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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. File | Photo Credit: AP A first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States under a new import agreement has set sail, the Kremlin said Friday (October 23, 2026), two weeks after President Donald Trump said he struck a deal with President Vladimir Putin despite Moscow’s invasion of…
U.S. first lady Melania Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. first lady Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, which will begin on October 29, the White House said on Friday (October 23, 2026). Residents of the southern Ukrainian town, occupied by Russian forces since…
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Medical supplies donated by Indians have been dispatched to the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran this year. Credit: X/@Iran_in_India video screengrab India on Friday (October 23, 2026) said it continues to facilitate transport of life-saving medicines to Iran, amid reports that Iranian aircraft were denied permission to use Indian airspace. External…
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The site of a building collapse in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya on October 23, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters A multi-storey building collapsed mid-construction in the Kenyan capital on Friday (October 23, 2026), the Red Cross said, with reports from local media of casualties and looting at the site. Videos spreading online showed a dramatic crash…
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Representative iamge. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded 10 more in an attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday (October 23, 2026), authorities said. Two assailants stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate before opening fire, the…
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Police officers stand in front of a fire in a street as clashes erupted at Place de la Republique following an unauthorised demonstration, central Paris, on October 18, 2026 | Photo Credit: AFP Some 70,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed across France on Saturday (October 24, 2026), while the Louvre and several other major…
Romanian rescue ships near the capsized Comoros-flagged oil cargo carrier Khoryv in the black sea, the Romanian Naval Authority said on Friday, October 23, it was conducting a search and rescue mission to save the crew of a cargo ship on the Black Sea, close to its territorial waters in this screengrab obtained from a…
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French police work at the scene after a drive-by shooting that killed one person and injured several others in Trappes, in the Yvelines department, near Paris, France, on October 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters “One person was killed and four others were seriously wounded when gunshots were fired from a vehicle in a Parisian…
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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters French and British air forces have for the first time staged a joint exercise simulating a nuclear strike, the countries’ Defence Ministries said in a statement on Friday (October 23, 2026). Thousands gather in Paris after court lifts protest ban despite fears of new violence “The exercise,…
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Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis in an attack on Friday (October 23, 2026) before being killed in a shootout with soldiers, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order a lockdown in the occupied West Bank days before Israeli elections. Mr. Netanyahu, facing a tight race for a new term in Tuesday’s (October 27) vote, said…
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