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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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US court rules daughter of Trump critic James Comey was illegally fired
Maurene Comey had argued that she was fired because her father, former FBI chief James Comey, was target of Trump's ire.
1. 1. A United States judge has ruled that former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was illegally fired by the administration of President Donald Trump.
1. 2. US District Judge Jesse Furman said on Monday that the Trump administration had overstepped the boundaries of executive authority when it fired so-called “inferior officers” without cause.
1. 3. In Monday’s decision, Furman granted her request for back pay from the date of her firing on July 16, 2025, through December. He also said she is entitled to “retroactive reinstatement” for that time period.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialPolitics

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‘Deflections’: Abdul El-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks
The Democratic candidate for the US Senate has been the subject of Islamophobic attacks from Trump.
1. 1. Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has dismissed United States President Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks against him, saying that they are an attempt to move the attention away from the president’s own record.
1. 2. At a rally in Michigan on Sunday, Trump unleashed repeated baseless claims against El-Sayed, accusing the Democrat of wanting to impose “Sharia law” on the country.
1. 3. El-Sayed called the attacks “deflections and deceptions based on no evidence”.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Trump faces private citizens lawsuit over limiting White House media access
The plaintiffs argue they are losing access to vital information media outlets covering Trump used to provide.
1. 1. A group of private citizens has sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump over its restrictions on news outlets covering the White House.
1. 2. The lawsuit is the first lodged not by the news outlets being banned, but by those who consume the news and rely on it for their work.
1. 3. Each argues they need unbiased, diverse media reporting from the White House to do their work.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsPolitical CommentaryUS Politics

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US midterm elections 2026 in maps and charts
On November 3, Americans decide which party controls the US Congress for the second half of Donald Trump's presidency.
1. 1. On November 3, about 210 million registered voters will decide how much power Donald Trump has for the rest of his US presidency.
1. 2. Midterm elections decide the makeup of Congress, which writes the country’s laws and controls federal spending.
1. 3. Since 1946, the president’s party has lost an average of 26.5 seats in the House and a handful in the Senate in midterm elections.

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26 Oct 2026

SportsControversialOpinion

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Ballon d’Or 2026 award ceremony LIVE: Winners, reactions and latest news
Follow updates from the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony as the world's best male and female footballers are crowned.
1. 1. Follow updates from the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony as the world’s best male and female footballers are crowned.
1. 2. The Ballon d’Or is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football.
1. 3. The ceremony will announce the winners for both the men's and women's Ballon d'Or awards.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsGeopolitical AnalysisPower Dynamics

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Saddam Haftar is eyeing the throne in Libya
As the US looks to broker a unity deal, Saddam is trying to position himself as the main contender for the presidency.
1. 1. Saddam Haftar is orchestrating a sequence of events, including the ratification of a maritime deal with Turkiye, to secure his bid for the Libyan presidency.
1. 2. The US is attempting to broker a power-sharing arrangement that could install Saddam as Libya's president, contingent on Turkish support.
1. 3. Saddam's strategy involves navigating complex relationships with Turkiye, the US, Egypt, and the UAE, with potential consequences for regional stability and his own political future.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsDiplomacyGeopolitical

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Mecca defence alliance members in Tehran to defuse Iran-US, Yemen tensions
Countering Houthi advances in Yemen will be a major focus for Saudi Arabia and its allies in Tehran.
1. 1. Ministers and senior security officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye are in Tehran to discuss regional security issues amid threats of new US strikes on Iran.
1. 2. The talks are expected to address the waves of missile and drone attacks carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who are allied with Tehran, on Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
1. 3. US President Donald Trump is said to be considering new attacks to break the diplomatic deadlock with Iran, which has refused to agree to any peace agreement with Washington unless several of its demands are met.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Israel expands expulsions in occupied West Bank to cement control
Israel escalates forced expulsions and infrastructure destruction with the goal of imposing 'new reality', analysts say.
1. 1. More than 3,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron as the Israeli army escalates a sweeping military operation that human rights experts describe as a calculated effort to permanently displace the Palestinian population.
1. 2. The Israeli military continues a demolition campaign that has resulted in the destruction of residential buildings, factories and roads, while also blocking roads, raiding homes and assaulting Palestinians.
1. 3. The ultimate goal, Amr added, is ‘to impose a new reality’ that can be summarised ‘in one sentence: ‘more land, fewer Arabs’.’

