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Oregon school shooter was former special needs student, police say 

16 October 2026

News|Gun Violence The 16-year-old who killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school in the US state of Ore...

Albanian PM blames ‘foreign hands’ for unrest as student protests intensify 

16 October 2026

News|Protests Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed “foreign hands” for the increasingly violent student-led p...

Iran war live: Trump claims US Navy blockade stops Iranian ships in Hormuz 

16 October 2026

A handout image dated August 11, 2014, shows the container ship GFS Pride in Rozenburg, the Netherlands. The vessel sank...

Italy probes Israel’s Katz over abuse, sexual assault of flotilla activists 

16 October 2026

News|Human Rights Italian prosecutors have placed Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and 12 senior military, police an...

Yemen’s government says Houthis fired two missiles at Aden airport 

16 October 2026

Yemen’s internationally recognised government says the Houthis have launched missiles at the airport in Aden, a day af...

Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who died 

16 October 2026

Kenya has recorded its third case of the Bundibugyo virus disease – a strain of Ebola that has killed thousands of peo...

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days on the job 

16 October 2026

News|Politics White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role as press secretary just ...

Ukraine repels Russian forces as US support wavers, energy strikes escalate 

16 October 2026

The United States’s relationship with Ukraine came under extraordinary strain during the past week, as US President Do...

US records 4,410 measles cases as outbreak grows 

16 October 2026

News|Health The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded 4,410 measles cases so far i...

How Iran messaging highlights cost of war ahead of US midterm elections 

16 October 2026

In messages that appear to be directed at the American public, Iran has been highlighting the cost of the war that the U...