Some choirs offer an avowedly apolitical opportunity to come together and sing.

Russians join street choirs to sing away sorrows

Street choirs offer Russians solace amid anxiety and political repression

Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in 5 years: report

Swiss glaciers lose 20% of ice in five years amid record heat and low snowfall

This aerial photograph shows glaciologist and head of 'Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland' (GLAMOS) network Matthias Huss posing with a four-metre-long measuring stake indicating the amount of ice that melted over the past year, during a measurement visit to record changes in Scex Rouge glacier, above Les Diablerets, western Switzerland, on September 24, 2026, ahead of the publication of the annual report on state of Swiss glaciers.

UK PM says Iran 'involved' in airbase incident

Police find no explosives as UK suspects Iranian hand in RAF Fairford security scare

Terror probe at US-linked UK airbase sparks evacuations and bomb squad response. British PM Andy Burnham confirmed that Iran may have had a hand in the incident, which saw three white vans appearing to head towards RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday.

Woman dies after Swiss apartment block blast

55-year-old victim succumbs to injuries after Neuchatel apartment explosion

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Pakistan’s Jalila Haider wins ‘alternative Nobel’

First female lawyer from Hazara community honoured for defending minorities

The Sweden-based Right Livelihood Foundation honoured Haider, the first female lawyer from Pakistan’s Hazara community, for challenging ethnic and patriarchal persecution.

US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel

Council of Europe calls US a ‘valuable contributor’ as it exits GRECO

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2026, after meeting with top executives of AI firms. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

N. Ireland Protestant parade hits stalemate amid talks

Talks falter as Drumcree parade dispute deepens in Portadown

Protesters gather on Garvaghy Road after a contentious Orange Order parade was given late-night clearance to march in Portadown, Northern Ireland on September 27, 2026.

Deal for evicted pensioner amid Spanish housing crisis

Eviction outcry lets 87-year-old return home as Spain confronts housing crisis

People gather next to a banner reading 'Not a single more Maricarmen' - in reference to an 87-year-old evicted from her Madrid home - as demonstrators camp to protest against evictions and the housing crisis in front of the Presidency of the Community of Madrid on the Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid on September 27, 2026.

Several explosions rock Kyiv during missile alert

Ukraine capital endures intensified overnight strikes amid ballistic missile threat

Residents react after a Russian missile hit a multi-storey apartment during Russia's combined missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. File photo taken on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban

London scrambles for contingency plans as US weighs diesel export curbs

The price per litre of unleaded petrol and diesel fuels, with diesel at over GBP two pounds sterling per litre, are pictured outside a BP petrol station on the M4 motorway, west of London, April 16, 2026.

Turkish comedian convicted for Erdogan 'insult' freed

Erdogan critic comedian released after 88 days, free speech case heads to appeal

Turkish leftists chant slogans for Turkish comedian Deniz Goktas, who has been detained and brought before the court, holding a banner reading “Deniz Goktas Must Be Freed” in front of Caglayan Courthouse on 03 July, 2026

Pope leaves France after historic four-day visit: AFP

Macron bids farewell at Metz airport as papal trip concludes peacefully

Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after celebrating a mass at Saint-Etienne de Metz Cathedral, in Metz, northeastern France on September 28, 2026 on the last day of his visit to France.

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