Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1221 EAT on Tuesday 27 October 2026 Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot has posted a video on X showing him being greeted by a crowd in the city of Ashdod as he heads to a polling station. The opposition bloc has yet to announce who would lead…
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China’s top leaders meet to discuss Communist Party discipline.
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1338 EAT on Monday 26 October 2026 China’s political leaders have begun a four-day meeting to discuss ways to strengthen discipline within the ruling Communist Party, as President Xi Jinping intensifies his anticorruption campaign and demands greater loyalty from officials. The fifth plenum, which began on Monday, is…
Lula supporters flood streets to celebrate historic victory
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1316 EAT on Monday 26 October 2026 Fireworks lit up the night sky in cities across Brazil as supporters of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva flooded the streets to celebrate his re-election victory on Sunday. In Rio de Janeiro, vuvuzelas echoed along beachfronts and central avenues as…
Personalised cancer vaccine reduces risk of cancer returning in major trial
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1150 on Friday 23 October 2026 A personalised cancer vaccine, administered alongside a widely used immunotherapy drug, has reduced the risk of death or melanoma recurrence by 42% in a major clinical trial. Researchers involved in the study said the findings could mark a turning point in cancer…
European and Middle East ministers meet in Istanbul for security talks.
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1126 EAT on Friday 23 October 2026 Israeli media report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the cancellation of all Likud party political events scheduled for today following an early-morning shooting at the northern entrance to Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were reportedly killed…
Venezuelans demand elections in first nationwide protest in nearly two years.
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1051 EAT on Friday 23 October 2026 Thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets in several cities to demand free elections and political reforms in the first nationwide opposition protest in nearly two years. US President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, have both said…
Portugal cost-of-living protesters return to camps after police clearance
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1625 EAT on Thursday 22 October 2026 Thousands of protesters have returned to two central squares in Portugal to demonstrate against the worsening housing crisis, hours after police cleared their camps in Lisbon and Porto, arresting 55 people. The activists are demanding that the centre-right government withdraw a…
Kyiv hit by Russian strikes after Witkoff-Putin talks
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1608 EAT on Thursday 22 October 2026 Russia and Ukraine have exchanged a fresh barrage of attacks after a United States envoy met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg to push for renewed talks aimed at ending the war. Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight into Thursday killed…
