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19 October

War

Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Ranks of Hamas fighters formed up on Gaza's beachfront on February 1 for the handover of an Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel in a show of force against the dramatic backdrop of breaking waves. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images via AFP)

US Says ‘Credible Reports’ Hamas Planning Attack Against Gaza Civilians

The US State Department said it had "credible reports" that Palestinian armed group Hamas was planning an imminent attack against civilians in Gaza, a move Washington said would be a "ceasefire violation."

19 October

Americas

US strike on alleged drug-carrying submarine in the Caribbean. Photo: Donald Trump via Truth Social

Staff Writer With AFP

US to Repatriate Survivors of Strike on ‘Drug-Carrying Submarine’ in Caribbean

President Donald Trump said the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back to their native Ecuador and Colombia, after a military strike on their "drug-smuggling submarine" in the Caribbean that killed two others.

18 October

War

Staff Writer With AFP

ICC Rejects Israel Appeal Bid Over Arrest Warrants

The International Criminal Court rejected Israel's bid to appeal against arrest warrants for its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war.

18 October

Terrorism

Police officers seen around Westminster after a terrorist attack in London on March 22, 2017. Four people including a police officer and his attacker have been killed in two related incidents outside the Houses of Parliament and on Westminster Bridge in what Scotland Yard are treating as a terrorist incident (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto) (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker / NurPhoto via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

UK Neo-Nazi Trio Jailed for Planning ‘Terrorist Attacks’

Three British neo-Nazi extremists brought together by their shared hate of non-whites were jailed for up to 11 years for planning attacks on ethnic and religious minorities.

18 October

War

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Says Captured Three Villages in Ukraine’s East

Russia said it had captured three villages in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, including areas Kyiv had retaken three years ago in a surprise counter-offensive.

18 October

Americas

Haitian comandos step off from the starting point of a 20-kilometer ruck march during Fuerzas Comando, July 17, 2018 at the Instituto Superior Policial, Panama. Fuerzas Comando is an annual multinational special operational forces skills competition sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and hosted this year by the Ministry of Public Security, Panama. Through friendly competition, this exercise promotes interoperability, military-to-military relationships, increases training knowledge, and improves regional security. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin/Released)

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Extends Arms Embargo on Haiti

The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the arms and military equipment embargo on Haiti for another year, and added two people to its sanctions list.

18 October

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Recaptures Town on China Trade Route

Myanmar's ruling junta said that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country's war-wracked north.

18 October

Middle East

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a media conference

Staff Writer With AFP

Pakistan to Hold Talks With Afghanistan in Qatar After Latest Strikes

Pakistan officials will hold talks in Qatar with their Afghan counterparts, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes on its neighbor killing at least 10 people and breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border.

17 October

Air

General Atomics develop its Long-Range Maneuvering Projectile (LRMP).

Jodesz Gavilan

General Atomics Tests Long-Range Maneuvering Projectile

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has successfully tested its Long Range Maneuvering Projectile designed to hit targets more than 62 miles away.

17 October

Air