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26 Oct 2026

SportsControversialOpinion

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Dakar Rally 2027 moved out of Saudi Arabia amid conflict in Middle East
Organisers of January's off-road race say it will be relocated due to recent developments in the region.
1. 1. The Dakar Rally has been moved out of Saudi Arabia for the 2027 edition due to the “recent developments in the region”.
1. 2. A new location will be announced in the “coming days”, the statement added.
1. 3. Organisers said they intend to bring the rally back to Saudi Arabia in 2028 to celebrate its 50th edition.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsPolitical AnalysisLeadership

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China’s political elite gather for talks on Communist Party discipline
The four-day meeting is being watched closely for clues as to the country's direction and future leadership.
1. 1. China’s political leaders and elites have begun a four-day meeting to discuss ways to strengthen discipline within the ruling Communist Party, as President Xi Jinping pushes for greater loyalty from officials and deepens his anticorruption campaign.
1. 2. The fifth plenum, which started on Monday, is also being watched closely for clues to the country’s direction and future leadership.
1. 3. While Xi has consolidated his grip on power, analysts say the plenum will give him another chance to align what Chinese officials do with what Beijing wants.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Israel’s election: Five key things to know
Vote comes as Israel is embroiled in multiple wars, faces international criticism and grapples with domestic divisions.
1. 1. Israelis will head to the polls on Tuesday for legislative elections.
1. 2. The vote, the first since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, is being called one of the most important in its history.
1. 3. The fractured landscape means Israeli parties could be in for tough post-election negotiations to cobble together a governing majority.

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26 Oct 2026

Current EventsGeopoliticsEnergy Security

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US military says it helped Gulf states export 1.5 billion barrels of oil
US Central Command says more than 3,000 commercial vessels have transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support.
1. 1. US military forces have helped Gulf countries export more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil since June.
1. 2. More than 3,000 commercial vessels had transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support over the past six months.
1. 3. More than 95 percent of ships navigating the channel had sailed through safely in recent months despite Iranian threats, clearly demonstrating that the United States and regional partners control the international waterway.

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26 Oct 2026

Current EventsCurrent EventsNatural Disasters

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Two storms slam northern Europe, cut power to 150,000 homes
Storms Boelo and Austen kill a man in Scotland and cut electricity to homes in the UK, France and Germany.
1. 1. Two storms, Boelo and Austen, battered northern Europe, causing one death and cutting power to over 150,000 homes.
1. 2. Disruptions included power cuts in the UK, France, and Germany, along with flight and phone network interruptions.
1. 3. Experts have warned of more extreme weather events due to climate change.

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26 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Lula holds off far right with victory in Brazil presidential election
Leftist president mounts stunning comeback after unexpected first-round loss galvanised supporters of Flavio Bolsonaro.
1. 1. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has defeated right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s contentious presidential race, pulling off a remarkable comeback after a first-round loss that galvanised the country’s political right.
1. 2. Shortly after 9:00pm Brasilia time on Sunday (00:00 GMT), Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court called the race for Lula, who had earned more than 51 percent of the vote.
1. 3. With his victory, Lula has made history. No other politician in modern Brazilian history has lost the first round of a presidential election only to win the second round.

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26 Oct 2026

Current EventsControversialSensational

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Iran war live: Trump rules out strikes ‘today’; Israeli forces raid Hebron
Trump's statement comes as Iran says renewed US-Israeli attacks 'will achieve no different outcome'.
1. 1. Trump rules out strikes 'today'.
1. 2. Iran says renewed US-Israeli attacks ‘will achieve no different outcome from those of the past’.
1. 3. Israeli forces raid Hebron.

