Month: October 2026

World Food Programme says ending aid for half million in Gaza due to funding shortfall

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World Food Programme says ending aid for half million in Gaza due to funding shortfall

A Palestinian child receives donated food at a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The UN’s World Food Programme said on Monday (October 19, 2026) it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, while warning that needs remained…

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Government asks Meta to ensure its recommendation systems do not expose users to limited set of narratives

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Government asks Meta to ensure its recommendation systems do not expose users to limited set of narratives

The government has asked Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, to ensure that its recommendation systems do not result in “disproportionate exposure of users to a single or limited set of narratives,” and to step up checks on content that could cause public disorder or incite violence or other unlawful activity. The advisory by the…

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Tension in Kuppam as police resort to lathi-charge during nominations scrutiny

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Tension in Kuppam as police resort to lathi-charge during nominations scrutiny

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tension gripped Kuppam on Monday (October 19, 2026) as Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) cadres stormed the nomination scrutiny zone for urban local body elections, triggering an altercation and forcing police to resort to a lathi-charge to disperse the gathering….

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Tiger Shroff firing incident: Assailants, their handlers won’t be spared, says CM Fadnavis

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Tiger Shroff firing incident: Assailants, their handlers won’t be spared, says CM Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured that the suspects will be arrested soon. | Photo Credit: ANI Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday (October 19, 2026) said that the police have identified suspects in the firing on actor Tiger Shroff’s car. Mr. Fadnavis assured that the suspects would be arrested soon. Three unidentified men…

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Premier League: Arsenal edge Forest with late goal, Man United held by Leeds

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Premier League: Arsenal edge Forest with late goal, Man United held by Leeds

Champions Arsenal needed a late goal from Noni Madueke, their only shot on target, to scrape ‌a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday (October 18, 2026) and remain three points behind Premier League leaders ​Manchester City. Brighton & Hove Albion’s Diego Gomez struck a sensational goal from inside his own half in a ⁠5-0…

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At 17.1 degree Celsius, Delhi records this month’s coldest night so far

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At 17.1 degree Celsius, Delhi records this month’s coldest night so far

Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 118, in the ‘satisfactory’ category, at 8 a.m.. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Delhi recorded its coldest night so far this month on Sunday (October 18, 2026), with the minimum temperature settling at 17.1 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees below the season’s normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…

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Israel Police arrest eight suspects over settler attacks on diplomats, U.S. photojournalist in West Bank

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Israel Police arrest eight suspects over settler attacks on diplomats, U.S. photojournalist in West Bank

The arrests were made under an operation dubbed “Olive Leaf,” launched at dawn in coordination with Israel’s Shin Bet security agency and with an escort from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), police said. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli police have arrested eight suspects in connection with weekend attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians, European diplomats…

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Rubio says no pause in U.S. intel sharing with Ukraine

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Rubio says no pause in U.S. intel sharing with Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Photo Credit: Reuters via AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday (October 19, 2026) that there had been any suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine and called on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “focus” on ending the war with Russia….

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Pakistan Army officer killed in IED blast

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Pakistan Army officer killed in IED blast

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: AP “A Pakistan Army officer has been killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a security operation in the country’s Balochistan province,” authorities said on Monday (October 19, 2026). Security forces conducted a series of operations in the Shadi Kaur area in Gwadar…

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