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Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay collides… — Magna Bureau
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize went to South African jurist Navi Pillay. Hours later, the US sanctioned the ICC she once served, pitting Oslo's honor against Washington's hammer.
NewsPanama 7.7 earthquake… — Magna Bureau
A shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck near Pitaloza Arriba on Friday, triggering tsunami alerts across nine countries before the all-clear; dozens were hurt, none killed, and the canal never stopped.
NewsKramatorsk Buses Burn, Omsk Refinery Burns… — Magna Bureau
A Russian glide bomb on two minibuses killed thirty-three civilians in Kramatorsk while Kyiv went dark, and Ukraine answered with drones two thousand five hundred kilometres deep inside Siberia.
NewsCalifornia realtor arrested at LAX… — Magna Bureau
Wanying "Heather" Zhang, a 34-year-old Irvine realtor, was charged with acting as an unregistered Chinese agent after allegedly surveilling the Seattle-area home of Lai Ting-yu, son of Taiwan's presid
NewsKenya Confirms First Imported Bundibugyo… — Magna Bureau
A Kenyan who had lived in the DRC for seven years flew from Entebbe to Nairobi visibly ill, died of Bundibugyo Ebola on October 5, and has put 55 people under contact tracing — while officials insist
NewsIsaias Tears Inland: 2 Dead, Nearly 875… — Magna Bureau
The hurricane's strongest punch landed far from the coast — fallen trees killed two people and a battered grid left hundreds of thousands in the dark from Florida to Tennessee.
NewsHurricane Simon barrels toward Mexico’s… — Magna Bureau
Packing 150 mph winds and a 932-millibar core, Simon sits just 85 miles off Manzanillo after strengthening with alarming speed. Mexico’s west-central coast is bracing for a major-hurricane landfall, l
NewsWhy is the Trump administration trying… — Magna Bureau
Hours after Navi Pillay's Nobel win, Washington sanctioned the court as an institution. The stated reason is sovereignty; the critics hear revenge against the judges who dared to rule.
NewsSudan drone strike kills up to 41 displaced… — Magna Bureau
Between 30 and 41 displaced people are dead near Abu Shandi, Blue Nile. The exact toll is unverified; the pattern — drones fired at civilians — is not.
NewsPTI long march reaches Charsadda as Afridi… — Magna Bureau
Day seven: Sohail Afridi's convoy rolls through Charsadda toward Mardan, talks with Islamabad lie dead, and Swabi looms as the march's next test.
NewsMexico court convicts three in 2024 murders… — Magna Bureau
In Ensenada, a judge found Jesus Gerardo Garcia 'El Kekas' and two co-defendants guilty of the April 2024 murders of Callum Robinson, Jake Robinson, and Carter Rhoad.
NewsFBI foils ISIS-inspired Mall of America plot… — Magna Bureau
An 18-year-old bought an inoperable rifle for $600 in an FBI sting, ending a two-year trail toward a planned October 24 attack on the Mall of America.
NewsSupertanker ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz… — Magna Bureau
A supertanker was hit on its port side in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire on Sunday, hours after US forces destroyed a cargo ship trying to run the American naval blockade of Iranian ports.
NewsSouth Lebanon olive harvest killings… — Magna Bureau
An engineer home from Beirut died on an unexploded shell in Froun; hours later, Israeli tank fire killed a farmer inspecting his trees in Yater — and the harvest was called off.
NewsOcean Molica disabled… — Magna Bureau
A precision munition to the stern, a dead ship, a living crew: Washington's calibrated message to every vessel testing the reimposed blockade on Iranian ports.
NewsIran offers to mediate between Saudi Arabia… — Magna Bureau
After Houthi missiles killed 12–13 people at Riyadh's main airport, Iran's foreign minister phoned his Saudi counterpart and offered to broker talks. Riyadh has not said yes.
