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Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news
October 06, 2026 - 4:07 AM

Saudi Arabia said three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed two people and condemned the latest home demolitions in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on mysterious ghost particles called neutrinos
October 06, 2026 - 4:06 AM

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that scientists believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason
October 06, 2026 - 4:02 AM

BERLIN (AP) — A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.
Protesting pupils blockade French high schools again, testing a weekslong movement
October 06, 2026 - 4:00 AM

PARIS (AP) — Pupils blockaded French high schools on Tuesday as thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across the country to support the teenagers’ demands for more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron.
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi
October 06, 2026 - 3:55 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo.
Russia says nearly 900 Ukrainian drones downed and Moscow region fuel depot reportedly burns
October 06, 2026 - 3:44 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.
Bulgarian PM says drone attack on 2 commercial vessels is 'blatant violation of international law'
October 06, 2026 - 3:40 AM

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two commercial vessels were struck by drones on Tuesday in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea.
Lionel Messi prepares for his final match for Argentina
October 06, 2026 - 3:29 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Expect lots of tears when Lionel Messi plays a farewell game for Argentina on Tuesday.
Zambia says it will sign $3.6 billion US health deal after stripping patient data clauses
October 06, 2026 - 3:20 AM

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia will sign a revised health agreement with the United States that will not include contentious clauses committing the African nation to share patient health data and specimens with the U.S. government.
Nigerian Air Force says plane carrying 25 crashed with no survivors in southern Ondo state
October 06, 2026 - 3:18 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — There were no survivors among 25 people on board a Nigerian Air Force plane that crashed Monday in southern Nigeria’s Ondo state, officials said.
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Saudi Arabia says 2 airports were hit in renewed fighting with Houthis and other Mideast news

Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on mysterious ghost particles called neutrinos

Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason

Protesting pupils blockade French high schools again, testing a weekslong movement

Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi

Russia says nearly 900 Ukrainian drones downed and Moscow region fuel depot reportedly burns

Bulgarian PM says drone attack on 2 commercial vessels is 'blatant violation of international law'

Lionel Messi prepares for his final match for Argentina

Zambia says it will sign $3.6 billion US health deal after stripping patient data clauses

Nigerian Air Force says plane carrying 25 crashed with no survivors in southern Ondo state

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