Thousands protest in France against bill expanding protections for police use of forcePoliticians, rights groups and other activists joined the Paris demonstration, among them Mathilde Panot of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party. "The police kill already," Panot told the crowd, calling for the bill to be voted down in the Senate. "In the Republic there can be no organised police impunity," she added. "In the Republic, there cannot be a category of citizens who have the right of life or death over other citizens."
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260920-thousands-protest-in-france-against-bill-expanding-protections-for-police-use-of-forcehttps://archive.ph/1plYf Nothing ‘to be ashamed of:’ EU’s center-right clashes with Socialists over far-right votes He added he is against putting up a firewall to keep out far-right forces “because it leads into badly behaving kids on the other side of the fence.” “We should go beyond that. On some issues, I think that they [the far right are relatively sane. On some other issues, there’s insanity,” he added, while insisting a majority of votes in Parliament will involve the mainstream parties.
https://www.politico.eu/article/nothing-to-be-ashamed-of-eus-center-right-clashes-with-socialists-over-far-right-votes-mika-aaltola/https://archive.ph/6kkiSUK's Burnham agrees to Saudi request for refuelling supportBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday he had agreed to a request from Saudi Arabia to provide defensive air-to-air refuelling for a limited time period, a move he described as helping to stabilise the wider region. Riyadh requested support after the Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, a new front in the wider war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/uks-burnham-agrees-saudi-request-refuelling-support-2026-09-21/ Iraq extends armed groups disarmament deadline to June 2027Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi has agreed with leaders of the country's powerful pro-Iran political bloc to give armed groups until June 2027 to complete their disarmament, sources in Baghdad told The New Arab, extending a process initially expected to conclude by the end of September.
https://www.newarab.com/news/iraq-extends-armed-groups-disarmament-deadline-june-2027 ICC took no steps to withdraw Netanyahu arrest warrant, deputy prosecutor says The ICC issued arrest warrants in November 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his then defence minister, Yoav Gallant, over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza since October 2023. Since then, the US has imposed sanctions on most of the court's leadership, including the former chief prosecutor Karim Khan, the two deputy prosecutors, and nine judges including the court's president.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-took-no-steps-withdraw-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-deputy-prosecutor-saysChina presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources sayRiyadh turned to China for help after the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea coast and around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, moves that have left Saudi oil exports and shipping more exposed, the sources said. China has publicly called for restraint, dialogue and the restoration of safe navigation, but its private message went further than the public statements, they said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-presses-iran-help-rein-houthis-after-saudi-appeal-sources-say-2026-09-17/Australia investigating how F-35 fighter jet parts bound for US went missing in Hong KongMarles said “very much everything that has occurred at the Australian end” would be reviewed, but claimed the technology parts were not “sensitive”, as first reported by Politico over the weekend. The parts, which were being transported by another unknown third party on behalf of manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, still remain unaccounted for months later following their unplanned diversion to Hong Kong.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/22/australia-investigating-how-f-35-fighter-jet-parts-bound-for-us-went-missing-in-hong-kong Ironing, finishing workers face worst heat stress in RMG factories Workers in ironing and finishing sections of Bangladesh’s garment factories are spending more than three-quarters of their working hours under high or severe heat stress, according to a new report from Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute that quantifies, for the first time, both the human and financial toll of extreme heat on South Asia’s largest export industry.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/apparel/314956/ironing-finishing-workers-face-worst-heat-stress-in-rmg-factoriesImran Khan's entire immediate family detained in PakistanOn Sunday, the former prime minister’s sister Aleema Khan was detained at her residence in Lahore as part of a crackdown by authorities ahead of the protest. PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram blasted the arrests, saying Ms Khan was detained “because she refused to stay silent about her brother’s illegal detention, solitary confinement, and denial of medical care.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/imran-khans-entire-immediate-family-detained-pakistan Pakistan says it killed 28 militants, Afghan Taliban and UN report three civilian deaths Hours earlier, Afghan Taliban officials accused Islamabad of killing at least three civilians in overnight airstrikes on Afghan territory. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed the deaths of three civilians: a man, a woman and a girl. The attacks broke nearly three months of relative calm.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/pakistan-says-it-killed-28-militants-afghan-taliban-and-un-report-three-civilianColombia’s war crimes tribunal warns ICC that De la Espriella supports “worst attack in history”Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP said that it would warn the United Nations and the International Criminal Court about plans of President Abelardo de la Espriella to cut its budget. In a statement, JEP president Alejandro Ramelli raised the alarm warned about a pending proposal by far-right Senator Enrique Gomez (National Salvation) to reduce the tribunal’s budget by COP100 billion ($31.6 million), which received De la Espriella’s support.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-war-crimes-tribunal-warns-icc-that-de-la-espriella-supports-worst-attack-in-history/Venezuelan delegation in NY seeks debt, energy dealsIn one of her first meetings, she held talks with Inter American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn. She later met International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, and World Bank President Ajay Banga, in separate meetings, according to state TV and sources. "Her visit will have a big focus on debt restructuring, funds and payments," one of the sources said.
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