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• Netanyahu claims mandate despite exit poll shortfall

  28-10-2026 15:36 via WN.com - World News
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a mandate to form a right-wing government despite exit polls showing his bloc short of a parliamentary majority. ......
  
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• Dockworkers strike in Europe and beyond against arms shipments, war deaths

  30-10-2026 16:57 via WN.com - World News
  Dockworkers went on strike across Europe and beyond on Friday, disrupting shipping and ferries as they protested against the use of their ports for arms shipments and the number of seafarers killed in wars from the Gulf to the Black Sea. Strikers across 113 ports in 22 countries also called for pay rises, better working conditions and the right to have doctors on board vessels crossing war zones. “We will not work for their wars, and we will not become food for their...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election

  30-10-2026 16:56 via WN.com - World News
  The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress. ......
  
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• Democratic senator blames Egypt press crackdown on Trump military aid decision

  30-10-2026 16:56 via WN.com - World News
  Chris Murphy said waiving a human rights condition on aid paved the way for arrests of journalists. ......
  
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• China denies allegations of spy operation targeting Nvidia CEO

  30-10-2026 16:56 via WN.com - World News
  US intelligence officials believe a Chinese businesswoman was gathering information for Beijing on the US chip-making giant, The New York Times reports. ......
  
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• Alaska Senate candidate denies knowing about alleged plot to put two Dan Sullivans on ballot

  30-10-2026 16:56 via WN.com - World News
  Dan S Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator running for re-election, and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting Dan J Sullivan to also stand in the race. ......
  
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• Strait of Hormuz and Regional Tensions: What UAE Residents Need to Know Today

  30-10-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  Dubai: Diplomatic efforts to end the war...
  
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• Philippine senator backs UAE's Lana Nusseibeh for UN chief, explores energy partnership

  30-10-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  Dubai: A senior Philippine senator has voiced support for UAE ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh’s candidacy for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, while also pursuing closer energy cooperation between the Philippines and the UAE.Senator Erwin Tulfo, vice chairman of the Philippine senate committee on foreign relations, has described Nusseibeh as a “strong candidate” for the UN’s top diplomatic post, citing her extensive...
  
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• Iran war will ‘get wrapped up soon’, Trump says

  30-10-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran will end soon, but has not outlined a timeline or explained how the conflict would be brought to a close. Speaking to Kansas City radio station KCMO on Friday, October 30, Trump said Washington wanted guarantees that Tehran would never acquire a nuclear weapon. “It’s going to get wrapped up soon,” he said. Trump also predicted that petrol prices would decrease once the conflict...
  
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• Death Row inmate Christa Pike breaks silence after failed execution

  30-10-2026 16:46 via WN.com - World News
  Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on 30 September but survived two doses of the lethal injection. A month on, she has spoken out for the first time about waking up "confused and in pain". ......
  
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• Video: Thick Smoke Columns Rise From Russian Oil Refinery After Drone Attack

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  According to The Wall Street Journal, the unofficial pause in Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities was initially expected to last until after the US midterm elections on November 3. ......
  
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• Toronto real estate CEO and two daughters shot during home invasion, wife attacked with hammer

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  A 75-year-old Canadian real estate CEO and his two daughters were shot after three masked men broke into their family home in an affluent Toronto neighbourhood early Thursday morning. His wife was also struck with a hammer during the attack.David Morton, head of Toronto-based MAC Group, and his family were inside their gated property in the Bridle Path neighbourhood when the intruders entered the five-bedroom residence at around 3.45am, The Toronto Sun reported.The suspects, who were carrying...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV casts ballot in US midterms, becomes first pontiff to vote in a US general election

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Pope Leo XIV has voted in the 2026 US midterm elections, becoming the first sitting pope to cast a ballot in a US general election, the Vatican confirmed on Friday.The Chicago-born pontiff submitted a mail-in ballot in his home state of Illinois ahead of the November elections. The Holy See press office said Leo, formerly known as Robert Prevost,...
  
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• ‘My suffering goes beyond physical’: US convict Christa Pike recounts ordeal after botched execution attempt

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Christa Pike, the US death row inmate who survived an attempted execution by lethal injection last month, has issued her first public statement, saying her body is hurting from the botched execution.The 50-year-old, who would have become the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years, made the remarks in a statement issued by...
  
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• Meet Sophia Parekh, 12, from Westfield, New Jersey, who started giving away books at age 7 and has now distributed more than 8,000 free books to children and classrooms across the US

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  When Sophia Parekh was seven, she noticed that not every child had the same access to books. It was during the Covid pandemic, when many families were struggling financially, and buying books was not always possible. Sophia, who loved reading, decided to do something about it. She started collecting books and giving them away to children who needed them. Five years later, the 12-year-old from Westfield, New Jersey, has distributed more than 8,000 free books across the United States through her i
  
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• "It's Going To Get Wrapped Up Soon": Trump On US' War With Iran

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Trump has said the US would not strike Iran before the elections. ......
  
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• Intel tumbled 29 percent, on course for worst day ever, triggers global chip rout

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Intel tumbled 29 percent on Friday and...
  
