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A new species of giant water lily, large enough to be seen from space, has been confirmed in Colombia after a researcher spotted a selfie on Instagram. Named Victoria colombiana, the plant is critically endangered, with only an estimated 30 to 50 individuals left in the wild.
Egyptian journalists are planning a protest in Cairo this weekend after six reporters from the independent Matsadaash platform were charged with terrorism. The six say they were tortured and forced to record false confessions in custody, allegations denied by police and the Interior Ministry.
An ICE officer shot a man in a car with a 5-year-old child in New York's Marble Hill area, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who called the incident "serious and unacceptable" and said he would ask President Trump to stop all ICE enforcement operations in the city. DHS said the shooting occurred during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx against a Dominican national with a criminal conviction.
A failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee has renewed scrutiny of lethal injection in the US, a method presented as humane but repeatedly marred by errors. Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital on September 30, prompting Governor Bill Lee to halt all executions in the state and order an outside review. Experts say botched injections are a widespread and troubling feature of the US death penalty system.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers clashed in their first televised debate in a tight Michigan Senate race, trading personal attacks over terrorism, religion and foreign policy. They found rare common ground on ending the Iran war and reducing the militarization of immigration enforcement.
Thousands of Spaniards have protested over the death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, who was forcibly removed from her Madrid home. Her case has fueled nationwide demonstrations and led to snap elections, while memorials in parliament have sparked accusations of political exploitation.
The UN Security Council extended the Darfur arms embargo by two months but rejected a US bid to widen sanctions to all of Sudan after Russia and China objected. The resolution, adopted as a short-term technical rollover, keeps the sanctions mechanism in place until December 11 and the panel of experts until January 2027.
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to its home port in San Diego on Thursday after a 322-day deployment that included a record 265 consecutive days at sea during the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran. The extended voyage has become a focal point of criticism over the war effort, amid reports of poor living conditions, food shortages and suicides aboard the ship.
Fighting has re-erupted in Tigray after nearly two weeks of fierce clashes, with Ethiopian federal forces entering Mekelle and rebel forces withdrawing from the city. The advance effectively ends the 2022 Pretoria ceasefire, while reports of Eritrean troops entering northern Tigray raise fears of a wider regional conflict.
Preliminary tests on a Kenyan patient suspected of having Ebola have returned negative, easing fears of a second case after Kenya confirmed its first-ever infection this week. The 20-year-old man had traveled the same route from the DRC via Uganda as the first patient, who later died in Nairobi.
