World2:43Saudi Arabia pledged a firm response following a series of Houthi attacks on airports and civilian sites across the kingdom. The latest strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300, drawing widespread regional condemnation and raising fears of further escalation.
WorldHurricane Simon is approaching Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing torrential rain and sustained winds of up to 240 kilometres per hour. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to become a major hurricane on Sunday near Mexico’s west-central coast and move very close to shore on Monday. Early Sunday, Simon was about 96.56 kilometres west-southwest of Manzanillo.
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WorldFox News contributor Rebeccah Heinrichs discusses President Donald Trump’s consideration of retaliatory strikes against the Houthis following a deadly attack on Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia.
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WorldThree years after the October 7 attacks and the start of what the report calls Israel’s genocide in Gaza, books, podcasts and media appearances are revisiting events. Former Biden officials are seeking to whitewash the administration’s support for Israel and restore their reputations, while mainstream outlets welcome them and people offering more critical accounts struggle to get access.
WorldMore than six decades after white South African police killed dozens of Black anti-apartheid protesters in Sharpeville in 1961, survivors and families have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation. They say their claims for reparations were denied.
PoliticsUS President Donald Trump said he thinks Ukraine should get a new president, responding to Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism of a US deal involving Russian diesel. Zelensky warned that a new agreement allowing millions of tonnes of Russian diesel into the US would give Moscow money to continue its war, calling it a gift to Vladimir Putin.
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PoliticsThree of the country’s most closely watched Senate races turned combative on Thursday night. In Georgia, Jon Ossoff repeatedly invoked Trump and linked his opponent to the president. In Maine, Susan Collins and Troy Jackson clashed over a new ethics allegation against Collins, while Michigan’s Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed traded accusations and insults in a debate moderators struggled to control.
PoliticsBorder czar Tom Homan discusses a Health and Human Services report describing widespread sponsor fraud in the unaccompanied alien children program. He also responds to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s anti-ICE rhetoric.
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PoliticsTrump said Ukraine should have a different president, assigning Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy responsibility for high diesel prices in the US. The remarks came after Zelenskyy condemned a Russian fuel deal.
WorldOne year after a ceasefire was declared in Gaza, Israel has killed at least 1,481 Palestinians there. Saudi Arabia says Yemeni fighters killed 12 people in a strike on its main airport. Israeli attacks in Gaza have intensified, while Israeli pogroms in the West Bank are again disrupting the annual olive harvest. Israel has killed at least 74,370 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
WorldIsrael is voting for new political leadership in an election overshadowed by terror and war. The stakes include political accountability for the October 7, 2023 attacks, mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men and sharing the national defense burden, as well as Israel's international standing. Divisions are especially visible in debate over Benjamin Netanyahu.
WorldTrump urged Ukraine on Saturday to replace Volodymyr Zelensky, criticizing him over strikes on Russian oil refineries that have contributed to higher diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections. Trump said he had told Zelensky he could act against Russia but should not hit refineries, and argued Ukraine needs a president willing to agree to end the war.
PoliticsSpain's general election is scheduled for November 29, but campaigning is already under way. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his main conservative challenger, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, held pre-election rallies aimed at each other's key vulnerabilities.
WorldUS President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs on Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel. Meanwhile, continued Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children.
OtherA midday roundup of the most important stories from Europe and beyond on October 11, 2026.
SocietyTwice a week, people line up outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. Dentist Laura Mendoza gives out medicine for free from her doorstep and runs one of the community pharmacies operating in the capital and several other Cuban provinces.
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SocietyThe first borrowers on the UK’s Plan 2 student loans began repayments ten years ago. Graduates’ earnings shape how much they repay, how much interest accrues and whether they ever clear the balance. BBC education correspondent Hazel Shearing investigates why many are frustrated.
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SocietyMohammed Al Inshasi wants to create the first global brand to originate in Gaza. Inspired by people boycotting products linked to Israel’s occupation, he has designed shirts and sweaters bearing the “Get Up Gaza” logo, hoping the message will reach supporters worldwide.
SocietyDemonstrators took to the streets in Portugal over rising living costs and housing prices. An Instagram account that appeared linked to the protests and had promoted the demonstrations said people had been squeezed by higher housing prices and living costs for years.
PoliticsEPA Administrator Lee Zeldin responds to a California professor’s paper advising public administrators to neglect their duties and sabotage the Trump administration.
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WorldRussian children are now learning to pilot and assemble drones at school, after the subject was added to the national curriculum this year. It is one of several changes to public-school curricula since Russia’s war in Ukraine.
WorldAid agencies in Yemen say renewed clashes between Houthi opposition forces and government troops are driving a worsening hunger emergency. Mobile health clinics report that hundreds of children displaced by the violence are suffering from the deadliest form of malnutrition.
WorldSaudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after a strike on Riyadh’s international airport killed 12 and wounded more than 300. It was the kingdom’s deadliest strike in a decade.
EconomyIran's economy has endured years of sanctions, and the conflict that began in February with US-Israeli attacks and a US blockade of Iranian ports has added to pressure on daily life. Official figures put September inflation at nearly 90 percent year on year; volatile exchange rates have raised everyday costs, and food prices have more than doubled since last year.