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A 2,500-year-old golden helmet and two golden bracelets, stolen by an armed gang last year from the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, have been recovered. These artifacts date back to the Dacian era (around 450 BC) and were on loan from Romania's National History Museum. Following the theft, they are now displayed in the museum behind a glass case, guarded by armed police, though a third bracelet remains missing.

More than 1,800 civilians have been killed in Burkina Faso since the military government seized power, according to a new report. Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that at least 1,837 civilians, including dozens of children, were killed in 57 incidents between January 2023 and August 2025.

Emails released by the US Department of Justice reveal that British politician and peer Peter Mandelson attempted to help convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein arrange a visit for his 15-year-old "goddaughter" to 10 Downing Street and the House of Lords. In 2009, while Epstein was serving an 18-month prison sentence in Florida for procuring a minor for prostitution, Mandelson was serving as business secretary in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government and sitting on the House of Lords frontbench.

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that the country intends to persist in nudging the United States and Iran towards negotiations aimed at ending their war, though it acknowledges significant "obstacles" in these efforts. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, during a weekly media briefing in Islamabad, did not specify the nature of these roadblocks, but his comments came just hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran "back to the Stone Ages" if it did not accept Washington's terms for a peace deal—a move that underscores the volatile backdrop against which Pakistan's diplomatic push is unfolding.

Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is in imminent danger after suffering a suspected heart attack in prison. Her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, based in Norway, told the BBC that the 53-year-old was found unconscious in her bed at Zanjan Prison last week by fellow inmates.

A US government panel, the Endangered Species Committee, convened for the first time in over three decades on Tuesday and unanimously voted to exempt oil and gas drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision came at the request of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who claimed that environmental lawsuits threatened to undermine the nation's energy supply. The committee, nicknamed the "God squad" by critics for its power to decide a species' fate, is chaired by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and includes several Trump administration officials.

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has issued a stark warning to Italy, stating that the country risks being stripped of its right to co-host Euro 2032 with Türkiye due to the poor condition of its football stadiums, which he described as "some of the worst in Europe". In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Čeferin asserted, "Euro 2032 is scheduled and will take place, of that there is no doubt. I just hope that the infrastructure [in Italy] will be ready. If that’s not the case, the tournament will not be held in Italy."

The US Supreme Court has shown significant skepticism toward former President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary visitors. During oral arguments, a majority of justices, including key swing vote Chief Justice John Roberts, questioned the legal basis and scope of the order, with Roberts stating, “I’m not quite sure how you can get to that big group,” highlighting doubts about Trump’s authority to exclude such a broad category from citizenship.

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has detailed extensive violence against civilians in Burkina Faso since the military government seized power. According to the findings, at least 1,837 civilians, including dozens of children, were killed in 57 incidents between January 2023 and August 2025, with acts amounting to "war crimes and crimes against humanity."

Israeli lawmakers voted early Monday from a fortified bunker to pass the largest budget in the nation's history, totaling $271 billion. Analysts say one of the main aims of this spending bill is a massive financial injection into extreme right-wing projects that will fundamentally alter the occupied West Bank, prioritizing settlement expansion over diplomatic solutions.

The wreck of the iconic Danish warship Dannebroge, sunk in 1801 by the British Royal Navy under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson, has been discovered at the bottom of Copenhagen Harbor after lying undiscovered for over two centuries. The find includes remarkable artifacts such as two cannons, naval insignia, sailors' uniforms and shoes, glass bottles, and even part of a human jaw, likely from one of the 19 unaccounted-for Danish crew members.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has reportedly made a confidential filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO), marking a significant step toward becoming a publicly traded company. According to reports from Bloomberg, Reuters, and the New York Times, SpaceX aims to officially go public sometime in June.