Fri 02 October 2026: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), the agency announced Thursday, as the spacecraft completed a record-setting journey from Florida with four astronauts aboard. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: Houthis have denied targeting Mecca, while Iran dismissed one Saudi accusation as an unsubstantiated claim Saudi Arabia has reported three Houthi attempts to target the holy cities of Mecca and Medina over the past nine years, including two incidents in September, drawing condemnation from Arab and Muslim countries. The Yemeni group […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war. On Sept. 23, 2026, advancing soldiers of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) seized government positions in northern Ethiopia. It followed the announcement of a new alliance of seven armed movements in opposition to the Ethiopian […]
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Thu 01 October 2026: Agency says protection systems risk collapsing as budget shortfall widens Nearly 8.3 million refugees and other forcibly displaced people risk losing vital assistance due to “continued severe funding cuts,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday. “UNHCR’s ability to protect and assist refugees, internally displaced people and […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA risks ‘enormous loss’ as US rift deepens: He criticised the ANC government for clinging to ideological positions that alienate Washington while failing to deliver tangible benefits at home. “South Africa is not getting the same kind of offers from its favourite […]
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Fri 02 October 2026: Saudi authorities on Friday denied reports of a suicide bomber at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, saying a man was arrested for harassing passersby and causing panic. 🕋 BREAKING: Reports claim a suicide bomber tried to blow himself up at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, but the vest failed to detonate Video circulating […]
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Thu 01 October 2026: A man with dual UK-Iranian citizenship has been arrested in connection with an alleged security incident at an airbase in southwest England over the weekend. British counter-terrorism police said on Thursday that a “27-year-old man, a dual UK/Iranian national, was arrested” in central London. He was detained “on suspicion of preparation […]
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Thu 01 October 2026: Ethiopia on Thursday announced the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats in Addis Ababa persona non grata. In a statement, Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry said it has decided to close its embassy in Asmara in response to Eritrea’s “direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence” against […]
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Thu 01 October 2026: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he expects the continuation of conflicts around the world in the near future. Putin told a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow that he sees the probability as “high.” “The continuation of international conflicts in the coming years is very likely. I […]
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Thu 01 October 2026: Representatives of the Syrian government and Hezbollah held secret talks in Türkiye in September as part of an Ankara-backed effort to reduce tensions between the longtime adversaries, Reuters reported Thursday, citing six people briefed on the meeting. The talks marked the first known face-to-face meeting between officials from Syria’s new government and the […]
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