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WorldIraq has closed the Sheeb border crossing with Iran until further notice, halting passengers, vehicles and commercial trucks while officials review security and install detection equipment.
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WorldBurkina Faso's parliament has voted unanimously to restore the Burkina Faso death penalty, bringing back capital punishment nearly a decade after the West African country abolished it. The country's Justice Ministry announced the decision on Tuesday, after the 71-member assembly adopted a revised penal code. FAKTA Burkina Faso's parliament voted unanimously to restore the death
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WorldUnited States special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St Petersburg on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a fresh American effort to find a diplomatic way out of the war in Ukraine. The Witkoff Putin talks put Washington's chief negotiator face to face with the Russian leader at a time when fighting
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WorldBangladesh is still waiting for an official response from Saudi Arabia after two of its nationals were executed in the kingdom on October 14 without advance notice to Dhaka. The case has put consular communication and the welfare of millions of Bangladeshi workers at the centre of the two countries' relationship. FAKTA Executions carried out:
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WorldChina said on Wednesday that its coast guard was “safeguarding order” around the Pratas atoll, the Taiwan-controlled island group at the northern end of the South China Sea, after Taipei reported two approaches by Chinese coast guard vessels since Sunday. The statement marks a fresh escalation in the contest over the remote atoll, which Taipei
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WorldRussian drones killed two people near Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, during overnight attacks, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Wednesday, 21 October. Eleven more people were treated for shock and stress reactions after drones struck private homes and damaged property nearby, he said on Telegram. The deaths came as Russian attacks also hit the capital,
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WorldNigeria confirmed its first Nigeria Ebola case on Tuesday after laboratory tests identified the virus in a woman in the capital, Abuja, who had recently travelled from Uganda. Health authorities have isolated the patient and launched contact tracing, making Nigeria the third African country this month to be drawn into the widening Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak.
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WorldUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Mumbai that a US India trade deal is "very, very close", with only a small number of items left to wrap up before an announcement and signing.
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WorldPortuguese police cleared tent camps set up by housing protesters in Lisbon and Porto before dawn on Tuesday, ending occupations that had lasted for days and making 55 arrests, as a wave of housing-related unrest continues to spread across Europe. The coordinated operations began shortly before 6 a.m. local time at Lisbon's Rossio Square and
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WorldRiyadh airport flights remain heavily disrupted despite the reopening of King Khalid International Airport, with most of the world's major airlines refusing to resume services to the Saudi capital and pushing return dates weeks or months into the future. The airport reopened on Sunday, October 18, after a series of attacks earlier in the month
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WorldBritain will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on defensive counter-air missions, expanding military support as Houthi missile and drone attacks intensify, London announced on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The UK Typhoon jets Saudi Arabia mission will focus on protecting Saudi cities and critical infrastructure from aerial attack, with officials stressing
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WorldMenaka, Mali — The Menaka attacks have killed at least 48 people in eastern Mali, where fighters from the regional Islamic State group struck at least five localities in the Menaka region over the weekend in what sources describe as apparent retaliation for abuses allegedly committed by pro-government forces. Provisional death tolls range from 48
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