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• Syria busts terrorist cell planning attacks

  28-09-2026 13:11 via article.wn.com
  DAMASCUS — Syria said on Sunday that its forces had arrested four leaders and several members of an ISIS cell that was planning attacks inside the country.Security and intelligence forces "dismantled a cell affiliated with the ISIS terrorist organization that was involved in carrying out kidnappings, planting explosive devices, and assassinations",...
  
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• US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US forces...
  
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• UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority...
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Inside the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  In today’s newsletter: New details suggest there is a counter-narrative to how events unfolded at the airbase used by the US...
  
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• Tennessee to execute first woman in 200 years

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
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• Privatised aid failed people of Gaza, world should learn not to repeat it

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  Privatised aid failed people of Gaza, world should learn not to repeat it ......
  
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• OpenAI apologises for hack of Australian government website, vows to rebuild trust

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  OpenAI apologised for the hacking of an Australian government website by a rogue AI agent, committing funding to improve cyber defences and to establish a local response taskforce as scrutiny mounts over the high-profile incident. In a blog post on Tuesday titled “How we will do better for Australia”, the ChatGPT maker acknowledged it mishandled its response and pledged to take accountability to “rebuild trust with the Australian people”....
  
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• Malaysia sends Myanmar refugees home despite safety concerns

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  Malaysia began the process of deporting about 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday as part of a refugee repatriation programme, defying objections from the UN and dozens of human rights groups. The deportation is the first phase of a broader plan agreed with Myanmar that could see the return of as many as 5,000 people. Malaysia said the programme was strictly voluntary, but the UN refugee agency and civil society organisations have raised concerns about the safety of those being returned, with Mya
  
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• Interview: Xi-Trump summit raises expectations for greater global stability: scholar

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  SINGAPORE, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The recent summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump has added new substance to the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, raising expectations for greater stability around the world, a public policy scholar has said. By agreeing to build "a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity," the two presidents have provided a paradigm for countries to resolve differe
  
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• Cornell University 2024 rape case reopened, seven accused face grand jury review

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  Cornell...
  
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• China (Guangzhou) International Building Decoration Fair Looks Ahead to 2027 with Expanded Global Connections

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 28, 2026...
  
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• ASEAN talks on strengthening regional information, media cooperation

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  VIENTIANE, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Laos hosted the 27th meeting of the ASEAN committee on culture and information's sub-committee on information (COCI-SCI), bringing together representatives from ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretariat to strengthen regional...
  
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• 1983, Srinagar: When India’s World Cup team walked into a hostile crowd

  29-09-2026 09:19 via article.wn.com
  Weeks after winning the...
  
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• Who was behind RAF Fairford terror plot? 'Foreign actor' claim puts Iran link in focus

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  The suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford has put a possible Iran link back in focus after US secretary of state Marco Rubio said a foreign actor was “clearly” involved, without naming the country or providing evidence. The development comes as British counter-terrorism investigators continue to examine whether the five men arrested near the airbase had links to a foreign state.Rubio made the claim after five British men arrested near the US-used airbase were released on police bai
  
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• Spouses, children of key Chinese AI talent will need permission to travel abroad, even for ...

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  China has reportedly...
  
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• Second prosecutor resigns from Justice Department ‘grand conspiracy’ probe targeting Trump foes

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — A lawyer who backed...
  
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• Police arrest California couple in the shooting death of their son-in-law, a New York Times ...

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  DUBLIN, Calif. — A...
  
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• Pete Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard U.S. election systems during midterms

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. National Security...
  
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• Kentucky authorities arrest suspect in fatal shooting of state trooper along highway

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  SMITHS GROVE, Ky. —...
  
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• In 1997, two young scientists bought 116 acres beside New Hampshire’s Bear Brook State Park; 25 years later, they placed the entire farm under conservation protection for wetlands, forests and wildlife

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  Laura Bonk and Phil Trowbridge bought 116 acres of undeveloped land in Allenstown, New Hampshire, in 1997. The couple were young scientists and outdoor enthusiasts at the time. They recognised the importance of the property, which lies along the northern boundary of Bear Brook State Park. About 25 years later, they placed the entire property under permanent conservation protection to preserve its wetlands, forests, water resources and wildlife habitat.The land, known as Derevya Farms, forms part
  
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• Feature: Afghan returnees seek humanitarian aid as winter approaches

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- As winter approaches, Ghous Mohammad, an Afghan returnee living with his 14-member family in a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, THE capital of northern Balkh province, worries about how they will survive the cold season. "Winter is approaching, but we have nothing -- no coal, no stove and no blankets to keep ourselves warm. We don't even have enough food," said the elderly Mohammad. After spending nearly 30 years as a refugee in
  
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• Cornell 7: Who are the two students expelled? New link between Chi Phi members Orazio ...

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  Two of the Cornell...
  
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• AP Sports SummaryBrief at 1:20 a.m. EDT

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  Case Keenum drives Chicago to 3 touchdowns as the Bears beat the Eagles 27-7 ......
  
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• Andrew Bailey, an FBI deputy director, says he’s leaving the post after just over a ...

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Andrew Bailey,...
  
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• 2004 की सुनामी से 2026 के HADR तक...बंगाल की खाड़ी में BIMSTEC देशों का कितना ...

  29-09-2026 08:55 via article.wn.com
  बंगाल की खाड़ी में...
  
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• US bans nearly $1 billion in Canadian imports, escalating trade tensions

  29-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  US bans nearly $1 billion in Canadian imports, escalating trade tensions ......
  
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• US announces visa curbs over international child-abduction cases

  29-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday announced a new visa-restriction policy targeting foreign officials and others involved in parental child-abduction cases, a measure that could have implications for Pakistan as well. Announcing the policy, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would restrict visas for individuals “responsible for, or complicit in” impeding the prompt resolution of such cases, as well as their immediate family members. “Protecting American chi
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Strikes on Kyiv continue after top science institute set ablaze

  29-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  Zelensky says North Korea was preparing to deploy 10,000 more troops to Russia...
  
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• Top FBI official Andrew Bailey announces resignation after one year in role

  29-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  Throughout his brief period as deputy director, Bailey largely maintained a low public profile...
  
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• There's still room for rotation into tech, Deutsche Bank says. Here's why

  29-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  There is still room to run with regards to rotation in tech stocks due to outperformance in the sector, Deutsche Bank said. ......
  
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