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Kenyan plane carrying Hungarian and German tourists crashes, 11 killed

The plane was carrying eight Hungarians and two Germans. "Sadly, there are no survivors," Mombasa Air Safari said in a statement.

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Security officials secure the wreckage of the aircraft 5Y-CCA operated by Mombasa Air Services, which crashed on its way from Diani to Kichwa Tembo, at the Tsimba Golini area in Kwale County, Kenya, October 28, 2025
Remains of Blessed Longo

Pope Leo canonizes former Satanic priest Bartolo Longo as one of seven new saints

In front of an estimated 70,000 people, Leo canonized Bartolo Longo, who had once been an occultist priest but later denounced Satan and embraced Christianity.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shanty houses painted in primary colours are pictured crowding the deep gullies and steep cliffs in Altindag, a suburb on the slopes outside central Ankara.

Turkish charity shop worker allegedly sexually abusing Syrian refugees - BBC

The charity shop owner claimed it was physically impossible that he had committed sexual assault, as he only had one testicle and only four women had accused him.

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The parents don't want to come to the wedding because of the food

Divorced Americans are more likely to remarry, Pew finds

Around 1.8 million Americans ended their marriage through divorce in 2023, but two-thirds will likely go on to tie the knot a second time. 

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Irish president Higgins hospitalized overnight with infection

The 84-year-old spent the night in St James's Hospital in Dublin by arrangement on Sunday, where he started a course of antibiotics. 

OCTOBER 28, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins addresses the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2024.

'With a smile,' Islamic regime judge hands 67-year-old death sentence after 'show' trial

Appearing before the court last week by video conference, Judge Ahmad Darvish was said to have delivered a verdict “with a smile” without proper process, Zahra Shahbaz Tabari's family told HRANA. 

OCTOBER 28, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Women with their hands and mouths painted in red participate in a protest against Iran's ruling theocracy following the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini demanding authorities to free thousands of detained protesters and to stop executions, outside Iran's embassy, in Mexico City, Mexi

Missing Picasso painting found in Madrid weeks after vanishing

The small framed "Still Life with Guitar" was part of a larger shipment of artworks moved from Madrid to Granada.

OCTOBER 28, 2025ByREUTERS
Spanish National Police inspect a Picasso painting "Still Life with Guitar", that disappeared during transport on October 10, 2025, in Madrid, Spain October 24, 2025.

​​Illegal cockfighting ring broken up by Israel Police, 150 cockerels rescued

The territorial animals were forced to fight each other while patrons gambled on who the winner would be.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Chickens are seen in cages to be used as game cocks in illegal cockfights in Israel.

CNN host Christiane Amanpour confirms cancer returned for third time

The 67-year-old CNN host advised people “listen to their bodies” during her appearance on the Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story with gynecologic oncologist Dr. Angela George.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Christiane Amanpour CBE, Chief International Anchor, CNN speaks at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London, Britain, May 15, 2024.

Extremely rare softshelled turtle Shalom rescued from Jordan River after becoming entangled in wire

Shalom was found with wire around his snout and an X-ray revealed he swallowed two fishing hooks.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Shalom, the softshelled turtle rescued from the Jordan River.

Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis

Residents of Gabes have reported rising rates of respiratory illnesses, osteoporosis and cancer, which they blame on toxic gases from the state chemical group’s phosphate plants.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByREUTERS
Demonstrators hold signs as hundreds of Tunisians march through the capital Tunis to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, in Tunisia, October 25, 2025

Kyrgyzstan launches national stablecoin in partnership with Binance

A5A7, a stablecoin backed by the Russian rouble and based in Kyrgyzstan, has been placed under sanctions by Western governments who say it is used to facilitate avoidance of sanctions on Russia.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByREUTERS
Representations of Binance coin cryptocurrency is seen in this illustration taken September 10, 2025

Germans protest after Madeleine McCann kidnap suspect released from prison into their community

Over 150 people assembled to protest the release of 48-year-old convicted pedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Restaurant owner sold business to purchase guns for attack on UK Jewry, court told

Inspired by ISIS, Saadoui had reportedly planned to purchase four AK-47 rifles, two handguns and 1,200 rounds of ammunition to carry out a mass shooting on Jewish targets in the city. 

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita

Experts concerned as drug trend ‘bluetoothing’ causes surge in HIV cases

Injectable drug use accounts for approximately 10% of new HIV infections globally, UNAIDS found in 2020.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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