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• 3 Army men among 7 more held in arms theft case

  03-10-2026 21:10 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: Bollarum police on Saturday arrested seven more accused, including three serving Army personnel, in connection with the theft of firearms from the Madras Regiment. Investigators said the prime accused, former havildar U Mallesh, had meticulously planned the offence and intended to sell the stolen weapons through contacts in West Bengal while also using them to carry out robberies and extortion.The arrests follow Mallesh’s 10-day police custody, during which he allegedly disclose
  
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• US Woman Accused Of Spying For China, Surveilling Taiwan President's Son

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department said Zhang travelled to Seattle in 2025 at the direction of Chinese officials and subsequently sent them photos, video and licence plate information of the Taiwanese leader's... ......
  
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• US Midterms: Five Issues Shaping The Vote

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  A Pew survey found economic issues easily topped voters' worries, while a September Emerson poll put the Iran war, jobs, tariffs, gas prices, immigration and AI regulation among the most important... ......
  
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• Trump mistakenly refers to Brazil as India during poll remarks

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Washington: US President Donald Trump appeared to mistakenly refer to Brazil as India while commenting on the South American country’s presidential election, claiming that 125 million people had voted in the “first round of India’s presidential election”. Trump made the remarks in a post on Truth Social on Monday (Indian time), shortly after the first round of Brazil‘s...
  
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• Trump confuses India with Brazil amid election, calls US voting ‘corrupt’

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump mistakenly stated that 125 million people voted in an...
  
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• Trump Appears To Confuse India With Brazil In Presidential Election Post

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump appeared to confuse India with Brazil in a Truth Social post, claiming 125 million people voted in India's presidential election. The figure actually matched Brazil's election, which... ......
  
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• Scientists use AI to identify enzymes that could degrade plastic pollutants

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Scientists in Australia are using artificial intelligence biotechnology to identify enzymes that could potentially break down plastic and other harmful pollutants. Researchers are combining machine learning technology and biochemistry to filter...
  
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• Russian plague lab researcher dies of pneumonia of ‘unknown’ origin, nearly 200 under observation

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  A 28-year-old worker at an Anti-Plague Research Institute in...
  
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• North Korea says Kim oversaw hypersonic missile drill

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Drill was aimed at training missile troops, KCNA said...
  
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• Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after terror act on flydubai FZ1073

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday, after an attempt by a co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound plane from Dubai. Netanyahu "has instructed the head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to appoint an examiner to conduct a thorough review of all security aspects of foreign civil aviation to Israel", a statement from the premier's office said. Calls have...
  
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• Netanyahu ally Bolsonaro edges Lula in Brazilian presidential vote

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  The two candidates hold opposing views on Israel, with Lula calling Israel's war a 'genocide.' Bolsonaro vowed to move Brazil's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem within the first six months of his mandate ......
  
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• Japan’s Takaichi calls population decline a ‘quietly advancing national crisis’

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to formulate a comprehensive population strategy by the end of the year, in a policy speech to parliament ......
  
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• Japan strongly protests after U.S. Marine arrested over alleged Okinawa robbery-murder: Takaichi

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that Japan strongly protests the alleged robbery and murder of a woman in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa involving a U.S. Marine. Takaichi, speaking to parliament in Tokyo on the first day of an extraordinary Diet session ahead of a...
  
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• Iraq’s Najaf airport resumes Iranian flights after US waiver

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Baghdad: Iraq’s Najaf International Airport received the first direct flight from Tehran, marking the official resumption of air travel between the two countries following a US waiver, according to an airport statement. The director of the airport welcomed passengers arriving aboard the flight operated by Iran’s Caspian Airlines, the airport said in a post on its official Facebook page on Sunday, October 4. Video footage published on the page showed the aircraft receiving a tradition
  
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• Iran reviewing US views on 7-day ceasefire plan: Diplomat

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Tehran: A senior Iranian diplomat has said that Iran is currently reviewing US views on Tehran’s recent proposal to cease hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks in Tehran on Sunday, October 4,...
  
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• International media hails Verstappen: 'King of Sepang'

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  International media are running out of...
  
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• German environment minister calls for water management rethink

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  ARCHIV – Carsten Schneider (SPD), Bundesminister für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit, stellt am Rande der UN Generalversammlung bei den Vereinten Nationen den Deutschen Fahrplan für die Abkehr von fossilen Brennstoffen vor. (zu dpa:...
  
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• French government orders up to 500 school closures as student protest continues

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  What began as a local protest has since spread across the country, bringing class walkouts, blockades and street marches. ......
  
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• Former UK Prince Andrew takes police to court over Epstein files arrest, Telegraph says

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  King Charles' younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has launched a legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest for suspicion of misconduct in office based on documents released by the US Justice Department on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Telegraph reported on Sunday....
  
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• Former Prince Andrew challenges police over arrest in Epstein files probe - report

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Former duke of York Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched legal action against Thames Valley police over his arrest in connection with the Epstein files, Telegraph has reported.According to the newspaper, Mountbatten-Windsor has lodged a judicial review challenging the lawfulness of search warrants that allowed police to raid his home at the Sandringham Estate and his former residence at Royal Lodge in Windsor.A high court judge has granted permission for the judicial review, with a private he
  
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• Former ICJ president says world needs another Bandung moment for peace

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  T he 1955 Asian-African Conference was instrumental in shaping international law that helped free colonized peoples from their shackles, and amid recent geopolitical tensions, the world may need another Bandung moment to remind...
  
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• Flydubai security lapses: Omani co-pilot barred at home, yet cleared for Israel flight

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  UAE shared FlyDubai...
  
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• Chinese added to tourist road signs in Jordan

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  A road sign in Arabic, English and Chinese stands along the road leading to the Jerash, Jordan, Oct. 4, 2026. Chinese has recently been added to tourist road signs...
  
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• Bolsonaro clan wins big in multiple Brazil polls

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  The Bolsonaro clan claimed victory...
  
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• Bank of Japan warns global AI boom has eased financial conditions amid potential valuation risks

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  The global artificial intelligence (AI) boom has effectively acted as a large-scale positive demand shock, easing financial conditions and lifting asset prices, Bank of Japan (BOJ) Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said. Speaking about the central bank’s policy outlook, Uchida said robust corporate spending and the adoption of new technologies were...
  
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• Australia probes flydubai co-pilot's links after hijack attempt

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  A multi-agency Australian counterterrorism unit is investigating links to Australia of the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, who stabbed his captain and then attempted to hijack the plane, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team — comprising federal police, Victorian state police and the ASIO intelligence agency — was “investigating the man’s links to Australia”, an Australian Federal Police spokesperson said. Two sources b
  
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• Australia experiences second hottest September on record as El Ni�o and climate crisis combine

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  Alpine areas also experience record-breaking heat with snow depth recorded at zero in Kosciuszko national park...
  
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• "Agent Promised Rs 1.2 Lakh Salary": Telangana Worker Stranded In Oman

  05-10-2026 09:33 via article.wn.com
  The man said that the agent took Rs 80,000 from him and promised a job in Oman. ......
  
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• UN official highlights GDI's role in advancing sustainable development

  05-10-2026 08:57 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Five years after China proposed the Global Development Initiative (GDI), its focus is shifting increasingly towards practical cooperation that addresses the priorities of developing countries, a senior UN official has said. "Five years on, the Global Development Initiative is showing how shared ambition can translate into practical support for development," Dima Al-Khatib, director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), told Xinhua i
  
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• Ukraine scrambles for money to fight war as Russian strikes batter economy

  05-10-2026 08:57 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Oct 5 - Kryvyi Rih, the...
  
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