More than 2,000 detained as Delhi protests demand India election chief’s resignation
Indian police detained more than 2,000 protesters in Delhi on Saturday as authorities blocked a planned demonstration calling for the resignation o...
Israel’s military continued its assault in Gaza City and across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, dismantling underground shafts and booby-trapped structures.
Gazan health authorities say the attacks killed at least 60 Palestinians. At the same time, UK, Canada, Australia and several more nations are set to formally recognise an independent Palestinian state on Monday, ahead of the U.N. General Assembly.
Israeli forces have escalated demolitions of high-rise buildings in Gaza City this week, combined with a ground assault. They currently control the eastern suburbs and have been bombarding the Sheikh Radwan and Tel Al-Hawa areas, which would serve as staging points for further advances into central and western parts of the city, where most civilians are now taking shelter.
The military claims up to 20 tower blocks in Gaza City have been destroyed over the past two weeks. It estimates more than 500,000 people have fled the city since September began. Hamas contests those figures, saying approximately 300,000 have left, and about 900,000 remain, including hostages.
Hamas’ military wing also released a montage-type image of Israeli hostages on Telegram, warning that the operation in Gaza City threatens their lives.
Leaders of countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have agreed to hold coordinated population censuses around 2030. They took the decision at the CIS Council of Heads of State meeting in Awaza, Turkmenistan on Friday, media reported.
A powerful explosion has been reported at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, raising fresh concerns over aviation security in Saudi Arabia as tensions across the region continue to escalate.
Britain and Israel have reached a temporary compromise over the future of the British Consulate General in East Jerusalem, easing a diplomatic dispute that had threatened to further strain relations between the two countries.
South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday (9 October) escalating tensions with European allies and potentially targeting companies that provide services to the tribunal. The move came hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Indian police detained more than 2,000 protesters in Delhi on Saturday as authorities blocked a planned demonstration calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over disputed changes to voter lists.
At least 12 people, including three children, have been killed in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to ease sanctions on Russian diesel.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports, questioning why Moscow was granted an economic benefit without an apparent concession towards ending the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed surprise after Donald Trump mediated the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement in 2025, the U.S. President said at a rally in New York state on Friday.
The United Nations has condemned a sharp rise in attacks on civilians in Ukraine, reporting that more than 100 people were killed and at least 429 injured in a single week as Russian strikes hit residential areas, passenger buses and critical infrastructure.
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