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• FAA bars unauthorized drones along US-Mexico border, citing security concerns

  16-10-2026 22:18 via WN.com - World News
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• Bolsonaro claims he is Brazil's true leader after fleeing to US

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• Arab parties hold balance after inconclusive Israeli vote

  29-10-2026 07:30 via WN.com - World News
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• Brewers World Series champs gear: How to buy shirts, hats, more

  29-10-2026 07:29 via WN.com - World News
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• Spain mourns after high-speed train collision kills 68 | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  29-10-2026 07:28 via WN.com - World News
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• Pioneering US labor leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96 | Kuwait Times Newspaper

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• Philippine island fights rising seas with nature, not concrete | Kuwait Times Newspaper

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• North Korea fires ‘around a dozen’ ballistic missiles off east coast | Kuwait Times Newspaper

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• Coalition intercepts Houthi missile fired toward Saudi Eastern Province | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  29-10-2026 07:28 via WN.com - World News
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• Saudi-led coalition says intercepted Houthi missile fired toward Eastern Province

  29-10-2026 07:21 via WN.com - World News
  Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi missile fired toward Eastern Province The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it had...
  
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• Leak website releases data on thousands of US Homeland Security employees

  29-10-2026 07:21 via WN.com - World News
  The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including details about officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and human intelligence. DHS said in a statement it was "aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively." The agency said it was working to ensure its employees were properly protected and would update the public "w
  
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• Israel president urges against new vote despite inconclusive result

  29-10-2026 07:21 via WN.com - World News
  Israel's president voiced hope Wednesday for avoiding a second election after a hard-fought vote produced no clear winner, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition scrambling for options and making Israeli Arab parties possible kingmakers. With more than 85 per cent of ballots counted, Netanyahu's right-wing bloc was slightly ahead but still short of a majority after Tuesday's election, the first since the October 7, 2023 attack that led Israel to wage war in Gaza and across
  
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• After landing in US, Flavio Bolsonaro declares himself Brazil's 'rightful leader'

  29-10-2026 07:21 via WN.com - World News
  Senator Flavio Bolsonaro declared himself Brazil's rightful leader on Wednesday after arriving in the United States, alleging he was the victim of an electoral coup by the country's Supreme Court and Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won the vote by over 4 million votes. Bolsonaro arrived in Miami after leaving Brazil, where he refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. He thanked Argentine leader Javier Milei for helping him make the journey and US Pr
  
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• A village chief in Congo works to overcome Ebola prejudice even as the disease kills ...

  29-10-2026 07:18 via WN.com - World News
  A village chief in eastern Congo faces a tough battle against Ebola ......
  
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• Trump Administration Probes Voter Records Ahead of Midterms

  29-10-2026 07:14 via WN.com - World News
  The Trump administration in the U.S. has been found to request voter records from states, claiming to investigate illegal voting by non-citizens ahead of midterm elections. The government explains that this is a measure to prevent election fraud, but analyses suggest that candidates who lose in close races could use the investigation results to challenge the vote count or the validity of the election results. According to Reuters on the 28th (local time), the Trump administration has issued over
  
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• Moore Threads Posts First Profit Amid US Export Controls

  29-10-2026 07:14 via WN.com - World News
  Amid US semiconductor export controls, Chinese GPU manufacturer Moore Threads has recorded its first operating profit in the third quarter. As the Chinese government’s semiconductor self-reliance policy and expanded AI infrastructure investments drive growth in the domestic GPU market, securing a stable revenue structure and narrowing the technology gap with NVIDIA are highlighted as key challenges to sustain this momentum. According to Chinese economic media Yicai Global, Maeil Business Newsp
  
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• LA 2028 Olympics Unveils 'Stars Align' Slogan

  29-10-2026 07:14 via WN.com - World News
  ‘Stars Align.’ The Los Angeles (LA) Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2028 Games unveiled the official slogan for the Olympics and Paralympics on the 28th (local time). It translates to “Stars gather in one place.” Casey Wasserman, the committee’s chairman, said, “This is a message to all...
  
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• Germany Strengthens Electronic Warfare Capabilities to Monitor Russia, Belarus on NATO Front

  29-10-2026 07:14 via WN.com - World News
  Germany has decided to strengthen its electronic warfare capabilities on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) eastern front to detect military activities by Russia and Belarus at an early stage. The plan involves collecting radar and military communication signals from the two countries through a German military brigade permanently stationed in Lithuania, utilizing this information in the response systems of the German military and its allies. This move is interpreted as an effort to en
  
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• EU Withdraws Canada 'Associate Membership' Proposal

  29-10-2026 07:14 via WN.com - World News
  The European Union (EU) has stepped back from its initial plan to grant Canada the status of associate membership, a first in history. While all 27 member states agreed on closer ties with Canada, internal disputes arose over the terminology to describe their relationship and the diplomatic approach of the European Commission. Notably, key member states like Germany and France strongly opposed the Commission President’s unilateral promise of a status not stipulated in EU treaties, leading to t
  
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• Drone Rescues Amputee Ukrainian Soldier Trapped 491 Days in Kill Zone

