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        <title><![CDATA[Bonkers over bun with cheese]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Copenhagen is famed for its innovative gastronomy and elaborate dishes. But these days its hottest food is its most basic: just bread, butter and hard cheese. And Copenhagen’s top...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:03:23 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Israeli fire kills four people in Gaza, medics say]]></title>
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            <media:title>A Palestinian looks through the rubble as people clear the debris at the site of a house targeted by an Israeli air strike after the Israeli military warned the residents of the house to evacuate on Thursday, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. </media:title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A 12-storey building ​under construction ​in Kenya's capital Nairobi collapsed on Friday, and a witness said rescuers ⁠were on the ⁠scene. The Nairobi County governor's office said...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:57:00 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[YILAN/KEELUNG]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening, it...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:56:09 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Apple&#039;s foldable iPhone hits stores]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apple's first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, hit stores around the world with a price tag of about $2,000 and less of the fanfare that accompanied previous iPhone launches. Demand...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:53:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&#039;BE READY&#039; FOR EMERGENCIES, TELLS UK GOVT]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Bottled water: check. Torch: check. Blankets: check. UK leader Andy Burnham said Britons need to be better prepared for emergencies on Friday, when he hosted a wildfire and resilie...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Waves crash over the lighthouse at Newhaven Harbour during Storm Austen in Newhaven, Britain. - Reuters</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:53:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[China urges stronger governance of deep sea]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for stronger governance of the deep sea, polar regions and outer space as ⁠he addressed the opening ⁠of the country's Global Governance Foru...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:51:47 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Melania Trump claims ceasefire secured in Ukraine’s Oleshky]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement on Friday that she had secured a localised ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citiz...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Ukrainian POWs after a swap, amid Russia&#039;s attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. </media:title>
            <media:text>Ukrainian POWs after a swap, amid Russia&#039;s attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:50:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lula, Bolsonaro to clash once more before Brazil vote]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will clash with his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro in a second and final televised debate on Friday, as both m...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:49:35 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gunman kills one, wounds 5 in town outside Paris]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TRAPPES, France: A gunman firing from his car killed one person and wounded five - including a 12-year-old girl shot eight times - in the Paris suburbs on Friday, with prosecutors...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:48:26 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Russia pounds Kyiv as both sides eye new talks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KYIV: Russia pounded Kyiv with ballistic missiles and Ukraine sent hundreds of drones towards Moscow overnight as the warring sides kept up a barrage of attacks despite the latest...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Firefighters work at the site of a shopping centre hit by a missile attack in Kyiv on Thursday. — Reuters</media:title>
            <media:text>Firefighters work at the site of a shopping centre hit by a missile attack in Kyiv on Thursday. — Reuters</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:26:52 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Germany arrests Ukrainian accused of spying for Russia]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BERLIN: A Ukrainian national has been arrested in the German state of Brandenburg on suspicion of spying for Russia, a statement by federal public prosecutors said on Thursday. Ger...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Chancellor Friedrich Merz, seen in this file photo, praised the arrest as a “success” and warned Germany should expect more such cases. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Chancellor Friedrich Merz, seen in this file photo, praised the arrest as a “success” and warned Germany should expect more such cases. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:26:49 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Suu Kyi speaks to son for first time in five years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[YANGON: The son of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi said she sounded "fairly healthy" after speaking to the detained former democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, at a press conference in Tokyo in this file photo. He said on Thursday he was allowed to speak to his detained mother for the first time in more than five years. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, at a press conference in Tokyo in this file photo. He said on Thursday he was allowed to speak to his detained mother for the first time in more than five years. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:26:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Egypt urges political solution to Yemen conflict]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO: Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Thursday said all options must be explored to find a political solution between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah.Saudi Arabia, fightin...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at the OIC meeting in Baghdad last week. Abdelatty has called for a political solution to the Yemen conflict. — Reuters</media:title>
            <media:text>Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at the OIC meeting in Baghdad last week. Abdelatty has called for a political solution to the Yemen conflict. — Reuters</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:26:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Two dead in eastern Saudi airport attack: aviation authority]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:  A late-night attack on Saudi Arabia's Dammam airport killed two people and injured eight others, the civil aviation authority said on Thursday, as strikes by...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Smoke rises amid what Houthi Military Media says are clashes between Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces in a location given as Taiz, Yemen, in this screengrab from a video released October 20, 2026</media:title>
            <media:text>Smoke rises amid what Houthi Military Media says are clashes between Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces in a location given as Taiz, Yemen, in this screengrab from a video released October 20, 2026</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:47:23 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran&#039;s IRGC reports oil tanker fires near Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported fires aboard several oil tankers in the region around the Strait of Hormuz.Four tankers were attacked while transferring oi...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:44:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three killed in Saudi Arabia as Ansar Allah target oil field, airport]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At least three people were killed in separate attacks on an airport and an oil field in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, authorities reported, amid an escalation in strikes by the Ansar...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:24:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[New peace push for Sudan begins in Geneva]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[International mediators and the United Nations launched a fresh push for peace in Sudan on Wednesday, three and a half years after fighting erupted in the country.Representatives f...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:24:28 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran threatens to attack undersea internet cables in Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Iran has threatened to target undersea internet cables in the Gulf if the United States attacks the country's civilian infrastructure."If they [the US] want to damage our infrastru...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:14:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tokyo, Osaka record latest-ever day above 30°C]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tokyo: Tokyo and Osaka topped 30C on Wednesday, the latest in the year both cities have ever recorded such temperatures, a Japan weather official said.Warm, humid air from the sout...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:56:14 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump urges data center firms to pay communities &#039;dividend&#039;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies that operate data centers should pay a "dividend" to communities to make the facilities popula...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:54:13 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[France braces for more protests: security measures at a glance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After a weekend of protests, riots and looting, France is looking to head off further unrest, ahead of fresh demonstrations called for Saturday.Here are some of the measures autho...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Ansar Allah said on Wednesday it had intercepted five drones launched towards the kingdom, including in the Medina region home to one of Is...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Paris: Global greenhouse gas emissions remained at record levels in 2025, said a UN report Wednesday that warned Earth would warm 2.6C this century even if governments met their la...]]></description>
