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Saudi Arabia Vows a Serious Response After a Houthi Missile Killed 13 at Riyadh Airport as Trump Weighs Joining

A missile hit the passenger terminal on Saturday, a second projectile struck it on Sunday, and by Monday Riyadh was under fresh fire while Washington weighed entering a war it has so far watched.

Oct 13, 2026/2 min read

The curved canopy of a terminal building at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, photographed in 2025, a file photograph illustrative of the airport and not of the damage from Saturday's missile strike

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EU Sanctions Almost 1,600 Russian People and Firms in Its Biggest Single Listing Since the Invasion

Brussels targeted mid-level suppliers of drone and missile parts and 77 people tied to sham elections, a day after Trump announced an energy ceasefire that Kyiv says Moscow broke.

Oct 12, 2026/2 min read

Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, speaking at a podium at a UN Security Council press conference with EU member states' ministers, photographed on 23 September 2026, a file photograph and not from the sanctions announcement

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Raphael Glucksmann Wins the French Left's Primary in the First Round With 66 Per Cent

He beat Olivier Faure and Segolene Royal after a cyberattack extended voting, but only about 120,000 people took part, a small fraction of the electorates of earlier Socialist primaries.

Oct 11, 2026/2 min read

Raphael Glucksmann seated before wooden shelves, looking to one side, photographed in October 2017, a file photograph and not from the primary

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Delhi Locked Down and Protest Leaders Detained as Cockroach Janta Party Rallies Against the Election Chief

Police refused permission, shut metro stations and cut mobile internet in central Delhi, then held the youth movement's founder on arrival from Mumbai as it demanded an election commissioner's exit.

Oct 10, 2026/2 min read

Red sandstone observatory instruments of the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, with palm trees behind, photographed in July 2011, a file photograph of the site where the rally was planned and not of Saturday's lockdown or protest

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Navi Pillay, the South African Jurist Who Led the UN Gaza Inquiry, Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose an 85-year-old judge who defended Nelson Mandela and sat on the Rwanda genocide tribunal, and called the choice a message to those attacking the legal order.

Oct 9, 2026/3 min read

Navi Pillay speaking at a conference table in South Africa, photographed in August 2018, a file photograph and not from the Nobel announcement

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Trump Says the US Will Not Attack Iran Before the Midterms, While Tanker Attacks Cut Hormuz Traffic to a Two-Month Low

A Truth Social post promises a pause until 3 November, but the blockade stays, Tehran calls the talks pointless and tankers are being hit outside the strait. Brent held above $100.

Oct 9, 2026/3 min read

The deck of an oil tanker docked at the Al Basrah Oil Terminal taking on crude in the Persian Gulf, photographed in November 2005, a file photograph illustrative of Gulf tanker traffic and not of any vessel attacked this week

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Russian Strikes Killed 22 in Pryluky and at Least 30 on Two Buses in Kramatorsk Within Two Days

A cruise missile hit a block of flats in the north on Wednesday and a guided bomb struck two buses in the east on Thursday. Zelenskyy warns the attacks will grow as winter nears.

Oct 9, 2026/2 min read

The Mykolaiv Church and the Transfiguration Cathedral in the centre of Pryluky, Ukraine, photographed in July 2014, a file photograph of the town and not of the building struck on Wednesday

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A Year After the Gaza Ceasefire, More Than 100 Aid and Rights Groups Say It Exists in Name Only

On the eve of the anniversary, aid groups and the UN's relief chief describe a Gaza short of shelter, clean water and working hospitals, while Israel says it blocks items with military use.

Oct 9, 2026/2 min read

Damaged residential buildings in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City after an airstrike on 9 October 2023, a file photograph illustrative of the destruction the aid groups describe and not taken this week

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Bosnia Returns the Same Ethnic Parties as Turnout Falls to a Record Low and Dodik Claims a Victory From Off the Ballot

Preliminary results show Becirovic, Cvijanovic and a new Croat member taking the presidency, with fewer than 42 per cent of voters bothering to cast a ballot. Coalition talks could last for months.

Oct 6, 2026/2 min read

The parliament building in Sarajevo after its reconstruction, photographed on 31 July 2007, a file photograph and not from the election

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Hegseth Calls the Hormuz Blockade 'Ironclad' While Iran Says There Is No Military Solution

After a Camp David meeting, the Pentagon chief said Iran has 'literally gotten nothing through' the strait. Shipping data tell a messier story, and Tehran says talks should rest on lifting sanctions, not new pressure.

Oct 5, 2026/2 min read

Two United States aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf during a 2014 carrier relief, a file photograph illustrative of US naval power in the region and not of the current blockade

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The UAE Calls the Flydubai Cockpit Attack a Terrorist Act as Israel Reviews Foreign Crew Checks

Five days after a co-pilot stabbed his captain with a crash axe on a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight, the UAE's prosecutor general says it was an attempted terrorist act, and Israel's prime minister has ordered a review of security for foreign flights.

Oct 5, 2026/2 min read

The flight deck of a Boeing 737 on display in a museum, photographed in August 2008, illustrative of the type of cockpit involved and not the flydubai aircraft or its crew