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Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Armed Conflicts
Iran announces new Gulf exclusion zone as Hormuz shipping traffic collapses to six-month low[Updated]41dRussia and North Korea open first road bridge across shared border[Updated]42dEU clears way for Ukraine to purchase Patriot air defence components42dIran's Islamic Republic holds together without a visible supreme leader42dPalestinian Americans fly US flags over West Bank homes to deter raids and settler attacks42dNigeria reviews national peace policy as security crisis deepens42dPalestinian school encircled by barbed wire as settler violence escalates in West Bank village42dHegseth's Pentagon purge raises readiness fears as US wages war in Middle East42dSudan's healthcare system on brink of collapse as funding cuts shutter clinics42dBamenda violence in Cameroon claims lives amid security crisis42dUS envoys visit Kyiv for first time as peace talks cautiously resume[Updated]42dUS sanctions Iran's aviation sector as war and economic pressure campaign intensify42dJordanian air defences intercept Iranian missile barrage42dRussian drone strike on Kyiv TV channel kills five as peace talks stall42dYemeni government forces ambushed in suspected Houthi attack in Hodeidah42dCluster munitions kill and wound over 1,000 people worldwide in 202542dSudan's economic crisis deepens as currency collapses and prices soar43dNorth Korea's new defence minister threatens response to US-South Korea-Japan military drills43dSomali piracy surges back amid regional conflict and shipping disruption[Updated]43dHouthi attacks wound 73 in Saudi Arabia as Yemen fighting intensifies across multiple fronts43d