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Satellite view of the Kashagan Complex artificial islands in the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan
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Kazakh Court Refuses to Block $5 Billion Kashagan Fine

The dismissal clears the way for enforcement of a 2.3 trillion tenge environmental penalty against the Shell, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies and Eni-led consortium — and tests how far Astana will go to bend Big Oil to its…

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Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, near the Green Hill community where a mass shooting killed four people

St Vincent Mass Shooting: 4 Killed, 4 Wounded in Green Hill Near Kingstown

Gunmen opened fire on a group gathered near a shop in Green Hill late Friday, killing four and wounding four — St. Vincent and the Grenadines' second-deadliest mass shooting, in a country of about 100,000 people.

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The St Vincent Green Hill shooting erupted shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25, when gunmen arrived in a vehicle and opened fire on a group gathered near a shop in Green Hill, a community on the edge of Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Four people were killed and four others were wounded. By Saturday night no arrests had been made, police had not confirmed a motive, and the victims' names had not been officially released.

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Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem in portrait; in the Hezbollah Nasrallah anniversary speech of September 27, 2026 he declared Israel had failed to ‘break the resistance’

Qassem Marks Nasrallah Anniversary: Israel Failed to Break 'the Resistance'

In a televised address to thousands of supporters in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem used the second anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah’s killing to declare Israel’s war aims defeated — and…

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Israel and its soldiers “were unable to achieve their goals to break the resistance, end its existence, consolidate the Israeli occupation and establish settlements in Lebanon,” Qassem said in the televised address, according to AFP. The declaration — that Israel had failed to “break the resistance” — is the core of Hezbollah’s survival narrative two years after the decapitation strike of September 27, 2024.

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The Federal Palace in Bern, seat of the Swiss parliament and government, which urged voters to reject the 2026 Swiss neutrality referendum

Swiss Voters Reject Strict Neutrality Amendment in Decisive Referendum

More than two-thirds of voters — and every single canton — said no to writing 'perpetual and armed' neutrality into the constitution, preserving Bern's power to impose sanctions and work with NATO. The result is a…

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Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to lock a strict definition of neutrality into the constitution, dealing a decisive defeat to the country's largest party and preserving the government's freedom to impose economic sanctions and cooperate with NATO. Final results from the Federal Statistical Office showed about 70 percent voting against the initiative, with not a single canton backing it — a margin far wider than even late polls had predicted.

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Soybean plants growing in an agricultural research plot

Maharashtra Drought: 265 of 358 Talukas Declared Drought-Hit as Rains Fail

Nearly three-quarters of Maharashtra is now inside the state's drought-response framework. Immediate concessions cover debt, electricity, education, work, food, fodder and water, but direct crop-loss compensation…

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MUMBAI — Maharashtra has declared 265 of its 358 talukas drought-affected after failed monsoon rains and prolonged dry spells damaged the 2026 Kharif season, bringing roughly 74% of the state under an emergency relief framework. The decision, issued through a government resolution after an Agriculture Commissioner review, reaches 32 districts and activates a package of 12 measures for farmers, farm workers, students, rural households and livestock.

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Sudan army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi, October 2019

Sudan's Burhan Rejects U.S. Pressure, Vows to 'Destroy' the RSF

Speaking to supporters at Khartoum Stadium, the Sudanese army chief said visa pressure would not move him and the war would end only with the RSF's defeat — dimming prospects for a U.S.-backed 90-day truce.

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KHARTOUM — Sudan's army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Saturday publicly rejected American pressure tied to his withheld U.S. visa, telling a rally at Khartoum Stadium that the Sudanese Armed Forces would keep fighting until the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are destroyed. The message was unmistakable: Burhan rejects US pressure, vows to destroy the RSF, and will not trade Sudanese sovereignty for a seat at the United Nations. The defiance, days after Reuters reported Washington is withholding his visa over a proposed ceasefire, effectively slams the door on a U.S.-backed 90-day truce.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, August 2026

China-US $30 Billion Tariff Cut: Inside the AI Dialogue After Xi's Visit

Beijing announced a China US $30 billion tariff cut and a formal AI dialogue after Xi Jinping's visit to Washington. What the eight-point deal really means:

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China said on Saturday that it had agreed with the United States on a $30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement and on launching a formal dialogue on artificial intelligence, under an eight-point consensus reached during President Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Washington. The announcement, carried in a Chinese Foreign Ministry readout, gave the summit — which ended Friday and was heavy on ceremony, light on televised drama — its first concrete economic deliverables. The tariff relief would cover US exports such as agricultural goods, wood and cosmetics heading to China, as well as Chinese exports including small appliances, toys and decorations heading to America. On AI, the two sides agreed to a dialogue on the technology's risks and benefits, with the next round set for November, plus a dedicated communication channel for AI-related incidents. The two governments also agreed to establish a trade council and to extend the outcomes of earlier talks in Kuala Lumpur. The deal lands on top of an already-announced two-month extension of the US-China trade truce, which had been due to expire on November 10 — a move US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent detailed on Wednesday, saying it buys time “to work on a potentially bigger trade deal.” Xi has since returned to Beijing, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.

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Levent financial district in Istanbul as Turkey AK Party deputy chair resigns amid an investment-fund crisis

AK Party Deputy Chair Kaya Quits Over $44M Insider Trading Allegation

A 13-fold stock windfall, a foundering fund industry, and a midnight resignation — the scandal now testing how far accountability reaches inside Erdogan's ruling party.

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ANKARA — Turkey AK Party deputy chair resigns became the country's newest test of political accountability late Saturday when Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya asked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to relieve her of every party duty. The request followed an opposition accusation that Kaya and her husband turned a 163 million lira ($3.3 million) share purchase into 2.17 billion lira ($44 million), selling out of a thinly traded shipbuilder before suspected price manipulation triggered a liquidity crisis across Turkey's investment-fund industry.

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Cape Town township viewed from the N2 highway, South Africa

Lwandle Mass Shooting Kills 10 at Cape Town Venue in Second Weekend Attack

Gunmen opened fire at a grilled-meat venue in Lwandle township at 1:46 a.m. on Sunday — barely four hours after the Wedela tavern massacre, and the third mass shooting to shake South Africa in five days.

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LWANDLE, South Africa — At least 10 people were killed and 11 others were wounded in the early hours of Sunday, September 27, when gunmen opened fire at an entertainment venue selling grilled meat in Lwandle township on the outskirts of Cape Town. The attack, which police said began at about 1:46 a.m. local time, came barely four hours after a separate massacre at a tavern in Wedela township near Johannesburg left 17 people dead — the second mass shooting in South Africa in a single night, and the third in less than a week.

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27 Killed in Twin South Africa Tavern Shootings as Police Hunt Gunmen

Seventeen people were killed in Wedela and 10 more at a Lwandle venue outside Cape Town within hours, confronting South Africa with twin mass shootings and two unresolved manhunts.

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WEDELA and LWANDLE, South Africa — Twenty-seven people were killed in twin shootings within hours across South Africa. At about 9:30 p.m. Saturday — 19:30 GMT — men armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols stormed a tavern in Wedela township, roughly 80 kilometres from Johannesburg, killing 17 people, including 13 men and four women, and injuring 15. The attackers fired outside and inside, then fled after two vehicles were set alight.

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