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Sudan war: First ‘suicide’ drone attacks, now long-range strikes are the norm | UN News

Drones and drought are “closing in” on Sudan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said on Tuesday…
By Daniel Johnson, Geneva 10 November 2026 Peace and Security Drones and drought are “closing in” on Sudan…
“It is an assault unlike anything Sudan has seen before.

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Iran lifts 2,000km limit on its ballistic missiles: What that means | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera

Experts ask whether longer-range missiles are intended to hit targets beyond the Middle East.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has lifted its self-imposed 2,000km (1,250-mile) limit on the range of its…
“This limitation has been lifted for us,” IRGC spokesman Brigadier-General Hossein Mohebbi announced at a news conference in Tehran…

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Why the GCC is setting up an advanced military command base in Kuwait | GCC News | Al Jazeera

Gulf leaders emphasised the need to strengthen defence coordination to confront present and future regional challenges.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has agreed to establish an advanced headquarters for its Unified Military Command in Kuwait…
The announcement on Tuesday followed the 23rd meeting of the GCC’s Joint Defence Council…

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Viktor Orbán’s brother detained in people-smuggling investigation, Hungarian PM says | Hungary | The Guardian

Arrest made by anti-corruption body set up to investigate alleged graft during former PM’s 16-year rule
Arrest made by anti-corruption body set up to investigate alleged graft during former PM’s 16-year rule Hungarian authorities have detained…
The Hungarian anti-graft body, the national asset protection and recovery office…

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El Niño Comes For Global Economy, Agriculture

Deadly flooding sweeping the American Southwest .
Unrelenting downpours clobbering South America .
A punishing drought gripping Southeast Asia .

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Disgraced former leader Sheikh Hasina plans return to Bangladesh from exile | Bangladesh | The Guardian

Former prime minister faces death penalty upon return after being sentenced in absentia over deaths in 2024 uprising
Former prime minister faces death penalty upon return after being sentenced in absentia over deaths in 2024 uprising Sheikh Hasina…
Hasina has been living in self-imposed exile since August 2024 when she was toppled from power by a mass uprising…

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Climate crisis could push 141 million more women into extreme poverty | UN News

More than one in three women and girls worldwide – roughly 1.5 billion – live in so-called “climate hotspots”…
10 November 2026 Women More than one in three women and girls worldwide – roughly 1.5 billion – live…
That’s according to “Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis”…

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France summons Iran’s ambassador over supermarket fridge ‘sabotage’ | Cybersecurity News | Al Jazeera

Iran categorically denied the French accusations, calling the claims ‘baseless’.
France blames Iran for October supermarket cyberattack France says it has summoned Iran’s ambassador to Paris “to lodge a very…
“It marks the first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on our national territory…

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Grenades, grief and a deepening political divide: five takeaways from Sonia Gandhi’s new memoir | World news | The Guardian

From the assassinations of her husband and mother-in-law to press stonewalling under Modi…
The former’s much-awaited political memoir, Belonging, offers a strikingly candid account of her journey from a small town in Italy…
The veteran Congress party leader has been fiercely protective of her personal world.

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New Knesset speaker could be key to ousting Netanyahu as Israel’s PM | Israel | The Guardian

Opposition politicians get first chance to take control of levers of power, even as they struggle to form government
Opposition politicians get first chance to take control of levers of power…
High on the agenda will be replacing the speaker, who wields immense influence by controlling the legislature’s agenda.

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Israeli forces kill 14-year-old Palestinian boy in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Israel’s military says its soldiers opened fire to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones at vehicles in Burqa.
Israeli forces have shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded two other teens during a raid…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim on Tuesday as Moataz Iyad Daghlas and said Israeli authorities were withholding…

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European diplomats press Rubio for a role in Russia-Ukraine talks | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera

G7 foreign ministers are meeting in Paris ahead of the US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi.
European foreign ministers have told United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Europe must have a say in any…
They made the appeal on Monday in Paris, at a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven…

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Saudi Arabia downs missiles fired at Riyadh after Houthi attack on pipeline | Houthis News | Al Jazeera

Saudi forces intercept two missiles fired towards Riyadh, hours after reporting damage to key East-West pipeline.
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis has announced it intercepted two missiles fired towards the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh…
Major-General Turki al-Maliki, a spokesperson for the coalition, blamed the Iran-backed Houthis for Tuesday’s attacks.