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25 Oct 2026

Current EventsControversialSensational

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Kenya bus crash kills at least 24 as government vows road safety crackdown
Church mourners die on Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa Highway weeks after another crash killed 17 people.
1. 1. A bus carrying mourners has collided with a truck on a major highway in southeastern Kenya, killing at least 24 people, police say.
1. 2. President William Ruto offered condolences on Sunday and ordered inspections of vehicles used for public transport.
1. 3. Transport Minister Davis Chirchir said the government would step up enforcement against speeding and unsafe overtaking, improve dangerous sections of road and strengthen training and checks for commercial drivers.

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25 Oct 2026

SportsControversialOpinion

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Can Carrick survive Man United’s slump and Fernandes fallout?
Manchester United cheer Michael Carrick off after Bournemouth loss but boo Bruno Fernandes, what now for crisis club?
1. 1. Manchester United's 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth marked a 40-year low for the club, leaving them just a point above the relegation zone.
1. 2. Bruno Fernandes was an unused substitute after criticising Carrick following a previous heavy defeat, indicating a rift between the player and manager.
1. 3. Former players Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville believe Carrick should be sacked, citing the club's overall mess and the untenable dressing room situation.

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25 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returns from exile
The Nobel laureate's homecoming follows national protests demanding free elections.
1. 1. Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has successfully returned to the country after more than 10 months in exile.
1. 2. Machado announced her arrival on social media on Sunday, writing, “I am here. With you.”
1. 3. Machado first disappeared from public life after being briefly arrested in January 2025.

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25 Oct 2026

SportsControversialOpinion

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Jordan FA chief says AFC Congress ‘pure politics’ at behest of Infantino
Prince Ali bin Hussein said nobody was allowed to speak, question, debate or talk to the media at the AFC Congress.
1. 1. Prince Ali bin Hussein accused FIFA President Gianni Infantino of hijacking the Asian Football Confederation Congress for political purposes.
1. 2. There were reports that Asia has a united position when it comes to electing the next FIFA President. In fact, nobody was allowed to speak, question, debate or talk with the media.
1. 3. Infantino also addressed the AFC Congress, giving Sheikh Salman his backing for another term.

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25 Oct 2026

BusinessControversialOpinion

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Trump’s tariff pause angers some US ranchers, boosts Brazilian beef imports
Just as American cattle went to market, Trump's action added unease to an industry already facing uncertainty.
1. 1. United States President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on certain beef tariffs, making beef cheaper to import, particularly from Brazil.
1. 2. The United States Cattlemen’s Association, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Farm Bureau, all member organisations that represent ranchers, opposed the decision.
1. 3. Tariff changes add volatility.

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25 Oct 2026

Current EventsControversialOpinion

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Seven killed in Gaza as Israel targets university campus and other sites
Israeli air strike kills three security guards in one of two attacks on the Islamic University in Gaza City.
1. 1. At least seven Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including one that targeted a university campus in Gaza City.
1. 2. Three security guards were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Islamic University campus on Sunday, the second attack that targeted the institution in the space of a few hours.
1. 3. The total death toll from Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip is 74,544, with at least 175,692 people wounded since October 2023.

AJAl Jazeera (Qatar)

25 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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How is the US-Israeli war on Iran causing havoc in Europe?
Rising energy costs and protests are sharpening European opposition to renewed US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
1. 1. Several Western European nations have expressed their opposition to the potential resumption of the Iran war, as spiralling global oil prices have worsened the cost of living crisis across Europe.
1. 2. Continued disruption to energy supplies is pushing up household costs as winter in Europe approaches, adding fuel to protests over living standards that have engulfed European capitals in recent weeks.
1. 3. The dispute has therefore exposed a widening argument over whether alliance commitments require European governments to facilitate a war they did not choose.

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25 Oct 2026

Current EventsInvestigativeHuman Interest

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The search for gold is a dangerous and laborious gamble for Sudan’s miners
As Sudan’s war destroys livelihoods, the death of 16-year-old Altayeb Alhadi highlights dangers of artisanal mining.
1. 1. Altayeb Alhadi died in an air strike attributed to the Egyptian military at a gold-mining site near Jabal Al-Aigdat in Sudan’s Red Sea region on October 10, which killed at least 72 miners.
1. 2. Since a civil war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group broke out in 2023, the economy has tanked and forced thousands with no other source of income to find work in the artisanal gold mines of northern Sudan.
1. 3. Artisanal and small-scale mining accounted for 53.71 tonnes, or about 83 per cent, of Sudan’s declared gold production in 2024, but this was just in areas under government control, according to research by the Chatham House think tank.

