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Slovakia’s Prosecutor-General Maroš Žilinka has ordered the reopening of criminal proceedings into the 2023 donation of MiG-29 fighter jets and KUB air defense systems to Ukraine…
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new politico-military coalition named the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, joining forces with M23 rebels in Goma…
El Salvador has deployed more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti following an October 18, 2026, gang ambush in Croix-des-Bouquets that left four Salvadoran aviation technicians missing.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Caracas on October 25, 2026, after nearly a year abroad, thanking U.S.
Fuel prices will drop by 42 agorot per liter on October 31, 2026, bringing self-service 95-octane gasoline down to 7.35 shekels.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will step down on February 7, 2027, nine months before her eight-year term ends.
Neither the ruling coalition nor the opposition secured a parliamentary majority in the 120-seat Knesset after the Tuesday, October 28, 2026, parliamentary elections in Israel.
Polymarket launched an internal investigation after hundreds of newly created accounts placed well-timed, profitable bets on Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party just before…
India voted at the United Nations General Assembly to support a resolution demanding an end to the U.S.
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan surged past 43,000 hectares this year, multiplying more than fourfold as soaring living costs and plummeting legal crop prices forced…
Three oil tankers struck sea mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on October 29, 2026, as Iran declared the vital maritime corridor closed to non-compliant commercial…
The Netherlands is significantly expanding its military capabilities to prepare for potential large-scale conflict.