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

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

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 

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

(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

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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Separatists win Quebec election in test for Canada PM

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Separatists win Quebec election in test for Canada PM

Parti Quebecois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon reacts to the results of the provincial elections, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Separatists won provincial elections in Quebec on Monday (October 5, 2026), with a promise to hold a vote on leaving Canada after U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office,…

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UN chief calls for Gaza ceasefire ahead of October 7 anniversary

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UN chief calls for Gaza ceasefire ahead of October 7 anniversary

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday (October 5, 2026) called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. “It is time for the ceasefire to become permanent. It is time to…

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U.S. envoy holds rare meeting with Sudan’s top general in push to seek end to fighting

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U.S. envoy holds rare meeting with Sudan’s top general in push to seek end to fighting

White House senior adviser Massad Boulos. File. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. envoy met over the weekend with Sudan’s top general as the Trump administration pushes for diplomatic efforts to end a war that has created what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab…

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