WorldUS strikes commercial tanker in Gulf of Oman as tensions rise
US Central Command says a ship attempting to breach the US naval blockade of Iranian ports was attacked. It was the first such US strike in a month.
US Central Command says a ship attempting to breach the US naval blockade of Iranian ports was attacked. It was the first such US strike in a month.
Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after a strike on Riyadh’s international airport killed 12 people and wounded more than 300. The kingdom called it its deadliest strike in a decade.


Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after an attack on Riyadh’s international airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300. It was the kingdom’s deadliest strike in a decade.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the Houthis’ Saturday attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said at least 12 people were killed and 309 injured. Guterres called for attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure to stop immediately.
A Houthi militia attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killed at least 12 people and injured 309. Black smoke rose from the airport’s fuel storage area.

An attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed 12 people and injured 309, Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority said. Airport operations were temporarily suspended. The Houthis said they were ready for reciprocal measures as Saudi and Houthi strikes on major airports continued amid intensifying fighting across Yemen.

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said 12 people were killed and 300 injured in a “brutal” attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority says several people were injured in the third attack this week on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Video showed damage inside the airport building.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was attacked on Saturday afternoon, injuring several people; the exact number is being determined. Airport operations were suspended for damage assessment and security checks. Reuters earlier reported that witnesses heard a powerful explosion near the airport.

Saudi authorities said operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh were suspended on Saturday after a new attack wounded several people. A Houthi attack on Thursday killed three people and damaged a plane, but the group announced no new attacks on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia said Riyadh airport temporarily halted operations Saturday after an “enemy” attack. Air traffic was disrupted for the third time this week as conflict with Yemen’s Houthis intensified.
An air traffic control source confirmed that the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital had temporarily halted operations, with no flights arriving or departing. Yemen’s Houthi-controlled SABA agency earlier reported suspensions at Abha, Dammam and Riyadh, but a regional air traffic control source said Abha and Dammam remained operational.
Carlton said Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward received hospital treatment on Sunday morning in separate circumstances. Cowan was observed and discharged soon afterwards; Hayward went to hospital after a fall left him with a minor head cut, which required stitches.

The Justice Department is investigating whether five television networks broke federal competition laws by suspending shared coverage of Donald Trump after the White House withdrew credentials from reporters at CNN, MS Now and Politico. It has requested communications from ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News, saying the boycott could violate the Sherman Act. The networks have not commented.


The Justice Department is investigating whether ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News violated federal antitrust law when they halted coverage of Donald Trump last month. The suspension followed the White House’s removal of credentials for reporters from three outlets. A department spokesperson said group boycotts by commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act.

The US Justice Department is investigating whether ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News violated antitrust laws by suspending coverage of Donald Trump in protest. A Committee to Protect Journalists official criticized the probe, saying the government should not use antitrust investigations to intimidate outlets defending press access.

A Justice Department spokesperson said five major broadcast networks are under investigation for potentially violating federal antitrust laws after temporarily declining to provide pool coverage of Donald Trump.
The Justice Department’s inquiry into whether five leading US news outlets breached competition law gives the Trump administration another avenue to put pressure on the press.
The US Justice Department is investigating television networks over their pool coverage of President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing six people familiar with the department’s action.
Agrivoltaics may help prevent farmland from being abandoned by protecting crops and raising farmers’ income. Critics, however, say the approach overlooks the real problems.
More than 1,500 Christmas markets take place across Europe each year, making it difficult to choose which ones to visit. These are the top picks selected by travellers.
European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher told The Big Question how Europe can benefit from the booming space industry. He said it is currently valued at €600 billion and is expected to grow by 10% annually.
A morning roundup of important stories from Europe and beyond, spanning world news, business, entertainment, politics, culture and travel.
Kalshi is reviewing a handful of small bets that accurately predicted Katie Zacharia would become the next White House press secretary, a person familiar with the matter said.
Goldman Sachs says Italy’s higher deficit targets for 2027-28, rising yields and election uncertainty could weaken the country’s debt outlook.

Retailers are using AI tools to streamline operations, while experts warn that gathering more detailed consumer data raises the risk of personalized pricing.

Billionaire Ray Dalio said Thursday at the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore that beyond a certain level, happiness is not correlated with wealth.

