[allAfrica] Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Spencer Matthews is set to undergo one of TV's most extreme psychological experiments - to find out if he really is a psychopath.

Su-34 fighter-bombers carried out strikes with FAB-500 M54 aerial bombs with a unified gliding and correction module

The Russian leader met on Friday at the Kremlin with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

The plant is planned to consist of four power units, with a 500-hectare site allocated for the project

A section of the Ring Road near Jökulsá í Lóni, just east of Höfn, was washed out this morning due to heavy flooding, leaving about 50 meters of road destroyed.

Dans le cadre des élections législatives et locales prévues pour le 27 septembre 2025, l'ONG Malachie a été reçue (ce 24 septembre) par la Mission électorale de la Francophonie à son siège sis à Kalikak. Une rencontre qui s'inscrit dans la dynamique d'échanges du processus électoral. Pendant près d'une heure, les deux entités ont discuté de plusieurs points clés liés au déroulement du scrutin. La Mission électorale de la Francophonie (MEF), mandatée par l'Organisation internationale (...) - POLITIQUE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

According to the Kremlin press service, during the conversation, the leaders commended the positive momentum in trade and investment cooperation between the two countries

Ella Pamfilova highlighted that this year’s elections saw a record number of requests for remote electronic voting

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev noted that Russia highly values the potential for scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries, particularly in the field of plant breeding

Abkhazian Foreign Minister Oleg Bartsits noted that the comprehensive treaty with Russia «lays the foundation for security guarantees for Abkhazia, effectively eliminating almost all military-political risks»

Deputy Director General for Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Solutions Andrey Nikipelov said that Rosatom’s current lineup of floating nuclear power units includes units with a capacity of 106 MW for Russia’s Arctic regions and the PEB-100, a 100 MW export version designed for southern regions

TEHRAN – Environmental health is the cornerstone of community health, a valuable opportunity to reflect on the importance of a healthy environment and its vital role in ensuring human health and well-being, an official with the health ministry has said.

TEHRAN – The head of the Center for Progress and Development of Iran (CPDI), Sajjad Ahadzadeh, and the Brazilian ambassador to Tehran, André Veras Guimarães, have discussed ways to foster cooperation between the two countries in the science and technology sectors.

TEHRAN – Iran has announced its readiness to host the South and Asian Biosphere Reserve Network Meeting (SACAM) next year.

TEHRAN – An Iranian House of Innovation and Technology (iHiT) will be inaugurated in Jakarta, Indonesia, concurrent with the 37th Indonesia Hospital Expo, being held from September 25 to 28.

The Calcutta HC overturned the central government's deportation order for two women and their families. These families were from Birbhum, West Bengal. The court declared the deportation illegal. It ordered the return of all six individuals, including three children, to India within a month. The families had been deported on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals.

In Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, police used lathi charge against Muslim protesters who engaged in stone pelting after Friday prayers. The demonstration, organized by cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza over «I Love Muhammad» poster controversy, saw authorities conducting a flag march and deploying heavy security to maintain order. The cleric warned that the protest would proceed regardless of permission.

Activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested in Ladakh following protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule status, coinciding with the cancellation of his NGO's FCRA license. Meanwhile, the MEA refuted claims of PM Modi calling Putin after US tariff moves, labeling them baseless. Elsewhere, India seeks US permission for oil imports from Iran and Venezuela amid rising costs from Russian crude tariffs.

Abhishek Banerjee criticised Amit Shah's 'Sonar Bangla' promise, accusing the BJP-led Centre of withholding Rs 2 lakh crore in dues and disrespecting Bengal's icons. He challenged Shah to a debate on the funds and highlighted the BJP's alleged ignorance of Bengal's culture and heritage. Banerjee defended Bengal's resilience and the TMC's commitment to welfare, contrasting it with the BJP's rhetoric.

