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Bomb threat diverts Dublin-Rome flight to France 

05 November 2026

News|Aviation An airliner flying from Dublin to Rome has been rerouted to France, where it was escorted by military airc...

Israel extends detention of Palestinian journalist Abed Abou Shhadeh 

05 November 2026

An Israeli court has extended the detention of Palestinian journalist and political activist Abed Abou Shhadeh who was a...

US sanctions Indian and Turkish firms accused of helping Iran 

05 November 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran The United States has imposed sanctions on companies and individuals in India and Turkiye tha...

A month after Yemen government offensive began, war of attrition takes hold 

05 November 2026

Sanaa, Yemen – When news broke on October 5 that Yemen’s internationally recognised government was launching a major...

Congress defeat: How Trump’s allies are distancing themselves from Iran war 

05 November 2026

Vice President JD Vance has blamed the war on Iran for the Republican Party’s sweeping defeat in Tuesday’s midterm e...

Russia says it hit Ukrainian postal hub and ship as Ukraine strikes Ryazan 

05 November 2026

Russia and Ukraine have traded drone attacks on each other’s infrastructure, causing injuries on both sides. Moscow sa...

Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Has the world kept its climate promises? 

05 November 2026

Ten years ago, the Paris Agreement entered into force, binding nearly every country to a shared goal: to hold global war...

South Korea plans to expand anti-piracy operations closer to Hormuz Strait 

05 November 2026

South Korea plans to expand its anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia to waters closer to the Strait of Hormuz, t...

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in jail 

05 November 2026

News|Courts Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who has been in prison since 2020, has been jailed for an addi...

Has India’s democracy failed its Muslims? Jailed scholar triggers debate 

05 November 2026

Has the world’s largest democracy failed the world’s largest minority – its nearly 200 million Muslims? That quest...