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Paris riots: curfew ordered in parts of city 20 Oct 2026 - 06:45 pm
A man walks past a row of burnt out vehicles on Rue Yves Toudic destroyed after a nationwide protest against the
VIDEO: Türkiye destroys 10 tonnes of drugs in major crackdown on transnational smuggling 20 Oct 2026 - 03:40 pm
Photo: Screengrab from the video posted by the Istanbul Police Department.
Google says 'multiple' Cloud services suffer network failures in Europe 20 Oct 2026 - 01:29 pm
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UN says 19.2 mn Afghans facing acute food insecurity by April 20 Oct 2026 - 12:28 pm
An Afghan burqa-clad woman sits next to food aid distributed by a local charity foundation in Mazar-i-Sharif. (AFP)
Macron secures 200,000 tonnes of extra diesel per month from UAE, Bahrain: presidency 20 Oct 2026 - 11:22 am
France's President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with the UAE president at Qasr al-Watan presidential palace in Abu Dhabi on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Benoit Tessier / POOL / AFP)
France to impose new curfews where necessary: PM 20 Oct 2026 - 10:13 am
French police officers check people during a partial curfew in Lyon on October 19, 2026, following weekend demonstrations. (Photo by Olivier Chassignole / AFP)
Greece inaugurates Daedalus supercomputer 20 Oct 2026 - 05:00 am
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Louvre blocked as France grapples with unrest 19 Oct 2026 - 02:22 pm
Protesters, including students from the Ecole du Louvre, block the entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Greek coast guard says 12 migrants die in Aegean sea crossings 19 Oct 2026 - 01:51 pm
(Files) This photograph taken on January 10, 2024, shows an inflatable dinghy washed up on the rocky shores of Agios Georgios, east of the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea. (Photo by Manolis Lagoutaris / AFP)
Al Diwan Fair introduced Germans to richness of Arabic Culture: German Head of the Department for Culture and Society 19 Oct 2026 - 12:37 pm
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Police 'lost control' during French protests, says interior minister 19 Oct 2026 - 11:11 am
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Lithuania calls security meeting after drone crash 19 Oct 2026 - 05:00 am
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Istanbul storm death toll rises to five 18 Oct 2026 - 07:17 pm
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One dead near Barcelona as torrential rain sparks floods in Spain 18 Oct 2026 - 07:06 pm
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French President Macron to address nation following violent protests across France 18 Oct 2026 - 05:28 pm
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Protests continue sixth day in a row in Albania's capital 18 Oct 2026 - 04:53 pm
A protester throws a cobblestone during an anti-government demonstration in central Tirana on October 17, 2026, as protests continued for a fifth consecutive day over university conditions and demands for the resignation of Albanian Prime Minister. Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP
'Like we had a war': France counts cost of violent protests 18 Oct 2026 - 03:34 pm
A protester, wrapped in a flag of France, stands in the smoke at Place de l'Opera during ongoing protest action, in Lille, northern France, on October 17, 2026. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Pope addresses crowd in Vatican for first time since surgery, thanks well-wishers 18 Oct 2026 - 01:43 pm
Pope Leo XIV blesses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's square during the Angelus prayer a day after his return to The Vatican following a surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his right lung, on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)