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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday (October 5, 2026) that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward. In a post on his social media site, Mr. Trump…
Pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighters fire their weapons during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026. Photo: Southern Giants Brigades/Handout via Reuters Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around…
The three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in August, under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on Monday (October 5, 2026) to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the “rapid deployment”…
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A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday (October 5, 2026) in the latest round of French high school protests that have erupted into clashes with police, with more than 200 students injured in the violence. France has been shaken by a wave of demonstrations by teenage students at high schools, or lycees, since late September…
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Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university’s response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school’s main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight. At a demonstration that overflowed the large space in front of the school’s student centre, students, faculty members and others wore purple…
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A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, near the Suwalki Gap. The Suwalki Gap is a 104-kilometre stretch that forms the only land corridor connecting the Baltic states with the rest of NATO, while separating Belarus from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. | Photo Credit: AFP On October 1, Russian…
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A measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, after 108 cases were reported in the state this year. Since July 15,…
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Since they took back control of the country, the Taliban have barred women from jobs, most public spaces and education beyond sixth grade. File. | Photo Credit: AP The International Criminal Court on Monday (October 5, 2026) unsealed arrest warrants against four senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender persecution…
Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region overnight into Monday (October 5, 2026), aid sources said, in clashes between federal government and rebel forces that have raised fears of wider fighting. Air attacks killed at least 17 people northwest of Tigray’s capital Mekelle — which federal government forces took over the weekend —…
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The fire-damaged “Royad Mammadov” ship in the Black Sea after a fire aboard the vessel outside Romania’s territorial waters left two people dead and prompted a rescue operation in which others were rescued, in this handout image released on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Romanian Interior Ministry via Reuters Two crew died and 11…
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