A US Marine was arrested on suspicion of killing an Okinawan woman at a hotel in Naha, the prefectural capital.

He has denied the allegations, and the case remains under investigation.

Japan and the United States have begun talks to review rules for troops off base and consider ways to prevent similar incidents.

The discussions will cover the military’s liberty policy, education and joint patrols by US forces and Japanese police.

Italian opposition parties are expected to file separate resolutions before Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks in parliament about the European Council.

Her address is scheduled for tomorrow, according to the report.

The parties are unlikely to agree on one shared document, despite having jointly backed a resolution earlier in the day.

That earlier resolution concerned changes to public finances and a government economic planning document.

China opposed India's standardised names for 28 places in Ladakh on October 13, 2026.

The places are in the disputed western sector of the India-China border, where both countries claim territory.

India announced the names on October 2 and added the locations to its official map.

India says the move is intended to make maps and identification more precise and improve public awareness of the sensitive border region.

Alfa-Bank bought a 4.85% stake in Medsi, a major private clinic group in Russia.

It purchased the shares from AFK Sistema, which still owns 90.64% and remains in control.

The two parties did not disclose the price, though estimates in the story vary.

The investment is part of a pre-IPO round intended to bring in major investors and help establish Medsi’s value before a public listing.

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.

Two Week 6 rankings assess the NFL after five weeks of the 2026 season.

One list keeps the San Francisco 49ers at No.

1, with the Kansas City Chiefs second and the Jacksonville Jaguars third.

The other ranking also puts the 49ers at the top and highlights the strength of the NFC West.

Thélyson Orélien denies that AI wrote any sentence of his novel, “C’était ça ou mourir.”

The Canadian-Haitian writer says he used tools for research but wrote the book himself.

He apologized and accepted responsibility for plagiarizing texts by established authors after moving to Canada.

He says he began writing the novel in Quebec in 2017 and finished a first draft in 2019.

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.