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Italian Chinook Crashes in Bosnia, Killing Four on an EU Peacekeeping Training Flight

Two soldiers and two Red Cross volunteers died when the CH-47 went down near Brcko with 15 aboard. The cause is under investigation and the injured are reported stable.

Oct 30, 2026/2 min read

A dark grey Italian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter of the 1st Army Aviation Regiment Antares hovering over scrubby hillside while personnel descend ropes, photographed on 21 May 2021 during exercise CAEX 1, a file photograph of this helicopter type in Italian service and not of the crash site or of the aircraft involved

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Israel's Final Count Leaves Netanyahu at 53 Seats as Ultra-Orthodox Weigh Backing Eisenkot

The Central Elections Committee has published the official tally: no bloc near 61, record Arab representation, and a Haredi party quietly asking whether its alliance with Netanyahu is over.

Oct 30, 2026/3 min read

The sand-coloured Knesset building in Jerusalem seen from a street junction with traffic lights, trees and a taxi in the foreground, photographed on 22 November 2007, a file photograph of Israel's parliament building and not of this week's count or talks

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A Russian Jet Drone Kills 14 on a Dnipro Station Platform as Russia Reports 613 Drones Toward Moscow

Officials say an air alert was active when the drone struck a platform beside a Zaporizhzhia-bound commuter train. Zelenskyy tied the attack to eased sanctions and asked for tougher ones.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

Covered platforms and blue passenger carriages beneath the main building of Dnipro railway station in Ukraine, photographed on 14 May 2021, a file photograph of the station and not of Thursday's strike or its victims

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Judge Rejects Justice Department Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots Six Days Before the Midterms

A federal judge in Los Angeles said the request cut against state control of elections and could wreak havoc on a vote already under way. The Justice Department is appealing.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

A page of a Los Angeles County mail ballot for California's Proposition 50 special election showing the voting instructions and the final measure, dated 3 October 2025, a file image of a California ballot and not of any ballot in the Justice Department's list

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Israel's Count Nears 90 Percent With No Bloc at 61 as Likud Alleges Arab Parties Stole the Vote

With about 500,000 soldiers' and diplomats' ballots still to count, Netanyahu's side sits near 53, the Eisenkot-led opposition near 48, and Arab parties at a record 19.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

A blue box of white Hebrew-lettered party ballot papers at a polling station in the HaBiluyim School in Ramat Gan, Israel, photographed on 17 September 2019, a file photograph of ballot papers from the September 2019 Knesset election and not of this week's vote

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Human Rights Watch Says the Houthi Siege of Taizz May Amount to the War Crime of Starvation

The rights group says Houthi forces encircled Yemen's third-largest city this month, and cites UN figures on empty flour stocks, a failing health system and halved water production.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

A hazy view over the crowded rooftops, minarets and hillside of the city of Taizz in Yemen under a pale sky, photographed on 18 August 2013, a file photograph of the city and not of the current siege or of any person affected

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Iraq's Prime Minister Visits Damascus to Discuss Sending 2 Million Barrels a Day of Oil Through Syria

Ali al-Zaidi met Ahmed al-Sharaa in the first such visit since Assad fell, with the Baniyas pipeline on the table as Hormuz stays disrupted. No deal, timetable or financing was announced.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

An astronaut's view from the International Space Station of Damascus and the hills and river valley around the Presidential Palace area, photographed on 2 September 2006, a file photograph of the Syrian capital and not of this week's meeting

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Flavio Bolsonaro Lands in Miami With a US Visa Days After Losing Brazil's Runoff to Lula

The defeated candidate left Brazil through Argentina and Ecuador despite a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports, and says he will lead the opposition from the United States.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro standing in a dark suit and yellow-striped tie beside a smiling Donald Trump seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, photographed on 26 May 2026, a file photograph of Bolsonaro and not of his arrival in Miami

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Spain's Toledo Train Crash Kills at Least 68 After a Control Centre Restarted a Train Despite a Stop Signal

A Renfe express ran into the back of a stopped Iryo train south of Madrid, and the transport minister says the order to move came from the control centre, not the driver.

Oct 29, 2026/2 min read

A white and grey Renfe S-100 AVE high-speed train curving along an embankment above olive groves beside a tunnel mouth on the Madrid to Seville line near Adamuz, photographed on 14 January 2017, a file photograph of a Renfe express on this corridor and not of the crash or of either train involved

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One Week Before the Midterms, 34 Million Have Already Voted and a Marist Poll Has Democrats Up 8

Early voting is running at or above the 2018 record pace, Democrats lead among early voters in states that record party, and Republicans are counting on those who have yet to cast a ballot.

Oct 28, 2026/2 min read

A row of red, white and blue 'I Voted' stickers stuck along the edge of a polling machine, photographed on 7 April 2015 in Columbia, Missouri, a file photograph illustrative of voting in the United States and not of this year's early vote

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Israel's Vote Count Leaves Netanyahu's Bloc Short of 61 as Eisenkot Urges Him to Concede

With 84 percent counted, no camp has a majority in the Knesset, turnout is the highest since 1999, and the slow tally of soldiers' and special ballots could still move the final seats.

Oct 28, 2026/3 min read

The long, pale-stoned Knesset building in Jerusalem behind a fence and a road under a bright blue sky, photographed on 5 July 2018, a file photograph of the parliament building and not of this week's count