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El Salvador troops arrive in Haiti to search for missing colleagues.
24 Oct, 2026 0

Nearly 100 El Salvador troops arrive to search for missing colleagues

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): At least 100 members of El Salvador’s special forces have arrived in Haiti to help search for four Salvadoran soldiers abducted by gangs last week, as President Nayib Bukele…
Meghan Markle, the Dutchess of Sussex.
24 Oct, 2026 0

Meghan Markle ‘deeply distressed’ by claims about father

LONDON (AP): Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images had been found at her father’s former home. She also…
Pope Leo XIV thanks the faithful during his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican on October 21.
24 Oct, 2026 0

Tests show Pope Leo won’t need further treatment for cancer

VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Leo XIV will need no further treatment for lung cancer after tests confirmed the disease was localised, the Vatican said Wednesday. Leo, 71, had part of one lung removed last…
Security forces and civil defence work after a multi-story building collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday.
24 Oct, 2026 0

Many feared trapped as a tall building collapses

NAIROBI (AP): Many people were feared trapped as a tall building collapsed Friday in Kenya’s capital, leaving a huge mound of concrete and more than a dozen floors stacked like pancakes, with little…
First lady Melania Trump.
24 Oct, 2026 0

Ukraine-Russia ceasefire announced ahead of Melania Trump mission

WASHINGTON (AP): Ukraine’s top negotiator involved in a humanitarian mission led by US first lady Melania Trump has said that a local ceasefire with Russia will start Tuesday – two days before the…
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, who is running for reelection, gestures as opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro stands beside him during a televised presidential debate one week before the runoff election in Sao Paulo
24 Oct, 2026 0

Election could help shape Amazon’s future

SAO PAULO (AP): While Brazil’s presi-dential candidates have not made policy of the Amazon a major campaign topic, climate scientists and environmentalists say the winner of Sunday’s race could…
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex
23 Oct, 2026 0

Meghan 'deeply distressed' by allegations her father had collection of child sex abuse images

LONDON (AP) – Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, said on Friday she was "deeply distressed" by allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images had been found at her father's…
A man checks his cellphone at a waterfront shelter as commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran on October 6.
23 Oct, 2026 0

War fears grow as tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz

TEL AVIV (AP): Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions…
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
23 Oct, 2026 0

President launches mission to rescue four soldiers kidnapped in Haiti

SAN SALVADOR (AP): El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday he had launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti, warning of a…