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Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast

Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast What we covered here A female suspect has been detained in connection with an explosion that killed a prominent Russian military blogger at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday. Finland will officially become a member of the NATO... read more »

Haberman reveals why Trump attacked judg...

Haberman reveals why Trump attacked judge and his family in speech

Palm Beach, Florida –Just hours after being arraigned on 34 felony charges, President Donald Trump returned to his Mar-a-Lago estate and delivered a fiery speech that included pointed attacks on the presiding judge and his family. The remarks, which drew widespread criticism, were later... read more »

Syrian refugee elected mayor of German t...

Syrian refugee elected mayor of German town, years after fleeing war

Ostelsheim, Baden-Württemberg  – In a landmark moment for Germany’s evolving political landscape, Ryyan Alshebl, a 29-year-old Syrian refugee who arrived in the country in 2015, has been elected mayor of Ostelsheim, a small town near Stuttgart in the southwestern state of... read more »

Kenya’s opposition giant Raila Odi...

Kenya’s opposition giant Raila Odinga dies aged 80

Nairobi, Kenya — October 15, 2025: Raila Amolo Odinga, the towering figure of Kenya’s opposition politics for over three decades, has died at the age of 80 while receiving medical treatment in Kochi, India. Hospital officials confirmed that Odinga suffered a cardiac arrest during a morning... read more »

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Kerry in Israel to advance peace talks with Palestinians

Kerry in Israel to advance peace talks with Palestinians

JERUSALEM – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel Tuesday afternoon in a bid to advance the peace talks between the Jewish country and the Palestinians. In his eighth visit to... read more »

'Date for Syria peace talks not finalised'

‘Date for Syria peace talks not finalised...

Geneva – The UN and Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Tuesday that the tripartite meeting of the UN,... read more »

Syria wants chemical weapons destroyed elsewhere

Experts gather in Cyprus to remove Syria's chemical weapons

The Hague – The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog is confirming that Syria wants its poison gas and nerve agent stockpile destroyed outside... read more »

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

Geneva – Delegates from the UN, Russia and the US arrived here Tuesday for a trilateral meeting to prepare for the long-delayed peace talks on... read more »

151 get death in Bangladesh mutiny case

151 get death in Bangladesh mutiny case

Dhaka – A court in Bangladesh Tuesday awarded the death sentence to 151 guards of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles... read more »

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