NewsHurricane Simón: Category 4 monster menaces… — Magna Bureau
From Category 1 to a forecast Category 4 in barely two days, Simón forced evacuations, closed ports and airports, and put a $175M catastrophe bond on edge.
NewsNATO's 'Theory of Victory'… — Magna Bureau
Grynkewich is expected to unveil NATO's 'Theory of Victory' in Warsaw, warning Moscow any attack would be blunted and beaten — while insisting the alliance stays purely defensive.
NewsSudan gold mine airstrike… — Magna Bureau
Rights lawyers say jets struck an artisanal gold camp near the disputed Halayeb Triangle on Saturday, killing at least 72 miners. Cairo has not commented. The toll is disputed.
NewsAt Least 20 Injured in Explosion Near… — Magna Bureau
Unexploded ordnance went off near Neot Mordechai, between Kibbutz Manara and Kibbutz Yiftach, injuring a group of picnickers. Prime Minister Netanyahu is heading to the area as bomb-disposal teams inv
NewsInside Epstein's network: how favours… — Magna Bureau
Millions of declassified pages show how Jeffrey Epstein rebuilt his power network after his 2008 conviction — through gifts, jets and well-placed friends — while accountability advances unevenly on bo
News139 migrants dead, 84 missing as overcrowded… — Magna Bureau
An overcrowded boat carrying 305 migrants sank between Djibouti and Yemen on the night of October 8–9. At least 139 dead, 84 missing — one of the worst wrecks ever on the Eastern Route.
NewsSouth Africa's Deputy Police Chief Resigns… — Magna Bureau
Shadrack Sibiya, 59, quit on Monday as his disciplinary hearing opened; the police service classed his departure a dishonourable discharge. He denies rape, child-grooming and corruption charges as the
NewsIsraeli Drone Strike Kills Three in Khan… — Magna Bureau
Medics say a drone-fired missile hit a tent used as a phone-charging point near Nasser Hospital on Sunday; funerals were held Monday. Israel says it struck militants; Hamas accuses Israel of wrecking
NewsNATO's Top Commander Vows to Destroy… — Magna Bureau
General Alexus Grynkewich told the Warsaw Security Forum that NATO would block, blunt and then break any attacker's warfighting system — while insisting war is neither imminent nor inevitable.
NewsCyberattack Turns French Supermarket… — Magna Bureau
Hackers seized Danfoss refrigeration systems overnight and forced defrost cycles that drove temperatures to 50°C; Paris prosecutors opened a cybercrime investigation as chains threw away tonnes of foo
NewsEthiopian Forces Enter Adwa as Border War… — Magna Bureau
Ethiopian troops took Adwa, 40 km from the Eritrean frontier, a day after entering Adigrat. As the UAE backs Addis Ababa and Riyadh stays silent, the Red Sea stakes grow.
NewsRiyadh Airport Closed Until October 17 as… — Magna Bureau
Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister vows a 'serious' response as King Khalid International Airport stays shut through Saturday after three straight days of Houthi missile and drone attacks.
NewsMorocco's Four-Party Coalition… — Magna Bureau
Three weeks after the September 23 vote, El Mansouri sealed a pact with Istiqlal, USFP and PPS — a 207-seat majority for Morocco's first woman head of government.
NewsKabila takes command of a new… — Magna Bureau
Sentenced to death in absentia a year ago, Congo's ex-president formalized his alliance with the eastern rebellion in Goma — upending the Doha peace talks and the 2028 race.
NewsAlberta secession vote… — Magna Bureau
Six days before Albertans vote on whether to start the road toward a binding independence referendum, the prime minister warns a divided Canada cannot build its future.
NewsGaza Marks a Year of 'Ceasefire'… — Magna Bureau
On the truce's first anniversary, monitors say it exists 'in name only': one Palestinian killed or wounded every 90 minutes, no stabilisation force, aid at a third of the agreed rate — while settler v
NewsSudan famine risk grows as El Niño drought… — Magna Bureau
The world's hunger monitor warned Monday that famine risk grows in Darfur and Kordofan, where an El Niño drought meets three years of war — and the money to fight it has not arrived.
