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Cairo, 15 October 2026 (Ghufran): Egypt and Qatar have stressed the need to immediately halt all hostilities against Saudi Arabia, strongly condemned attacks on the kingdom and expressed solidarity with its people, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. The position was conveyed during a telephone conversation late Wednesday between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. According to an official statement, the two ministers also reviewed bilateral relations and areas of cooperation, including high-level visits, and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening ties between the two countries. Discussing regional developments, they emphasised the importance of supporting ongoing diplomatic ...

West Bank, 15 October 2026 (Kamran Raja): Israeli forces shot and arrested a Palestinian man during a raid in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday after pursuing him since 2017, according to a local prisoners’ rights official. Samer Bani Odeh, in his 40s, was shot in the hand when Israeli special forces raided his home and the homes of his brothers in Tammun, southeast of Tubas. Earlier, Israeli forces detained one of his brothers in an attempt to pressure him to surrender, releasing him several hours later. Bani Odeh had previously spent two years in Israeli prisons during the Second Intifada, while his family has faced repeated raids and arrests over the years. Separately, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that a 21-year-old Palestinian man was hospitalised after bein...

Seoul, 15 October, 2026 (Ghufran): South Korea’s Defence Ministry spokesperson has warned that repeatedly changing the requirements for transferring wartime operational control from the United States could make the handover impossible. Speaking at a regular news briefing on Thursday, spokesperson Jeong Bit-na said in her personal capacity that if the conditions continued to change, the transfer might never take place. However, she clarified that her remarks did not represent the ministry’s official position, emphasizing that Seoul and Washington remained committed to their mutually agreed conditions-based transition plan. Her comments followed remarks by US Forces Korea commander General Xavier Brunson, who said that changes in the security environment and operational plans had led to new ...

Kyiv, 15 October, 2026 (Kamran Raja): Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries as tensions between Kyiv and Washington deepen over US President Donald Trump’s approach to the ongoing war. Ukrainian drones struck a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region, around 300 kilometers southeast of Moscow, early Thursday, triggering a fire, according to Russian officials and a senior Ukrainian official. The strike came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared an end to a brief truce, accusing Moscow of continuing aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure despite Trump’s call for both sides to halt such operations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described Ukraine’s strikes on oil facilities as a direct challenge to Trump, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov cla...