A Sudanese migrant who married a nine-year-old girl when he was 31 has been granted Swedish citizenship despite initially being rejected by immigration authorities over his history of child marriage and sexual abuse. The man, identified under the pseudonym "Omar," married a girl identified as "Fatima" in their Sudanese village in 1984. Omar was 31 years old. Fatima was just nine. Fatima gave birth to their first child when she was only 12 years old. More than a decade ago, Fatima arrived in Sweden, where the Swedish Tax Agency officially recognized and registered their marriage. Omar was subsequently permitted to immigrate to Sweden through family reunification based on that same marriage. When he applied for Swedish citizenship, the Swedish Migration Agency rejected his application in the summer of 2025, describing his conduct as exceptionally ruthless and referring to repeated rape and exploitation over many years. Omar appealed the decision, citing religion, local traditions and patriarchal structures in his Sudanese village. A Swedish court eventually overturned the citizenship refusal, reasoning that more than four decades had passed since the original marriage and that the historical conduct no longer prevented him from meeting the legal requirement of good character.A Sudanese migrant who married a nine-year-old girl when he was 31 has been granted Swedish citizenship despite initially being rejected by immigration authorities over his history of child marriage and sexual abuse. The man, identified under the pseudonym "Omar," married a girl identified as "Fatima" in their Sudanese village in 1984. Omar was 31 years old. Fatima was just nine. Fatima gave birth to their first child when she was only 12 years old. More than a decade ago, Fatima arrived in Sweden, where the Swedish Tax Agency officially recognized and registered their marriage. Omar was subsequently permitted to immigrate to Sweden through family reunification based on that same marriage. When he applied for Swedish citizenship, the Swedish Migration Agency rejected his application in the summer of 2025, describing his conduct as exceptionally ruthless and referring to repeated rape and exploitation over many years. Omar appealed the decision, citing religion, local traditions and patriarchal structures in his Sudanese village. A Swedish court eventually overturned the citizenship refusal, reasoning that more than four decades had passed since the original marriage and that the historical conduct no longer prevented him from meeting the legal requirement of good character.

BREAKING: Polish police officers have shot the suspected terrorist in Krakow, Poland. Several people were killed by the man who was shooting from a car at the main square in Kraków’s Old Town

🇱🇻 Latvia’s national hockey team will refuse to play Russia and Belarus even under the threat of a technical loss This was stated by the secretary general of the Latvian Hockey Federation, Roberts Pļavejs. Earlier, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ordered the IIHF to allow Russian national teams into five international tournaments, including world championships. In February 2024, the Latvian parliament passed a law banning national sports teams from playing matches against teams from Russia and Belarus, even if they compete under a neutral flag.

France is preparing to introduce a nationwide 0.8% levy on home, car and business insurance contracts to finance a compensation fund for damage caused by riots. The measure could take effect on January 1, 2027, and generate approximately €400 million annually. Although insurance companies would formally pay the levy, they could pass the additional costs directly on to policyholders through higher premiums. That means millions of ordinary French residents, including those who have never participated in riots or lived anywhere near affected areas, could end up paying more to cover the financial consequences of rioting elsewhere in the country.

Mike Rogers has broken the negative trend on Polymarket US ahead of the midterms and is now gaining on Abdul El-Sayed. The Democratic candidate is hoping to become the first Muslim U.S. Senator in history.

Italian authorities deported 25-year-old Pakistani imam Ali Kashif after he was secretly filmed defending child marriage, saying that girls as young as nine could marry adult men under Islamic law. Kashif, who had lived in Italy for approximately six years and occasionally served as an imam at two Islamic centers in Brescia, was exposed during an undercover investigation by the Italian television program Fuori dal Coro, broadcast on January 25, 2026. Kashif was escorted by immigration officers to Milan Malpensa Airport and placed on a flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, via Bangkok.