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            <media:title>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres </media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:23:39 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran prolongs talks in stalemate to influence US midterms, officials say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DUBAI: Iran has deliberately prolonged talks with the US to try to weaken Donald Trump politically ahead of November's US midterm ​elections, senior officials say, while fears of r...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:43:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Riyadh: Saudi forces on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at the kingdom's capital, said a spokesman for the Riyadh-led coalition backing Yemen's government, after auth...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:10:15 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: US ​Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met ​with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, a person familiar with the matter...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:32:07 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Riyadh Airport reopens, but with limited capacity]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh reopened on Sunday, March 17, but continues to see over 60% percent of cancellations in its original scheduled flights.Accord...]]></description>
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            <media:title> Surveillance footage shows people in a queue right before the moment of an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh</media:title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:51:41 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN after 43 years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Decorated correspondent Christiane Amanpour, a preeminent voice on international affairs in television news, said on Monday that she would depart CNN next year, exiting the network...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:21:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[El Nino Watch: the impacts around the world this week]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[- Threats to coral reefs and forests -This year's El Nino adds "a terrifying level of additional risk" for the world's coral reefs, David Obura, chair of the UN's expert nature pan...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:17:49 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[France imposes curfews in parts of Paris]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The French government ordered Monday night curfews for parts of several cities, including Paris, Nice and Lille, as it tried to reassure citizens after the worst riots in decades e...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:07:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[France could declare state of emergency over unrest]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PARIS: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday that a state of emergency could be imposed "if needed", while adding that curfews were a better solution to the crisis...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Protesters block the entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris. — AFP</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:34:15 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[WFP cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[GAZA: The UN World Food Programme has said funding shortages are forcing major cuts to its aid programme in Gaza, leaving about 500,000 people without monthly food support in a ter...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:33:23 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Russian FM arrives in Iran as Moscow looks to mediate in war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Iran on Monday, Russian media said, in his first visit since the outbreak of the Middle East war as Moscow seeks to play a...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Iran&#039;s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russia&#039;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran. — Reuters</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:32:13 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oil tanker on fire after hitting mine in Hormuz: Iran&#039;s Guards]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday an oil tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine, the latest such incident since Tehran tightened its grip of the wate...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:45:40 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What you need to know about the 2026 US midterm elections]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Early voting has been underway for weeks ahead of the November 3, ​2026, midterm elections, when US voters will elect members of the House of Representatives and ​Senate and govern...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:36:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[France counts the cost of worst unrest in years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PARIS/LIMOGES: President Emmanuel Macron appealed for calm on Sunday, a day after France suffered one of its worst days of unrest in years, with thousands arrested and shops looted...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:40:39 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bomb threat forces Austrian airline from Tel Aviv to divert]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sofia, Bulgaria: A bomb threat against an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna on Sunday forced the plane to divert to Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian authorities and...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:28:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Record El Nino? Depends who&#039;s counting]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: Britain's Met Office says this year's El Nino is "unprecedented." Japan's weather agency has called it the strongest ever observed. US forecasters say it still trails t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:19:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kremlin vows war aims post Ukrainian large-scale attacks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SAINT PETERSBURG: The Kremlin on Sunday said that Ukrainian large-scale attacks on Russian cities will not change its war aims as Kyiv hit Saint Petersburg with the biggest drone a...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Fire and smoke rise near the St. Petersburg oil terminal, St. Petersburg, Russia. — Reuters </media:title>
            <media:text>Fire and smoke rise near the St. Petersburg oil terminal, St. Petersburg, Russia. — Reuters </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:29:11 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[France counts cost of worst unrest]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PARIS: France woke on Sunday to the wreckage of one of its most violent days of unrest in years after protests over high prices and public services left one demonstrator dead, hund...]]></description>
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            <media:title>People inspect a destroyed vehicle, the day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, October 18, 2026. REUTERS</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:27:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Albanian PM says protests pose threat to EU membership]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama rejected calls to step down and said street protests, which continued for a sixth day, were a threat not to his government but to Albania's...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Demonstrators clash with police amid an anti-government protest held by students, in Tirana, Albania. — Reuters </media:title>
            <media:text>Demonstrators clash with police amid an anti-government protest held by students, in Tirana, Albania. — Reuters </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:27:00 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran urges US to accept proposal to reopen Hormuz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DUBAI: Iran's offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of ​Hormuz within seven ​days is still on the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian media outlets on Sund...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. — Reuters file photo</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:26:21 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran urges US to accept proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:35:07 +0400</pubDate>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:10:35 +0400</pubDate>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:01:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sumit Kumar Singh, a sailor from eastern India, did not hesitate when a job opened up on a ship ferrying oil in the Arabian Gulf. He knew it was dangerous work, but he needed the m...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:55:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Out-of-control truck kills 13 at Hindu festival in India]]></title>
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