International news from Thursday, August 27th, 2026

Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for his role in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia has died, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Indonesia stepped up security around parliament in the capital Jakarta and in other major cities on Thursday as demonstrators gathered for rallies, a year after a wave of violent anti-government protests erupted across the country.

A car deliberately rammed into a group of pedestrians who were standing in front of the train station of Caen, in northern France, on Wednesday evening killing one and injuring 10, local authorities said.

A US Air Force judge on Wednesday has ordered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused organiser of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and three co-defendants to go on trial before a military tribunal in June 2028.

The Brazilian government said on Wednesday it has sued chat platform Discord, seeking 500 million reais ($97 million) through a civil collective moral damages lawsuit as it accuses the firm of failing to comply with laws protecting children and teens.

Rescuers searched for survivors in the debris-strewn valleys and hillsides of Nepal on Thursday while more than 1,000 people remained missing there and in neighbouring China after a wall of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering a catastrophic flash flood.

Twelve people have been killed in wildfires that swept through several Algerian provinces, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said late on Wednesday, amid a severe heatwave gripping North Africa.