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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to call for the nations of the West to return to their civilisational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In Athens to discuss deepening economic, energy and security cooperation with Greece, Mr. Rubio will deliver…
A fire on a vessel believed to be an oil tanker at the Russian city of Sochi on the Black Sea, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on October 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: -UGC A Liberia-flagged vessel carrying oil, with a crew of 23 Indian nationals, came under attack by drone boats off Russia’s…
Sri Lankan former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, waves as he walks with his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s anti-graft authority arrested former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) over allegations that her charity misused donations collected for a children’s hospital. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government has revived long-dormant…
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Israeli soldiers attend a memorial service marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, southern Israel, where female observer soldiers were killed, on October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israelis will on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) mark three years since Hamas attacked Israel on…
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Fire and smoke rise in the city during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) its forces had carried out a “massive strike” on military-industrial facilities in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions,…
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An artificial intelligence research firm said last week that AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent hacking incidents against banks and called for the country to…
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People put on masks at the entrance of The Nairobi Hospital where Kenya’s first Ebola virus patient was treated and died. | Photo Credit: AP On Tuesday (October 6, 2026), Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case after a Kenyan national who had returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died in Nairobi. According…
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The last two days have been extremely eventful for Spain, the European nation that has been rocked by mass movements demanding a solution to a housing crisis. What began as a response to the eviction of a senior citizen in Madrid snowballed into protests across the country, forcing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to first put…
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) that nobody knew who was running Iran during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in its eighth month. “Their leaders are gone, their second group of leaders is gone, and the biggest problem I have is nobody…
U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy U.S. demands and end the countries’ seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negotiations. Mr. Vance, a longtime skeptic of U.S. involvement in foreign wars,…
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