World in brief: September 30, 2026

Middle East / 29 September 2026 Mediators work to broker new Iran-US peace deal 29 September 2026 Southeast Asia / 29 September 2026 Malaysia begins Myanmar repatriations despite safety warnings 29 September 2026 Europe / 29 September 2026 Three Egyptian security officials convicted of kidnapping Italian student 29 September 2026 Latin America / 29 September 2026 Argentina's Milei threatens Britain with legal action over Falkland's oilfields 29 September 2026 Latin America / 29 September 2026 Colombia slaps lengthy prison sentences on rebels for recruiting children 29 September 2026 Round-up / 29 September 2026 World in brief: September 29, 2026 29 September 2026 GAZA: At least seven Palestinians, including a journalist, were killed and more than 10 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza City today, as Israel continues to violate a near year-old ceasefire. 

Hamas said the continuing escalation shows Israel is reneging on its obligations and called on mediators to move from monitoring violations to taking practical steps. 

The group warned the assassinations and bombardment are a “very dangerous development” that undermines the agreement’s implementation.

CUBA: The US Treasury Department has said it will tighten sanctions against Cuba, with new measures targeting travel and financial transactions, including more permits for business conferences and cultural exchanges. 

The move rolls back Biden-era measures that partially opened the US banking system to Cuban private businesses. 

Relations have deteriorated under Donald Trump, with a 2026 oil embargo contributing to a deep economic crisis on the island.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS: The Right Livelihood Award was awarded today to two women and two women-led organisations challenging authoritarian rule, violence against women and the harms of artificial intelligence. 

A Pakistani lawyer, an Ethiopian-born AI researcher, a Georgian legal rights group and a network of women farmers in Southern Africa received the prize.

The Stockholm-based foundation honoured their “resistance to systems that push people to the margins” and insistence on putting people back at the centre.

FAR RIGHT: A Hungarian appeals court today reduced the sentence of a German anti-fascist activist from eight to seven years for assaults on far-right rally participants in Budapest in February 2023. 

The defendant, identified only as Maja T, was found to be an accomplice rather than a perpetrator and not a member of a criminal organisation. 

The prosecution had sought 14 years, and the defence sought acquittal, with Maja T’s father condemning the sentence as “an extremely long time.”