Israeli hostage survivor Bar Kupershtein, 24, has revealed the horrific torture, starvation and psychological abuse he endured during 738 days in Hamas captivity, including being forced to dig his own grave for a propaganda video, suffering repeated beatings and losing 65 pounds (29 kg). Kupershtein described spending most of his captivity underground with five other hostages, without daylight, proper sanitation or sufficient food. The hostages slept on thin mattresses on the floor, dug a hole beside them to use as a toilet and were allowed to shower only once a month. Their drinking water was contaminated, while meals consisted of rice and half a pita bread with cheese, infested with maggots. Kupershtein recalled how Hamas terrorists repeatedly told the hostages that Israel had abandoned them and wanted them dead. They were also forced to record propaganda videos praising their captors. Following the collapse of hostage negotiations in early 2025, the abuse intensified. "Hamas came day after day and beat us," he recalled. During one particularly brutal assault, terrorists blindfolded Kupershtein and fellow hostage Yosef Chaim Ohana, struck him in the face, dragged him by his leg into another room and tied his legs together. He feared they were preparing to amputate one of his legs. The beating lasted approximately 30 minutes and left him unable to stand properly for a month. Kupershtein had been working as a security guard at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its massacre. Before being kidnapped, he convinced a police commander to open an emergency exit, helping more than 2,000 festivalgoers escape. He also used an all-terrain vehicle to evacuate injured people before terrorists overran the festival. He was eventually captured and taken into Gaza. Despite the horrific conditions, Kupershtein said he and his fellow hostages maintained their Jewish traditions, gathering every week for Kiddush prayers using salty water instead of wine. On October 13, 2025, after 738 days in captivity, Kupershtein was released alongside 19 other surviving hostages. His reunion with his family was especially emotional. His father, who had lost the ability to walk following a motorcycle accident in 2019, managed to stand to welcome him home. A year later, Kupershtein says he has learned to appreciate the simplest freedoms, including opening his refrigerator, eating whenever he wants and taking a shower. He has since traveled internationally to share his testimony, met US President Donald Trump at the White House and published his memoir, Unbreakable.

19-year-old Harley Purdue was a kind and gentle young man living in Chatham, Kent, England. His family remembered him as a smart and loving young man whose life was only beginning. Harley was preparing to become a father. His girlfriend, Hazel Gadsden, was pregnant, and the young couple had a future to look forward to together. But in the early hours of December 2, 2025, that future was tragically taken away. At approximately 2:40 a.m., Harley was asleep beside his pregnant girlfriend when his housemate, 18-year-old Eritrean migrant Musa Salih, knocked on their bedroom door. Salih claimed there was a dead mouse in the basement toilet and asked Harley to help him. Still half-asleep, Harley got out of bed wearing only his boxer shorts and wrapped in a blanket, unaware that he was walking into a trap. Salih intended to lock Harley inside the basement toilet so he could steal money from his bedroom. When Harley resisted being locked inside, a struggle broke out, and Salih stabbed him eight times, including a devastating wound that penetrated his lung and heart. Hearing the commotion, Harley's pregnant girlfriend rushed downstairs and found him gravely wounded and bleeding heavily. She desperately tried to protect him, grabbing a kitchen knife as Salih threatened them. Emergency services were called, but Harley's injuries were too severe. He was pronounced dead at the scene before 4 a.m. On October 15, 2026, Salih, now 19, was found guilty of Harley's murder at Maidstone Crown Court. He is due to be sentenced on November 4. Harley was just 19 years old. He never got the chance to hold his baby, watch his child grow up, or experience the family life that awaited him. His girlfriend lost the man she loved, his family lost a cherished son, and his unborn child was deprived of a father. Rest in peace, Harley. 🕊️

The United Arab Emirates is moving forward with plans to establish a massive, permanent 15-story embassy in the Israeli coastal city of Herzliya, six years after normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel under the US-brokered Abraham Accords. The building will cover up to 15,000 square meters across 15 floors, combining diplomatic offices with private residences for the Emirati ambassador and embassy personnel. The UAE became the first Gulf country to open an embassy in Israel in July 2021, following the historic Abraham Accords signed in September 2020. The latest approval marks another step toward a permanent Emirati diplomatic presence in Israel.

