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WASHINGTON, 10 October, 2026 (Kamran Raja): US President Donald Trump has appealed to the Supreme Court to revive his dismissed lawsuit against former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and others, accusing them of conspiring to undermine his 2016 election campaign by linking it to Russia. The lawsuit, filed in 2022, alleged that Clinton and her allies promoted a false narrative about collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia. A federal judge dismissed the case and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions against Trump and his lawyer, Alina Habba, describing the lawsuit as frivolous and intended to advance a political narrative. The Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal and sanctions in 2025. Meanwhile, a 2019 ...

 TEL AVIV, 10 October, 2026 (Kamran Raja): Yair Golan, leader of Israel’s opposition Democratic Party, has described the killing of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the beginning of the US-Israeli war against Iran as a “mistake,” arguing that the action did not serve Israel’s national interests. Speaking during an event in Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, Golan said the killing of Khamenei was a mistake, not because he did not deserve to die, but because it failed to advance Israel’s interests. He also pointed out that Khamenei was 86 years old at the time. Golan argued that the succession of Khamenei by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, had left Iran under the leadership of individuals he described as more extreme and violent. The Israeli opposition leader also criticised P...

MOSCOW, 10 October, 2026 (Nosheen): Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on Friday that Ukraine’s drone attacks had undermined the possibility of an immediate resumption of trilateral peace talks, the Kremlin said. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Kyiv’s attacks on Moscow, other cities and polling stations during last month’s Russian parliamentary elections had disrupted prospects for an early return to negotiations involving the United States, Russia and Ukraine. He said Moscow had been prepared to resume talks with Kyiv after the elections, but the attacks had put the peace process in jeopardy. Ushakov added that Russia would now consider when negotiations could resume. US President Donald Trump has been seeking a pe...