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Nine killed in shooting in US state of Pennsylvania, including two children 

10 October 2026

News|Crime Nine people were killed Friday in a shooting in the US state of Pennsylvania, according to Governor Josh Shap...

Attack on airport in Saudi capital, Riyadh, leaves several injured 

10 October 2026

The latest attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital has injured several people, according...

Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as US plans to livestream execution 

10 October 2026

Pope Leo XIV has declared that the death penalty is “inadmissible” while his home country, the United States, announ...

Eritrea urges UN to intervene in standoff with Ethiopia 

10 October 2026

Eritrea has asked the United Nations to take “deterrent measures” after what it called Ethiopia’s “declaration o...

Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to Tennessee prison 

10 October 2026

News|Death Penalty Christa Pike has been discharged from hospital and returned to a Tennessee women’s prison after sur...

Has Yemen returned to ‘full-scale war’? 

10 October 2026

Fighting continues to intensify in Yemen as the internationally recognised government forces push a military offensive a...

Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections to September 2027 

10 October 2026

News|Elections President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 y...

Why is the US sanctioning the International Criminal Court? 

10 October 2026

The United States has sanctioned the International Criminal Court (ICC), hours after one of its former judges was awarde...

Mexican judge sentences three men for murders of Australian, US surfers 

10 October 2026

A Mexican judge found three men guilty of the murders of two Australian brothers and their American friend in April 2024...

Three injured in third school attack in Poland in less than a week 

10 October 2026

Three ‌people have been injured in a stabbing attack at a ⁠further education ⁠college in Warsaw, in the third atta...