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• Greece Issues Saudi Travel Advice Urging Citizens to Avoid Non-Essential Trips

  12-10-2026 13:25 via article.wn.com
  Greece’s Foreign Ministry has issued Saudi travel advice urging Greek citizens to avoid non-essential trips to the kingdom, citing the situation in the Middle East and restrictions on Saudi airspace. The ministry issued the advice on Sunday 11 October. Because of the situation in the region, Greeks should avoid travel to Saudi Arabia unless it is absolutely necessary, it said. Its...
  
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• Vietnam's social housing supply falls short, home prices remain high: official

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's social housing completions reached only 48 percent of the annual target in the first nine months, while home prices remained beyond the reach of most people, local media...
  
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• Vietnam waives visa for Chinese tour groups to Khanh Hoa province

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese citizens travelling in groups of at least two can visit Vietnam's central province of Khanh Hoa without visas under a pilot scheme effective from Monday...
  
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• US NATO Envoy Calls for Faster Military Movements to Eastern Europe

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker called on Monday for NATO to modernise its military infrastructure to allow troops and equipment to move more quickly from Western to Eastern Europe, amid growing concerns over the Russian threat and a review of the US military...
  
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• UK Launches Public Inquiry Into Manchester Synagogue Attack as Community Dedicates Memorial Torah

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood ordered a public inquiry into the 2025 Yom Kippur terror attack that killed two Jewish men, days after thousands welcomed a Unity Sefer Torah in their memory. ......
  
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• Turkish police detain 42 suspects over narcotics

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  ISTANBUL, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police detained 42 suspects on Tuesday in a crackdown across 13 provinces on an international drug network linked to over 10 tonnes of narcotics, the Turkish Interior Ministry said....
  
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• Trump gives Putin a hand in Russia’s economic war with Ukraine

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine — With the front...
  
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• Teenager Shoots Headmaster and Teacher at French School

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  A 14-year-old boy shot and wounded a headmaster and a teacher at a school in Aubagne, near Marseille, on Monday before a member of staff disarmed him, French authorities said. The teenager opened fire with a hunting gun at Joseph-Lakanal middle school, also grazing a third person. Authorities said the headmaster, 53, and the teacher, 37, were not in critical condition. Marseille deputy...
  
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• Swedish parliament to vote on new PM Thursday amid coalition deadlock

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  HELSINKI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Swedish parliament is set to vote Thursday on Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson's nomination as prime minister (PM), parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlen announced Tuesday. Negotiations to form a new government have been deadlocked since last month's general election. Norlen said at a press conference that he would nominate Andersson to lead a single-party Social Democratic government,...
  
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• Saudi Arabia plans to expand East-West pipeline daily capacity to 10 min barrels: minister

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia plans to raise its East-West Pipeline's throughput capacity to around 10 million barrels per day in the coming years, Saudi Minister of Energy,...
  
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• Saudi Arabia faces more attacks as it reels from airport strikes

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  The Saudi-led military coalition in...
  
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• Pope Leo taken to hospital for surgery on lung nodule

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo was taken to Rome’s ‌Gemelli hospital on Tuesday where he will have ​surgery to remove a small growth on one of his lungs, in the first ​major health issue of his...
  
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• News in brief for October 13

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  Anti-Troy Jackson political ad runs inOregon, not Maine ....
  
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• NATO to adjust defenses ‘as needed’ after Black Sea strikes

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  NATO chief Mark Rutte said...
  
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• NATO to adjust defense posture in Black Sea "as needed": Mark Rutte

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that NATO would adjust its deterrence and defence posture in the Black Sea region if...
  
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• Most impeachment charges against Duterte dropped

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  A Philippine impeachment...
  
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• Most Americans oppose betting on elections, government events, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — Most Americans...
  
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• Malaysia to remain open economy despite geopolitical tensions, says official

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will remain committed to keeping its economy open and maintaining its status as a trading nation despite ongoing...
  
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• Letter from Mideast: A vest marked "PRESS" was no shield

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  by Taher Abu Hamdan BEIRUT, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The tripod lay on its side, the camera and other equipment scattered across the hilltop. A media car burned nearby. Moments earlier, a group of journalists had been filming. The word "PRESS" was still visible on the vests amid the wreckage. It was Oct. 13, 2023, days after fighting began along the Lebanon-Israel border. Cameraman Issam Abdallah was killed and six other journalists wounded, all wearing press vests. Independent investigations traced
  
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• Laos launches inclusive disaster risk communication initiative

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  VIENTIANE, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Laos' Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in collaboration with the United Nations, on Tuesday launched an inclusive disaster risk...
  
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• Lao PM pushes for infrastructure upgrades to fuel national development

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  VIENTIANE, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Lao Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith has called on the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to prioritize essential infrastructure construction and repairs, particularly...
  
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• Judge orders Trump administration to answer for tree removals at DC golf course

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on...
  
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• Judge blasts Trump’s DOJ over ‘inexcusable’ tree removal at DC golf course

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge said on Monday that...
  
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• Inside Elon Musk’s $276 million midterm rescue mission for Republicans

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Elon Musk has...
  
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• India detains top ‘cockroach’ leaders

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  India’s youth-led...
  
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• IMF warns Mideast war will widen gap between rich and poor countries

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK — Stubborn conflicts,...
  
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• IMF sees Sri Lanka's growth cooling as energy shock lifts inflation

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  COLOMBO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expected Sri Lanka's economic growth to slow to 4 percent this year and further to 3.7 percent in 2027. The...
  
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• How California is using AI and cameras to stop wildfires

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  Perched at the front line of...
  
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• Hours From Death, a Young Greek Woman Beats the Odds

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  A Turin liver transplant has saved the life of a 28-year-old Greek woman with a rare genetic illness, who has now left hospital, her Italian doctors said on Sunday. Eirini, a Greek student completing a master’s degree in the Netherlands, has Wilson’s disease. The condition causes copper to build up in the liver. She developed acute liver failure while in Athens, and it spread to other vital organs. As a result, doctors rushed her to the city’s Hippokration...
  
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• Homeland Security agents search home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

  13-10-2026 14:22 via article.wn.com
  Federal agents executed a search...
  
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