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Cyclone Arnab struck India’s eastern coast on Wednesday, 28 October, after authorities evacuated more than 180,000 people from vulnerable areas in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Odisha. The storm made landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam with sustained winds of 125-135 kilometres per hour and gusts reaching 150 kilometres per hour, according

Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday, October 27, in a parliamentary election that could reshape the country’s political leadership following the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. The election will determine the composition of the 120-seat Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and could decide whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains

Air travel across Saudi Arabia has been severely disrupted by attacks attributed to Yemen’s Houthi movement, with cancellations affecting thousands of flights and forcing airlines to suspend services to the kingdom. Data from the aviation analytics firm Cirium showed that 4,071 of the 4,736 flights scheduled at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport between October 8 and

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye met Iranian authorities in Tehran on Monday, October 26, in an effort to reduce regional tensions and avert renewed escalation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The talks bring together countries with significant strategic interests in the Middle East at a time when threats of further military action,

Israeli forces launched a large-scale operation in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, October 24, following a gun attack that killed two Israeli soldiers near the city. The operation has brought new movement restrictions, searches, and displacement to Palestinian communities, deepening tensions in the territory. According to “Reuters“, approximately 1,200 Palestinians had been displaced

Attack during funeral Seven people were killed and 40 others injured after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, southern Jordan, on Friday, October 23. The attack occurred shortly after the funeral began. Footage broadcast by Jordanian state television showed several armed individuals approaching the church and firing, according

Seven oil tankers were reportedly damaged overnight in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian state media, in the latest development to heighten concerns about commercial shipping through a strategically important waterway. The reported incidents included four tankers that caught fire during oil transfers and three that were disabled by naval mines, the Associated Press reported