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  • Vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross carry the bodies of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after their transfer by Hamas under a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Abood Abusalama / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ABOOD ABUSALAMA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Mourners storm Kenyan airport to receive Odinga’s body
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  • Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says
  • French PM survives no-confidence votes after making pension concession
  • A newborn baby was found buried alive. The reason may have been her gender
  • Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, gives his address during his unveiling as the candidate for the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), at the Statehouse in Nairobi on August 27, 2024.
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    Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80
  • Fury grows in Israel over delayed release of deceased hostages
  • Madagascar’s military takes power, says colonel
  • Pro-Palestinian marchers clash with police before Italy-Israel soccer game
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    Mali retaliates against US, requiring visa applicants to post $10,000 bond
  • People greet freed Palestinian prisoners as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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    Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000 Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons

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  • <p>Social media videos analyzed by CNN show Hamas members carrying out execution-style killings on the streets of Gaza city, as the organisation is re-asserting its power over the territory. CNN’s Oren Liebermann reports.</p>
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  • United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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    ‘Firepower’ coming for Ukraine, Hegseth says, but Tomahawks not on agenda at NATO meeting
  • American tourist fatally stabbed in Portugal during attempted robbery
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  • A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. It was a day after Chinese troops began violently cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrators who had been in the square for over a month. The man was eventually pulled away by onlookers. To this day, we don’t know who he is and what happened to him.
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  • Protesters dance on top of a car during a protest calling for President Andry Rajoelina to step down in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.
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    Madagascar’s president rose to power off youth discontent and was taken down by it
  • Bus crash in mountainous region of South Africa kills at least 42 people
  • World’s oldest president looks to extend his rule as Cameroon goes to the polls
  • Madagascar president warns of attempted coup after soldiers join protests

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  • Opposition leader María Corina Machado during a protest against the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 28, 2024.
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    Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize winner calls on Trump to stop Maduro’s ‘war’ on her country
  • Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search operations expand
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  • Armed Taliban security personnel keep guard near the closed gate of the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan at Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province on October 12, 2025.
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    Afghanistan and Pakistan agree ceasefire after trading their deadliest fire in years. Here’s what we know
  • Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes in worst fighting since Taliban returned to power
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  • Angel Reese walks the runway for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2025 on October 15, 2025 in New York City.
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    Angel Reese becomes first pro athlete to star in Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
  • Kim Kardashian’s Skims lingerie range now includes thong with built-in pubic wig
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  • <p>Despite the signing of an agreement to seek peace in the Middle East, the next steps for Israel and Gaza are unclear, even as US President Donald Trump hailed the end of the war and took a victory lap for the ceasefire deal. CNN's Nic Robertson explains.</p>
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  • Afghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attends a press conference, in New Delhi, India October 12, 2025.
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  • Saddam Mansuri, a father of two, holds up bottles of Coldrif and Relife cough syrup in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India, on October 10, 2025.
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  • File photo dated 19-08-2025 of Ricky Hatton arrives for the PFA Awards 2025. Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, the PA news agency understands. Issue date: Sunday September 14, 2025. 81605798 (Press Association via AP Images)
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    Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton died by suspected hanging, inquest hears
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  • Toronto Blue Jays rout Seattle Mariners in Game 3 of ALCS 13-4 to close gap in series
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  • The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. The White House is considering not paying federal employees for days they have been furloughed during the shutdown, according to a person familiar with the matter, a move that could run afoul of a law that mandates workers get backpay once the government re-opens.
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    Last paychecks and new side hustles: Government workers’ TikToks show shutdown life
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  • How a Dutch chipmaker got caught up in the US-China tech war
  • Instagram will now be PG-13 for teens with Meta’s latest update
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