Representatives of five political parties and social groups from Germany’s Brandenburg state plan to visit Belarus on November 6–11 and Russia in April 2027, seeking to revive inter-municipal and twin-city ties cut at Berlin’s initiative. Organizer Sven Hornauf said the delegation wants to restore contacts and opposes the German government’s severance of ties, embargo and hostility.
Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, mayor of Mbarara, Uganda, told China News Network he was thrilled to see Chinese civilization in person after previously encountering it only through books.
Anwar Naeem, secretary general of the Association of Maldivian Indigenous Medicine Practitioners, said traditional medicine grows out of the environment people live in. Maldivian practice adapts outside traditions to available local resources. He said China and the Maldives could share knowledge and arrange training to support practitioners and improve public health in both countries.

Kentucky quarterback Kenneth Minchey ran untouched for a 2-point conversion, giving his team a 35-34 overtime win over No. 10 LSU.
New York Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns is still grieving his mother, who died of COVID-19 six years ago.
Hurricane Isaias has killed four people and left more than 650,000 without electricity. Pensacola and other parts of Florida are among the hardest hit, while officials warn that heavy rain could cause further flooding.


Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, as a dangerous Category 2 storm before weakening into a post-tropical cyclone, killing at least four people. Nearly 670,000 customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi remained without power. The storm is expected to weaken inland, though storm surges, flash flooding, damaging winds and possible tornadoes remain threats in parts of the Southeast.

Storm Isaias has killed four people as it moves across the southern United States, officials said Saturday. Two deaths were in Florida and two in Alabama. The storm came ashore near Destin, Florida, on Friday as a Category 2 hurricane, then weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, bringing heavy rain, powerful winds and widespread outages. Florida, Alabama and Georgia declared emergencies.

Hurricane Isaias has killed at least four people, while millions remain at risk from torrential rain, flooding and tornadoes. The storm left destruction in its wake after making landfall, and residents are beginning to recover.
At least four people have died in the United States from Hurricane Isaias, CNN reported, citing local authorities. Two deaths were reported in Florida and two in Alabama. Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power.

Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida late Friday before weakening into a post-tropical cyclone. It battered parts of the southern US, leaving four people dead and at least 600,000 without power; two deaths were reported each in Florida and Alabama.

At least two people died after Hurricane Isaias came ashore on the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm.

Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida before weakening as it moved through Alabama. The storm killed two people, while nearly 800,000 electricity customers in Florida, Alabama and Georgia remained without power. Officials warned that continued rain could bring flooding and strong winds could spawn tornadoes.
The PanStar Acro returned to Busan on October 11 after a roughly 50-day round trip via the Northern Sea Route. The ship carried 737 TEU of cargo and 100 empty containers, marking the first commercial voyage on the route by a container ship operated by a South Korean shipping company.
Finance officials from around the world are due to meet in Thailand this week as an expanding Middle East war, the largest energy supply shock ever and rising interest rates threaten already sluggish global growth.
An ICE supervisor involved in the October 8 New York shooting also took part in a controversial arrest in Minneapolis in December. Video showed agents pinning a pregnant woman down and dragging her along the street.

Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida called lawmakers who support supplying weapons to Ukraine hypocrites. She said Vladimir Zelensky was intentionally stalling peace talks and argued Washington should have led efforts to end the conflict from its outset.
Hong Kong’s housing market has split in recent months: sales of new homes have jumped, while the secondary market’s recovery has been much more subdued. Analysts attribute the gap mainly to developers cutting prices to reduce inventories ahead of expected interest-rate increases in the coming months, and say it may continue for some time.

Dipan Patel says lower valuations and reduced competition should help the private equity sector deliver “exceptional returns.”
Patrick Thomson, who leads the bank’s asset management business in Europe, said he was bullish on the UK.
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and French President Emmanuel Bonne held the 28th China-France Strategic Dialogue in Datong, Shanxi. Both sides voiced support for stronger strategic communication and trust, a predictable environment for Chinese investment in France, and cooperation rather than a trade war or decoupling.

Using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers identified the host galaxy of FRB 20240304B, the most distant fast radio burst detected so far. The burst traveled for more than 10 billion years and came from a small, actively star-forming dwarf galaxy. Researchers say an energetic event such as a starquake in a young magnetar may have caused it.

The 77th International Astronautical Congress closed in Türkiye on October 9. Guo Huadong, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and scientist at its Aerospace Information Research Institute, received the 2026 International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame Award for his lifelong contributions to astronautics.

