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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem Pillay. The citation emphasizes her work in international criminal justice, human rights protection and the rule of law. Pillay helped build early international criminal tribunals and has long spoken on international law and political accountability, making her one of the most influential African voices in the field.

The Swedish Academy announced the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for Canadian poet Anne Carson. The citation highlighted her work that crosses genre boundaries, recognizing long-running experiments across poetry, prose, drama and visual art. Carson has long been regarded as an unusually hard-to-classify figure in English letters, and the prize is being read as another endorsement of writing that resists mainstream categorization.

Washington temporarily blocked Microsoft, Adobe and Infosys from permanent-residence sponsorship while reviewing overseas hiring channels. The action targets employer certification rather than every short-term work visa.

CGTN reported that Gaza has announced arrangements for candidates in a November legislative election. Because the area remains affected by war, voter organization, voting security and outside assistance remain uncertain; official documents and independently verified reporting are essential at this stage.

The Guardian and Reuters reported the European Commission withdrew its sponsorship of an academic conference on disinformation and foreign interference at the request of US officials. Canada also announced it was pulling its sponsorship. The conference drew US criticism over panels critical of Washington.

The Guardian and the New York Times reported that María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose forced eviction ignited Spain’s national housing protests, has died in Madrid. Last month she was carried out on a stretcher from the apartment she had lived in for more than 70 years, and the fallout forced the government to adjust housing policy.

Al Jazeera and Reuters reported that Houthi forces struck two airports in Saudi Arabia, killing at least three people and wounding 36. The attacks highlight an escalation in spillover risk from the Yemen conflict and pose serious challenges to regional civil aviation and energy corridors.

The BBC reported that Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) carried out dawn raids on the offices of Asahi, Sapporo, Kirin and Suntory, investigating whether the four brewers formed a price-fixing cartel. It is one of Japan’s largest consumer-goods antitrust actions in recent years.

Axios, Fox News and NBC News reported that the US military has been ordered to prepare for possible strikes on Iran, with the White House weighing the timing ahead of the midterm elections. Oil prices rose and risk-off sentiment strengthened on Middle East tensions.

Deutsche Welle reported that Germany’s former intelligence chief has been formally arrested and placed in pretrial detention on charges of treason. Prosecutors allege the former official leaked German state secrets to a foreign intelligence service. Major German and English-language outlets have followed up with background details and potential implications.