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Israel’s Supreme Court overturns election panel ban on Arab parties 

02 October 2026

Israel’s top court has overturned an election panel’s ban on Arab parties contesting parliamentary elections this mo...

Israeli barrier cuts off water to West Bank Palestinians before elections 

02 October 2026

Saeed Ayed* watches over his livestock herd. The animals are starving and parched due to a two-week-long Israeli siege o...

Three in four households go hungry in parts of Yemen amid fighting: UN 

02 October 2026

News|Hunger Three out of four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry after a surge in fighting displaced tens of th...

Protests shutter hundreds of French schools as violence flares 

02 October 2026

Hundreds of schools have been closed across France amid a student protest movement that has turned increasingly tumultuo...

Spain’s parliament rejects gov’t housing decrees amid mass protests 

02 October 2026

Spain’s government has lost key votes to ratify emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordabi...

Trump vs Europe as US presses for release of emergency diesel stocks 

02 October 2026

European Union officials have held an emergency call after the Trump administration pressured Europe to release its emer...

Ethiopia, Eritrea break ties: Does the conflict risk becoming regional war? 

02 October 2026

Eritrea has cut off diplomatic relations with neighbouring Ethiopia, escalating a long-simmering conflict between the tw...

Trump says Europe agrees to release ‘massive amount’ diesel stockpile 

02 October 2026

United States President Donald Trump has said Europe has agreed to release a “massive amount” of their diesel stockp...

12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, passengers saved plane midfall 

02 October 2026

The “hero” Indian captain of Flydubai Flight FZ1073 has described how he fought to open the door to the cockpit of h...

Ebola death toll surpasses 4,000 as DR Congo struggles to suppress outbreak 

02 October 2026

News|Ebola The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now killed more than 4,000 people, according to gover...