Nepali authorities urged villagers on Sunday to move to safer locations after a major flood in a central river swept away several houses and infrastructure. No casualties had been reported.
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says a Houthi blockade is driving fuel, medicines and medical supplies in Taiz toward depletion. It warns that emergency, surgical, intensive care, dialysis and neonatal services could stop, and demands the siege be lifted and supply routes reopened.

Yandex’s data center in Russia’s Vladimir Oblast has been completely shut down following a reported drone attack, state news agency TASS said, citing the company. It is the third consecutive day that Yandex data centers in Russia have been attacked, after strikes in Ryazan and Kaluga oblasts on Oct. 8 and 9. Disruptions to several Yandex services were also reported; the images and extent of damage could not be independently verified.

Yandex said a drone attack damaged the infrastructure of its data center in Vladimir, forcing it to suspend operations completely. There were no casualties, and emergency services were at the site. The company said the remaining resource configuration was unstable and the platform was operating in emergency mode.
After Washington and Moscow announced a Russian diesel supply deal, Zelenskyy said Trump’s unilateral easing of sanctions on Russia made him feel “betrayed.” Trump then said Ukraine should get a new leader capable of making a deal. Russia partly lifted its diesel export ban, while the next day of planned Miami talks was called off.

US Central Command says a US fighter jet struck the stern of the Panama-flagged M/V Ocean Molica in the Gulf of Oman, disabling its propulsion without injuring the crew. CENTCOM said the vessel had ignored repeated warnings and tried to breach the naval blockade against Iran.

The US military said it disabled a commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday after its crew disregarded warnings and tried to breach a naval blockade against Iran.
Israeli drone strikes in Gaza City killed five people, while air raids destroyed four homes. Palestinians mourned loved ones lost in the attack.

Gavin Williams struck out 12 and Jose Ramirez homered on a pitch just above home plate as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Saturday night. The win completed a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in the best-of-five AL Division Series.
Sumitomo Bakelite plans to boost production of advanced chip-packaging materials in China and Singapore, its second announcement involving Chinese operations in less than four months. The Japanese company said it will add lines for mould underfill materials and compression-moulding granules at its Suzhou facilities as AI lifts demand for more sophisticated semiconductors.

Hospitals backed by substantial foreign investment are expanding quickly into smaller cities, helping fill gaps in public infrastructure.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, calling for an arms embargo and sanctions on Israel.

A Philadelphia officer was killed and another injured early Saturday while responding to reports of a man with a gun. Authorities charged Eric Lewis with homicide, alleging he killed the officer.
Crews have begun clearing 169 trees at East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, where Trump plans a championship-course conversion. The course is among several Trump administration renovation projects caught up in litigation brought by preservationists.
Eliud Kipchoge won the Melbourne Marathon in 2:09:10 on his debut in the race, beating its record by two seconds and claiming his first marathon victory in three years. The 41-year-old said he remains able to compete with the next generation.

Ukraine will owe the IMF and World Bank $27.94 billion in interest through 2061, according to TASS calculations based on Finance Ministry data. Including principal, repayments total $128.86 billion, and the sums are expected to rise as foreign debt grows. State and state-guaranteed debt stood at 9.603 trillion hryvnias, or $215.55 billion, on August 31.
Regional Children’s Ombudswoman Irina Kravchenko said food and medicines were delivered to Alyoshki Central District Hospital after a road was demined about two weeks ago. Residents can now travel on foot or by bicycle to nearby settlements to buy food.
Trump on Saturday appointed Katie Bailey to head the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, serving as the administration’s liaison with Congress.

US President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky, for various reasons, does not want to pursue a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. Trump also said he thinks Russia wants a deal when asked about sending representatives to Moscow for Ukraine negotiations.
Grigory Karasin, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council’s international affairs committee, said Donald Trump’s call to change Kyiv’s leadership would strike a sensitive nerve in Ukrainian society. He said Ukrainians have privately discussed Zelensky and his conduct of state affairs for a long time, though replacing him has not been a visible focus of public debate.
Trump and Rubio strongly condemned the deadly attack at Riyadh airport. Trump called it a “terrible thing.”

Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing at least 12 people and injuring 300 in a third attack on Riyadh International Airport this week. Donald Trump called the attack terrible and said the US was considering whether to join Saudi Arabia’s campaign against the Houthis. The UN, Egypt, Qatar, Palestine and Japan also condemned the attacks.