NewsKing Felipe VI visits crisis-hit Ceuta in… — Magna Bureau
Felipe VI and Letizia stood Tuesday before the unmarked graves of July’s drowned migrants, as Spain asserted its presence in Ceuta — and Morocco answered with measured, sovereign calm.
NewsImmigration agents search Ilhan Omar's home… — Magna Bureau
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home at dawn Monday in a criminal immigration probe, three weeks before the midterms. She calls it political intimidation.
NewsRussian Strikes Hit Key Kyiv Power Plant… — Magna Bureau
A ballistic missile attack late on Tuesday hit the Darnytska power plant and a residential building in Kyiv, killing one person and injuring 13, as Ukraine's president said allied warnings failed for
NewsThailand Floods Sacrifice Villages… — Magna Bureau
Thai defences steer floodwater away from Bangkok into riverside villages, where families on stilts flood for a sixth straight year. The capital stays dry. The villages pay.
NewsNord Stream trial: Ukrainian ex-officer… — Magna Bureau
Four years after the Baltic blasts, a Hamburg court hears the first public evidence. One man denies the charges; the question of who ordered the sabotage stays open.
NewsKyiv Missiles Strike Second Night… — Magna Bureau
Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv's power grid and a block of flats for a second night with no warning, as Ukraine's president flies to London seeking faster weapons and sanctions.
NewsHalk TV raid: Turkish police halt live… — Magna Bureau
Police raided Turkey's most-watched news channel at dawn, cut its live feed and installed a state trustee. Critics call it the latest blow in a widening crackdown on the press.
NewsGuilfoyle fired: Trump ousts his Greece… — Magna Bureau
Kimberly Guilfoyle was asked to resign as ambassador to Greece after reports she sought $100,000 from a donor for access to Trump officials. She denies it all; the texts tell the rest.
NewsMauritius curfew: water crisis sparks worst… — Magna Bureau
A week after water protests began in Vacoas, a police shooting turned anger into arson. Port Louis now sleeps under curfew as the island's model of stability faces its hardest test.
NewsFamilies of Trinidadian Men Killed in US… — Magna Bureau
On the first anniversary of a US missile strike that killed six people aboard a vessel returning to Trinidad and Tobago from Venezuela, the families of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo renewed their dema
NewsTanker Catches Fire Off Romania's Coast… — Magna Bureau
The Comoros-flagged tanker Yara J caught fire after an explosion in Romanian territorial waters near the Sulina canal on October 14, 2026; all 17 crew are safe. It is the fifth merchant vessel struck
News‘Nowhere to Escape’: Indonesians Share… — Magna Bureau
Palangka Raya disappeared behind an orange wall of smog on October 14, 2026, as wildfire smoke pushed the air pollution index past 1,200 — four times the hazardous level. With schools closed across th
NewsRomania Probes Possible Drone Strike… — Magna Bureau
A tanker burned off the Danube Delta as investigators ask whether a drone struck inside Romanian waters. Ten days, five ships, twenty-three sailors dead or missing — and NATO's eastern flank is now th
NewsNorth Korea fires two missiles from beneath… — Magna Bureau
Pyongyang says it test-fired two submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles in the East Sea on October 14, overseen by senior generals. Seoul tracked the launches but announced nothing; Tokyo and Wa
NewsIstanbul Drowns in Its Worst Rain Since 1985 — Magna Bureau
A 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in a flooded car-park puddle in Balat as the heaviest rainfall in forty-one years shut down schools, collapsed roads and stranded a city of sixteen million.
NewsColombia marches against… — Magna Bureau
Thousands took to the streets on October 14 in the first major protest against President Abelardo de la Espriella's austerity drive. Congress has until Tuesday to decide how the 2027 budget is spent.
