Month: October 2026

Israelis voted on Tuesday in their highest-turnout election in decades, with exit polls showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp and that of his rival Gadi Eisenkot locked in a tight race. Four possible scenarios could now shape the formation of Israel’s next government: 1. Coalition government Political parties will begin negotiations to secure the 61 seats needed for a majority, although the way forward remains uncertain. President Isaac Herzog will nominate the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a government, which may not necessarily be the leader…

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Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh has called for continued international support for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination, as the Pakistani embassy in Washington marked Kashmir Black Day on October 27. The event expressed solidarity with Kashmiris and reaffirmed Pakistan’s moral, political and diplomatic support for their right to self-determination, according to a statement issued by the embassy. Addressing the gathering, Sheikh said the Kashmir dispute remained central to Pakistan’s national identity and called for its peaceful resolution in accordance with United Nations resolutions. He said…

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France soccer captain Kylian Mbappe apologised to China on Tuesday after a fierce backlash over his comments referring to late Chinese leader Mao Zedong as a dictator, underscoring how swiftly global celebrities can come unstuck. In a video on a ​French podcast that has since been taken down, Mbappe is heard discussing a funny meme where his face had been photoshopped onto that of “some guy — I think he’s a Chinese dictator”. “During a recent interview, I ‌reacted to an image of myself,” Real Madrid forward Mbappe said in…

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Tragedy struck a poor family in Peshawar as three children died after eating poisonous wild mushrooms, while their mother is in critical condition, sources said on Wednesday. The sources said the children’s father brought wild mushrooms home from a nearby field because he could not afford food for his children. After the mushrooms were cooked, the children and their mother ate them. Their health deteriorated shortly after the meal, prompting the family to take them to hospital for medical treatment. However, all three children died. The deceased children were identified…

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US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced widespread rebuke from civil ​rights groups, healthcare advocates and Democrats on Tuesday over his anti-Arab comments that the Council on American-Islamic ‌Relations cast as “a textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry.” In his remarks on Monday at a campaign event in Michigan where Republican Mike Rogers is running for the US Senate against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, the US health secretary falsely claimed that Arabs had not won major ​international awards and “don’t produce” science and literature. “There are 500 million Arabs…

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