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A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country's southwestern Ondo state, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday allowing Italy's UniCredit bank to sell part of its Russian business, paving the way for it to draw down its presence in the country.

Leading artificial intelligence companies do not know how to keep AI systems from pursuing objectives their developers did not assign, whistleblower Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee, warned Monday.

Novak Djokovic advanced to the China Open final on Monday after Daniil Medvedev was disqualified late in the second set, when a ball that came off the Russian's racquet hit a spectator.

In optogenetics, scientists control neurones by stimulating them with light -- potentially unlocking breakthroughs for conditions such as dementia, depression and blindness.

The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed arrest warrants for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government's restrictions on women and girls.

Quebec separatists eyed a return to power in Canada's majority French-speaking province Monday in an election that could test Prime Minister Mark Carney's message of national unity to confront the United States.

Croatia captain Luka Modric said he hoped the country's fans would support the team despite a hefty defeat by England when they face world champions Spain on Tuesday in the Nations League.

The euro slid Monday to the lowest level against the dollar in 17 months on worries about France's high debt and deficits, which have sent its government bond yields soaring.

Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro heads to an October 25 runoff election from a position of strength, riding a conservative wave that has left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva facing a tough battle to win a fourth term.

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, will join Fox News to provide "commentary and analysis," the conservative TV network announced Monday.

Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of a journalist for British broadcaster Sky News, she said Monday, in the latest wave of social media censorship that a rights group denounced as a "tsunami".

Novak Djokovic advanced to the China Open final on Monday after Daniil Medvedev was disqualified in the second set, when a ball that came off the Russian's racquet hit a spectator.

Yemen's military backed by Saudi jets attacked Houthi targets including in the capital on Monday as they launched an ambitious counteroffensive to recapture all territory held by the group following its recent lightning gains.

Ukraine has begun using artificial intelligence-enabled robot guns to take down Russia's new and fast-moving jet-powered drones, the Ukrainian air force said Monday.

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives whose career ended in disgrace after he admitted sexually abusing teenage boys he had coached, has died aged 84, officials said Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed there would be no Hamas rule in Gaza as he attended a memorial event marking three years since the militant group's October 7, 2023 attack.

The euro slid Monday to the lowest level against the dollar in 17 months on worries about France's high debt and deficits, which have sent its government bond yields soaring.

Russian drones carried out a deadly attack on a grain ship in the Black Sea on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, after Romania reported a ship had caught fire and sunk near its coast with two crew killed.

The United States confirmed that it had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford, reportedly due to "new threats," with Britain's government insisting Monday the site is safe.

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday unanimously urged the Taliban to repeal all practices restricting the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, saying Afghanistan's institutionalised discrimination should shock humanity.

A drone strike on a displaced people's camp in Ethiopia's Tigray state has killed at least eight people, sources said on Monday, while the government consolidated control over the regional capital.

Norway's government said Monday it wants a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in certain public places, citing privacy concerns, notably recording images without the knowledge of those filmed.

The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the neuroscience field of optogenetics.

A 15-year-old student lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week.

Two crew died and 11 were rescued on Monday after a fire broke out on a ship in the Black Sea which later sank, Romanian authorities said.

Thomas Tuchel said England captain Harry Kane is driven by a burning desire for milestone moments as the striker prepares to equal his country's appearance record against the Czech Republic.

Spain's prime minister on Monday called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government amid nationwide protests.

Residents of a mainly Catholic neighbourhood in Northern Ireland sought Monday to overturn permission for a contentious Protestant parade, as a standoff with the pro-British Orange Order entered its ninth day.

The initiative with Kijana Kwanza furnishes seven family-style homes for up to 250 beneficiaries in Tanzania.

Tropical storms, software bugs and a bad tyre choice may have delayed them, but in the end the three generational talents of modern Formula One stood on the podium.

An Indian man went on trial in Paris on Monday, accused of running a neo-Nazi child exploitation ring in which young girls were allegedly coerced into performing sexual acts online and engaging in self-harm.