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Mauritius lifts curfew imposed amid wave of violent protests 

19 October 2026

News|Protests Mauritius has lifted a nighttime curfew that was imposed last week amid a rare wave of violent demonstrati...

Benny Gantz drops out of Israel’s election race 

19 October 2026

Benny Gantz, a former Israeli army chief and defence minister, has withdrawn from Israel’s election race after polls s...

Netanyahu’s new security doctrine: Regional strategy or election ploy? 

19 October 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled an updated national security doctrine and displayed a map of riva...

Search under way for four soldiers missing after gang attack in Haiti 

19 October 2026

News|Conflict International forces in Haiti are working to establish contact with four Salvadoran soldiers who went miss...

How HSBC’s Sharia fund invested millions in Israeli war-linked firms 

19 October 2026

The United Kingdom’s biggest so-called Sharia-compliant fund spent more than $130 million to buy shares in several com...

Trump backs Netanyahu: Is the US planning a new Iran attack with Israel? 

19 October 2026

United States President Donald Trump has announced his official endorsement of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netany...

Brazilian court orders Meta to prove Lula and Bolsonaro get equal treatment 

19 October 2026

Brazil’s top electoral court has doubled a daily fine for the United States-based social media company Meta, saying it...

Who is cult leader Paul Mackenzie, accused of convincing followers to die? 

19 October 2026

A court in the Kenyan city of Mombasa has found a self-proclaimed pastor and his associates guilty of the murder of 191 ...

Famine fears as aid cuts and shipment restrictions coincide in Gaza 

19 October 2026

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip — Manal Abu Rabie, a displaced mother of six from Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, received new...

How has the cost of living changed in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal? 

19 October 2026

Student protests in France are into their second month, escalating into demonstrations across Europe. What began in Sept...