NewsContainers and Debris Caught Floating… — Magna Bureau
Al Jazeera published video on October 15, 2026 showing shipping containers and scattered debris drifting in the Strait of Hormuz, the aftermath of recent attacks on vessels in the world's most importa
NewsUkrainians Lash Out at Trump as Zelenskyy… — Magna Bureau
As Russian strikes devastated residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukrainians accused Washington of gambling with their lives. Zelenskyy said Trump "isn't on the right side of history" after the diesel deal
NewsRussia Accuses Ukraine of Contradicting US… — Magna Bureau
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Kyiv's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries stand in "serious contradiction" with American peace efforts, after an overnight drone hit a refinery south of Moscow
NewsUkraine resumes refinery strikes… — Magna Bureau
After three days of restraint while Russia kept hitting Ukrainian energy sites, Zelensky told the FT the refinery pause is over — putting Kyiv on a collision course with Washington.
NewsTrump Considers 'Mother… — Magna Bureau
Strike plans drawn for Trump include the GBU-43/B against Iranian energy and nuclear targets — but US officials doubt the biggest bomb in the arsenal can end the seven-month war.
NewsKabila joins M23 to launch Front… — Magna Bureau
Ex-DRC president Joseph Kabila now leads a new politico-military alliance with the Rwanda-backed M23, unveiled in Goma — a gamble that could unite the opposition or deepen the war.
NewsIsrael's former spymaster sues… — Magna Bureau
Ronen Bar's defamation suit drags the October 7 warnings back into the open — just as Israelis decide whether to punish Benjamin Netanyahu at the ballot box.
NewsParis and Berlin rewrite Europe's… — Magna Bureau
France and Germany struck a deal on Thursday to water down the EU's car emissions rules — scrapping the requirement to compensate for residual emissions, extending super credits to every vehicle, and
NewsShip Attacks Near Hormuz Hit Record High… — Magna Bureau
Twelve vessels were attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz in the week of 5–11 October — the highest weekly toll of the war, UKMTO data collated by BBC Verify shows — as Iranian strikes widen bey
NewsAlone in Gaza: Mahmoud Khalla, 39 Graves… — Magna Bureau
Nearly three years after an Israeli strike destroyed his family's five-storey home in Jabalia, killing 39 of his relatives, Mahmoud Khalla has finally buried them — by hand, over three months. He is o
NewsAfter Twelve Silent Years… — Magna Bureau
China and North Korea formally opened the long-delayed New Yalu River Bridge on October 15, 2026 — a four-lane, 3,026-metre crossing between Dandong and Sinuiju that stood finished-but-unused for a do
NewsUN Warns Nearly One Million Gazans Face… — Magna Bureau
IOM says only 17 per cent of Gaza's winter shelter needs are covered as the rains begin; 8,600 emergency shelter kits are blocked at the crossings while a strengthening El Niño threatens heavier downp
NewsPoland scrambles fighter jets as Russian… — Magna Bureau
Warsaw's air force went up overnight as Russian drones pounded the Volyn region on Poland's border, cutting power to 370,000 people. Later on Friday, Bulgaria formally asked NATO to deploy combat airc
NewsMasked settlers attack West Bank olive… — Magna Bureau
Masked settlers assaulted Palestinian harvesters near Abu Falah and Turmus Aya, beating a Washington Post photojournalist and burning cars and olive trees.
NewsKenya confirms third Ebola case… — Magna Bureau
The new Bundibugyo patient, a close relative of Kenya’s first two cases, was already in quarantine when symptoms appeared. No community transmission detected.
