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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday (October 17, 2026) that he feared the United States would lift more sanctions on Russia and and that President Donald Trump’s action only “rewards” Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Mr. Trump heightened a battle with Mr. Zelenskyy on Friday (October 16, 2026) when he signed an executive order that waived…
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Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Saturday (October 17, 2026), Belgium’s Foreign Minister said, on a second straight day of high-profile assaults on Palestinians and others during the sensitive olive harvest. At least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured since…
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File image of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s opposition leader and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has warned against the growing concentration of political and institutional power in the military establishment, saying an imbalance among state institutions could threaten the country’s stability. Addressing a public gathering in Punjab’s…
While the first (and last!) press briefing of Katie Zacharia on October 13 will go down in history as the reason for someone holding the shortest stint ever as White House Press Secretary, another reason why it was memorable was that it announced to the world that the Trump administration had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the…
People supporting and opposing the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Cockroach Janta Party gather at Parliament Square, in London on October 17, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI Hundreds gathered at Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Parliament Square in London on Saturday (October 17, 2026) for a protest organised by the Opposition Congress and UK-based…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had received an invitation from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit Japan for four days. | Photo Credit: AP Ahead of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s expected month-end Japan visit, diplomatic sources in Tokyo have told The Hindu that they are planning to create an ‘industrial value chain’ that will connect…
A view of the Comoros-flagged chemical and oil tanker Yara J. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A chemical tanker carrying nine Indian seafarers, which was hit by a drone at an anchorage off Romania earlier this week, has reached the Port of Constanta, with all crew members safe, the Indian mission in Bucharest said on…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday (October 17, 2026) that Tehran supports a “political process” to resolve the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Houthis have repeatedly attacked Saudi targets including energy facilities and Riyadh’s international airport, where 13 people were…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday (October 17, 2026) said an oil tanker was on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine in the waterway at the heart of the West Asia war. Tehran seized control over Hormuz after the start of the…
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Sri Lanka suffered an islandwide power outage from around noon on Saturday (October 17, 2026), with the blackout continuing for more than three hours, power officials said. Water supplies, internet services and mobile connectivity were affected as authorities worked to restore electricity across the island in stages. The outage disrupted essential services, with the water…