Donald Trump said the US may join Saudi Arabia in striking Yemen’s Houthis after the latest attack on Riyadh airport. He spoke before Saudi authorities confirmed that 12 people had been killed and more than 300 injured.
The Saudi-led coalition said a projectile struck the passenger terminal at Riyadh airport.

Saudi Arabia confirmed that Houthi fighters struck Riyadh International Airport with a ballistic missile on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 300. An Al Jazeera reporter in Riyadh said the attack marks a dangerous escalation.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington condemns the Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. He said numerous people, including an American citizen, were killed, and confirmed that one American died. Rubio also condemned other recent attacks on Saudi Arabia.

Deadly strikes on airports in Saudi Arabia have prompted Washington to debate whether to strike the Houthis and resume attacks on Iran.
The Saudi-led coalition accused Yemen’s Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, of striking King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and pledged a decisive response. Spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said Saturday’s attack on a passenger terminal killed and injured civilians among passengers and airport staff, calling it a full-scale war crime.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 people and injured 309. The injured are receiving hospital care, and the material damage is still being assessed.
The New York Times, citing sources, reported that at least 12 people died and 50 were injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Witnesses earlier reported a powerful explosion nearby, passengers and staff were evacuated, and the airport is tentatively expected to remain closed until the end of Sunday.
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh is expected to stay closed to arrivals and departures until the end of October 11, an air traffic control source told TASS. Operations had earlier been expected to resume at midnight local time. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said several people were injured in Saturday’s attack on the airport.
A source in air traffic control services told TASS that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh is expected to stay closed to arrivals and departures until around midnight local time. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation earlier said several people were injured in an attack on the airport.

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority says an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh injured several people and temporarily halted operations on Saturday. Officials are assessing damage and confirming the number of injuries. The Houthis have not claimed responsibility; Donald Trump said the United States may join Saudi strikes on the group.
A blast at Riyadh International Airport on Saturday wounded many people, according to two eyewitnesses and two people briefed on the matter. Travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility.
Two regional officials say Riyadh’s airport has come under attack again. They report that the airport has been evacuated and air traffic has stopped.
Two eyewitnesses and two people briefed on the incident said a Saturday explosion at Riyadh’s international airport injured many. Travelers were moved out of some parts of the facility.
Evacuations and injuries were reported at Riyadh airport following another alleged Houthi attack. Two days earlier, three Saudi citizens were killed in an attack on the international airport that the Houthis claimed on Thursday.

Evacuations were reported at Riyadh airport amid reports of a blast. The accompanying image shows the aftermath of Houthi strikes at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was evacuated after a loud blast was heard, according to reports. The Houthis had claimed two deadly attacks on the airport the day before; Saudi authorities have not commented. The group says it is targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for Yemen’s government forces.

King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was evacuated Saturday after a blast was reported, witnesses and local officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and Saudi officials had not commented. The report came amid intensified fighting in Yemen and multiple Houthi strikes on the airport this week.
More than a dozen ambulances rushed to Riyadh’s international airport after a loud blast was heard on Saturday, while travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility, according to an eyewitness and people briefed on the matter.
Two regional officials say the airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, has been attacked again. They say the airport was evacuated and air traffic halted.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine should hold an election, adding that Vladimir Zelensky had many chances to settle the conflict. Trump made the remarks to journalists at Andrews Air Force Base; earlier, he said it was time for Ukraine to change its president.
Elon Musk said he believes his companies could probably work out how to make chips better than anyone, drawing on their expertise in developing customized equipment.
Researchers say more than a dozen interconnected catastrophic threats pose significant risks to global health and wellbeing for the rest of the 21st century, including the possibility of extinction.
A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, before dying from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Seven victims were related to him and the eighth was a family friend. Police have not identified the shooter or established a motive.

Police said a shooting in a residential area of Erie, Pennsylvania, killed nine people, including the suspected shooter, and rocked the city.
A shooting in a residential area of Erie, Pennsylvania, killed nine people, including the suspected shooter. Police said two children and a pregnant woman were among the dead, and the incident shook the city.
Authorities confirmed nine deaths after a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania. Governor Josh Shapiro called it a “tragic mass shooting.”

