We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, October 2, 2026.

The Texas State Board of Education has approved a proposal that will establish lists of required reading — including Bible verses alongside classic titles — for its K-12 English and literature curricu...

A Utah judge in the case against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk ruled Friday to hold a prosecutor in civil contempt for violating a pretrial publicity order but opted to leave the death penal...

Luigi Mangione’s attorneys discussed with prosecutors the possibility of a plea deal in his federal case connected to the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, according to a so...

After two decades behind bars and with few options left, Marquez Powell sat down several years ago and wrote a letter from a rural Georgia prison more than 100 miles from his Atlanta home. It would ev...

Newly disclosed details from a note sent to news outlets days after Nancy Guthrie vanished, claiming the mother of NBC “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie died could renew interest in a case that fir...

Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas.

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the deadly and historically destructive Palisades Fire that scorched swaths of Los Angeles in the early days of 2025.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, once hailed as a maestro for directing a booming economy but who later received some of the blame for the housing bust and financial meltdown that occur...

High-stakes talks between the US and Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, are now underway in Switzerland. Follow live updates.

After an Italian media outlet reported that President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had “begged” him for a photo at the G7 summit this week, Meloni quickly posted a response on socia...

The diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran is a potential gamechanger for Iran’s war-battered economy, former Trump energy secretary Dan Brouillette told CNN in an exclusive interview.

President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a copy of the US-Iran agreement that aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war. Follow for live updates.

Iran will be able to export oil as soon as its agreement with the US is signed, according to a copy of the document obtained by CNN, which also states Iran will “never produce nuclear weapons.” Follow...

The US and Iran say they have reached an agreement that will take effect on Friday. Breakthrough came hours before Trump was set to head to Europe for the G7 summit. Follow for live updates.

President Donald Trump called on Israel to not strike Lebanon as the US and Iran negotiate a memorandum of understanding on the war. Follow for live updates.

Emails released by the DOJ reveal how some modeling scouts connected Epstein with young women.

A deal would extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source says, but Iran has yet to confirm despite President Donald Trump saying it may be signed soon. Follow here for live updates.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States will take Iran’s Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure in the country, amid a deadlock in peace talks between the two nations.

Annual inflation rose to a three-year-high of 4.2% in May, underscoring how elevated energy prices are rippling through the US economy, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

One of the biggest mysteries of the global economy is why the oil market has remained so calm during one of the greatest supply shocks in history.

Trump earlier urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate, according to a US official. Follow live updates.

At least one person was killed and several wounded in central Israel, according to emergency responders, as police said they were investigating the shooting as a suspected terror attack.

A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite’s car struck them in a crosswalk nearly six years ago.

One stranger from Tokyo is shutting down his business for a week to help. Another volunteer dropped everything to provide transportation and translations for American parents desperate to find their s...

More than three decades after a New Jersey killing, a Georgia resident confessed, saying his faith led him to come forward.

US Coast Guard divers arrived in the Bahamas Tuesday evening to begin their renewed search for missing American woman Lynette Hooker, whose disappearance has prompted a federal criminal investigation,...

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A bus driver who is accused of failing to slow down for traffic and crashing into six cars, which left five people dead and dozens of others injured near Quantico, Virginia, has been charged with two ...