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Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A veteran Palestinian photographer working for Agence France-Presse was beaten and injured by armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank while covering violence against Palestinian olive farmers, according to witnesses, family members and fellow journalists. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, was assaulted near the northern West Bank village of Aqraba while reporting on escalating tensions surrounding the annual olive...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. More than 250,000 pupils, teachers and parents took to the streets across France on Tuesday in the largest nationwide demonstration yet over deteriorating conditions in secondary schools, as clashes between protesters and riot police intensified in several cities. The demonstrations, held in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux and other locations, were largely peaceful, but a number of marches...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Germany has arrested a former head of its foreign intelligence service on serious espionage allegations, in a case that has raised questions about the handling of classified information and the potential misuse of sensitive intelligence by a senior former security official. Federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday that August Hanning, who served as president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service,...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Across Argentina, a growing movement of environmental activists, Indigenous communities, workers and human rights campaigners is challenging President Javier Milei’s efforts to loosen restrictions on foreign ownership of land and expand opportunities for international investment in the country’s vast reserves of water, minerals, forests and energy resources. For protesters, the dispute is about far more than property rights....

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Canadian veterans and families of fallen soldiers have reacted with anger and disappointment to recent remarks from senior figures in Donald Trump’s administration that have questioned Canada’s military strength and appeared to dismiss the contribution of Canadian troops to US-led and Nato operations. For veterans who fought alongside American forces in Afghanistan and for families who lost relatives...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Kenya has confirmed its first recorded case of Ebola after a citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) returned to Nairobi and later died, prompting health authorities to begin contact tracing and strengthen measures to prevent further transmission. Kenya’s health minister, Aden Duale, announced the development on Tuesday, saying the patient arrived...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Nigerian military aircraft has crashed in the country’s southern region, killing all 32 people on board in a devastating accident that has prompted an emergency search and recovery operation. The victims included 25 passengers and seven crew members, according to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. The aircraft was reportedly carrying out a routine mission linked to the country’s...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Lithuania has offered to cover the costs of establishing a permanent US military base on its territory if Washington agrees to turn its current rotational deployment into a long-term presence, in a move that could further strengthen the Baltic state’s security relationship with the United States. Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said on Tuesday that his government was...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has spoken about the severe physical and psychological consequences of her repeated imprisonment, describing brutal treatment by security forces, prolonged solitary confinement and the constant fear that she could be sent back to prison. In an interview, the 54-year-old activist said she was beaten so severely during...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Quebec’s separatist Parti Québécois has returned to power after winning the province’s election, reopening a long-running debate over the future of Canada while falling short of the majority needed to govern without opposition support. The result brings the Parti Québécois, commonly known as the PQ, back into government for the first time in more than a decade. Its...