Fighting rages in Yemen’s Taiz as UN warns nearly 260,000 displaced
Yemen’s government forces launched hundreds of strikes on Houthi locations, a spokesperson says.
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Search under way for four soldiers missing after gang attack in Haiti
UN official warns of escalating violence in Haiti as security personnel face retaliatory attacks by armed gangs.
Famine fears as aid cuts and shipment restrictions coincide in Gaza
Displaced families in Gaza fear worsening food insecurity as planned aid cuts coincide with continued restrictions.
Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak
Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country’s first Ebola case.
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Gaza bodybuilders find solace in strongman competition among the ruins
Bodybuilders in Gaza are finding solace in testing their strength during a competition surrounded by rubble.
Published On 18 Oct 2026
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Sudan army accused of drone strike on livestock market
Sudan’s army says it struck RSF command centres in South Darfur, but the RSF says a crowded livestock market was hit.
Published On 18 Oct 2026
Food or medicine? The impossible choices facing Sudan’s chronically ill
Sudanese are facing growing costs of medicine caused by the country’s civil war.
Fighting intensifies across Yemen as humanitarian crisis deepens
Clashes between Yemeni forces and Houthis cause casualties on both sides as aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis.
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Saudi-led forces try to break Houthi siege of Taiz with airstrikes
Saudi-led forces say they’ve struck multiple positions around the Yemeni city of Taiz to break the Houthi siege.
Published On 18 Oct 2026
Israeli settlers attack European diplomats during West Bank olive harvest
Four Palestinian women and a child are among those injured in separate ongoing Israeli assaults and pogroms.
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