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UN chief, Pakistan’s Deputy PM hold talks; discuss regional and global issues

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This handout photograph taken on October 6, 2026 and released by Pakistans Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) shaking hands with Pakistans Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar upon his arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Photo: Handout / Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP Pakistan’s Deputy…

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Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi

October 6, 2026 admin

Health Minister Aden Duale said a Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday (October 3, 2026) from Congo, via Uganda, had been isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Kenya’s Health Ministry on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale…

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Bulgarian Prime Minister says two commercial vessels hit by drones in economic zone

October 6, 2026 admin

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev addresses the media following an incident in Bulgaria’s Black Sea economic zone where drones sank one ship and damaged another, in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two commercial vessels were hit Tuesday (October 6, 2026) by drones in the…

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France test-fires new nuclear-capable missile: Defence Ministry

October 6, 2026 admin

President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the test-firing of France’s M51.3 nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine. | Photo Credit: AFP France on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) test-fired for the first time its new M51.3 nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine, the Defence Ministry said. It was not carrying a warhead. The missile, a variant…

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View From India Newsletter From Iraq to Gaza: A Long Trail of Damage

October 6, 2026 admin

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) On September 30, 2026, more than 23 years after the invasion, U.S. troops finally left Iraq, amid another American war in the region. The basis for the United States’…

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Far-right election win leaves migrants questioning their future in eastern Germany

October 6, 2026 admin

Ever since the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a regional election last month, not a day goes by without Ola Akhras and her husband discussing whether they should go back to Syria. The couple live with their two young daughters in Magdeburg, where Saxony-Anhalt’s newly elected State legislature was set to meet…

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Israel puts military on alert for October 7 anniversary, warns Gazans

October 6, 2026 admin

Israelis stand on the sidewalk outside a police station where a memorial stands for victims of the October 7 attack by Hamas three years prior, in Sderot, southern Israel, on October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Defence Minister on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) said he had put the military on high alert before…

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Yemen’s Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites

October 6, 2026 admin

Iran-backed Houthis said on Monday (October 5, 2026) they had struck Riyadh’s international airport, an oil refinery and other sites in Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed Houthi targets on the Red Sea coast. Pakistan and Turkiye have pledged to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual…

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U.S. moves to strip 40 persons of American citizenship

October 6, 2026 admin

The 40 individuals facing denaturalisation actions in multiple U.S. courts have been accused of serious offences, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated sodomy against a man with special needs. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. launched the largest denaturalisation effort in modern history by moving…

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Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

October 6, 2026 admin

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage…

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