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Colombia's EMC guerrilla group claimed on August 30 to have captured a Colombian soldier of the French Foreign Legion, taken hostage on August 6 in Nariño department.
The US Treasury has denied press accreditation to journalists from several major American outlets, including the New York Times and Bloomberg, for the G20 Finance summit in Asheville, North Carolina. The media organizations call it an attack on press freedom.
A passenger ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight people and leaving 18 missing. The boat was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew when it took on water after leaving Kyrenia.
Han Hak-ja, 83, leader of the Unification Church, was sentenced to two years in prison for bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury goods and other political funding offences.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Sunday he wants to reinstate the death penalty for arsonists, following deadly wildfires that ravaged the east and north of the country. Algeria has observed a moratorium on capital punishment since 1993.
England clinched a Test cricket series victory over Pakistan with a 194-run win at Lord's, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead. Pakistan were dismissed for 194 chasing 389, with Ollie Robinson taking 4-24. Saud Shakeel scored 97 for Pakistan.
CISA published an advisory for a medium-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation OTTO Fleet Manager (CVE-2026-75112) due to insufficient bcrypt work factor, potentially enabling offline brute-force attacks on password hashes. Fixed in version 2.36.3.
The U.S. SEC proposed amendments to Rule 3a12-8 to designate European Union debt obligations as exempted securities for futures trading, placing such futures under CFTC jurisdiction.