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With 15 days until the November 3 vote, Donald Trumps rally on the outskirts of Wichita aims to shore up Senator Roger Marshall, who is locked in a dead heat with a Methodist megachurch pastor

The African Growth and Opportunity Act, which grants eligible sub-Saharan African countries preferential access to the U.S. market, has been renewed until the end of 2028

So whatever support is needed to do that is being provided and will be provided, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in an interview with a digital Arabic-language newspaper

Home Ministry officials met her on October 19, 2026 to deliver a package of two books about soil, one sealed envelope and a sealed diplomatic communication sent by King Charles III of the United Kingdom to the special female detainee

When China Merchants pledged the investment in 2023, it was touted as the first major Foreign Direct Investment to enter Sri Lanka after the country defaulted on its foreign debt the previous year amid a crushing economic crisis

Interior Minister Laurent Nuez said the possibility of calling off planned events was discussed, including football matches, but this does not apply to tomorrows match between PSG and FC Barcelona

A severe shortage of American-made Patriot air defence systems has made Ukraine more vulnerable

Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including U.S. businesses and other institutions, read an advisory

On October 17, 2026, despite scenes of severe violence and extensive property damage, no one was killed, and that is a miracle, said the French PM as he defended the work of police officers faced with violent groups of people

Berlin warned citizens in France to exercise caution after more than 2,500 people were arrested in weekend protests over the cost of living that saw town halls and shops looted and set ablaze

The experts urged Israel to ensure that is forces protect Palestinian farmers from settler attacks and refrain from interference with their access to land

I say to our enemies: Do not test us -- you will receive harsher blows than you have suffered to date, Benjamin Netanyahu said

The rebels fired ballistic missiles on the al-Alam military camp in the southern province of Shabwa

The List claimed responsibility for attacks on properties linked to Leonardo, Ultra Intelligence & Communications and Keysight, as police investigate the vandalism

The orangutan was repatriated from Gujarat and arrived at Kualanamu International Airport in Medan, where officials from the Consulate General of India attended a reception organised by Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry

The Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Monday, October 19, in an announcement that, it was introducing export controls on tunnel-boring machines and related items and optimising and adjusting export-control measures for certain dredgers and related items.

Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles at the Kyiv region and more than 200 drones across the war-torn country, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

At least 1,800 people have been arrested as violent protests sweep France amid public anger over rising living costs and poor school conditions. President Emmanuel Macron has rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nuezs resignation and ordered a review of security failures.

Independent MP Helen Haines suffered critical injuries after being deliberately struck by a car outside her Wangaratta office, as PM Anthony Albanese called it an attack

President Emmanuel Macron also refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunezs resignation even as he acknowledged security and intelligence failures in the government response

Known for raising his voice against the illegal sale of addictive substances at chemist shops, Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot in broad daylight inside a medical store in a busy marketplace in Mansa on October 13

Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar also referred to the Navy's Operation Urja Suraksha, which has helped in safely escorting many ships to Indian shores, amid attacks in critical sea lanes

A baby and four women were among six people who died off the island of Lesbos on Monday following the collision, a coast guard official said

The air ambulance, flying from Agartala to Kolkata, made an emergency landing in Dhaka after a mid-air technical fault; the 56-year-old patient later died at a city hospital

As of this month, we're now cutting half a million people from the number of people that we're assisting, Shaun Hughes, the WFP country director, told AFP.

The issue triggered protests by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, whose members demanded the professor's removal and strict action against him.

The suspects were held under an operation named Olive Leaf after settlers attacked Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats in separate incidents

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has paid tribute to security forces for killing the four terrorists and expressed grief over the death of the Army officer

Marco Rubio said that Donald Trump wanted Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to concentrate on ending the war

The event aimed to preserve and promote Telugu culture and traditions among the Telugu diaspora and pass them on to younger generations

The Interior Minister submitted his resignation to the president on Sunday (October 18, 2026), the Elysee palace said in a statement

District authorities imposed prohibitory orders restricting people from leaving their residences in the two affected areas where a few houses and vehicles were also burnt.

Hundreds of protesters gathered again at noon in front of the Education Ministry chanting Rama, resign amid a tense standoff with police.

The proposed summit comes amid warming ties between Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin especially after the U.S. President announced a deal to buy Russian diesel

Thousands of Greenlandic Inuit women and girls were fitted with IUDs without their consent between the 1960s and 1990s, in a birth-control programme reportedly aimed at controlling the islands population; decades later, Denmark has apologised and approved compensation for the historic wrong, while questions of accountability, colonialism and human rights violations remain unresolved

The coalition's announcement comes as one Opposition faction engages in political transition talks with the interim government, following the US ouster of longtime leader Nicolas Maduro

Earlier, Donald Trump said that he was in the process of negotiating peace between Russia and Ukraine and making great progress, but claimed Zelenskyy doesn't want to end this war

Chinese policymakers have made population planning a key part of the countrys economic strategy

The fire crossed established firebreaks before being contained with help from municipal firefighters.

Macron blamed unrestrained violence on insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals

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The Bulgarian air force scrambled a MiG-29 fighter jet to escort the airliner as part of established procedures, says the Transport Ministry

Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier confirmed that four service members were killed in the fire

The remarks came hours before a strong endorsement he received from U.S. President Donald Trump, who publicly expressed his support for Mr. Netanyahu's re-election bid days before the country goes to the polls

Two weeks after people took to the streets to protest the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, women have emerged as an unwavering force on the front lines of the protests. In this episode, Sonikka Loganathan speaks to journalist and researcher Laxmi Murthy about how women shape protests and how women have historically played a key role in pushing these movements forward.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis has launched hundreds of raids in Yemen backing the internationally recognised government since the start of the renewed fighting in the long-running civil war