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Two Cargo Ships Sink Near the Strait of Hormuz as Attacks on Shipping Surge

A Singapore-flagged container ship and a bulk carrier have gone down within a day of each other, and two senior Iranian officials told Reuters that Tehran is using new tactics against vessels.

Oct 15, 2026/2 min read

A Euronav oil tanker lying at anchor in haze off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, seen from the deck of another ship, photographed on 21 March 2012, a file photograph of merchant shipping near the Strait of Hormuz and not of the GFS Pride or the Cape Dao

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Pope Leo XIV Has Lung Cancer, the Vatican Says, After Surgery to Remove Part of His Right Lung

The 71-year-old pontiff is recovering at Rome's Gemelli hospital after doctors confirmed adenocarcinoma during Tuesday's operation, and his audiences are cancelled through 20 October.

Oct 15, 2026/2 min read

Pope Leo XIV in white greeting a crowd of pilgrims and officials at the Abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat in Spain, photographed on 10 June 2026, a file photograph and not from Rome's Gemelli hospital or this week

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Denmark Says US Exploration in Greenland Must Follow Local Law After Trump Touts a 'Massive' Oil and Mineral Push

Copenhagen's foreign ministry said last month's three-party deal grants no drilling or mining rights, answering a presidential post that said resource exploration was about to start.

Oct 14, 2026/2 min read

A view of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, with its red wooden cathedral and the hills behind, photographed in June 2025, a file photograph of the town and not of any exploration site

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Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington Home Three Weeks Before the Midterms, and She Calls It Intimidation

Homeland Security Investigations carried out a court-approved warrant on Monday morning, no charges have been announced, and the Justice Department has not named the congresswoman or the offence.

Oct 13, 2026/2 min read

The official congressional portrait of Representative Ilhan Omar, taken in December 2018, a file photograph and not from Monday's search

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Iran Calls the US Reply on Hormuz 'Inadequate' as Two Indian Seafarers Go Missing After a Tanker Is Hit Off Oman

Tehran says Washington accepted only some of its seven conditions, mediators in Qatar and Pakistan are still in play, and the drone strike off Sohar shows how little the talks have changed at sea.

Oct 13, 2026/2 min read

Container cranes at the port of Sohar in Oman, photographed in December 2006, a file photograph of the port town near where the tanker was hit and not of the vessel or the attack

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Trump Declares a Russia-Ukraine 'Energy Ceasefire' and Moscow Keeps Hitting Ukraine's Power Plants, Zelenskyy Says

The announcement came two days after Washington eased sanctions on Russian diesel, and by Monday Kyiv said it had learned of the truce from the news while its energy sites were still under attack.

Oct 13, 2026/2 min read

Firefighters at a damaged apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after a Russian attack, photographed on 23 January 2024, a file photograph illustrative of attacks on the city and not of this week's strikes on energy sites

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Saudi Arabia Vows a Serious Response After a Houthi Missile Killed 13 at Riyadh Airport as Trump Weighs Joining

A missile hit the passenger terminal on Saturday, a second projectile struck it on Sunday, and by Monday Riyadh was under fresh fire while Washington weighed entering a war it has so far watched.

Oct 13, 2026/2 min read

The curved canopy of a terminal building at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, photographed in 2025, a file photograph illustrative of the airport and not of the damage from Saturday's missile strike

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EU Sanctions Almost 1,600 Russian People and Firms in Its Biggest Single Listing Since the Invasion

Brussels targeted mid-level suppliers of drone and missile parts and 77 people tied to sham elections, a day after Trump announced an energy ceasefire that Kyiv says Moscow broke.

Oct 12, 2026/2 min read

Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, speaking at a podium at a UN Security Council press conference with EU member states' ministers, photographed on 23 September 2026, a file photograph and not from the sanctions announcement

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Raphael Glucksmann Wins the French Left's Primary in the First Round With 66 Per Cent

He beat Olivier Faure and Segolene Royal after a cyberattack extended voting, but only about 120,000 people took part, a small fraction of the electorates of earlier Socialist primaries.

Oct 11, 2026/2 min read

Raphael Glucksmann seated before wooden shelves, looking to one side, photographed in October 2017, a file photograph and not from the primary

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Delhi Locked Down and Protest Leaders Detained as Cockroach Janta Party Rallies Against the Election Chief

Police refused permission, shut metro stations and cut mobile internet in central Delhi, then held the youth movement's founder on arrival from Mumbai as it demanded an election commissioner's exit.

Oct 10, 2026/2 min read

Red sandstone observatory instruments of the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, with palm trees behind, photographed in July 2011, a file photograph of the site where the rally was planned and not of Saturday's lockdown or protest

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Navi Pillay, the South African Jurist Who Led the UN Gaza Inquiry, Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose an 85-year-old judge who defended Nelson Mandela and sat on the Rwanda genocide tribunal, and called the choice a message to those attacking the legal order.

Oct 9, 2026/3 min read

Navi Pillay speaking at a conference table in South Africa, photographed in August 2018, a file photograph and not from the Nobel announcement