Nine people were killed in a Friday shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, Governor Josh Shapiro said. Police said the suspected shooter was among the dead. Local media reported that two children were among the victims and that the attacker appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

City officials said a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday night left nine people dead.
A shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, killed nine people, as well as the suspected shooter, according to local police and the governor.
The B.C. Conservatives’ campaign director is facing criticism for anti-Islam posts she shared on social media earlier this year. The scrutiny comes days after the party fired another candidate over his offensive posts.
The World Health Organization says it has yet to determine what caused a young worker’s death at a Russian laboratory that studies plague and other diseases.

The WHO says the cause of pneumonia that killed a worker at a Russian plague research institute remains unknown, with no registered plague cases or evidence of ongoing transmission. Tests on her contacts were negative, and they have shown no symptoms.
The World Health Organization said Russia’s state health regulator confirmed that a worker at a plague research facility in Siberia had died and reported that no plague case had been registered.
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Military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS that Ukrainian forces are most concentrated in the west of Krasny Liman and near Nikolayevka, in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration of the DPR. He said Ukraine had substantially reinforced those areas and that Russian personnel were engaged in fierce clashes and thwarting its plans.
Illegal Israeli settlers have ordered 47 Palestinian families to leave their homes in the occupied West Bank. In Deir Abu Mashal, settlers also attacked Palestinians harvesting olives.

A man died at the scene after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in northern England and being attacked by a tiger, police said. The park was evacuated and closed, while authorities said the animal was unharmed and there was no wider risk to the public.

South Yorkshire Police reported a fatality after a man went into a tiger's pen at a British wildlife park and sustained severe injuries.

A man was attacked by a tiger after entering its enclosure at a wildlife park in England. The tigers stayed inside the enclosure, and the public was not in danger.
British police said a man was seriously injured after a tiger attacked him when he entered its enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday.
UK police say a man was seriously injured Saturday after entering a tiger enclosure at a wildlife park in northern England.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations took place worldwide to mark one year since the so-called Gaza ‘ceasefire’ began. Protesters gathered in New York, London, Berlin, Athens and Dublin, among other locations.

A South Korean container ship completed the country’s first commercial round trip to Europe via the Arctic on Sunday. Authorities hope the route will help make Busan a global maritime hub.
Kirill Dmitriev, a special representative of the Russian president and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, called Elon Musk’s criticism of Vladimir Zelensky a “tipping point.” Musk had earlier said Zelensky had gone too far.
Hedge funds are increasing their purchases of legal claims linked to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires as political opposition to the deals loses momentum.
Hurricane Simon has strengthened to Category 4 as it approaches Mexico’s west coast, with landfall expected late Saturday or early Sunday. The US National Hurricane Center said it could intensify further, with winds of 240 kph. Heavy rain has already caused flooding in Acapulco; Puerto Vallarta residents are preparing, and authorities said shelters would be ordered from 5 p.m.


Hurricane Simon has strengthened to Category 4 off Mexico’s Pacific coast, with winds reaching 241km/h, and threatens southwestern Mexico with destructive winds, storm surges and life-threatening flooding. It was expected to approach or move just inland of the west-central coast late Saturday or early Sunday. Warnings are in place, while Jalisco suspended classes in coastal municipalities and began evacuations.
Hurricane Simon strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday. As it nears landfall, it threatens destructive winds, storm surges and potentially deadly flooding.
Hurricane Simon strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday. As it nears landfall, it threatens destructive winds, storm surges and potentially deadly flooding.
Officials and industry analysts say recently announced land-renewal policies in Guangzhou and Shanghai could help stabilise China’s commercial property market and bolster investor confidence. The rules may also make it easier to issue listed real estate investment trusts.

Russia’s communications director said the IAEA’s discussions with Russia and Ukraine on a temporary local ceasefire are practically important for repairing electrical equipment at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Repairs require safe conditions and are intended to reduce the risk of renewed disruption to external power supplies.
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant communications director Yevgenia Yashina said Ukrainian attacks damaged electrical equipment at the nearby thermal power plant. A temporary ceasefire is needed to repair it safely and reduce the risk of further blackouts. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said he was negotiating with Russia and Ukraine over a ceasefire around the nuclear plant.
Indian police detained more than 2,000 protesters and a youth movement founder in New Delhi on Saturday. Authorities deployed security forces, suspended mobile internet in part of the city and closed metro stations and markets to prevent a rally demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Critics say voter-list revisions could benefit the ruling BJP; a UN human rights spokesperson called for meaningful dialogue.

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