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Nov 2, 2026 25 stories
- 40,000 volunteers raise 108 Buddhist stupas in one day for Bhutan's "mindfulness city" · Bhutan
- Israeli forces withdraw from Hebron after a 10-day siege that displaced or affected 3,300 Palestinians, governor says · Palestine · Breaking
- India's election "consultants" sell bots and shadow pages to campaigns from Kenya to Suriname, and now the U.S. · India
- India evacuates thousands as a second cyclone in a week bears down on Andhra Pradesh · India · Breaking
- "Traitors in every family": Hungary will publish the names of tens of thousands of communist-era informants on Wednesday · Hungary
- Anthrax kills 28 hippos in Africa's oldest national park as Congo fights Ebola · DR Congo
- Yemen's war spills toward Saudi Arabia as government forces push into Houthi-held al-Jawf · Yemen · Breaking
- A Spanish island of 11,000 people has seen nearly 3,000 migrants arrive since October · Spain
- Sudan takes Ethiopia to the UN, saying 187 drones launched from Ethiopian soil have killed or wounded 484 civilians · Sudan / Ethiopia
- Uganda starts pulling troops out of Somalia after nearly 20 years fighting al-Shabab · Uganda / Somalia
- Turkey moves jailed PKK founder Ocalan to a new section of his island prison as Kurdish politicians say peace talks have stalled · Turkey
- The Taliban voice "serious concern" over a U.S. plan to deport 150+ Afghans through Pakistan, including relatives of U.S. allies · Afghanistan
- "My life has been on hold": Poland's migrants wait up to two years for residence permits under a wartime law that never ended · Poland
- Myanmar stays on the global money-laundering blacklist alongside only Iran and North Korea, despite Japan's lobbying · Myanmar
- Police in Western Australia scanned 1.38 million faces with live facial recognition vans in five months · Australia
- Seven people drowned in Nigeria's Niger Delta when a speedboat capsized during a protest against moving an oil vessel · Nigeria
- Latvia told residents near its Russia and Belarus borders to take cover as a suspected drone entered its airspace · Latvia · Breaking
- Milei pitches Patagonia as an unregulated home for AI data centres, and sheep ranchers are leasing land for one · Argentina
- “Either we save ourselves or we’re screwed”: Colombia’s government warns of a 2027 default unless Congress passes its rescue law · Colombia
- Trinidad and Tobago breaks Caribbean ranks to back the U.S. embargo on Cuba at the UN · Trinidad and Tobago
- South Africa’s Gauteng shuts 20 liquor outlets after 7,322 inspections in a crackdown on gender-based violence · South Africa
- Osage Nation is plugging abandoned oil wells faster after the BIA called them "not a federal function" · United States
- Sri Lanka sends soldiers to protect elephants from snares, explosive bait and illegal electric fences · Sri Lanka
- Border wall contractors unearthed Native American remains in Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, weeks after an elder warned they would · United States
- Senegal's own ruling party keeps blocking the budget that would unlock a $2.2 billion IMF deal, with a full vote on Tuesday · Senegal
Nov 1, 2026 31 stories
- Samoa’s prime minister marches for Israel, calling it “God’s government,” as Israel’s Pacific Forum role splits the region · Samoa
- Cape Verde, one of Africa’s calmest democracies, kicks off its presidential race · Cape Verde
- Ghana opens talks with Russia’s Rosatom on its first nuclear plant, and Rusal signs a bauxite deal · Ghana
- Ethiopian drone strikes kill at least 25 civilians, including children at a displaced-persons camp · Ethiopia
- Stranded for three years: a Sri Lankan woman can’t leave the Cook Islands because no one will let her change planes · Cook Islands
- Nairobi building collapse: 16 still missing as the Eastleigh search enters its second week · Kenya · Breaking
- Fiji’s Rabuka backs down and delays the constitution vote after his coalition splinters · Fiji · Breaking
- Ecuador’s fourth curfew of the year shuts down five coastal provinces at night · Ecuador · Breaking
- Fiji tells nuclear powers “those that did it must pay” for Pacific tests · Fiji
- Indonesia’s Supreme Court voids Vice President Gibran’s high school equivalency certificate · Indonesia · Breaking
- Smoke from record Amazon fires gave Manaus Brazil’s worst air for weeks · Brazil · Breaking
- In Malawi, El Niño drought has herders walking 27km for grass · Malawi · Breaking
- Ebola has now killed more than 5,000 people in DR Congo — the country’s deadliest outbreak ever · DR Congo · Breaking
- Mo Ibrahim index: Africa’s security and rights fall in a “strongmen” era · Pan-Africa
- Dakar opens the Youth Olympics — the first Olympic event ever held in Africa · Senegal
- Micronesian leaders: “An archipelago is not a stockpile” as U.S.–China rivalry grows · Micronesia
- Bolivia declares a nationwide state of emergency as El Niño brings drought and floods · Bolivia · Breaking
- Bangladesh garment protests hit a third day as police fire tear gas and owners threaten “no work, no pay” · Bangladesh · Breaking
- Iotova wins Bulgaria’s presidential runoff in initial results as drone attacks hit ships off its Black Sea coast · Bulgaria · Breaking
- UN rights worker dies in Houthi custody, and his family learned only weeks later · Yemen
- 1,510 people spend All Saints’ Day in evacuation centers after Mayon Volcano erupts · Philippines · Breaking
