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• UN Concerned About Delhi Situation

  11-10-2026 15:19 via article.wn.com
  Kashmir, Observer, Jammu, Srinagar, Latest Kashmir News, Kashmir News, Kashmir Latest News File photo of UN human rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan Geneva- The United Nations human rights office on Saturday expressed concern over reports of mass detentions during large-scale protests in Delhi, urging Indian authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly and immediately release anyone arbitrarily detained. The statement came as security forces prevented demonstrators associated with t
  
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• World’s tiniest flowering plant could feed deep space astronauts

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  They measure just a few millimeters across, but scientists say they could feed astronauts exploring deep space. ......
  
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• US attorney warns Chinese espionage is 'extremely pervasive,' says Beijing 'playing the long game'

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Chinese espionage is \...
  
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• UK and EU confirm date of summit after Burnham says Russian meddling shows the need ...

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  LONDON (AP) — Russia’s attempts to meddle in European politics show why Britain must forge a closer relationship with the European Union, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday, arguing that “the status quo is not good enough.” Burnham said that attempts by Russia to interfere in democratic votes across Europe, including Britain’s 2016 EU membership referendum, highlight the importance of strengthening the U.K.’s links with its neighbors, years after they wer
  
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• Two LA children killed by man believed to be their father, police say

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Calling 911: What you need to know Calling 911 is for emergencies only, but what counts as an emergency? Two young children were fatally shot in California by a man authorities believe to be their father, who was also hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,...
  
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• Trump floats renaming another body of water: ‘We need an ocean’

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump pitched the idea of rebranding an ocean — fresh off his renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” ......
  
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• Trade Minister Leading 300-Member Mission to India This Week

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is in India this week as the two countries look to reach a free-trade agreement...
  
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• Those other battles of Hastings | Letters

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  In response to a report that rare footage of a 1966 re-enactment has been found, Sue Jenkins recalls her own that year. Plus a letter from Bryn Hughes...
  
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• The surprising benefits of food rationing | Letters

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Among the hardships of the second world war, a restricted diet with little sugar did little harm, write Roger Wilkinson and Helen Keats; plus a letter from Jane Robbins...
  
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• The Guardian view on Narendra Modi’s gen Z crackdown: he cannot arrest his way out ...

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Young protesters have exposed the limits of a strongman’s authority. Crushing dissent risks deepening the democratic crisis he should confront...
  
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• TechNewsWorld Launches EduSeries With SmartTech Research

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Technology companies often buy attention for a launch. The harder part is helping people understand why the technology matters. That is the idea behind EduSeries, a new analyst-led video program from SmartTech Research and ECT News Network, now available on TechNewsWorld. SmartTech Research brings an independent analyst perspective to the series. Each episode starts with the problem a technology is intended to solve, then examines the available approaches, practical uses, trade-offs, and the fac
  
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• Stellantis and Renault back UK to get EU car industry protection

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Bosses of Citroën owner and French carmaker also urge UK government to consider limiting imports from China...
  
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• Risk of Major Attack by Russia Relatively Low, Says NATO’s Top Commander

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  NATO’s top military commander has said the likelihood of Russia launching a full-scale attack on the alliance’s eastern flank was...
  
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• Republican lawmakers break with Trump on diesel deal with Russia

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump last week...
  
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• Pope Leo announces lung surgery in rare move for pontiff

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV is set to undergo surgery this week to remove a nodule in his lung. In a rare move, the pontiff announced the news himself. Chris Livesay reports. ......
  
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• Pakistan’s Saudi dependence is now shaping its Iran policy

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  The alliance brings together a wealthy state with limited manpower and a populous country with fragile foreign exchange reserves. ......
  
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• Opinion | France Keeps Digging a Hole

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  French politicians overspend and put their own political survival above their country’s fiscal well-being. ......
  
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• Minnesota Democrat vilified by Trump responds to feds searching her home

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., the...
  
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• Markwayne Mullin makes stunning defense of livestreaming public execution

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin backed the plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s military execution by firing squad, claiming making the Fort Hood gunman’s death public is “restoring American values.” ......
  
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• Man rescued from cave on Sardinia after being trapped by rockslide for 26 hours

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Luca Olmetto was trapped roughly 10 metres below ground in the Gorroppeddu cave in the Urzulei mountain range...
  
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• Jung Chung-rae's European audit follows U.S. visa delay

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Jung Chung-rae, a member of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, who had to change his parliamentary audit destination from the Americas to Europe three days before departure due to delays in obtaining a U.S. visa, began his European audit schedule on the 11th (local time), starting in London, UK, followed by Lisbon, Portugal, Berlin, Germany, and Warsaw, Poland. Rep. Jung wrote on his social media on the day,...
  
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• Fugitive Businessman Linked to Alleged Venezuelan Corruption Taken Into US Custody

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  A Colombian businessman wanted by the United States for allegedly paying bribes to secure...
  
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• Freed Chinese Pastor Honored With Lantos Prize for Defending Religious Freedom

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON—The leader of one of China’s largest underground churches, freed after...
  
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• Exclusive: UK parliament refuses to release Arab Spring report

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  The British parliament has refused to release a confidential report examining the UK's relations with governments that came to power in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya following the Arab Spring uprisings, insisting the document must remain secret until 2046. The House of Commons rejected a freedom of information request submitted by The New Arab seeking access to the findings of a parliamentary inquiry into British foreign policy towards the three countries. The report, titled British Foreign Policy an
  
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• EU Adopts Largest Round of Sanctions Against Russia Since 2022

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  The European Union adopted its largest-ever tranche of sanctions against Russia since 2022 on Monday. A total of 1,569...
  
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• Chinese Regime Targets Taiwan’s Allies With Sanctions Against Officials

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  The Chinese regime has imposed sanctions on senior officials from Paraguay and Belize over their support for Taiwan,...
  
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• Canada Foreign Minister Anita Anand to visit India for talks with EAM Jaishankar

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  According to an announcement by Global Affairs Canada on Monday, Anand will visit India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 13 to 16. ......
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu's legacy and political future on the line in Israel's Oct 27 election

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel: As Israel prepares to hold national elections on Oct. 27 for the...
  
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• Alvarez will go ahead with title fight in Riyadh despite attacks, says Alalshikh

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
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• Adult victims, suspected shooter ID'd in Erie mass shooting

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Officers met with ‘eerie silence’ at scene of Erie mass shooting Police responding to a shooting at an Erie, Pennsylvania home were met with an "eerie silence" before finding nine people dead inside. ERIE, PA – Authorities identified the adult victims and the suspected gunman who were found dead after what police described as a "horrific" mass shooting at a home near Lake Erie. Police say on Oct. 9, a gunman fatally shot eight people, most of them relatives, including two young
  
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