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Poverty in Argentina rose by 4 points over six months, now affecting nearly one in three people, according to France 24. This increase interrupts a prior decline following a historic peak in early 2024 under President Javier Milei. Inflation at the start of the year is cited as a cause, while the poverty calculation method remains disputed.
The UN Security Council has condemned recent pro-Iranian Houthi rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia. In Yemen, the Presidential Council chief calls for a general mobilization against the Houthis.
In Bukavu, DR Congo, a new deadly fire devastated the Nyalukemba neighborhood days after a previous fire caused 27 deaths. Residents searching rubble demand an investigation.
On the first day of Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, Emmanuel Macron spoke at the Élysée Palace, defending French secularism as not a denial of religion and expressing hope for a united, diverse France.
Experienced Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka has been missing since August 31 after leaving Radiotélévision Saraounia. RSF calls on Nigerien authorities to investigate his disappearance.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan will hold an emergency meeting under their joint defense pact following missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saudi targets.
CEOs of leading US AI firms OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face have called on the UN Security Council for enhanced international cooperation and control measures to manage AI development, citing it as the foremost global security challenge.
An 87-year-old retired woman in Spain was evicted from her Madrid home she had occupied for 70 years, causing strong public indignation, reports France 24 on September 24, 2026.
In Senegal, three initial charges have been made in the investigation of political violence between 2021 and 2024. A security officer at Cheikh-Anta-Diop University is in preventive detention, while two former minister's team members are under judicial supervision.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a prerecorded message to the UN General Assembly, denouncing Israeli policies that now threaten not only the two-state solution but the very survival of the Palestinian people. His address comes as the US denied him a visa for the second consecutive year.
Pope Leo XIV's state visit to France is overshadowed by the recent excommunication of the Society of Saint Pius X, an ultra-conservative Catholic group active in the country. This Vatican decision revives an old dispute within the Catholic Church as the Society continues to attract many followers and manage an extensive network of schools.
Months before general elections, Giorgia Meloni's government passes a decree-law banning the veil in Italian schools, effective immediately after official publication.
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