- UN begins shutting down its 35-year Western Sahara mission after rival Russian and U.S. vetoes · Western Sahara · Breaking
- Caribbean leaders push slavery reparations at Antigua summit as UK opens door to an apology · Antigua and Barbuda
- Hackers hijack Ukraine's and Russia's air raid apps, sending fake nuclear and radiation alerts · Ukraine · Breaking
- Serbia’s student movement, under two years old, ousts Vučić in a landslide, using Hungary’s playbook · Serbia
- Gen Z protests over cost of living spread to Germany, ending in looting in Frankfurt · Germany
- Tens of thousands rally in Delhi demanding India's election chief resign after 130 million names are cut from voter rolls · India
- Zambia's post-election crackdown: HRW documents 14 apparent disappearances, 61 beatings and an opposition ex-minister's killing · Zambia
- Nearly 100 Argentine intellectuals break ranks on the Falklands as Milei's clash with Britain over offshore oil heads to court · Argentina
- Laos's giant wind farm powers Vietnam, but the villages under its turbines still lose electricity in storms · Laos
- Israel's first ambassador to Somaliland presents credentials, and lays the stone for an embassy near the Red Sea · Somaliland
Oct 31, 2026 7 stories
- Ethiopia’s Abiy puts his ministers through military training amid conflicts at home · Ethiopia
- Nearly 200 nations strike a nature deal in Armenia, but the world is on track for just one of 24 targets · Armenia
- "We came back from hell": hundreds escape Russian-occupied Oleshky in a rare joint evacuation, then the truce ends · Ukraine
- Jamaicans win a rare court ruling in their fight against "plantation tourism" that locks them off their own beaches · Jamaica
- From president to rebel: Joseph Kabila now leads the alliance fighting the man he handed power to · DR Congo
- Analysis: A telecom convoy is blamed for a fire that burned three-quarters of a Mongolian nature reserve, over 500,000 hectares · Mongolia
- Africa launches its own $5 billion energy bank after a 20-month delay, as Western lenders pull back from oil and gas · Nigeria
Oct 30, 2026 16 stories
- 28.8 million people in DR Congo face crisis-level hunger as conflict and a record Ebola outbreak collide · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- How Kenyans got caught up in a $130m U.S. “ghost student” aid scam · Kenya
- Pakistan jails human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha for 10 years over a 2024 cricket-convoy road incident · Pakistan
- Thai activist who called out the monarchy dressed as Harry Potter now faces more than 34 years in prison · Thailand
- Johannesburg's illegal gold miners take the blame for sinkholes, but experts point at big mining · South Africa
- Sudanese survivors and rights groups fight the UAE's pick for UN secretary-general · Sudan
- Yemen's Taiz under Houthi siege: governor says the city is being sent "back to the stone age" · Yemen
- Beijing's queer film festival, running since 2001, cancelled after police pressure · China
- Bread up tenfold: two years after Assad, Syrians say they're poorer than ever · Syria
- "They chose to strangle us": Russia's Novaya Gazeta shuts down after 30 years · Russia
- Riot police deployed at Poland's top court as Tusk moves to prosecute its judges · Poland
- Brazil's defeated far-right candidate flees to Miami and briefly declares himself "true president-elect" · Brazil
- “It’s a man you don’t want to run into”: Delhi women band together to walk the city’s forests safely · India
- Kenya seeks compensation from Russia for hundreds of citizens recruited to fight in Ukraine · Kenya
- Venezuela's new foreign minister is a 35-year-old former opposition aide, and his predecessor is sent to London to recover $4bn in gold · Venezuela
- Minnesota judges order a county to account for every child it placed through Red Lake Nation's seized child welfare agency · United States
Oct 29, 2026 4 stories
- A year after Tanzania’s deadly election, families of the dead still wait for justice · Tanzania
- Ethiopia gets 12 Russian Su-35 fighter jets as fighting with Tigray’s TPLF intensifies · Ethiopia
- El Salvador sends more than 2,000 troops to Haiti to find four missing soldiers · Haiti
- Tuvalu replaces its 100-year-old public health law · Tuvalu
Oct 28, 2026 1 story
Oct 27, 2026 1 story
Oct 23, 2026 2 stories
Oct 22, 2026 1 story
- El Niño is drying out Central America’s farms; WFP warns food insecurity there could rise up to 80 per cent · Honduras / Guatemala / Nicaragua
Oct 21, 2026 1 story
Oct 15, 2026 1 story
Oct 12, 2026 1 story
Oct 7, 2026 1 story
- African Union ex-presidents meet M23 rebels as fighting grinds on in eastern Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Oct 5, 2026 1 story
- At least 22 dead after two boats collide on the Congo River · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Oct 2, 2026 1 story
Oct 1, 2026 2 stories
- MSF staff member tests positive for Bundibugyo Ebola while responding to DR Congo outbreak · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Malaysia begins returning 5,000 Myanmar nationals as a UN expert warns of refoulement and condemns a Rakhine market airstrike · Myanmar / Malaysia
Jan 28, 2026 1 story
- The Central African Republic was the world’s least-covered humanitarian crisis of 2025 · Central African Republic
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