Ethiopia Says It Must Defend Itself Against Eritrea’s ‘All-Out Invasion’
Dawit Endeshaw, Reuters October 9, 2026 Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Summary Ethiopian minister says Eritrean troops advanced up to 60 km into Tigray Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of having declared war in bid for sea access More explosions reported overnight near Tigray town of Adigrat Ethiopian Airli
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Journalists Imprisoned in Vietnam: Families Demand Release
By Quynh-Vi Tran October 9, 2026 Graphic: S.B./The Vietnamese Magazine. Every year, around midnight on Oct. 6, marks the anniversary of the arrest of Phạm Đoan Trang by the Vietnamese authorities in 2020. This year marks six years since I last spoke to her and almost 12 years since we last met. Six years have gone by, and it feels like just a blink. Many people have said to me that she has been in prison for six years, and without advocacy, three more years will pass quickly.
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Israel’s ‘Yellow Line’ Squeezes Palestinians In Gaza
By Mohammed Haddad 12 October 2026 (Al Jazeera) A year into a ‘ceasefire’, Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest. Israel has expanded its military occupation in the Gaza Strip in violation of a United States-brokered ‘ceasefire’, forcing Palestinians into an ever-smaller share of the besieged territory, devastated by Israel’s ongoing genocidal war. Nearly two-thirds of Gaza is now under Israeli military control or subject to
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Chaos across airports as Houthis claim Riyadh strikes
By Middle East Eye Staff 12 October 2026 A CCTV screengrab shows the moment King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was hit in a Houthi strike, 10 October 2026 (Saudi Media Ministry/AFP) Terminals across Saudi Arabia were left in chaos on Monday after repeated attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and warnings issued by Yemen’s Houthi group. Several airlines halted operations and over a third of all planned flights in the country were cancelled. Approxima
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Soldiers kill 40 terrorists planning attack in Borno State, nigeria
Troops. Photo: Army By Isah Ojo Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised over 40 fighters, including a prominent commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, in a precision air strike on their enclave at Badu Village, south of Gudumbali in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State. The Army said the terrorists were neutralised on October 10, 2026, while preparing to launch coordinated attacks on troops operating within Sector 3 areas of responsibility. The a
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How Russia’s AI broke battlefield verification
By Maksym Panchokha October 8, 2026 Credit: Reuters 2026 On Sept. 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces had captured Sviatohirsk, a town anchoring the northern flank of Ukraine’s Sloviansk-Kramatorsk fortress belt. Six days later, Brig. Gen. Andrii Biletskyi stood in the town and filmed himself speaking calmly. Even a Kremlin-affiliated military blogger conceded it proved Ukrainian control. A pro-war channel that had posted two “liberation” clips l
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