NewsUkrainian drones set Saint Petersburg oil… — Magna Bureau
Overnight strikes set the Saint Petersburg oil terminal and an oil depot ablaze, killed one person, and deepened the rift between Kyiv and Washington over attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
NewsTrump Says Freezing Russia Sanctions Keeps… — Magna Bureau
Two days before sweeping new Russia sanctions were due to take effect, Trump waived them — saying on Sunday the suspension keeps Russia "at the bargaining table." Kyiv calls it a reward for the Kremli
NewsBomb threat forces Austrian Airlines flight… — Magna Bureau
The Airbus A320, carrying 51 passengers and six crew, made an emergency landing in the Bulgarian capital on Sunday evening after the crew reported a “bomb threat signal” near the Romanian border. Bulg
NewsRubio says Trump wants 60 days to weigh… — Magna Bureau
The US Secretary of State told reporters the White House will use a 60-day window to analyse what imposing Russia sanctions and tariffs would mean for the global — and American — economy, a day after
NewsIndonesian stocks slide to a six-year low… — Magna Bureau
Jakarta's benchmark fell more than 5 percent on Monday to its lowest since 2020 after MSCI proposed stripping Indonesia of emerging-market status — a shock demotion that could unleash billions in forc
NewsSix migrants, including an infant… — Magna Bureau
A speedboat carrying migrants from Turkey collided with a Hellenic Coast Guard patrol vessel and overturned off Lesvos early Monday, killing six people including an infant. Hours later, a second boat
NewsLavrov lands in Tehran as Moscow pitches… — Magna Bureau
Russia's foreign minister arrived in Iran on Monday for his first visit since February 2025, a day after Gulf states urged Moscow to press Tehran for “serious dialogue” and a reopened Strait of Hormuz
NewsThe Dismantlement Divide… — Magna Bureau
A new six-part Daily Maverick series reopens the parallel histories of apartheid-era Project Coast and the Soviet Biopreparat legacy at Stepnogorsk. One dismantlement was transparent and international
NewsRamaphosa Hints at Fuel Relief and Warns… — Magna Bureau
Sixteen days before South Africa's local elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa used a rare briefing with editors and journalists in Johannesburg to signal possible fuel-price relief — and to deliver hi
NewsTlaib Demands US Arrest Israeli Officer… — Magna Bureau
US Representative Rashida Tlaib has called on Washington to arrest Israeli officer Sean Glass — whom a Brussels-based foundation accuses of commanding the unit that killed five-year-old Hind Rajab — a
NewsTrump says 'migrants have taken… — Magna Bureau
The US president seized on a weekend of rioting and looting across France to press his immigration case at home — as French leaders insist the unrest is about the cost of living, not migration.
NewsThe human cost of America's surging air… — Magna Bureau
Nearly a year after a November 2025 offensive shattered the town of Jamaame, survivors are still living with shrapnel, paralysis and unanswered questions — as US air strikes in Somalia run at nearly f
NewsThe U-turn that made it an attack… — Magna Bureau
Australia's prime minister says the car that critically injured independent MP Helen Haines outside her Wangaratta office performed a U-turn before striking her — 'a deliberate act,' he told ABC News
NewsMicron’s Taiwan union calls a Thursday… — Magna Bureau
The Taoyuan union’s walkout will coincide with mediation for Micron’s Taichung workers, as both unions demand 15% of operating profit in quarterly bonuses — and reject the chipmaker’s record-year rewa
NewsAmnesty warns “disinformation flourishes”… — Magna Bureau
In a France 24 interview, Amnesty International’s Turkey campaigner Milena Buyum calls the state takeover of Halk TV a “brutal attack on media freedom” — and argues that shrinking the space for indepe
NewsTrump warns Kansans the US… — Magna Bureau
At a Park City rally for embattled Senator Roger Marshall, Donald Trump turned France's worst unrest in years into a campaign warning — offering no evidence that a Democratic win would bring 'raging f
NewsBritain to fly RAF Typhoon combat patrols… — Magna Bureau
The Ministry of Defence says Typhoon fighter jets will fly ‘defensive counter air missions’ to shield Saudi cities and critical infrastructure from Houthi missiles and drones — a step change in Britai
NewsIran denies collapse is close as US claims… — Magna Bureau
CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper says a US naval blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in oil revenue and left the Revolutionary Guard unable to pay its troops. Tehran calls the collapse narrative an illusion —
NewsExiled Kagame Critic Robert Kabera Found… — Magna Bureau
Ugandan police are investigating the killing of Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan army sergeant major turned YouTube dissident, whose headless body was found near Kampala. His head is still missing.
