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Trump says US will not strike Iran before midterm elections 

09 October 2026

News|Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump has said the US will not attack Iran before the November 3 midter...

Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein faces police probe as protest tensions fester 

09 October 2026

News|Protests Northern Irish police have contacted representatives of Sinn Fein in an investigation into a protest that ...

Mexico prison clash in strife-torn Sinaloa state leaves 10 dead 

09 October 2026

News|Prison Ten people have been killed and 16 others injured in a fight at the El Castillo Penitentiary Centre in the c...

ICE agent shoots man in car with five-year-old child in New York: Mayor 

08 October 2026

News|Civil Rights An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has shot a man in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of ...

Key takeaways from US Senate debate in Michigan between El-Sayed, Rogers 

08 October 2026

The leading candidates in Michigan’s heated Senate race have faced off in their first televised debate, with less than...

Christa Pike case underscores prevalence of botched executions in US 

08 October 2026

The botched execution of Christa Pike has sparked debate about the death penalty in the United States, where lethal inje...

USS Lincoln returns to US after long deployment supporting war on Iran 

08 October 2026

The United States aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has returned to its home port after a 322-day deployment, includi...

UN extends Darfur arms embargo, blocks broader Sudan sanctions proposal 

08 October 2026

News|Sudan war The United Nations Security Council extended the arms embargo on Sudan’s Darfur region by two months bu...

Protests, debate follow death of Maricarmen, 87, Spain protest symbol 

08 October 2026

News|Housing Thousands of Spaniards protested outside Spain’s parliament after the death of Maria del Carmen Abascal, ...

Kenyan patient suspected of Ebola infection tests negative 

08 October 2026

News|Ebola Preliminary laboratory results from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of contracting the Ebola virus have co...