Climate activists block private jet runway at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam

Hundreds of climate activists breached a runway Saturday at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to try to stop private jets from taking off, in the latest demonstration by protesters aimed at drawing attention to the climate crisis.


Police deal with 'disturbance' involving armed detainees at London immigration center

Police were deployed to an immigration center near London Saturday following what they called a "disturbance."


Putin signs law to mobilize Russian citizens convicted of serious crimes

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to conscript citizens with unexpunged or outstanding convictions for murder, robbery, larceny, drug trafficking and other serious crimes under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to be called up for military service to mobilize.


Children among 10 feared dead in Iran crackdown, Amnesty says

Up to 10 people, including children, are feared to have been killed Friday in a crackdown on protests by Iranian security forces in the southeast of the country, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said.


Egypt faces criticism over crackdown on activists ahead of COP27 climate summit

Egypt is facing a barrage of criticism over what rights group say is a crackdown on protests and activists, as it prepares to host the COP27 climate summit starting Sunday.


'Somebody is going to die': How Seoul's deadly Halloween crush unfolded

A fresh graduate in her first full-time job; a teenager who helped raise her siblings after their father's death; a foreign exchange student excited for his first trip to Asia.


Tourists held by Peruvian indigenous group protesting oil spill will be released, says official

A group of tourists traveling in the Peruvian Amazon, who were detained on Thursday by an indigenous community demanding government action over an oil spill, will be released Friday, Abel Chiroque, head of the ombudsman office in Loreto, told CNN.


Critical Haiti gas terminal freed after weeks of talks with G9 gang leader

Haitian authorities say they have regained control of the main gas terminal in capital city Port-au-Prince, ending a gang stranglehold on the vital energy facility.


US military nuclear chief sounds the alarm about pace of China's nuclear weapons program

The Commander of US Strategic Command, which oversees the US nuclear weapons program, warned that China is developing nuclear weapons much faster than the US and called the issue a "near-term problem," during a speech at a closed event earlier this week.


Ukraine suffered a comms outage when 1,300 SpaceX satellite units went offline over funding issues

Ukraine's fears that its troops  may lose access to Elon Musk's crucial Starlink internet service deepened in the past week after 1,300 of the military's satellite units went offline, according to two sources familiar with the outage.