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Oct 21, 2026 - World

President Trump on Wednesday said he secured the release of Stephen Hubbard, an American detained in Russia four years ago.

Oct 21, 2026 - World

Despite US-Israeli airstrikes and Tehran’s attacks on shipping, the waterway still has to provide a lifeline for those that live and work thereCapt Farouq turns the wheel as he watches the ferry terminal of Bandar Abbas grow smaller, its bright lights flickering in the distance.In front of him, the navigation radar beeps periodically, its green and pink lights glowing in the darkness. The ferry, today at about half capacity with roughly 100 passengers, turns and heads into the darkness of the strait of Hormuz.Capt Farouq pulls into the deeper waters Continue reading...

Oct 21, 2026 - World

Rights groups say the planned 1.4km route, which ends at compound run by far-right settler group Elad, will displace Palestinians and reshape the cultural landscapeA fifth foreign company has pulled out of a plan to build a cable car from West to East Jerusalem that threatens to involve the seizure of land and property rights from dozens of Palestinian families along its route, but local authorities insist the scheme is proceeding as planned.The project appeared to have stalled for four years until late September, just weeks before Israel’s 27 October elections, when the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) issued a notice of intent to award a contract without a public tender to ROPES, a cable car engineering consultancy based in South Tyrol, Italy. Continue reading...

Oct 21, 2026 - World

The French armed forces say that a fighter jet has crashed in eastern France, killing at least one person

Oct 21, 2026 - World

The U.K. government has approved a natural gas project off the coast of Scotland over the objections of environmental groups, saying it would improve energy security as the country transitions to renewable sources of energy