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President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach on October 17, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Facing intense criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump said he had taken a “good decision” to exempt Russia from sweeping sanctions under a new law and asserted that many did not know what it…
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Saudi Arabia said on Saturday (October 17, 2026) that it had intercepted a fresh wave of incoming drones, as its ally Egypt weighed sending the kingdom help in defending against repeated attacks from Yemen’s Houthis. Riyadh leads a military coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government in its war with the Houthis, and a military spokesman…
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before boarding a plane en route to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, as he embarks on a trip to Uzbekistan and India, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on October 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump wants to take a 60-day period to…
File photo of Canada’s Defence Minister David McGuinty. | Photo Credit: AFP Canada’s Defence Minister said on Saturday (October 17, 2026) that people were killed and injured in an incident at a military base in Alberta that caused a major fire. “I’m saddened to share that there have been both fatalities and injuries as a…
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Cars were set on fire and shops were looted in Paris on Saturday (October 17, 2026) as police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent protesters who joined nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs and in support of high school students’ grievances. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez’s office reported “a growing number of violent…
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Authorities are searching for 11 people believed to be missing after a boat departing from Mexico capsized off the coast of Baja California. Sixteen Mexican nationals were already rescued on Friday (October 16, 2026), including one who was treated for shark bites. The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy are searching the waters using multiple aircraft…
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France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. File | Photo Credit: AFP French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot demanded on Saturday (October 17, 2026) that Israel crack down on “criminal violence” after a French mayor was beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Bernard Baudoux, mayor of the northern French town of Aulnoye-Aymeries, “was violently assaulted…
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Pakistani security forces on Saturday (October 17, 2026) killed several Afghan Taliban personnel in retaliatory action after alleged unprovoked firing along the border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to security officials. The firing was reported in the Taida sector, Upper Kurram and Ghuz Garhi areas, where the Afghan Taliban allegedly opened fire to facilitate the cross-border…
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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