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• When Tech ‘Upgrades’ Go Awry

  15-11-2026 11:28 via WN.com - World News
  Incidents involving Microsoft’s Outlook and the Federal Aviation Administration this past week demonstrated our dependence on fragile technology. ......
  
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• Government forces withdraw from area near Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Ansar Allah in control

  15-11-2026 12:13 via WN.com - World News
  Yemeni forces fighting for the internationally recognised Saudi-backed ⁠government said on Sunday that they were withdrawing from an area overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb St ......
  
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• Drone ownership ban comes into force in Beijing

  15-11-2026 12:13 via WN.com - World News
  Beijing: Beijing's ban on possessing drones came into force on Sunday, a measure authorities said will help ensure the security of China's capital city.The ban applies to both urba ......
  
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• Saudi-led coalition intercepts 2 ballistic missiles, 3 drones

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  RIYADH, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Sunday that it had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles and three...
  
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• Nearly 19 pct of Sri Lanka's population affected by diabetes: deputy minister

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  COLOMBO, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 19 percent of Sri Lanka's population has diabetes, with the actual prevalence potentially higher, Deputy Minister of...
  
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• Iran's IRGC says drones hit U.S. air defense radar station in Bahrain

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that its aerospace force had targeted U.S. air defense radar station in Bahrain in a drone attack in the preceding hours. The attack, carried out with six drones against the radar system at the...
  
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• Houthis advance toward Yemen's Aden as gov't forces suffer fresh setbacks

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  SANAA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi fighters seized key military positions in the southern province of Lahj early Sunday, advancing closer to the port city of Aden as government forces supported by the Saudi-led coalition struggled to contain their offensive, two military sources told Xinhua. The Houthis seized the strategic Kharaz military base and several surrounding mountain positions in Lahj's...
  
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• Hamas confirms killing of senior military commander in Israeli airstrike

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  GAZA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), confirmed on Sunday the killing of one of its senior commanders in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. In a statement, the...
  
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• Feature: 10 years on, world's first Luban Workshop helps create brighter future for Thai youth

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- In a classroom at Ayutthaya Technical College, home to the world's first Luban Workshop jointly established by China and Thailand, several humanoid desktop robots rhythmically waved their arms and stepped to the music as Surapat Pimrat skillfully operated them. "I named one of the robots Nam Khing because it keeps me company like a best friend," said Surapat, a third-year student pursuing Vocational Certification in mechatronics and robotics at the worksh
  
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• Column: Revising the Three Non-Nuclear Principles: a nuclear gamble that hurts everyone, including Japan

  15-11-2026 12:09 via WN.com - World News
  by Lu Xiaoyue In 1967, the Japanese cabinet under then Prime Minister Eisaku Sato proposed the Three Non-Nuclear Principles -- namely no possession, no production, and no introduction of nuclear weapons, which were confirmed by the Japanese Diet in 1971. The principles have since become essential to Japan's postwar identity: a defeated nation committed to a defensive military stance. Today, however, this cornerstone of Japan's nuclear policy is cracking under mounting pressure. The Takaichi admi
  
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• Bahrain intercepts Iranian aerial attacks as Tehran says it attacked US base

  15-11-2026 12:05 via WN.com - World News
  Bahrain intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks, it said on Sunday, while Tehran said it had struck ‌a US military base in the Gulf kingdom amid uncertainty over a deal to end the US-Israeli war on ​Iran. The first such interceptions by Bahraini air defences since September followed two warnings of potential threats, urging residents to seek shelter. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had attacked a US military base in Bahrain in retaliation for “hostile �
  
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• Campos helps Kalaheo romp past Pac-Five in D-II state playoffs

  15-11-2026 12:04 via WN.com - World News
  The Mustangs are galloping into the semifinals....
  
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• Blasts rock Bahrain as fresh Iran strikes target US base on island

  15-11-2026 12:04 via WN.com - World News
  Explosions shook Bahrain early Sunday as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it targeted a U.S. military base in the Gulf nation, which has faced repeated strikes throughout the ong ......
  
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• Ukraine refuses to concede Donbas as Zelensky warns US security plan could empower Putin

  15-11-2026 11:59 via WN.com - World News
  US has raised the idea of withdrawing from Donbas in exchange for Ukraine's membership in NATO...
  
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• Palestinian journalist ‘abused and spat on’ in ‘nightmare’ six-hour detention by Israeli troops

  15-11-2026 11:59 via WN.com - World News
  Palestinians in the southern region...
  
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• Japanese police arrest US Air Force captain for suspected drink-driving

  15-11-2026 11:59 via WN.com - World News
  His blood alcohol level was about three times the legal limit, according to police...
  
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• Facing 'uncomfortable' questions, King Charles shows the 'soft power' of the Crown

  15-11-2026 11:57 via WN.com - World News
  As with trips to Canada in 2025 and the United States earlier this year, King Charles's recent visit to the Caribbean saw him walking something of a diplomatic tightrope at a politically charged time. There seems to be an emerging pattern. ......
  
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• 3 months after mass entry, some 15,000 migrants remain in Ceuta

  15-11-2026 11:57 via WN.com - World News
  Three months after the mass entry into Ceuta, many migrants still hope the Spanish enclave will offer them a route to mainland Europe. Local authorities and residents are struggling with the surge. ......
  
