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First published 12 October 2026
A Russian documentary claims that Ukraine, rather than Russia, attacked the drama theater in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians died.
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Regional authorities reported at least 10 deaths in Russian attacks on residential buildings and energy infrastructure, while Ukraine's Presidential Office said the strike on Kharkiv's CHP-5 power plant occurred after Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire.
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Reuters reported that about 60% of scheduled Monday flights at Riyadh's airport were expected to be cancelled after deadly Houthi attacks, as airlines across Europe and Asia suspended services.
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The International Organization for Migration said at least 139 migrants, including children, died after a boat carrying more than 300 people capsized off Djibouti; survivors were reportedly buried in a common grave without identification.
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Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Washington's response to Tehran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz was insufficient, with some accepted and others still unclear, according to Iranian state media.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire with Russia and was awaiting details from the United States, while Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy targets continued despite President Donald Trump's announcement.
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Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said the US response to Tehran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz was insufficient, saying Washington had accepted some conditions but needed to clarify others.
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At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and approximately 116 remained missing after a boat sank off Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration said, with survivors reporting that the vessel was heading to Yemen.
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Emergency Lawyers said a drone strike attributed to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces killed 41 people at a displacement camp in the Blue Nile region, while the UN humanitarian coordination office said initial reports suggested most casualties were women and children.
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President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire, while Ukraine reported continued Russian attacks on energy facilities, casting doubt on whether the proposed arrangement had taken effect.
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Authorities detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the youth-led Cockroach movement to prevent a rally demanding the election chief's resignation, suspending mobile internet in Delhi's central business district and closing dozens of metro stations and markets.
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Saudi civil aviation authorities said an attack on the international airport in Riyadh killed 12 people and injured more than 300, some of whom were in critical condition.
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Russian strikes killed at least 20 people, including three children, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, officials said, while Ukraine and European allies criticized the newly announced U.S. deal to obtain Russian diesel.
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Saturday's strike on Riyadh airport was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.
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A drone strike killed at least 40 people, including children, in Sudan near the Ethiopian border, according to the war-monitoring group Emergency Lawyers.
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The US State Department called China's maritime actions off Taiwan's east coast deeply destabilising after reporting on the first known sighting of a Chinese militia boat in those waters in August.
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Saudi authorities said Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, injured several others and damaged a Saudia aircraft, prompting flight cancellations, while Saudi airstrikes hit Houthi targets in Sanaa.
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The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump that Kyiv had undermined the possibility of immediately resuming trilateral peace talks, citing Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow during Russia's election last month.
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Saudi aviation authorities said Friday that two attacks targeting facilities at King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia aircraft killed three Saudi citizens and injured several others.
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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital and prompting evacuations.
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South African jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, drawing praise from human rights advocates and international leaders and criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Ukrainian officials said Russian strikes killed three people and wounded at least eight on Friday, following intensified bombardments that killed more than 50 people over the preceding three days.
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Former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, with the committee recognizing her efforts to promote international law amid attacks on its institutions.
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Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said three Saudi citizens, including an airline pilot, were killed and several people of different nationalities were wounded in attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia plane.
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Oil prices fell after President Donald Trump said no attack on Iran was planned before the November 3 congressional elections, while Iran's foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the U.S. response to a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine expected European partners to join talks with the United States in coming days and that its negotiators would raise air defence needs after Russian strikes killed more than 70 people over two days.
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Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian and European officials would meet US envoys in Miami on Friday to discuss new ideas for ending the war, following a Russian attack on buses that killed 30 civilians in Kramatorsk.
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A surveillance report reviewed by Reuters identified a Chinese militia boat operating with a coast guard cutter and research vessel off Taiwan's Pacific coast in August, which Reuters described as the first known sighting in the area.
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South Korea successfully test-launched its first hypersonic glide vehicle on Thursday with President Lee Jae Myung observing, testing core technologies including flight trajectories and speed, according to the presidential office.
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A witness reported explosions in Riyadh and at its international airport, where outgoing flights were halted and passengers told to evacuate, while the Houthis claimed a ballistic missile attack without providing evidence and Saudi authorities had no immediate comment.
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