Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay urged the United States to defend human rights and return to what she called its traditional role as a global leader.

Pillay made her comments in The Hague, where she is a judge at the International Court of Justice.

The United States announced sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court hours after Pillay was named the Peace Prize winner.

She said the timing was troubling and showed that efforts to target international criminal justice had been developing for some time.

The Supreme Court will hear DOGE’s bid to avoid turning over internal documents.

DOGE is seeking to keep its internal documents from being handed over.

The dispute is about access to DOGE’s internal records.

The source does not provide details about the documents or the background to the dispute.

Drones struck two cargo ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast overnight on October 13.

One ship sank, and five crew members were rescued, while 11 others remained missing as search efforts continued.

The other ship, the Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3, was hit by three drones, and all 15 crew members were evacuated; five had minor injuries.

The attacks came a week after two other commercial ships were hit in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, with one sinking and its crew presumed dead.

Workers at Italy’s former Ilva steelworks extended their strike by 48 hours on Tuesday, after it began the day before.

The unions are protesting plans to shut production at the Taranto plant and suspend operations in Genoa and Novi Ligure.

The planned shutdowns follow a court decision to close Taranto’s most important, and most polluting, production area by October 28.

The state-run steel company is under extraordinary administration, and the government has been trying to sell it to private companies.

Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K at a smart home-focused event on Oct.

13.

The streaming box looks much like its predecessor, last updated in 2022, but has an A19 chip and Wi-Fi 7 support.

Built-in microphones let users talk to Siri hands-free, without speaking into the remote or a HomePod.

KJ Simpson is expected to sign with Galatasaray, a club based in Istanbul, Turkey.

The 24-year-old American guard was cut by the Denver Nuggets near the start of training camp after previously playing for the Charlotte Hornets.

He has made 56 NBA appearances, averaging 6.7 points and 2.8 assists per game.

Simpson was drafted 42nd overall in 2024 and has also played in the G League.

Writer Vaidehi called for protecting Kannada poetry from AI's growing influence at a poetry festival in Mysuru, India.

She made the appeal while opening the five-day Bahurupi Kavigoshti, held as part of the Dasara festival at the University of Mysore.

Vaidehi said poetry can endure across time and traced its beginnings to a mother's lullaby.

She also argued that simple words can carry deep meaning, without the need for elaborate expressions.

Researchers say muscle and liver cells can retain signs of past exercise even after someone stops training.

In studies using mice, animals that exercised, took a break and trained again grew larger muscles than mice with no training history.

Their muscle cells also matched energy production to demand more effectively, and this ability remained during inactivity.

The researchers say liver cells also store exercise memories and release enzymes that help supply fuel to working muscles.