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Iran shuts language centre linked to French embassy

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Iran shuts language centre linked to French embassy

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Iranian authorities on Sunday (September 20, 2026) announced the closure of a French language centre associated with the embassy, accusing it of having undertaken “illegal activities”, drawing a sharp response from Paris. “Based on the Tehran prosecutor’s office, the illegal centre affiliated with the…

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Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan’s sister detained by authorities

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Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan’s sister detained by authorities

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani authorities on Sunday (September 20, 2026) detained Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ahead of a planned protest by his party next week. Ms. Aleema was detained in Lahore and transferred to Kot Lakhpat jail, according to sources….

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Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, cap foreign students in classrooms

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Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, cap foreign students in classrooms

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends the Fdl youth festival at Fenix in Rome on September 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing…

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Trump to use Washington arch as military complex for drones and snipers

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Trump to use Washington arch as military complex for drones and snipers

Vehicles drive past along the Memorial Bridge near Memorial Circle in Arlington, Virginia, the proposed site for U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Triumphal Arch”, seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) the triumphal arch ​he plans to build near Arlington…

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New party emerges as a frontrunner as Israel goes to polls amid Netanyahu’s waning appeal

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New party emerges as a frontrunner as Israel goes to polls amid Netanyahu’s waning appeal

As Israel gears up for its parliamentary elections on October 27, a one-year-old party has emerged as a significant contender. The Yashar (Hebrew for ‘straight’) party has garnered widespread support as per the opinion polls reported by Israeli media outlets, some of which place the party ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. In…

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Senior Taiwan official makes rare trip to China

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Senior Taiwan official makes rare trip to China

Taiwan’s labour minister travelled to China for an APEC ministerial meeting on Sunday (September 20, 2026), the first such trip by a senior Taiwanese government official since President Lai Ching-te took office two years ago. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to take the self-ruled island by force if necessary….

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Pakistani forces kill 5 militants and free 23 hostages in operation in the southwest

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Pakistani forces kill 5 militants and free 23 hostages in operation in the southwest

Pakistani security forces killed five militants in an intense shootout and freed 23 hostages in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Sunday (September 20, 2026). It was unclear exactly when the abduction took place. The militants had established an illegal checkpoint near Kalat in Balochistan province overnight into Saturday (September 19, 2026), stopping vehicles…

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Trump claims Houthis agree not to fight U.S., as attacks mount on Saudi allies

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Trump claims Houthis agree not to fight U.S., as attacks mount on Saudi allies

Fox News reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is in “deciding mode” on Iran. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) that Yemen’s Houthis have agreed not to attack the United States, despite the Iran-allied group stepping up its war against U.S. ally Saudi Arabia,Fox News reported. The…

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Russia reports mass cyberattacks targeting elections

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Russia reports mass cyberattacks targeting elections

Voting is currently under way in Russia to determine all 450 seats in the lower house, the State Duma. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s electoral chief said Sunday (September 20, 2026) that there had been over 1,000 waves of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting Russian election infrastructure in recent days. Ella Pamfilova, chair of Russia’s…

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