Iran Says It Has Proof that Western States Were Involved in Protests

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
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Iran Says It Has Proof that Western States Were Involved in Protests

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran has proof that Western nations were involved in protests that have swept the country, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

The protests, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest for "inappropriate attire", pose one of the strongest challenges to the country's clerical establishment since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Reuters reported.

"We have specific information proving that the US, Western countries and some of the American allies have had a role in the protests," ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani added.



Two Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russian City

This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)
This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)
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Two Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russian City

This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)
This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)

Two people were killed and 13 others wounded as Ukraine unleashed a drone barrage on the Russian border city of Belgorod, Russian authorities said Sunday.

Over the past 24 hours, acting Belgorod regional governor Alexander Shuvaev said there had been 154 Ukrainian attacks across the region, with Belgorod city hit particularly hard overnight.

"Belgorod last night was subjected to a massive drone attack," Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov said on social media.

Two men were killed in the city of Belgorod, including one who died of his injuries in hospital, while 13 people there were injured, authorities said.

Demidov said he was visiting the affected sites and that there had been "significant damage" to residential properties and vehicles. "Social and commercial facilities" had also been damaged, he added.

He posted images from the city center, showing apartment buildings and vehicles in flames.

Shuvaev said Ukrainian attacks had also targeted other parts of the Belgorod region.

Two men had been killed in attacks in the Shebekinsky and Grayvoron districts, while another five were wounded across the region, including a 17-year-old, he said.

On the Ukrainian side, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian strikes killed four people on Saturday evening in the Dnipro region. Another 22 people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl, he said.

And early Sunday in Vinnytsia, in the center of the country, authorities said six people were wounded when a Russian drone struck a five-storey residential building, destroying four apartments.

"A private retirement home was also damaged," regional governor Natalia Zabolotna said on Telegram.

The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 153 drones from several southwestern regions overnight.

At least 119 of those drones had been "shot down or suppressed", it said.


Spanish Police Make 128 Overnight Arrests in Barcelona for ‘Looting’

People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
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Spanish Police Make 128 Overnight Arrests in Barcelona for ‘Looting’

People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)

Police made 128 arrests overnight in Barcelona for acts of "vandalism", damage to public property" and "looting", the regional Catalan police said on Sunday.

Seventy-three of those arrested were minors, with the reports due to be sent "to the juvenile prosecutor's office", Catalan police chief Silvia Cata told Spain's 3CatInfo media outlet.

Footage on social media showed groups of young people, many clad in all-black, attacking businesses in Barcelona after gathering in the city center for a rally that had not been declared to the authorities.

The scenes come at a time when countries across Europe have been grappling with unrest, with France, Italy and Albania all seeing protests give way to incidents of looting and violence.

Cata said that only two of the 128 people detained in Barcelona had prior criminal records, and said that a total of 15 officers had been injured during the night.

"This is gratuitous violence," the police chief said.

While the movement was "completely disorganized", the call to rally had spread "on social media", Cata added.

The police were attempting to "study the profile" of those in custody, she said.


22 Killed in Kenya Bus Crash Near the Site of a Previous Fatal Accident

 People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
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22 Killed in Kenya Bus Crash Near the Site of a Previous Fatal Accident

 People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)

A bus collided with a truck on Kenya's main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said.

The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.

Several others were injured in the Sunday morning crash and were receiving treatment, police said. The passengers were reportedly returning from a funeral when the accident occurred.

Makueni County Commissioner Abdullahi Khalif said that the death toll could rise.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain unclear. Speeding and poor road conditions have previously been cited as contributing factors in road accidents in Kenya.

Kenya’s National Transport and Safety Authority said the stretch of the highway where the crash occurred is a designated “accident black spot” and that recommendations had been made to address safety concerns.