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First published 14 October 2026
The Kremlin appeared to benefit politically from a U.S.-Russia diesel deal and President Donald Trump’s criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The developments came as Russia continued attacks on Ukrainian energy and other infrastructure.
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The head of Britain’s MI5 said Iran is targeting military sites in the United Kingdom and warned that a suspected plot involving the U.S.-run RAF Fairford base was not unique. He also said Iran and Russia are expanding attacks against Britain.
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U.S. envoys told Ukrainian officials that a deal allowing Russian diesel exports could help bring Moscow back to negotiations over the war in Ukraine, but critics said it could provide Russia with additional revenue without securing concessions.
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Pakistan detained politicians and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party after suspending the provincial administration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under emergency rule, citing worsening militant violence.
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Saudi Arabia is investigating how missiles and drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels reached King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 300, according to regional officials cited by AP.
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A senior Iranian official called the latest U.S. response to a proposal to end the war insufficient and warned that Iran could attack regional data centers and undersea cables if fighting intensifies.
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India said two sailors were missing after a drone struck a tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, while the Houthis reported overnight airstrikes on Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
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NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Alexus Grynkewich, said in Warsaw that the alliance would defeat any attack on its members and that retaliation could target the systems supporting and controlling the attacking force.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia continued attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite a U.S.-announced energy ceasefire, adding that Ukraine remained willing to halt attacks on Russian energy facilities.
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Saudi authorities said they were fending off drone and missile attacks after a weekend of confrontation with Yemen's Houthi militia, whose patron Iran offered to mediate.
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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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