AJAl Jazeera (Qatar)

25 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Elections cannot produce change in Israel
Political change cannot come from within Israeli society. It can only come from the outside.
1. 1. Elections cannot produce change in Israel.
1. 2. Change will not come from within the country. It can only come from the outside in the form of consequences.
1. 3. Sanctions, for example, could work.

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25 Oct 2026

Current EventsInvestigativeHumanitarian

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Nigeria’s missing: Families in the northeast still wait for answers
People across northeastern Nigeria continue searching for loved ones who went missing during years of violence.
1. 1. Families in northeastern Nigeria continue to search for loved ones who disappeared during over 15 years of conflict.
1. 2. The conflict has devastated communities through attacks, abductions and displacement, leaving families searching for relatives whose fates remain unknown.
1. 3. Community organizations and international bodies like the ICRC are supporting families, but the scale of disappearances and the difficulty in verification pose significant challenges.

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25 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialCurrent Events

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Serbia votes in election pitting longtime leader against student movement
Polls show populist leader Aleksandar Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and anti-authoritarian movement.
1. 1. Serbians are voting in parliamentary elections amid a mass student protest movement that seeks to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vucic, who has held power as prime minister and then president for more than a decade.
1. 2. The snap elections, called by Vucic in September, follow almost two years of student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism, triggered by the deaths of 16 people when a train station canopy collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in 2024.
1. 3. Opinion polls are predicting a tight race.

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25 Oct 2026

Current EventsControversialOpinion

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New York Archdiocese agrees to pay $800m to 1,300 sexual abuse survivors
The settlement is the second-largest after an $880m deal reached by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2024.
1. 1. The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay more than $800m to settle the legal claims of about 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy.
1. 2. New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks said on Saturday that the settlement will be formally signed on November 6 after an agreement with the plaintiffs and their lawyers.
1. 3. The settlement is the second-largest of its kind after an $880m deal reached by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2024.

AJAl Jazeera (Qatar)

25 Oct 2026

PoliticsSecurityGeopolitical

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Bulgarians vote for president in shadow of Russia’s war in Ukraine
The two leading candidates condemn recent deadly Black Sea drone strikes, but differ on the Ukraine war more broadly.
1. 1. Bulgarians are voting in a presidential election amid the spread of Russia’s war on Ukraine to the waters off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
1. 2. The two leading candidates for president have both condemned the strikes, but they differ on the broader war in Ukraine.
1. 3. While there is a broad consensus among the parties in Parliament on the country’s pro-Western path, widespread pro-Russian sentiments based on traditional historical and cultural ties with Russia have divided society, particularly since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

AJAl Jazeera (Qatar)

25 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Obama slams Trump’s ‘cruelty and corruption’ at Ohio rally for Democrats
Former US president says Trump 'chose to make a series of bad decisions', highlighting the US-Israel war on Iran.
1. 1. Former United States President Barack Obama has criticised the “cruelty and corruption” during President Donald Trump’s second term.
1. 2. Obama urged Ohioans to vote against the Republican administration, saying: “After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, ‘Enough is enough’.”
1. 3. In the advertisement, Donna Arthur, Acton’s mother, disputes her daughter’s account of a childhood involving homelessness and sexual abuse by her stepfather, urging Ohioans not to vote for her.

AJAl Jazeera (Qatar)

25 Oct 2026

PoliticsControversialOpinion

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Iran war live: Trump hints at possible Sunday Iran attack or deal reached
Trump says US is considering a possible attack on Iran as soon as Sunday, or it could reach a major deal with Tehran.
1. 1. Trump says the US is considering a possible attack on Iran as soon as Sunday, or it could reach a major deal with Tehran.

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