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Malaysia has begun sending nearly 1,500 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, describing their return as voluntary despite warnings from the United Nations and rights groups that Myanmar remains unsafe for them.Dozens of buses arrived under police escort at a stadium near the Lumut naval base in northwestern Malaysia on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reported. Journalists were barred from the grounds. The passengers were expected to be processed before being taken to the base and transported to Myanmar by ship.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Myanmar army has repeatedly cracked down on the country’s Rohingya minority, including a…

However, many net contributors — those who pay in more than they get out — want their bills cut. Others, including those who stand to gain most from the funding, want to see spending increased. “Our six countries alone finance almost 40% of all Member States’ contributions. While net contributors as a whole are in the minority, they shoulder around three-quarters of the total financing burden,” the letter reads. A 60% nominal increase in the size of the budget compared to the current one, they argue, is “simply not realistic.” In a bid to lessen the financial pressure on national…

By the autumn party conference season of 2025, Burnham was openly on manoeuvres for the top job, as he refused to rule out a leadership bid.His interventions appeared to backfire, after he provoked a backlash by suggesting the government was “in hock” to the bond markets – a reference to the government’s self-imposed rules limiting spending and borrowing.In January a potential opportunity for a return to Westminster arose when Greater Manchester MP Andrew Gwynne announced he was standing down, triggering a by-election in his Gorton and Denton constituency.However, Burnham was blocked from standing by Labour’s ruling body, with the approval…

Conference speech day is always a big day for a prime minister, and perhaps no bigger than when it is your first one in the role.The pitch from Burnham is that “hope comes from honesty,” there needs to be “less drift and more direction” and there needs to be a willingness to say “the things politicians usually avoid.”On Sunday, he told the BBC he wants to shake up social care in England, but would only be able to do so after a general election given he was committed to the tax promises Sir Keir Starmer made at the last general…

A retired Army colonel turned social media influencer, who has worked with the Pentagon to promote Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s agenda, has a history of praising dictators, denigrating women and minorities, and suggesting that only people with children should be allowed to vote.Kurt Schlichter has over 620,000 followers on X and has regularly posted in support of Hegseth’s anti-woke agenda. Last month, as part of an investigation into the Pentagon’s employment of influencers in civilian roles, The Washington Post found that Schlichter was one of several individuals to be given active government email addresses at the time and assigned to the…

Ravie LakshmananSep 29, 2026United States Dutch authorities have confirmed that they arrested a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam in connection with the ShinyHunters group. “It is true that this month a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam was arrested in an investigation into the hacker group ShinyHunters,” the Politie Landelijke Opsporing en Interventies said in an X post Monday. Police said the individual is expected to appear before the Rotterdam District Court on September 29, 2026. Although law enforcement officials did not disclose any additional details, independent security journalist Brian Krebs and DataBreaches.Net identified the arrested man as Pepijn van der Stap (aka…

Bitcoin (BTC) preserved crucial support into Tuesday as analysis warned of a new profit-taking surge.Key points:Bitcoin rebounded to $84,000 without violating $82,500, a level seen as essential to protecting market strength.US 30-year bond yields reached 5.58%, their highest level since June 2002, continuing a historic bond bear market.Glassnode analysis cautioned about ongoing profit-taking by Bitcoin investors in the week through Sept. 27.BTC price steadies as bond yields come off multidecade highsData from TradingView showed BTC/USD trading in a narrow intraday range below $84,300. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewThe pair saw pressure on Monday as risk assets fell on uncertainty over the…

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is covered in ice, but beneath that frozen shell lies a global ocean. Near the moon’s south pole, fractures in the crust release water vapor and ice particles into space. Those particles give scientists an unusual way to study an alien ocean without having to drill through kilometers of ice. An international team that includes researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo has now investigated what happens to that ocean water as it moves from beneath the surface and eventually becomes the tiny ice grains detected in space. Cassini Found Surprisingly…

Without Amy Miller, some elderly and disabled people wouldn’t be able to vote. The attorney for Disability Rights Nebraska travels the state, investigating the quality of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. As she reminds the residents how they can report abuse or neglect, she also offers voter registration forms. Last month, she helped a veteran with a traumatic brain injury fill out change-of-address paperwork so he could vote in the upcoming midterm elections. “He 100% knew who he wanted to vote for,” Miller said, but he struggled to write with a pen. Congress funds her organization’s efforts to ensure…

Across Cukurova, the alluvial plain in southern Turkey that lines the easternmost inlet of the Mediterranean Sea, farmers till land so fertile that it bears three harvests a year. Rivers feed cash crops of cotton, corn, wheat, sunflowers, rapeseed, and soybean; the muggy climate warms greenhouses filled with tomatoes, bananas, and avocados; and the mineral-rich soil supports a wide array of produce—citrus, peanuts, lemons, olives, pomegranates, watermelon, and more. It is also, however, a key node in a newly vital route for oil otherwise blocked by the wars in Ukraine and Iran. The Fertile Crescent’s last great expanse of farmland…