Germany has sent thousands of letters to Syrian refugees informing them that their protection status is being revoked, as the government accelerates efforts to return Syrians to their homeland following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. During the first six months of 2026, Germany reviewed 8,320 Syrian protection cases, revoking or withdrawing status in 23.2% of them, compared with just 3.7% in 2025. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is also preparing broader measures that could affect hundreds of thousands of Syrians currently holding subsidiary protection.

BREAKING: Ukrainian cruise missiles have struck Marinovka air base in the Volgograd region and destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter jets worth $80 million. Two Russian servicemen were killed in the strike.

The Czech Republic has officially criminalized the promotion of communist movements that suppress human rights, placing them on the same legal footing as Nazi movements. The amendment, signed by President Petr Pavel, explicitly targets anyone who establishes, supports or promotes Nazi, communist or other movements seeking to suppress fundamental freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, religious, national or class hatred. Offenders face prison sentences ranging from one to five years, with additional provisions addressing the distribution of extremist propaganda and symbols. The legislation follows decades of debate over the country's communist past. Czechoslovakia endured more than four decades of communist one-party rule, beginning in 1948 and ending with the peaceful Velvet Revolution in 1989. Supporters, including historians from the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, argued that communist totalitarianism should be treated as seriously as Nazism under criminal law.

🇩🇪 Germany’s Left may fail to form coalition over fears of Islamist radicals in own party A major political scandal erupted in Berlin after staff of Elif Eralp, the Left party’s candidate for governing mayor, accidentally sent journalists a document in which she admitted fearing for her family’s safety because of people in her own party with links to Palestinian radical organizations. The day before the letter, the party invited well-known pro-Palestinian activist Ibrahim Ibrahim to a party event. He has been linked to support for the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). One of the party's MPs, Ferat Kocak, was pictured with Ibrahim Ibrahim. CDU representatives have now demanded that the Left’s potential coalition partners, the SPD and the Greens, reconsider plans to form a joint government, saying they are no longer sure how the Left will form a government if they themselves fear an “Islamist environment in their own party.” The head of Berlin’s Neukölln district said the situation shows how deeply supporters of antisemitic and terrorist organizations can be connected to the Left party.

Ukrainian father identifies his 15-year-old daughter among the dead after Russian strike on Chernihiv Russia struck the center of Chernihiv with a Banderol missile. Two people were killed, and 15 were injured, including three children.

Iran's Islamic Republic has sentenced 23-year-old accounting student Najmeh Amini to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad in a social media post, as human rights organizations warn that the regime is increasingly using executions to suppress dissent. Amini was arrested in Mashhad in February 2026 following anti-government protests and investigations by Iran's cyber police. She was subsequently imprisoned at Vakilabad Prison, where rights monitors reported that she faced prolonged detention and restrictions on access to legal representation. Branch 6 of the Khorasan Razavi Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Javad Asian-Yazd, convicted her of sabb al-nabi, or insulting the Prophet, an offense punishable by death under Iran's Islamic Penal Code. In a desperate audio appeal from prison, Amini declared: "Remember my name; I may not be able to speak again." She also pleaded for international intervention before her execution could be carried out. More than 600 executions have been reported in Iran this year.

🇻🇪 Venezuelan dictator Delcy Rodríguez addressed the nation regarding the elections: “Many are asking about the electoral timetable. I have said it: there will be elections. All those required by our constitution, organized by a renewed electoral authority and with the world as witness.”

🇧🇬 Container ship sinks off Bulgaria after naval drone attack As previously reported by Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry, the Liberia-flagged Contship Jet was sailing from Haifa, Israel, to the Romanian port of Constanța and was hit three times. The damage was recorded by a French patrol aircraft. The crew of the container ship was rescued. Since the beginning of October, unmanned boats and drones have regularly attacked vessels in the Black Sea off the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria. Targets have included ships linked to the transport of Ukrainian grain and other cargo. In total, at least nine large commercial vessels have been attacked off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania during October. Ukraine accuses Russia of the attacks. Bucharest and Sofia also place responsibility on Moscow.