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Magnitude 7 earthquake kills 16 people in China’s Tibet, Xinhua reports 

22 October 2026

A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China’s southwestern region of Tibet at about 10:33pm (14:33 GMT) on Thursday, killing 16...

US judge blocks federal operations seeking to identify non-citizen voters 

22 October 2026

News|US Midterm Elections 2026 A United States federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ha...

Ecuador opposition leader Luisa Gonzalez arrested in campaign finance probe 

22 October 2026

Ecuadorian opposition leader Luisa Gonzalez has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in...

Thousands gather at final student-led rally ahead of Serbia election 

22 October 2026

Tens of thousands of supporters of Serbia’s student-led opposition movement have gathered in central Belgrade for thei...

Why measles outbreak in Pennsylvania poses risks beyond US borders 

22 October 2026

Decades after it was officially declared eliminated in the United States, measles has made a resurgence, with the US Cen...

WHO warns ‘more complex’ Ebola outbreak now present in 3 African countries 

22 October 2026

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the Ebola outbreak that emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gr...

White evangelical support for Trump slips but still strong as midterms near 

22 October 2026

United States President Donald Trump’s support among white evangelical Protestant voters remains strong but has slippe...

Epstein, Iran and ‘drain the swamp’: Have Republicans shifted before vote? 

22 October 2026

United States President Donald Trump has long touted himself as a political outsider, someone who would expose the elite...

Iran says seven ships hit in Hormuz Strait, warns US of wider response 

22 October 2026

Iran says that seven oil tankers have been struck and sustained damage in the Strait of Hormuz, the largest single-day t...

Israel frees suspects in two settler attacks as West Bank pogroms intensify 

22 October 2026

Israel has released nine of the 10 Israeli settler suspects arrested over attacks on a US journalist and European diplom...