'Tonight, we all feel anger and shame,' said the French president in an address to the nation, adding that there must be a distinction between protesters with 'legitimate demands' and 'those who destroyed, smashed and looted.'
Ahead of Israel's upcoming October 27 parliamentary elections, several NGOs describe the methods settlers use to drive Palestinians from their land and the obstacles they place in the way of local olive harvests.
Israeli soldiers monitor Palestinians and activists harvesting olives in the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, in the occupied West Bank, on October 17, 2026.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for a security meeting Monday to address the violence, which recalled some scenes of chaos and looting in Paris.
The former commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East condemned the destruction of Gaza orchestrated by Israel and its 'ratification' by the international community. In his view, salvation for the Palestinians can only come through 'external pressure.'
Many Albanians said they were shocked by the conduct of law enforcement. At least 120 police officers and 32 protesters were injured over four days, according to official reports.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on X that 'a serious incident creating a major fire' had occurred at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright military base in western Alberta province.
Paramedics load an injured person into an ambulance at the Wainwright Health Center after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta, Oct. 17, 2026.
Saturday saw Israeli settlers attack a convoy of European diplomats in the West Bank town of Taybeh and beat up a visiting French mayor, witnesses said.
Vehicles drive at the site where Belgium's foreign minister says masked settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank attacked Palestinians, Catholic representatives and Western diplomats and officials, in Taybeh, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 17, 2026. in this screengrab from a video obtained from social media.
According Le Monde's information, a 13-year-old was charged as an accomplice to the attempted murders, as he had discussed attack plans with the school shooting's perpetrator since August. The attack was characteristic of the True Crime Community, a group that idolizes mass killers.
A sign reads, "We're not leaving you to face the unthinkable," in front of Joseph-Lakanal middle school, in the southern town of Aubagne, on October 15, 2026.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on X that 'a serious incident creating a major fire' had occurred at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright military base in western Alberta province.
Paramedics load an injured person into an ambulance at the Wainwright Health Center after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta, Oct. 17, 2026.
On Saturday, 800,000 people took to the streets according to organizers, while Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez put the number at 550,000. The same pattern played out in many cities: On one side, a crowd of peaceful protesters; on the other, independent groups determined to clash with the police.
Pope Leo XIV's discharge on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery, ended a stretch of uncertainty that shook the Vatican and the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, less than two years into the Chicago-born pope's papacy.
Pope Leo XIV, followed by surgeon Stefano Margaritora, leaves Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic on October 17, 2026, after Tuesday's surgery to remove lung cancer.
Heidi Levine had been covering Palestinians' annual harvest of olives, which has been repeatedly disrupted by Israeli settlers. Settlers beat her and stole her passport, telephone, wallet and equipment, according to witnesses. She was taken to the hospital with broken vertebrae, and is now in moderate condition.
Heidi Levine, a photojournalist with the "Washington Post," speaks to journalists at the hospital after sustaining multiple injuries during an attack by Israeli militant settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 16, 2026.
In eastern Afghanistan, a Pakistani airstrike killed a shepherd and five of his family members. Islamabad has sought to pressure the Afghan Taliban into acting against armed groups attacking Pakistan, but the bombings and diplomatic deadlock have raised fears of a protracted conflict.
Abdulraouf Shahed and his son visited the graves of their relatives, killed in a Pakistani airstrike on October 1, 2026, at the Pashad cemetery in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, on October 5, 2026.
The 39-year-old French-American Berkeley professor is campaigning to have voters approve, in a November 3 referendum, a measure that would temporarily impose a 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires living in the state. Some of his colleagues consider that his activism has begun to overshadow his scientific approach.
Pope Leo XIV's discharge on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery, ended a stretch of uncertainty that shook the Vatican and the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, less than two years into the Chicago-born pope's papacy.
Pope Leo XIV, followed by surgeon Stefano Margaritora, leaves Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic on October 17, 2026, after Tuesday's surgery to remove lung cancer.
Heidi Levine had been covering Palestinians' annual harvest of olives, which has been repeatedly disrupted by Israeli settlers. Settlers beat her and stole her passport, telephone, wallet and equipment, according to witnesses. She was taken to the hospital with broken vertebrae, and is now in moderate condition.
Heidi Levine, a photojournalist with the Washington Post, speaks to journalists at the hospital after sustaining multiple injuries during an attack by Israeli militant settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 16, 2026.
After failing to win any of their first three domestic league matches this season, Paris Saint-Germain is up to 14 points from seven games and is therefore top of the standings on goals scored from Monaco, before the team visits Lorient on Sunday.
Paris Saint-Germain's forward #10 Ousmane Dembélé after scoring his team's second goal during the French L1 football match against RC Strasbourg Alsace at the Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 17, 2026.
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