Record El Nino could make 2026 the hottest year, says EU climate monitor
Copernicus said Pacific temperatures in a key El Nino zone hit an all-time high in September, and 2026 and 2027 could both break global heat records.
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Gaza and Sudan hold 90pc of people in catastrophic hunger
About 641,000 people in Gaza and 637,000 in Sudan faced catastrophic hunger in 2025, as emergency-level food insecurity hit its highest level since 2021.
Lebanon seizes 200kg of explosives smuggled from Syria
Lebanon's army seized about 200kg of explosives near Hermel, the third such haul this month, as PM Nawaf Salam vowed firmness on weapons outside state control.
Houthis threaten US interests if Washington joins Yemen war
A Houthi official warned of a swift and painful response to any US role in the Yemen war, as Riyadh airport stays shut until October 17 after deadly strikes.
Turkiye confirms PKK has left four bases in northern Iraq
Turkish intelligence said the PKK evacuated four hideouts in Iraq's Metina region on October 8, a step in the peace process after Turkiye's amnesty law.
Britain blames Iran's Guards for RAF Fairford plot, Tehran denies link
UK PM Andy Burnham said the RAF Fairford plot was likely directed by Iran's IRGC, which Tehran denies, as Trump said China and Russia were not helping Iran.
NATO commander warns Russia any attack would prove 'utterly futile'
NATO's top commander Gen Alexus Grynkewich said the alliance would destroy anything and everything behind any attack, as Europe accuses Moscow of sabotage.
US agents raid Ilhan Omar's home weeks before midterm elections
Homeland Security agents searched Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home in an immigration fraud probe, which she called political intimidation.
Dar warns Afghan Taliban they will pay for sheltering terrorists
Ishaq Dar warned the Afghan Taliban would face consequences for harbouring terrorists, and defended the KP emergency as a step against terrorism, not politics.
Americans Hall and Woodford win Nobel economics prize for crisis models
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for models that help governments and central banks steady economies in crises.
Airstrikes on gold mine kill 72 workers on Sudan-Egypt border
At least 72 miners were killed in airstrikes on a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border, a Sudanese rights group said, blaming Egypt's air force.
Gaza photographer Mahmoud Abu Hamda wins top Bayeux war prize
Palestinian freelancer Mahmoud Abu Hamda won the Bayeux war correspondents' photography prize and the public vote for his Gaza work, 'What War Leaves Behind'.
US tells airlines to take care flying to or over Saudi Arabia
The FAA told US airlines to take care in Saudi airspace until December 10 after Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed 14, including a Pakistani resident.