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• Israel votes: 4 key issues shaping first elections since October 7 attacks

  27-10-2026 07:21 via WN.com - World News
  When Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday, voters will weigh in on military conscription, the economy and how the state should investigate its failure to prevent Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. The close-fought vote comes as Israel looks increasingly isolated on the world stage, driven by a devastating military campaign in Gaza, soaring settlement construction and violence in the occupied West Bank, and a move towards hard-right religious nationalism. Here's a look at four key issues that have sh
  
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• Turkish president stresses solidarity among Turkic states

  30-10-2026 10:27 via WN.com - World News
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined the importance of solidarity among the Turkic states, calling it a “strategic necessity.” “World politics is undergoing a profound transformation. At a time when the international system is struggling to establish justice and trust, and wars and crises are affecting vast geographical regions, solidarity among Turkic states has become a strategic necessity,” Erdogan said in an article published in leading media outlets across the member an
  
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• Turkish president calls for turning Turkic world into major trade, transport, energy hub

  30-10-2026 10:27 via WN.com - World News
  Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged efforts to make the Turkic world a key hub for trade, transport, and energy in his address at the 13th Heads of State...
  
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• Morning Briefing: Oct. 30, 2026

  30-10-2026 10:27 via WN.com - World News
  Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Friday, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc securing 53 seats following completion of vote counting in parliamentary elections, Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepting and destroying Houthi drone launched toward Saudi Arabia's Mecca region, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying at the Organization of Turkic States summit that the Turkic world would strive to make the coming period the "Turkish Centur
  
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• 13th summit of heads of state of Turkic states kicks off

  30-10-2026 10:27 via WN.com - World News
  The 13th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) began in Türkiye's capital Ankara on Friday. Hosted by Turkish...
  
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• How Elliott Smith’s biographer found the stories in ‘Nobody Broke Your Heart’

  30-10-2026 10:23 via WN.com - World News
  Elliott Smith biographer Jamie...
  
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• Here’s a big list of new 2026 audiobooks if you’re ready to start listening

  30-10-2026 10:23 via WN.com - World News
  Somewhere, someone is already asking: Wait a minute, do audiobooks even count as reading? So let’s get that out of the way. Yes, they do. There are many ways to read or enjoy a text, and an audiobook is one ......
  
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• Saudi Arabia says one injured, material damage after missiles intercepted

  30-10-2026 10:20 via WN.com - World News
  Saudi Arabia on Thursday night intercepted two ballistic missiles in Riyadh, local authorities confirmed early this morning. Falling debris has injured a citizen and caused material damage to a house and vehicle, Saudi Civil Defence said. The authority said that standard...
  
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• Philippines raises volcano alert level to 3 after 'moderately explosive eruption'

  30-10-2026 10:20 via WN.com - World News
  One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes fired a dark column of ash thousands of metres into the sky Friday in a "moderately explosive eruption" that lasted nearly six minutes, the state seismology office said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in towns and cities surrounding Mount Mayon, but the country's...
  
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• New York State Police to take over sexual assault complaints at Cornell University

  30-10-2026 10:20 via WN.com - World News
  New York State Police will take over future sexual assault investigations at Cornell University, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday, in the latest fallout over the university's handling of an alleged gang rape on campus. The announcement follows widespread criticism of the university's conduct in the case and questions about why no criminal charges were filed after a woman identified only as Jane Doe said she was raped by members of a Cornell fraternity. New York State Police and Cornell...
  
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• Court orders Erin Patterson never to be released from prison for mushroom poisonings

  30-10-2026 10:19 via WN.com - World News
  An Australian appeals court has ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the “shocking criminality” involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms ......
  
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• Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Refinery, Ending Pause and Defying Trump

  30-10-2026 10:17 via WN.com - World News
  The strike ends a two-week halt in refinery attacks that came amid pressure from the U.S. to halt such operations. ......
  
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• President Mahama hails Russia’s ‘historical solidarity’ with Africa

  30-10-2026 10:17 via WN.com - World News
  President John Mahama (seated middle) President John Dramani Mahama has delivered a personal and historically grounded address at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, thanking Russian President Vladimir Putin and all Russians for decades of support to the African continent. He also cited his own experience as a scholarship student in the former Soviet Union as proof of that enduring friendship. Speaking at the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, President Mahama said the relationship between Ru
  
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• Oil Prices Rise After Hormuz Tanker Attack, Houthi Claims Stoke Supply Fears

  30-10-2026 10:17 via WN.com - World News
  A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was attacked by a small boat with two explosive devices, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said Friday. ......
  