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First day of Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi ‘constructive’: Zelenskyy | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera

Zelenskyy claims Russia ‘suffering record losses’ as Trump says US seeing ‘strong inclination’ to end war in Ukraine.
Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine are set to meet for peace talks brokered by the United States in Abu Dhabi…
The meeting in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday will be the third round of talks there…

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Cameroon sets date for twice-delayed legislative and local elections | Elections News | Al Jazeera

President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest leader, sets February 7 for Cameroon’s delayed legislative and local polls.
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has announced that legislative and local elections will be held in the country on February 7…
Biya, who is 93, made the announcement in a decree read on public radio on Monday.

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Poll finds Americans less likely to back pro-war candidates by 3-1 margin | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera

Americans say the US should prioritise avoiding higher prices over achieving Trump’s military goals in Iran.
A YouGov poll completed on the eve of the 2026 midterm elections has found that Americans were far less likely…
The poll, released on Monday, found that 44 percent of people said they were less likely to support candidates who…

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Ukraine war briefing: battlefield gains bolstering Kyiv’s hand in US-led peace talks, Zelenskyy says | Ukraine | The Guardian

Ukrainian president says battlefield successes and mounting Russian losses add to negotiating leverage ahead of Abu Dhabi talks on Tuesday.
What we know on day 1,721 Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskyy has said ⁠that battlefield ‌successes ‌were strengthening Kyiv’s position ‌in negotiations…
“Every task that is fully accomplished, every ⁠defensive operation that increases Ukraine’s strength and delivers results, strengthens Ukraine ‌and…

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Polish leaders join thousands at silent march in Kraków for mass shooting victims | Poland | The Guardian

Political rivals lead crowd starting from city’s market square where attack unfolded while mourners stop at memorial for six people…
Political rivals lead crowd starting from city’s market square where attack unfolded while mourners stop at memorial for six people…
They set off from the city’s historic market square, where the attack unfolded on Saturday afternoon.

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Verdict delayed in Honduras sex-trafficking case linked to disappearance | Human Trafficking News | Al Jazeera

Angie Pena’s disappearance in 2022 exposed what prosecutors called a sex-trafficking network and state corruption.
A court in Honduras has delayed a verdict in a sex-trafficking case linked to the 2022 disappearance of Angie Pena…
On Monday, Honduras’s judiciary cited the need to review evidence and wait for the return of a court interpreter…

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Where Is U.S. Security Assistance to Jordan Going?

The unprecedented terrorist attack on a church in Jordan last month that killed nine people and injured at least 34…
It should raise even greater concern about how Jordan’s government has used billions in U.S.
security assistance and more than a decade of support for countering violent extremism.

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Iran war live: Tehran demands US ‘surrender’ to its 7 conditions to end war | News | Al Jazeera

US president says war ‘effectively over’ after meeting Qatar’s prime minister in Washington, DC.
Iran’s weapons Who's in charge in Iran?
Live updates Live updates, Iran war live: Tehran demands US ‘surrender’ to its 7 conditions to end war US President…

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US congressman files resolution to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera

Outgoing Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie calls on Congress to oust Hegseth over accusations of unlawful orders.
United States Republican Representative Thomas Massie has introduced a resolution to impeach US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war…
Reading from the text of the resolution in the House of Representatives on Monday…

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US Supreme Court allows border wall in Big Bend National Park to proceed | Courts News | Al Jazeera

Lawsuit had sought to block border wall construction in national park by targeting waivers that sidestep protections.
The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to build a border wall through a remote section…
In its decision on Monday, the court granted the government’s emergency request to lift a lower court’s injunction that had…

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After meeting Qatar PM, Trump calls Iran war ‘effectively over’ militarily | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera

Iranian officials dismissed Trump’s remarks as ‘fake news’ after he suggested keeping the ‘status quo’.
United States President Donald Trump has signalled that he considers the US-Israel war on Iran “effectively” at an end…
In a surprise briefing on Monday, Trump reiterated his position that the US had destroyed Iran’s military.

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