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.

Spain’s Supreme Court upheld a voting suspension for many people who gained Spanish citizenship through a law for descendants of exiles.

The ruling affects people living abroad who are registered, or seeking registration, in the overseas electoral census; government figures put the number at 163,020.

People who qualified directly under the 2022 law can vote if they were on the electoral roll before it closed on 1 August and can document their descent from exiles.

The suspension remains for those whose citizenship relied on a later government instruction that presumed exile for some people who left Spain between 1936 and 1955.

The Saudi-led coalition told civilians to leave an oil facility in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, ahead of a planned military operation.

The coalition said the evacuation was for civilians' safety and marked the site on a map.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree warned that strikes on Sanaa would bring a harsh response in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital.

The Houthis also told people near Saudi Aramco facilities to leave, saying those sites were legitimate targets.

Whitbread says it cut planned UK hotel investment because of higher taxes and labour costs.

The company owns Premier Inn and operates 842 hotels.

Hotels face changes to business rates, including the end of pandemic-era relief and new property valuations from April 2026.

The planned investment could have created more jobs, but Whitbread has not said how many.

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

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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.

Marvin Harrison Jr. has officially joined the Houston Texans after passing his physical on Monday.

The 24-year-old wide receiver was traded from the Arizona Cardinals, who selected him fourth overall in the 2024 draft.

Houston sent Arizona a 2027 second-round pick and a seventh-round pick, and received Harrison and a 2027 sixth-round pick.

Harrison reunites with quarterback C.J. Stroud, his former teammate at Ohio State.

Actor Mrunal Thakur did not confirm or deny reports she is joining Raaka.

The film stars Allu Arjun and is directed by Atlee, and is scheduled for release in 2027.

Thakur said she would announce her upcoming films on social media to end speculation.

She also said she has not signed a film in almost nine months and is waiting for a meaningful role.

A 39-year-old woman in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has been reported as the state’s sixth measles-related death in less than two months.

The woman was unvaccinated and had underlying medical conditions, the county coroner’s office said.

The coroner’s spokesperson said the probable cause was an acute cardiac event that may have resulted from measles complications.

Pennsylvania has confirmed 1,136 measles cases and 219 hospitalizations, with two-thirds of cases in adults.