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International — World
Selected global stories beyond South Asia and the Gulf: elections, international economics and trade, science, health emergencies and climate. Stories are chosen for their wider significance, and each links to the primary records and reporting it draws on.
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International — World / International — WorldMeta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico over Cambridge Analytica
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25bn after a jury found it misled Facebook users about privacy in a case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
International — World / International — WorldPakistan and 18 countries reject Colombia's Jerusalem embassy
Nineteen foreign ministers, in a statement issued by Pakistan's Foreign Office, called Colombia's embassy in Jerusalem null and void and urged Bogotá to reverse the move.
International — World / International — WorldIMF opens Bangkok meetings with warning that AI could remake 40% of jobs
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva told the 2026 IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok that AI investment is keeping global growth near 3%, but 40% of jobs could change.
International — World / International — WorldAt least 139 migrants die as boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
The UN migration agency says at least 139 people, including 15 children, died and 84 remain missing after a boat carrying 305 capsized off Djibouti on the night of 8–9 October.
International — World / International — WorldMagnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes southern Panama, damaging towns
A shallow magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Herrera province in southern Panama on 9 October, damaging buildings, cutting power and briefly triggering Pacific tsunami warnings.
International — World / International — WorldNavi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for international law work
South African jurist Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting peace and international law, as Washington moves to sanction the ICC she once served.
International — World / International — WorldEl Niño forecast to reach record strength and peak in December, WMO says
The WMO's October update says El Niño is strengthening toward record Pacific sea-surface temperatures and a December peak, raising drought and flood risks.
International — World / International — WorldRussian glide-bomb strike on buses in Kramatorsk kills at least 30
A Russian glide-bomb attack on two buses in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk killed at least 30 people and wounded 18 on 8 October, officials said.
International — World / International — WorldEthiopian federal forces take Tigray's capital Mekelle as TPLF pulls out
Ethiopia's federal army and allied militia entered Mekelle after the TPLF withdrew, deepening a rift with Eritrea and raising fears of a wider Horn of Africa war.
International — World / International — WorldBrazilians vote in a tight Lula–Flávio Bolsonaro presidential election
Brazil votes on 4 October in a presidential election pitting incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with a runoff likely.
International — World / International — WorldSpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early
SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on 28 September 2026 and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites before returning early to a Pacific splashdown.
International — World / International — WorldOpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face chiefs warn UN Security Council that AI could slip beyond human control
OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face chiefs briefed the UN Security Council on 23 September, warning that powerful AI could escape human control and threaten security.