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Macron urges calm as France counts cost of worst unrest in years

President Emmanuel Macron appealed for calm on Sunday, a day after France suffered one of its worst days of unrest in ‌years, with thousands arrested and shops looted or damaged after protests over high prices and declining public services.

October 19, 2026 2:12 pm
 

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Trump endorses Netanyahu in close Israeli election

US President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu ​as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next week’s parliamentary election.

October 19, 2026 1:25 pm
 

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Four dead, 39 injured at Canadian military base in grass fire

A fire that killed at least four soldiers and left 19 people in critical condition began with a smoldering grass fire that ignited in an Alberta military base’s training area where personnel were drilling, Canadian officials said Sunday.

October 19, 2026 12:08 pm
 

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US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats

US diplomats visited a Christian Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied ‌West Bank on Sunday following attacks by militant Israeli settlers on European diplomats and an American photojournalist in the previous two days.

October 19, 2026 11:46 am
 

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Lithuanians forced to take shelter after suspected drone

A suspected drone exploded over Lithuania after triggering an alert that forced ​residents in northern and central areas to seek shelter for an hour on Sunday morning, ‌the president and other defence officials said.

October 19, 2026 10:12 am
 

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Romanian F-16 fighter jets shoot down two drones

Romanian F-16 fighter jets shot ‌down two drones over the country’s territorial waters on Saturday, the defence ministry said.

October 19, 2026 9:39 am
 

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Trump endorses Netanyahu in close Israeli election

US President Donald Trump endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu ​as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next week’s parliamentary election.

October 19, 2026 8:16 am
 

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Three sentenced to 158 years in Mexico for murder of Australian, US surfers

A Mexican judge sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months in prison each.

October 17, 2026 5:51 pm
 

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Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine, cut power to over a million

Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine on Friday, hit two shopping centres and cut power to more ​than 1 million people after strikes on the energy grid, officials said.

October 17, 2026 4:43 pm
 

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Trump threatens California officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballots

The US Justice Department warned ​Los Angeles County and California election officials they could be liable as abettors of a federal ‌crime if they count mail ballots returned by more than 20,000 people the Trump administration says are probably noncitizens.

October 17, 2026 4:24 pm
 

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Bangladesh is battling measles. It's a 'real warning' to other nations

Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak.

October 17, 2026 3:36 pm
 

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Teacher tackled and fought Oregon school shooter

A teacher in the Oregon classroom where a ​shooter killed three children and an adult threw her cellphone at the shooter, tackled him and fought him in an act that saved lives, police said ‌on Friday.

October 17, 2026 1:20 pm

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