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Pope Leo to make public appearance Sunday, first since cancer surgery
16 October 2026News|Religion Pope Leo XIV is making steady progress at the hospital after undergoing lung surgery earlier this week, ac...
Ukraine repels Russian forces as US support wavers, energy strikes escalate
16 October 2026The United States’s relationship with Ukraine came under extraordinary strain during the past week, as US President Do...
US records 4,410 measles cases as outbreak grows
16 October 2026News|Health The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded 4,410 measles cases so far i...
EU rallies in support of Ukraine amid Trump standoff
16 October 2026European Union leaders have urged continued support for Ukraine amid a deepening rift between Washington and Kyiv that h...
Division in Lebanon over Hezbollah’s confiscated explosives
16 October 2026Beirut, Lebanon – On October 5, a minivan was stopped at a checkpoint in Dahr el-Baydar between the Bekaa Valley and M...
Latest poll shows Bolsonaro maintaining edge over Lula in Brazil run-off
16 October 2026News|Elections Another poll has shown leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva trailing behind right-wing S...
Qatar announces ‘massive’ solar plant project in Lebanon
16 October 2026Qatar’s prime minister has announced plans to set up what he described as a “massive” solar plant in Lebanon to he...
Gaza malnutrition and starvation at ‘catastrophic’ levels: Health Ministry
16 October 2026Malnutrition and starvation rates in Gaza have reached “catastrophic” levels, according to the Palestinian Ministry ...
Locals in India’s Odisha allege forgery behind land taken for Adani mine
16 October 2026Forged signatures and thumbprints – even of dead and fictitious people – allegedly used to obtain land for b...
US in ‘denuclearisation’ talks with Russia and China: Trump
16 October 2026US and Russia each have more than 4,000 warheads. China set to catch up with them within five years, Trump says.
