Doctors held in Greece after music star dies during plasma treatment
Giorgos Mazonakis died of cardiac arrest on Sept 9 during a plasma exchange, a treatment used to remove harmful elements from the bloodstream.
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Israel says ready for more strikes on Hezbollah after tunnel detonation
A screengrab showing a massive explosion that Israel says destroyed key underground infrastructure built by Hezbollah.
Get AI models ‘under control’, EU tells tech firms after hacks
The 27-nation EU bloc has adopted comprehensive AI rules, which means companies must comply with the law or face fines.
UK lawmakers throw out Bill to legalise assisted dying
Campaigners in favour of the assisted dying Bill react in London’s Parliament Square on Sept 11, after lawmakers voted against it.
Gambia bans protests without permits after unrest over power cuts
BANJUL, Sept 11 - Gambia's police chief has announced that no further protests will be allowed in the West African nation without permits, after authorities used tear gas earlier in the week to disperse crowds that had formed to denounce prolonged power cuts during the hottest mo...
Nigeria parliament boycotts South Africa events over anti-migrant attacks
ABUJA, Sept 11 - Nigeria's parliament has suspended official visits to South Africa and ordered lawmakers to boycott South African-hosted legislative activities, citing reports of attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants there.
US declares end of largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak
Sept 11 - U.S. health authorities on Friday declared the end of the nation's largest recorded multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak, after thousands fell ill from consuming contaminated iceberg lettuce.
Dad who threatened to behead son’s teacher jailed in France
The defendant confronted his son’s 58-year-old female teacher in the school car park after the nine-year-old was moved to another class because of his behaviour.
Ebola case detected in northwestern province far from epicentre, official says
GOMA, Sept 11 - An Ebola case has been detected in a province in the northwestern corner of Democratic Republic of Congo, far from the epicentre of the country's most lethal outbreak on record, an official said on Friday.
Germany charges seven suspected Hamas members over planned attack
BERLIN, Sept 11 - German federal prosecutors have charged seven suspected Hamas members in Berlin with membership in a foreign terrorist organisation and preparing an attack, including by procuring weapons, they said on Friday.
Germany's AfD says arms production could aid deportation drive in Saxony-Anhalt
BERLIN, Sept 11 - The likely leader of the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany's Ulrich Siegmund, suggested a weapons producer could be allowed to operate in the state to provide resources for his party's planned deportation campaigns.
ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says
The lawyer said he had used ChatGPT to summarise the trial proceedings when he agreed to take up the defendant’s appeal in 2025, and did not understand the degree to which AI could ‘hallucinate’ facts.
Suspect in Slovak arson attempt says he was hired via Telegram, news website says
Sept 11 - A Latvian man suspected of an attempted arson attack on a drone factory in Slovakia told investigators he was hired through the Telegram messaging app and had contact with several people instructing him, including one who spoke Russian, a Slovak news website reported.
Brazilian top court unseals probe into multibillion-dollar bank fraud
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Sept 11 - Brazil's Chief Justice Edson Fachin ordered the unsealing on Thursday of thousands of pages from a probe into an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud centered on failed lender Banco Master that implicated central bank officials, politicians and even mem...
Sweden's fractured left holds narrow poll lead ahead of Sunday election
STOCKHOLM, Sept 11 - Sweden's centre-left opposition was polling just ahead of the ruling right-wing bloc ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, indicating that voters may reject the government's alliance with the far-right.
Mexico, Washington sprint toward bilateral trade deal before US elections
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - Mexico and the United States are racing to reach a bilateral trade deal before the U.S. midterm elections in less than eight weeks, according to six sources in both countries familiar with the talks, an effort made more urgent by the collapse of ...
After election triumph, German far-right seeks allies to form state government
MAGDEBURG, Germany, Sept 11 - After its triumph in Sunday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany's far-right AfD needs to attract defectors from other parties or reach an agreement with the small far-left BSW party that is setting difficult conditions in return for its suppor...
Austria reports 'encouraging news' about release of hostage in Niger
VIENNA, Sept 11 - Austria's foreign ministry said on Friday it had \"encouraging news\" about an Austrian woman in her 70s taken hostage in 2025 in Niger, where she had lived for years, but it cautioned that the process of releasing her was not yet complete.