  29-10-2026 07:14 via WN.com - World News
  Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine is a military and transportation hub that Russia has been fighting to secure for months. The fighting is so intense that any movement is targeted by swarms of drones from both sides in the sky, creating a so-called “kill zone” where neither side can move freely. The surrounding area is densely mined with anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. A 49-year-old Ukrainian soldier, Kostiantyn Vlasenko, who worked as a miner before the war and volunteered for service, w
  
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• At least 68 people dead in Spain’s second major train crash this year

  29-10-2026 07:11 via WN.com - World News
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• When a well struck oil on his Pennsylvania farm in 1865, John Benninghoff leased plots to drillers; one account put the farmer’s monthly income at an unverified $40,000

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  The oil-producing area in northwestern Pennsylvania in the 1860s consisted of a series of farms. Landowners on the hills overlooking the creeks suddenly found themselves at the center of a drilling colony if they had even one productive well. Since land ownership provided individual access to the surface and minerals below it, operators usually had to obtain the land either via lease or purchase. The payments on lease could be made in cash or as a proportion of the oil extracted or both. Many ho
  
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• West Virginia farmer let prospectors drill his barren acres in 1906; a gusher reportedly brought him an oil windfall, and he spent $1,500 on a bull his land could not feed

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  During the first decade of the 20th century, gas and oil businesses entered into drilling leases with individual landowners in northern and central parts of West Virginia. Land was granted access to such business entities, which would benefit from the results of drilling, if any. The people familiar with the practice of leasing the lands for drilling in the area of interest were rural families. One such newspaper described how landowners spent their...
  
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• ‘We have run down our stock of missiles’: Obama asks 'how is this war going' - watch

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  Former US president Barack Obama has renewed his criticism of president Donald Trump’s war against Iran, saying the conflict has depleted US missile stocks, left American forces and allies vulnerable to attacks. Obama further alleged that the war has also given Tehran leverage over the Strait of Hormuz.Speaking at a campaign rally in Morrow, near Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, Obama questioned the costs and strategic consequences of the war as both leaders campaigned ahead of the November 3 m
  
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• US judge Alvin Hellerstein, who handled Maduro trial and Trump's hush money case, dies at 92

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  US federal judge Alvin K Hellerstein, who presided over cases involving Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump's hush money case and the September 11 terror attacks.Hellerstein died on Wednesday morning surrounded by his family, Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain said in a statement. He had served on the US District Court for the Southern District of New York since 1998 and continued hearing cases until his death.Swain described him as a “distinguished jurist”, praising his �
  
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• UN political mission ends in Somalia with no agreed replacement to handle election dispute

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United Nations’ political mission in Somalia ends Saturday, closing more than three decades of successive U.N. missions that helped rebuild a country shattered by civil war and leaving no agreed replacement to help rival leaders resolve disputes. The government calls the closure a milestone in Somalia’s ability to manage its own affairs. But opposition figures and analysts warn that it comes at a time when the president’s right to remain in office is contest
  
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• President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson created the garden in January 1969 for their grandchildren; more than 30 bronze handprints and footprints still mark the garden preserved on the White House grounds

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  There are some gardens located on the grounds of the White House and most of them are used for ceremonies or public purposes. People are familiar with the large lawns and the places where press conferences and photographs with floral decorations are taken. However, there is another, much smaller space which is located in the corner of the South Grounds and has a totally different purpose. It was created not for any ceremony, but for children. Presidential families often include young grandchildr
  
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• Part of Brighton’s 160-year-old West Pier collapses into the sea during Storm Austen as Victorian landmark continues to deteriorate after decades of storm and fire damage

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  Part of Brighton’s West Pier collapsed into the sea on Friday, October 23, as Storm Austen brought strong winds to southern England. The Victorian structure, which opened in 1866, has been deteriorating for decades. It closed in 1975, lost sections during storms in 2002 and suffered two devastating arson attacks in 2003. The West Pier Trust describes the remains as being in a state of active collapse and warns that the structure is dangerous and should not be approached. A second storm, Boelo,
  
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• Iran war fallout: Cruise ship carrying permanent residents suspends voyages over soaring fuel costs

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  Hundreds of people living aboard a cruise ship that had been travelling around the world for more than two years were forced to disembark in Cambodia after its operator suspended operations, citing soaring fuel costs linked to the Iran war.The owner of the Villa Vie Odyssey, Villa Vie Residences, announced on Tuesday...
  
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• In 1990, Nile monitors appeared in Florida, likely via the pet trade; today they threaten sea turtles, wading birds and burrowing owls in Cape Coral

  29-10-2026 07:07 via WN.com - World News
  Some imported animals have proved problematic, multiplying rapidly in areas where they were never intentionally released. One such problematic animal is the Nile Monitor lizard, which hails from Africa. First spotted in Florida around 1990, this species has established itself in Cape Coral and poses a threat to Florida’s native animals. This species is problematic because it can hunt on the ground, in trees and in water.How Nile Monitors became established in FloridaNile monitors (Varanus nilo
  
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