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India news: Neha Bora refuses to sign peace bond, cites right to democratic dissent
Neha Bora says the peace bond violates the right to democratic dissent. The statement comes amid a wider protest calling for the removal of India's election chief. DW has more.
DE Oct 24, 2026Deutsche Welle (DW) World03
Verse from Qu’ran inspired US man to leap on runaway school bus and halt it
<p>Ebro Ahmed, who acted after driver’s medical emergency, said he hopes incident will show Eritreans ‘in a good way’</p><p>A man who hopped on to a school bus full of terrified children that was careering down a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minnesota">Minnesota</a> street after its driver had a medical emergency and manually halted it says he was motivated to act by a Qu’ran verse about how saving one life is equivalent to saving all of humanity.</p><p>“I’m a numbers guy, and those numbers make sense to me,” Ebro Ahmed, 27, said on Friday during an interview about his actions four days earlier in front of his family’s convenience store in Saint Paul, Minnesota. “I didn’t do it for me. It was selflessness in the name of God.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/24/runaway-school-bus-quran-minnesota">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 24, 2026The Guardian World World04
France braces for another day of mass protests as security on high alert
Several planned marches in major cities in France have been banned by authorities, provoking an uproar by rights groups.
QA Oct 24, 2026Al Jazeera English