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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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Families wait for answers after Nigerian military plane crash

More than a week after a Nigerian Air Force plane crash killed all 25 people on board, families say they are still ​waiting for answers as military teams search for wreckage and human remains in swampy terrain.

October 17, 2026 10:48 am
 

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Police seek answers after children killed in Oregon school shooting

US police were investigating on Friday why a 16-year-old boy shot dead three children and ‌a teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and how he got hold of the long gun used in his attack.

October 17, 2026 9:35 am
 

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Indian police detain 'cockroach' founder, student leaders ahead of Delhi rally

Police detained India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder Abhijeet ​Dipke, student leaders and supporters on Friday as hundreds poured into central Delhi, waving the national flag and demanding the resignation of India’s election ‌chief.

October 17, 2026 8:50 am
 

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Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House

The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

October 16, 2026 5:00 pm
 

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UK's Streeting says he and Hegseth welcomed Starlink restoration

Britain’s defense minister ‌said he and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed the restoration of the Starlink service in Ukraine in talks on Thursday, and he stressed the need to move forward in supporting Kyiv following renewed discord between the US and Ukrainian leaders.

October 16, 2026 2:20 pm
 

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Trump shuts down Hegseth plan to livestream military execution

US President Donald Trump scrapped plans to livestream the execution of the former ​Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, overruling Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday after the proposal drew opposition from Republicans, religious leaders and the public.

October 16, 2026 1:40 pm
 

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Shooter is killed at Oregon elementary school

A shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon and ​was promptly shot dead, and at ‌least two people were taken away by ambulance, officials said.

October 16, 2026 12:16 pm

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