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Swiss voters reject bid to enshrine stricter neutrality by big margin

A campaign poster reading “No war, Yes to Swiss neutrality” in Epagny, near Fribourg, Switzerland, on Sept 25.

Deputy chair of Turkey's AK Party resigns after trading allegation amid funds crisis

Turkey's Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya speaks during a news conference at Ataturk International airport in Istanbul, Turkey, March 12, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

British PM Burnham pledges to offer social care reform at next election

British PM Andy Burnham said he would not present his social care plans until the next national election, which is due by mid-2029.

Pope Leo urges Catholic Church to face failings ahead of meeting with French abuse survivors

Pope Leo blessing a child as he arrives for mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France on Sept 27.

British PM Burnham refuses to back Heathrow’s third runway project

Burnham’s refusal to immediately back the plan is the latest development in a long-running debate over a project that has divided politicians for two decades.

Men arrested in major incident at Britain’s Fairford airbase, used by US air forces

Police blocking a road near the US Fairford air base in south-west England on Sept 27.

Swiss vote on tightening neutrality rules, ending peacetime cooperation with NATO

Switzerland trains and conducts joint exercises with NATO, even though it is not a member of the security alliance.

Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland

People block the Garvaghy road, a Catholic enclave in the largely Protestant town of Portadown, on the day members of the Protestant Orange Order are expected to march through the area as they take part in the annual Drumcree parade, Northern Ireland, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

Pope prays at Lourdes shrine after huge Paris mass

Pope Leo XIV touches the rock at the Grotto of Massabielle, in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, during a prayer with worshippers on Sept 26.

Protesters camp in central Madrid after mass demonstration over 87-year-old woman’s eviction

Demonstrators hold a banner that reads: “Not one Maricarmen more”, during a Sept 26 protest in Madrid, Spain, over the forced eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the home she had lived in for decades. A real estate firm acquired the property and raised the rent by a reported 275 per cent.

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