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• In 2002, two friends began selling $15 tickets to a strip-mall haunted house in Denver; by 2026, their business had expanded to 18 Halloween attractions and around 4,500 seasonal jobs

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Two friends who opened a haunted house in a Denver shopping complex in 2002 with their own money have turned it into a multimillion-dollar entertainment business over the past 24 years. Chris Stafford and Warren Conard started the attraction in Colorado, charging visitors around $15 per ticket. By 2026, their company, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, had expanded to 18 seasonal Halloween attractions across the United States, paying around 4,500 workers during the 2025 Halloween season.The b
  
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• Hyrox Athlete Who Soiled Herself To Return To Competing: 'I've Learned A Lot'

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Joanna Wietrzyk, a 24-year-old Hyrox competitor from Australia, has announced that she'll return to fitness competitions. ......
  
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• Dolly Parton’s father could not read or write; his struggle inspired her free book programme, which began in one Tennessee county and has now gifted over 330 million books worldwide

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Dolly Parton's contribution to children's literacy began with a family story. Growing up in rural Tennessee, the singer watched her father work hard to support his family, despite having had little opportunity for formal education. He never learnt to read or write, something Parton later believed had limited the opportunities available to him. Years afterwards, that experience became the starting point for a charitable project that would reach children far beyond the Appalachian community where
  
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• Can El Nino Be Followed By La Nina? What Happens To Global Weather Next

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  El Nino and La Nina alternate as part of the ENSO cycle, but not according to a fixed or predictable schedule. ......
  
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• 'Arrest heads of Arab parties for stealing elections': Israel national security minister Ben Gvir

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for people he considers disloyal to the State of Israel to be denied the right to vote. In a statement, he alleged that Qatar-backed groups and Arab political leaders were involved in stealing the recent Knesset election. In a video posted on...
  
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• An 18-year-old Mississippi woman who relied on family for rides to work was blindfolded by a family friend and surprised with a free car after a local repair business stepped in to help

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  An 18-year-old woman in Biloxi, Mississippi, was blindfolded before being surprised with a car she could use to get to work. A family friend who knew about her circumstances contacted Classic Collision for help. The collision repair business had previously given cars to people in need. Rylee Brown was taken to the location blindfolded and asked to trust the people guiding her. When she removed the blindfold, she found a vehicle waiting for her there. The surprise took place on...
  
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• 'Against Islamic teachings': Taliban bans sight-saving eye operations

  30-10-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  In its latest crackdown on human rights, the Taliban has now banned corneal transplant operations in Afghanistan, declaring the sight-saving procedure contrary to Islamic teachings and ordering hospitals to stop carrying them out. The move threatens to leave hundreds of people, particularly young patients who have lost their eyesight in explosions and...
  
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• When Arabs tracked the Israeli ballot box

  30-10-2026 16:41 via WN.com - World News
  Across the Arab world, the recent Israeli elections were monitored with unusual intensity. Many tracked the returns minute by minute, almost expecting Tel Aviv’s ballot boxes to deliver what regional diplomacy and domestic governance have failed to achieve: a shift in hostile policies, the downfall of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, or a viable opening for Palestinian statehood. This collective fixation warrants reflection....
  
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• Police Scotland Probe alleged human trafficking involving Jeffrey Epstein and former Prince Andrew at Royal estate

  30-10-2026 16:41 via WN.com - World News
  Police Scotland have opened an investigation into a 1999 visit by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew, brother of King Charles III, to the Balmoral royal estate in Scotland, following allegations of human trafficking involving women transported to the residence. Scottish law enforcement confirmed receiving information regarding the stay of Epstein,...
  
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• White House hosts trick-or-treaters at Halloween event with Trumps

  30-10-2026 16:40 via WN.com - World News
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• How to watch NFL 2026 for free from anywhere in the world with this Black ...

  30-10-2026 16:40 via WN.com - World News
  NFL 2026 season: Wednesday, September 9 to Sunday, February 14Free Streams: 5 (UK) / 7plus (Aus) / TVNZ+ (NZ) / VM Play (Ire) / Twitch (US)Use IPVanish to watch from anywhere – 85% off The NFL season is heating up, with the Minnesota Vikings emerging as the surprise package after a 6-0 start. Their defence has led the way, while the winless Los Angeles Chargers are already facing serious questions. The Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills have also impressed, but pre-seaso
  
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• How to watch Beat Luke Littler online from anywhere

  30-10-2026 16:40 via WN.com - World News
  Watch Beat Luke Littler — Netflix (Global)BLOCKED? Use Norton VPN to stream from anywherePremiere: Friday, October 30 at 7pm GMT / 3pm ET A two-time world champion with 30 tournament wins to his name, Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler is used to beating the best professional darts players in the world. Now the teenage sensation will face a whole new challenge as he takes on 24 ‘amateurs’ in a high-stakes showdown. The 19-year-old will put his skills to the test in a series of one-leg shootouts a
  
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• Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries, Russia says

  30-10-2026 16:39 via WN.com - World News
  Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries after a brief pause, Russia's deputy prime minister said Friday. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. US President Donald Trump had been pressuring Kyiv for weeks to stop...
  
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