a group of masked men near the US-used air base, and remain under stringent bail conditions.

Sep 29, 2026/3 min read

A security fence around RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, the air base near which the five men were arrested, photographed in June 2022

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Swiss Voters Reject Stricter Neutrality Rules by About 70 Percent, Leaving Sanctions on Russia Possible

An initiative to write "perpetual and armed" neutrality into the Swiss constitution and bar most sanctions was beaten on Sunday, a result that lets Bern keep mirroring European Union measures against Russia.

Sep 28, 2026/2 min read

The Federal Palace of Switzerland in Bern, seat of the government and parliament that campaigned against the neutrality initiative, photographed in June 2018

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The Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Passed 74,000 as the October Ceasefire Remains Stalled

Gaza's Health Ministry said 74,016 people have died and 175,068 have been wounded since the war began, with 1,145 Palestinians killed since last October's ceasefire even as Hamas has not disarmed and reconstruction has not begun.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

Damage in the Gaza Strip during the war, illustrative of the destruction referenced in the death toll report and not a scene from this week, photographed in October 2023

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Russia and Ukraine Traded Strikes That Killed at Least Ten People as the Aerial War Intensified

Russian drones and missiles killed four people in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy while Ukrainian strikes on refineries and industrial sites in Krasnodar killed six, as Trump urged Zelensky to settle with Putin.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

Destruction in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, after a Russian attack, illustrative of strikes on the city named in this report and not this week's attack itself, photographed in December 2023

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Scientists Found a Sleeping Brain's Energy Falls Even as Blood Flow Rises Just Before It Starts to Dream

Blood volume in a mouse's cortex begins climbing about 50 seconds before REM sleep starts, but researchers found neuronal ATP levels then drop sharply, suggesting dreaming may be more energy-intensive than the brain's fuel supply can keep up with.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

A nineteenth-century anatomical model of a human brain, illustrative of the organ studied in the REM sleep research and not the mouse imaging apparatus used in it

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The Trump Administration Moved to Cancel $810 Million Congress Had Already Approved, Mostly for Refugees

Using a manoeuvre called a pocket rescission, the White House timed the cancellation so the money expires before Congress can act, drawing objections from senators of both parties who call it an illegal line item veto.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

The west side of the United States Capitol in Washington, illustrative of Congress's spending authority at issue in the rescission dispute, photographed in September 2013

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The Supreme Court Blocked Missouri's Republican Congressional Map for a Third Time in Three Weeks

The unsigned ruling leaves Missouri voting under its 2022 district lines this November, ending a Republican push to redraw the state's map mid cycle and gain a seventh US House seat.

Sep 27, 2026/3 min read

The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC, which issued the Missouri congressional map ruling, photographed in May 2019

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Trump Rejected Iran's Seven Day Plan to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Calling It Unacceptable

Iran's foreign minister offered to have the strait open within a week if Washington lifted its naval blockade, released frozen funds and ended oil sanctions, but Trump said the proposal mirrored a deal Tehran had already broken.

Sep 27, 2026/2 min read

A crude oil tanker in the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, illustrative of tanker traffic through a strategic strait and not the Strait of Hormuz itself, photographed in December 2014

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A Judge Restored CNN, MS NOW and Politico's White House Access, Saying Trump's Press Ban Was Likely Unconstitutional

US District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a 14-day restraining order after finding the outlets' press passes were revoked without due process, though reporters from the three outlets said they were still turned away hours later.

Sep 26, 2026/2 min read

The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, illustrative of the press access at the centre of the ruling and not a photograph of this dispute, taken in May 2024

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Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic Resigned as President to Run for Prime Minister in a Snap Election He Called Himself

Vucic stepped down after nine years in office, ending his term immediately after returning from the UN General Assembly, and will head his party's list for the 25 October vote he called after months of street protests.

Sep 26, 2026/2 min read

The House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, seat of the parliament Vucic dissolved to call the snap election, photographed in November 2023