Yip Pin Xiu added an eighth world title to her long list of career achievements on Sept 26, clinching gold in the women’s 50m backstroke S2 at the Toyota World Para Swimming Championships.It was the first gold for the Singaporean at the meet – and her fourth consecutive world title in the event – after she claimed silver in the 100m backstroke S2 on Sept 23.At the OCBC Aquatic Centre on Sept 26, the 33-year-old touched the wall first in 1min 04.31sec, ahead of Russian neutral athlete Diana Koltsova (1:05.72) and Italy’s Arjola Trimi (1:05.83) who finished second and third respectively.Yip had qualified first in the morning’s heats, clocking 1:09.58. Italy’s Angela Procida (1:10.89) was second fastest, while Mexico’s Fabiola Ramirez Martinez (1:10.94) was third.In the morning’s other heats, Wong Zhi Wei clocked 4:47.22 to finish 12th out of 12 in the men’s 400m freestyle S13, while Sophie Soon (1:30.84) was last out of nine in the women’s 100m back S11 heats.

The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) has voiced deep concerns regarding the incident at  the Al-Istiqamah Mosque in Serangoon North.A parcel, found to contain meat that appeared to be pork, caused the mosque to be evacuated on Wednesday (Sept 24) night.In a Facebook post on Thursday (Sept 25), the IRO said that it takes a strong stand against any actions that threaten the peace and safety of places of worship or undermine religious harmony in Singapore.«An act against one religion is an act against all religions,» it said The IRO is a non-governmental organisation founded by leaders from the Hindu, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Taoist, Jain, Christian, Muslim, Sikh and Baha'i religions. 

The likelihood of a magma intrusion — and potentially a volcanic eruption — at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row will increase starting September 27, according to a new update from the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

Numbers rose by 755,300 between mid-2023 and mid-2024 - the second-biggest annual increase since 1950.

In the last message she ever sent to her mother, Fawziyah Javed said she was heading out for a walk during an Edinburgh getaway with her husband.

Love Island star Amber is a trained West End performer and will make her debut on Saturday night for the first live show of the series - dancing with partner Nikita Kuzmin .

The coffee shop closed on Wednesday with a spokesman adding this week that another one of the chef's struggling food branches in Wiltshire could also be shutting for good.

Harris returns to the spotlight with a new memoir on her 2024 campaign, prompting questions about her political future during her national book tour.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent soldiers to Albuquerque to help police deal with crime, making sure it didn’t look like a military takeover.

For more than four decades, Iran has faced various international sanctions designed to modify its regime's conduct across multiple areas of concern. These areas include nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and proliferation, support for terrorism, regional destabilisation and human rights abuses. Since 1979, the United States' (US) sanctions on Iran have evolved into a complex and comprehensive regime. Between 2006 and 2010, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) imposed multilateral sanctions specifically targeting Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation activities. The European Union (EU) has implemented the UNSC measures and, since 2010, has developed its own restrictive measures on Iran. The EU's sanctions extend beyond non-proliferation concerns to encompass measures for Iran's human rights violations, support for terrorism and assistance to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) established an agreement between Iran, the five permanent members of the UNSC, plus Germany and the EU's High Representative. This agreement provided for the gradual lifting of sanctions against Iran in exchange for limitations on its nuclear programme. Following the US's withdrawal from the deal in 2018 and the subsequent re-imposition of previously lifted US sanctions, Iran began violating its JCPOA commitments. On 28 August 2025, the three European parties to the JCPOA – France, Germany and the United Kingdom – triggered the procedure to restore all UNSC sanctions on Iran, which were originally set to definitively expire on 18 October 2025. Although diplomatic efforts were complicated by Israeli and US military strikes against Iran in June 2025, and despite the UNSC's rejection on 19 September of a draft resolution to extend the lifting of sanctions, dialogue between Iran and the European powers continues in search of a diplomatic solution to prevent the re-imposition of comprehensive UNSC sanctions scheduled for 28 September 2025. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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