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Scott Colom’s defeat of Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith flips Mississippi’s seat to Democrats, with certification scheduled for 3 December. Gaza’s health ministry says an Israeli strike killed at least six people at Nasser Hospital. Armenia approved funding to cover a health-insurance subsidy shortfall and plans lower welfare allocations.
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Armenia remains a member of the military alliance, but Peskov says it can no longer vote or appoint representatives to senior posts. Italy evacuated at least 300 schools after emailed bomb threats, prompting a police investigation. Armenia’s president signed the TRIPP framework ratification law, with the joint development company’s founding documents still awaiting agreement.
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The US drug regulator is requiring a warning across GLP-1 medicines over a possible link to a rare cause of vision loss. Trinidad and Tobago’s final appeal court has ended criminal restrictions on private, consensual same-sex relations between adults. Bulgaria’s prime minister says highway pile-ups killed 12 people, with the road closed until vehicles are removed.
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After a drone attack on Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field disrupted electricity across much of the Kurdish region, the regional ministry plans to supply critical facilities from other power plants. China has extended trade relief for two months. In Kenya, authorities and aid workers are seeking assistance for families fleeing fighting around Moyale in Ethiopia.
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Russia has expanded its account to three ships it says were carrying military goods for Ukraine. DTEK says an overnight attack left more than 600,000 people without power in Dnipropetrovsk. Trump says the US land blockade of Iran is in effect, and Gadi Eisenkot has been selected to attempt to form Israel’s government.
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The UN says fighting has displaced more than 323,000 people in Yemen since August, while hospitals in besieged Taiz warn emergency services could close without fuel. California’s governor issued commutations for 548 death sentences, some requiring court approval. Paraguay’s former president Santiago Peña faces criminal charges following Ueno Bank’s collapse, and prosecutors seek his detention before trial.
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UN agencies say 15.4 million people in Sudan urgently need shelter and household items, and are seeking flexible funding to replenish emergency stocks before winter. Democrats have reached 253 US House seats, with 22 races unresolved. Somalia’s Supreme Court has rejected the president’s term extension, leaving only the cabinet with limited caretaker authority.
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Annie Andrews’s South Carolina victory helped Democrats take the US Senate, with two races still unresolved as counting continues. Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña resigned, with Pedro Alliana set to succeed him. Strikes disrupted French public services, and Lecornu has called a conference on wages and purchasing power.
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AP projects Democrats will win at least 228 US House seats, with control passing when the new Congress begins. Iran says it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz only if the US accepts its peace-plan demands. Armenia has raised residency application fees that applicants cannot recover if refused.
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DTEK says three thermal power plants stopped generating electricity after Russian attacks, adding to widespread power disruptions. Kyiv’s water supplier says water service will take time to return even after electricity is restored. Africa CDC’s latest figures put Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 5,372, as vaccine trials begin against the outbreak strain.
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church reports more than 60 deaths in attacks on Christian communities in Oromia and plans talks with senior government officials. Israel rejects a UN commission’s findings on attacks against West Bank civilians. Belgium’s king plans consultations after Prime Minister Bart De Wever offered his government’s resignation.
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The UN plans to repatriate about 160 military observers and close 13 facilities and team sites in Western Sahara after the peacekeeping mandate expired. Zelenskyy says Russian strikes left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian households without electricity. Al Jazeera reports further home demolitions and at least 12 additional detentions in Hebron.
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Zelenskyy says Russian strikes hit energy and railway infrastructure in Ukraine, and he urged allies to transfer air-defense missiles from existing stocks before winter. The US State Department approved a possible Patriot sale that still requires congressional review and contract negotiations. A US judge temporarily blocked federal prosecution threats against election workers handling ballots linked to suspected noncitizens.
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The UN human rights office’s local head says Palestinians who fled before the ceasefire have little prospect of returning to areas beyond Israel’s deployment boundary in Gaza. Hundreds of residents have left Russian-held Oleshky, Russian and Ukrainian authorities confirmed. A US appeals court denied some immigrants bond access in three states on 23 October 2026.
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US sanctions target Rwanda’s defence ministry and Zigama over Treasury allegations of support for M23, which Rwanda denies, and also cover entities at least 50% collectively owned by blocked parties. Haiti’s electoral council has postponed national voting to July 2027. Armenia has extended Karabakh aid, with payments for specified groups halved from April 2027.
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Available and incoming supplies could provide only partial shelter and household-item assistance to around 52,000 families in Gaza. Spain’s rail manager has suspended services between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia after the Toledo crash. Armenia’s parliament has approved ratification of the Board of Peace Charter.
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The US and 30 other Western states urge Sudan’s warring parties to remove barriers to aid as they warn of famine risk. A UN commission alleges continuing genocide in Gaza, with findings that could support International Criminal Court cases. Israel’s completed election count leaves neither main bloc able to govern alone.
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Brazil’s completed runoff count gives Lula a 4.3 million-vote margin, while Flavio Bolsonaro says his lawyers will seek annulment. Preliminary results put Civil Contract first in most of Armenia’s multi-party local races. Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators are expected to meet in the first half of November.
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Defence Minister Israel Katz said about 2,200 people were displaced in Hebron and could not return until Israel finished dealing with what he called “all the Hamas issues in Hebron”. Al Jazeera said Israeli attacks killed at least seven Palestinians across Gaza. Gabon’s regulator says it has lifted the nationwide social-media ban after eight months.
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Crimea’s Moscow-backed governor says power cuts linked to strikes prompted restrictions on electricity and water supplies for residents. Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government has postponed its December 6 national elections indefinitely. Displaced West Bank families told Al Jazeera they had gone months without food assistance.
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The ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky enabled an evacuation before ending. Gaza’s Civil Defense says 1,000 bodies have been recovered from rubble as recovery work continues. England’s care regulator reports that 80,000 children and young people have waited over a year for community healthcare.
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Kyiv authorities say Russian strikes killed two people and wounded more than 30; Ukraine is seeking more air-defence interceptors. The US has ordered non-emergency government staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks. The BBC reports that Israel’s Supreme Court has restored two Arab-majority lists’ election eligibility.
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Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have left jail after a magistrate required a peace bond; the movement’s founder says they plan to meet to decide their next steps. The World Food Programme has reduced monthly food aid in Gaza to 1.1 million recipients. The UN humanitarian office is calling for sustained aid access to Taiz, where fighting has closed roads.
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Fortune reports that early, unofficial results show 76% support for remaining in Canada after more than 1.5 million votes were counted in Alberta, pointing against a later separation vote. Abyei’s caretaker information minister says a market strike killed at least 153 people and displaced around 8,000. A report by four Eurasian Economic Union members says they could consider suspending the bloc’s treaties for Armenia.
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