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Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:46:41 +1100
A dozen killed in Saudi Arabian airport attack
An attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital has left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 people injured.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +1100
Amelia Earhart expedition heads to Pacific atoll hoping to find her plane
“Finding Amelia Earhart’s Electra aircraft would be the discovery of a lifetime,” says the expedition leader who is hoping to solve one of the century’s great mysteries.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +1100
Blocked by police, India’s youth voice their fury
Protesters against disenfranchisement are outraged after being intercepted at airports and stopped by barricades. “Aren’t we children of this nation?”

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +1100
How a rebel force held the world to ransom in a single night of chaos and panic
In a matter of hours, an Iran-allied militia trounced Saudi-backed forces to take control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast. No one was able – or willing – to stop them.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:08:03 +1100
‘I should have won 8’: Trump fumes over latest Nobel snub
In a late-night tirade, the US president disparaged this year’s recipient of the peace prize and said the award had been “forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues”.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +1100
The socialite, her ‘jobless’ ex and his accused ‘mastermind’ father: Inside the murder that shocked Hong Kong
It’s a major global financial hub where violent crime is rare. But the nature of this one is so gruesome, a juror asked to be excused.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +1100
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch hits back hard at Reform: Angus Taylor take note
The new Conservative leader is very popular and knows how to fight.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:48:14 +1100
India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest
Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed across the city, mobile internet services were suspended in the central business district and dozens of metro stations and markets were shut.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:25:41 +1100
‘Not acceptable’: Trump weighs joining fight against Houthis after Saudi airport attack
The third attack this week on Riyadh’s international airport has left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 wounded.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:23:15 +1100
‘It was horrific’: Eight people from same family killed in US shooting
Two children were among the eight people killed at a residential home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Police have described the mass shooting as one of the worst in the city’s history.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:54:36 +1100
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike released from hospital, returned to prison
Pike, who was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, woke “angry and confused” in hospital, days after her botched execution.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:44:56 +1100
Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say
Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:10:56 +1100
Eight people from the same family killed in Pennsylvania shooting
Eight people from the same family, including a five-year-old boy, a 1-year-old girl, and a woman who was eight months pregnant, have been killed in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:34:10 +1100
'Time for a new president' Trumps slams Zelenskyy over diesel strikes
Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “better damn well stop” striking Russia’s diesel refineries and called for the wartime leader to leave office.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:22:35 +1100
‘Time for a new president’: Trump calls on Zelensky to go amid diesel stoush
The US president said Ukraine “better damn well stop” striking Russia’s diesel refineries and called for Zelensky to be replaced with someone who would make a deal with Vladimir Putin.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +1100
A frog, a toad and Leonardo DiCaprio: Rinehart’s rainforest mine plan hits unusual problems
A matchbox-sized ‘dinosaur’ could be a mine-defeating miracle, say opponents of developments in South American cloud forest.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +1100
Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war in a day. Now he’s funding it
After nearly two years back in power Trump has not only failed to end the war, he has now committed to funding it.

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:35:42 +1100
Accused hijack pilot’s descent into extremism began in Melbourne, authorities say
The flydubai co-pilot told authorities he acted alone but that he drew inspiration from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US.

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:53:09 +1100
NYPD releases ICE shooting surveillance footage after shooting
ICE agent shoots man during New York City enforcement operation.

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:32:07 +1100
Trump administration escalates war with International Criminal Court
New sanctions are an intensification of the Trump administration’s push to undermine the court.

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