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Russia detains minor over alleged Moscow attack plot after US warning
Russian authorities say a US tip-off helped them identify teenager suspected of planning attack at a Moscow park.
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Ukraine: Six-day localized ceasefire in Oleshky comes to end
A US-brokered ceasefire in Ukraine's southern Kherson region ended on Sunday night with no violations reported. But Russian drones and missiles hit other regions in Ukraine.
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Ukraine: Oleshky ceasefire ends, Russian attacks continue
A US-brokered ceasefire in Ukraine's southern Kherson region ended on Sunday night with no violations reported. But Russian drones and missiles hit other regions in Ukraine.
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Ukraine news: Oleshky ceasefire ends as Russian attacks leave tens of thousands without power
A US-brokered ceasefire in Ukraine's southern Kherson region ended on Sunday night with no violations reported. Elsewhere, however, Russia struck energy infrastructure in at least four other regions.
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Ukraine: Russian attacks leave tens of thousands without power
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia struck energy infrastructure in at least four regions overnight. Meanwhile, a Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire for the Kherson region is set to end on Sunday evening.
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YSRCP alleges poll irregularities, demands re-polling in affected municipal wards
A party delegation stages protest outside the office of the State Election Commission and submits a memorandum to the Election Commissioner
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Iran and US explore diplomacy amid rising threats of war
Iran says could reopen Hormuz in shorter period if conditions met, as Trump says US still has targets to 'take care of'.
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Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over ‘situation in the Middle East’
MotoGP says Yamaha's non-participation at the November 6–8 event in Lusail 'carries sporting implications'.
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US yet to decide on new Iran strikes, says Rubio
US President Donald Trump has not made a decision about fresh strikes on Iran amid stalled peace talks, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday. While he slammed Tehran for “actively and openly” targeting commercial vessels for attack, Rubio also expressed Trump’s preference for a diplomatic solution to end war with Iran.
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Russia opens terrorism case over Ukraine oil refinery attack
A facility which Ukraine named "one of Russia's largest" oil refineries reportedly sustained "significant damage" in the "massive drone attack".
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GMet warns of hotter, drier and dustier conditions as strong El Niño develops
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned that a very strong El Niño event developing in the Pacific Ocean is likely to influence Ghana’s weather conditions into the first half of 2027, with the potential for hotter temperatures, prolonged dry spells and increased dust levels. Warmer-than-average temperatures are also expected across most parts of Ghana, although cooler-than-average conditions are anticipated in the south-west and some parts of the Volta Region, particularly between Ho and Kete Krachi.
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Mediators continue US-Iran negotiations amid war rhetoric: What we know
Trump says latest talks 'going fine'; Iranian leaders say they favour diplomacy but are ready to respond to US attacks.
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Is China’s ‘dark tourism’ turning disaster education into entertainment?
China is seeing growing interest in ‘dark tourism’, where visitors flock to attractions that recreate natural disasters.
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President Mahama back home after Russia-Africa Summit
President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday, October 31, returned home after participating in the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow from October 28 to 29, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Mahama received two honorary doctorates from the Russian University of Transport and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, and welcomed RUDN’s proposal to establish a Russian-African studies programme.
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Israel’s war on homes: From Hebron to Gaza and southern Lebanon
From Hebron to Gaza to southern Lebanon, Israel is tearing down homes, and, with them, families' hopes of return.
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Gaza doctors struggle with bereavement, overwork, trauma amid genocidal war
Doctors and nurses struggle to cope with the horrors they endured during the height of the Gaza war.
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Bulgarians vote in highly polarized presidential runoff overshadowed by Ukraine war
Voters in Bulgaria are choosing between two candidates with vastly different views of the war in Ukraine and ties with Russia. The runoff comes after a record-low turnout in the first round.
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WARRI DELINEATION: UIY challenges INEC over disputed wards
Ugbarajo Itsekiri Youths, UIY, has demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, provide the legal and geographical basis for the Warri Federal Constituency units and ward delineation data it uploaded. The statement reads: “UIY expresses its strongest condemnation of the alleged irregularities surrounding the recent ward delineation data uploaded by INEC for Warri Federal Constituency, Delta State.
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Every squadron, air defence unit, air warrior must be ready to respond at moment’s notice: IAF Chief Dixit
Air Chief Marshal Dixit outlined his core focus areas under the acronym VAYU, defining his vision as Vigilance and operational readiness, Aatmanirbharta (self-reliance), Yukti (tactical innovation), and Unity of effort across the tri-services.
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‘What’s our crime?’: A Palestinian family’s fight to get care for son injured by Hamas rocket
Kinaan Dadou, 10, has been left disabled since 7 October 2023 as his parents struggle to find funding for specialist treatment It was 7.30am on 7 October 2023 when a Hamas rocket exploded next to 7-year-old Kinaan Dadou. The rocket was aimed at the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the occupied West Bank but missed its mark by a few hundred metres, landing in front of Kinaan’s family home instead.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns US, Israel Against New Attacks
Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday warned the United States and Israel against returning to war, according to a written statement, following threats from the Islamic republic’s foes of a possible resumption of strikes. Khamenei has not been publicly seen since he became supreme leader, following his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war in February.
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Iran’s supreme leader warns US, Israel against new attacks
Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday warned the United States and Israel against returning to war, according to a written statement, following threats from the Islamic republic’s foes of a possible resumption of strikes. Khamenei has not been publicly seen since he became supreme leader, following his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war in February.
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Iran’s army warns any new US attack would spread war wider
Iran’s army warned Saturday that any new US attack would only spread their war wider, following threats by America and Israel of further military action as they hold crucial elections. The Iranian warning comes with fresh diplomatic efforts underway to avert a resumption of fighting, with Qatari mediators in Tehran and US Vice President JD Vance reportedly sending a letter to Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei.
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Ukrainian evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky reunite with family
Starved and exhausted residents of Oleshky arrive in Ukraine after months of isolation, but some stay behind.