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Israel's count closes with Netanyahu on 53, Eisenkot on 48 and Arab parties at a record 19
Neither bloc reaches the 61 needed to govern. The Arab parties' record 19 seats make them decisive — and Likud has accused them of electoral fraud.
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Ten killed as oxygen cylinder explodes in ambulance at Pakistani medical centre
Staff, patients and relatives were among the dead in Tharparkar, Sindh. The blast happened as patients were being moved to another hospital, police said.
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Sri Lankan station masters write to Spanish envoy over Toledo rail disaster
The Railway Station Masters' Association wrote to Spain's ambassador, calling the Toledo deaths a grief shared by the international railway community.
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Costa Rica moves first 123 inmates into its 5,100-capacity mega-prison
The CACCO facility outside San Jose, built with Salvadoran help on the model of Bukele's CECOT, received its first prisoners two weeks after being inaugurated.
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 cases with 4,887 deaths
The Bundibugyo-strain outbreak declared in May is the DRC's largest, and has spread to four countries beyond its borders.
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Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopards at Beekse Bergen
40-year keeper mauled by Persian leopards at Beekse Bergen; cats were indoors due to bad weather and the enclosure had no cameras.
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Hackers hit US election commission website, disrupting campaign finance filings a week before the vote
The FEC's electronic filing system for campaign funds was disrupted, Hiru News reports, citing Reuters and an email it had seen.
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Flavio Bolsonaro denies fleeing Brazil after landing in Miami
Bolsonaro left Brazil as his passports were cancelled in a criminal inquiry; Lula said those with nothing to hide fear nothing.
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Nanotyrannus skeleton 'Jodi' sells for $47.3 million at Sotheby's, five times its estimate
A 12-minute bidding war among six contenders took the fossil past its $6-9 million estimate to the second-highest price ever paid for a fossil.
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At least 68 killed in Spain train crash as minister blames computer failure then human error
A Renfe express from Madrid collided with a halted service in Toledo, killing at least 68. The transport minister blamed control centre error.
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Ankara visit yields an agriculture MoU and labour talks alongside the air transport protocol
Arun Hemachandra signed an agricultural cooperation MoU and met Türkiye's deputy labour minister on employment for Sri Lankan workers.
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Sri Lanka's ambassador visits Anojan Sivarasa in Dammam prison to prepare for the fresh hearing
Ambassador O.L. Ameer Ajwad met Sivarasa on 26 October, the first consular visit since Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court set aside his death sentence.
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Israel votes in record numbers and exit polls give no clear winner, with Netanyahu's bloc projected down to 50 seats
Turnout reached 77.7%, the highest since 1999. Exit polls put Gadi Eisenkot's bloc narrowly ahead of Netanyahu's, with neither near a majority.
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Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat as student-led list wins parliamentary majority
Aleksandar Vucic has conceded Serbia's snap election after a student-led movement took 52.54% of the vote, ending his party's grip on power since 2012.
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Sri Lanka ranks 53rd of 122 in the 2026 Global Hunger Index, lowest score in South Asia
A score of 10.2 keeps Sri Lanka in the moderate band but near the low-hunger threshold. Cyclone Ditwah put it on a food-crisis watchlist for the first time.
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Sri Lanka and Türkiye sign a protocol amending their air transport agreement
Signed in Ankara by the two countries' deputy ministers, the protocol is aimed at improving air connectivity, tourism and trade.
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Family alleges murder after a newlywed collapses and dies at an Indian hotel
A woman married four months ago collapsed and died at a Jhansi hotel. Relatives allege murder; authorities await post-mortem results.
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At least 24 killed as a bus carrying mourners hits a cement truck in Kenya
A church bus from a funeral collided with a truck on Kenya's Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Transport minister calls for urgent safety reforms.
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Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil after overturning a first-round defeat
Lula beats Bolsonaro in run-off after trailing in first round. His new term begins January 2027 amid regional rightward shift.
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France's second protest wave draws 410,000 as nearly 1,000 are detained
Almost 1,000 people were detained as 410,000 marched against living costs and school conditions — but last weekend's violence did not repeat.
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Sick crew evacuated from Iranian tankers off Galle, treated, and flown home
The Navy brought crew ashore from tankers that US sanctions warnings have left unprovisioned since August. Forty sailors have been treated and flown home.
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Riyadh airport reopens two terminals, with the Houthis calling it a target
King Khalid International reopened 15 days after Houthi attack. SriLankan's Colombo–Riyadh route remains suspended until 1 November.
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Kuwait opens foul-play investigations into deaths of two Sri Lankan women
Two Sri Lankan women were found dead in separate incidents in Kuwait. Both cases have been registered as suspected foul play and referred to forensic examiners.
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Pakistan-Afghanistan trade has fallen about 95%, with crossings shut more than a year
Hiru News reports a near-total collapse in bilateral trade. The underlying figures are Pakistani trade authority data released in August, not a new disclosure.