NewsIs Russia Stalking the Satellites That Help… — Magna Bureau
Russia's Kosmos 2612 military satellite spent days manoeuvring within hundreds of metres of ICEYE-X36, a commercial radar spacecraft whose imagery supports Ukraine's war effort. Trackers call it the f
NewsWFP Slashes Gaza Food Aid for Half… — Magna Bureau
The UN’s World Food Programme says funding shortages are forcing it to cut monthly food assistance in Gaza by around one-third. From October, 1.1 million of the most vulnerable will still receive food
NewsEleven Days to Decide… — Magna Bureau
On October 31, the UN Security Council will decide the fate of the MINURSO mission in the Moroccan Sahara — renew it, narrow it, or end it. A year after Resolution 2797 gave Morocco's autonomy plan it
NewsSpaceX's AI Business Now Outearns… — Magna Bureau
Elon Musk's SpaceX posted a $4.4 billion third-quarter profit on revenue of $14.58 billion, beating Wall Street estimates across the board. Its renamed 'Super Intelligence' unit — renting out data-cen
NewsUS Missile Early-Warning to Ukraine… — Magna Bureau
In Oslo on Tuesday, Ukraine’s president said American intelligence on incoming Russian ballistic strikes is flowing again after a week of blind spots — and thanked Washington. The White House’s top di
NewsAI Is on the Ballot: America's Midterm… — Magna Bureau
Two weeks before the November 3 midterms, opposition to power-hungry data centres has crossed party lines: six polls show majorities opposing local builds and fearing AI's toll on jobs, bills and wate
NewsTrump Tells Zelenskyy to 'Make… — Magna Bureau
In an Oval Office broadside on October 20, the US president put the onus for peace on Kyiv, praised Moscow's grinding battlefield advance, said Europe is 'tired of spending' on Ukraine — and sent his
NewsNo Credible Pathway: IEA Chief Says Oil… — Magna Bureau
International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told a London summit he sees 'no credible pathway' for energy markets to return to normal next year, as Brent pushes past $111, diesel hits record highs,
NewsThe Night the Belfry Fell… — Magna Bureau
French police arrested a 34-year-old ultra-left activist already on the fiche S watchlist in a dawn RAID raid at Val d'Issoire on Tuesday, naming him the principal suspect in the October 17 arson that
NewsOlivia Lum and five co-accused… — Magna Bureau
On October 21, 2026, the six accused in Singapore's landmark Hyflux trial declined to argue there was "no case to answer" and told the court none of them will take the stand. A single joint expert wit
NewsMagnitude 7.0 Earthquake Strikes… — Magna Bureau
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County in northern Tibet late on Thursday, injuring at least two people and cracking homes near the epicentre, state media reported. Rescue teams are c
NewsTibet earthquake toll climbs to 16 dead… — Magna Bureau
Hours after the first reports spoke of two injured, Xinhua put the toll from the magnitude 7.0 Nagqu quake at 16 killed and 32 injured, with at least 339 homes collapsed at nearly 5,000 metres of alti
NewsNight Curfews in Paris as France Faces… — Magna Bureau
After a weekend of looting and arson left nearly 2,400 people arrested and some 3,000 shops damaged, France has imposed targeted night curfews in Paris, Lille, Lyon and Nice — and a Paris court has ju
NewsEmirati Diplomat Jolts Deadlocked UN Race… — Magna Bureau
The United Arab Emirates has formally nominated its former UN ambassador Lana Nusseibeh for Secretary-General, injecting a frontrunner into a deadlocked selection — and a storm over the UAE's alleged
NewsUnder Oath or Out of Court… — Magna Bureau
A federal magistrate in Miami has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a sworn, video-recorded deposition by December 11 in the defamation suit he filed against the BBC — or risk having his own $