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Gunmen kill at least 40 civilians in Mali: security and community sources

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Gunmen kill at least 40 civilians in Mali: security and community sources

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto More than 40 civilians have been killed in weekend attacks by armed men on camps in Mali’s northeastern Menaka region, security and community sources told AFP on Monday (October 19, 2026). The assailants reportedly rode in on motorcycles, targeting camps mainly housing members of…

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Allahabad High Court stays conviction of murder convict who wishes to contest 2027 U.P. polls

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Allahabad High Court stays conviction of murder convict who wishes to contest 2027 U.P. polls

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Allahabad High Court has stayed the conviction and sentence of a man convicted in a 2017 murder case after noting that he wished to contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election either as an independent candidate or, if possible, on a BJP ticket….

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Saudi envoy meets Pakistan Army chief, discusses regional security dynamics

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Saudi envoy meets Pakistan Army chief, discusses regional security dynamics

Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed envoy to Pakistan, Rajeh Tami Albugamy, met Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday (October 19, 2026) and discussed matters of mutual interest and regional security dynamics, the army said. During the meeting at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, both sides expressed satisfaction over the progress made under the framework of…

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Gold mine collapse kills at least six in southwest Colombia

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Gold mine collapse kills at least six in southwest Colombia

At least six miners were killed Monday (October 20, 2026) when an open-pit gold mine collapsed in a remote corner of Colombia’s Nariño Province, authorities said. Jorge Tovar Castillo, a disaster response official in Nariño, said that an additional 12 to 15 miners have been reported as missing following the accident in the municipality of…

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Jio Platforms’ anchor book draws record ₹2.5 lakh crore in bids ahead of IPO

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Jio Platforms’ anchor book draws record ₹2.5 lakh crore in bids ahead of IPO

Platforms allotted shares worth ₹8,109.85 crore to 212 anchor investors at the top end of its price band, after institutional demand for the offering exceeded ₹2.5 lakh crore, more than 30 times the amount available in the anchor book, according to a stock exchange filing and people familiar with the matter. The allotment of 7.24…

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Jaishankar welcomes UAE’s Foreign Minister Al Nahyan in Mumbai

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Jaishankar welcomes UAE’s Foreign Minister Al Nahyan in Mumbai

Finance Minister S. Jaishankar with the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Mumbai on October 19, 2026. Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar expressed his delight in welcoming UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Mumbai airport on…

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West Bank on verge of ‘explosion’: senior Palestinian official

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West Bank on verge of ‘explosion’: senior Palestinian official

A Palestinian man speaks with Israeli forces as they detain another Palestinian man during the olive harvest at Palestinian-owned olive groves in Deir Abu Mashal, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli settler attacks risk setting off an “explosion” in the occupied West Bank, a senior Palestinian…

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Sudan drone attacks kill three children in Khartoum, dozens of civilians in Kordofan

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Sudan drone attacks kill three children in Khartoum, dozens of civilians in Kordofan

A rare drone attack on Sudan’s capital killed three children Monday (October 19, 2026), a rights group said, as both sides in the country’s war step up airstrikes that have killed dozens of civilians in the Kordofan region in recent days. Also Read: More than 300 children killed or injured in Sudan war in 6…

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UEFA gives FIFA November 2 deadline to release Infantino World Cup plan documents

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UEFA gives FIFA November 2 deadline to release Infantino World Cup plan documents

FIFA President Gianni Infantino. File | Photo Credit: Reuters UEFA has given FIFA a November 2 deadline to release documents relating to Gianni Infantino’s aborted attempts at a secretive investment plan for the World Cup and other governance issues. The latest move in a power struggle between the two governing bodies came in the week…

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Naveen Patnaik questions Odisha government’s ‘silence’ on Andhra’s poll notification for disputed Kotia villages

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Naveen Patnaik questions Odisha government’s ‘silence’ on Andhra’s poll notification for disputed Kotia villages

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik addresses a protest. File | Photo Credit: ANI BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Monday (October 19, 2026) demanded to know whether the BJP’s “dependence” on NDA ally TDP was the reason for the state government’s “silence” on Andhra Pradesh issuing a notification for…

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