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• 'Somebody hit us': Audio captures moment jets collided at Miami airport

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  NEW DELHI: 'Somebody hit us,' a Copa Airlines pilot told air traffic controllers moments after a UPS cargo aircraft struck the passenger jet on the taxiway at Miami International Airport, as audio recordings of the incident shed light on the sequence of events leading to the collision.The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into the...
  
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• NFL star Fred Warner and wife Sydney support pregnant women and single mothers through a San Jose charity, hosting a dinner and donating essential supplies to families in crisis

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  During the NFL season, much of Fred Warner’s time is taken up by training, matches and commitments with the San Francisco 49ers. But away from the field, the linebacker and his wife, Sydney, have also been making time for a cause rooted in their own family experiences. The couple recently brought together single mothers and their children for an evening in the Bay Area, combining a shared meal with donations of everyday essentials. The gathering was organised in partnership with a San Jose org
  
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• Jordan sentences 3 men to death for October church attack that killed 9

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  Jordan has sentenced three men to death for their involvement in a terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Karak Governorate last month that killed nine people.The state security court handed down the...
  
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• International students turn to US again? Report says study interest jumps 40% after midterms

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  The US has seen a 40% rise in international student interest in studying at American universities in the week after the November 3 midterm elections, according to education platform Studyportals.The increase was recorded on November 8 compared with a week earlier,...
  
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• Four Indians among 14 killed in UAE road crash; Gujarat teenager identified as fourth victim

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  Four Indian nationals, including two 21-year-old twins, their three-year-old nephew and a 13-year-old boy from Gujarat, were among 14 people killed in a series of collisions in Fujairah, UAE, on Thursday. Authorities have identified all the victims as investigations continue into the circumstances surrounding the accident.The UAE Ministry of Interior confirmed that 10 Emiratis and four Indians died in two consecutive crashes on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road during the early hours of Thursday. An
  
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• Florida woman allegedly took her ex-boyfriend’s Pokémon card collection during a physical fight, then reportedly used the prized cards to pressure him emotionally

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  A Florida woman allegedly grabbed her ex-boyfriend’s Pokémon cards during a physical confrontation after realising that the collection was upsetting him, according to police. Nadia Hussain, 23, was arrested in Orlando on November 7 following a dispute at her ex-boyfriend’s apartment. Police said the argument began after he asked her to leave and later escalated into an alleged physical altercation. Hussain is facing charges of domestic...
  
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• An Iranian shipping businessman left his $3.2 million in US assets to the eldest of his three daughters, a jury sided with her, and now a Maryland appeals court has ordered a new hearing for her two sisters

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  An inheritance dispute over nearly $3.2 million in US assets left by an Iranian shipping businessman has returned to court after a Maryland appeals court overturned a jury's decision in favour of his eldest daughter. The case centres on whether Seyedkazem Amini-Nejad, who died in 2023 at the age of 95, understood the estate documents that left his American assets exclusively to one of his three daughters. In a ruling dated October 28, 2026, the Appellate Court of Maryland said the jury had been
  
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• An American family has five generations born on September 14; a baby boy born in 2025 helped them set a Guinness World Record spanning 118 years

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  Imagine being born into a family where your great-great-grandfather, great-grandmother, grandfather, mother and you all share the same birthday. Suddenly, arriving fashionably late is not an option. Neither is being born on September 15.For one American family, September 14 is not just another date on the calendar. It is practically a family heirloom. And with the arrival of a baby boy in 2025, the Bell and Harlow family has managed to turn a rather unusual birthday coincidence into a Guinness W
  
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• After their father died without a will in 2021, two Indiana half-siblings fought over property in Indiana and California; a November 13 appeals court upheld $177,852 in sanctions against the brother over a settlement

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  When a parent dies without leaving a will, disputes among family members can become complicated, particularly when an estate includes property in different states. In Indiana, two half-siblings became involved in a prolonged legal battle over their late father's estate, including real estate in Indiana and California. Although they eventually reached a mediated settlement, disagreements over its terms led to further court proceedings and a substantial financial penalty for the brother.In a Novem
  
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• 'Addressing existing threats': Yemeni forces withdraw from Bab el-Mandeb as Houthis cement foothold

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  Saudi backed Yemeni forces said on Sunday they were withdrawing from an area overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, leaving Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in control of the territory.The southern Yemeni forces said they were redeploying towards Aden, where the internationally recognised government is based, Reuters reported.'The Southern Armed Forces announce the implementation of a redeployment operation...
  
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• A New York woman won $2 million for pain and suffering after a car crash and spinal fusion surgery; on November 12, an appeals court ordered a new damages trial unless she accepts $1.35 million instead

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  A serious car accident can leave injuries that require major surgery and have lasting effects on a person's life. In New York, a woman who underwent spinal fusion surgery after a collision was initially awarded $2 million for past pain and suffering by a jury. However, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, has ruled that the amount was higher than what could be considered reasonable compensation and ordered a reduction or a new trial on damages.In a November 12, 2026
  
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• A London mother who died at 94 left her entire £1.1 million estate to her eldest son after accusing her daughter of not showing enough love and respect, and a judge has now rejected the daughter’s challenge

  15-11-2026 11:54 via WN.com - World News
  A family dispute over a £1.1 million inheritance has ended with a UK judge upholding the will of a London mother who excluded her daughter and younger son from her estate, saying they had failed to show her enough “love and respect”. According to a report by The Independent, Dervishe Halil, who died aged 94 in 2021, left her entire estate to her eldest son, Dogan Halil, in her final will, drawn up in 2018. Her daughter, Aysel Gencay, challenged the document, alleging that her brother had ma
  
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