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• Tokyo High School Student Stabbed, Classmate Arrested

  30-10-2026 10:15 via WN.com - World News
  A report was received by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s emergency hotline around 1 p.m. on the 30th that a student had been stabbed with a blade at Tokyo Metropolitan Roppongi High...
  
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• Paris Shooting Suspect Confesses Targeting Muslims, Africans

  30-10-2026 10:15 via WN.com - World News
  A suspect in a mass shooting that occurred last week in the Paris suburbs confessed to targeting Muslims or people of African descent, French newspaper Le Monde reported on the 29th (local time). The French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT)...
  
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• King Charles III Embraces 'Dance Diplomacy' in Bahamas

  30-10-2026 10:15 via WN.com - World News
  King Charles III of the United Kingdom, currently on a tour of Central and South America and the Caribbean, participated in a traditional festival parade in the Bahamas, his first stop, and danced energetically with residents. His informal demeanor, which drew attention, has drawn comparisons to the 'dance diplomacy' of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her 1961 African tour, which made headlines 65 years ago. King Charles III joined the dance during the traditional 'Junkaanu (Junkanoo)'...
  
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• Kim attends a North Korean drone exhibition and calls for boosting the technology

  30-10-2026 10:06 via WN.com - World News
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a drone-only exhibition, apparently the first of its kind in the North, and called for rapidly expanding the country’s drone technology, state media reported Friday, as his military escalates threats against South Korea and the U.S. Acquiring advanced drones is a top priority for Kim, who now wants to beef up both conventional and nuclear capabilities. Experts say his troops sent to Russia to support its war against Ukraine l
  
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• Israel's election results are in. Here's what could happen next

  30-10-2026 10:06 via WN.com - World News
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli election results are in, showing the makeup of the country’s next parliament but leaving open the question of who will be prime minister. Party leaders will now hold high-stakes negotiations as they try to cobble together a 61-seat coalition in the 120-member assembly, known as the Knesset. It’s a tough path ahead for both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Neither of their camps won a majority, and Ara
  
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• Humanitarian convoy ready for Ukraine's stricken city of Oleshky

  30-10-2026 10:06 via WN.com - World News
  KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A humanitarian convoy for the stricken city of Oleshky has been set up in a nearby town. It includes 25 buses, ambulances and other vehicles for the aid mission due to take place later Friday, a Ukrainian...
  
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• How an AFP journalist contacted Muhammad Yunus before Hasina was ousted from Bangladesh

  30-10-2026 10:06 via WN.com - World News
  Shishir was...
  
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• Adoptees urge South Korea to expand access to their records and improve family searches

  30-10-2026 10:06 via WN.com - World News
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean adoptees from Western nations protested outside Seoul’s presidential office Friday, demanding full access to their records and better efforts to trace their biological families. Those efforts are often derailed by inaccurate or falsified files, as their birth nation weighs an overhaul of its long-maligned post-adoption policies. In a statement co-signed by nine adoptee organizations from Europe and the United States and human rights advocates based in S
  
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• BP’s third-quarter profit nearly quadruples to $8.5 billion as refining margins surge

  30-10-2026 10:04 via WN.com - World News
  The oil major was the latest to smash profit expectations as global conflicts continue to drive energy market volatility. ......
  
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• Top US Labor Department official issues stern warning after Microsoft layoffs: 'Don't screw with American workers'

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
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• Punches fly, chairs thrown as Armenia parliament turns into battleground mid debate

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
  Speaker Ruben Rubinyan...
  
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• Justina Rucinski, Iowa baker, under fire for Halloween tombstone cookies with Trump's name; MAGA decries ...

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
  Justina Rucinski, an Iowa...
  
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• In the 1980s, famine-relief food sent to Ethiopia may have carried parthenium seeds; the invasive ...

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
  Ethiopia’s top invasive...
  
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• In the 1930s, the US sent 500,000 trout eggs to Lake Titicaca to boost fishing; ...

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
  In the 1930s, the US sent...
  
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• In Sandy Springs, Peggy Miles helped protect her family’s woodland; after her death, her estate ...

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
  Peggy Miles worked with...
  
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• In Indiana, Lois Farris cared for family farmland; after her death at 99, her estate ...

  30-10-2026 10:01 via WN.com - World News
  A conservation plan...
  
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