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Delhi Police personnel stand guard ahead of a protest by the youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) demanding the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner over alleged ‘special intensive revision’ (SIR) voter-roll irregularities, near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi October 10, 2026. — AFP pic

India voter-roll row escalates as Delhi blocks fresh protest against election chief

A man uses a stick in an effort to extinguish a wildfire in the Bukit Batu area of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan province, October 13, 2026. — AFP pic

Four killed in Indonesia battling fires causing toxic haze

Thousands of university students, staff, trade unionists and opposition activists demonstrate outside parliament against President Javier Milei’s (pic) cuts to higher education spending. — AFP pic

Tear gas and water cannons fired as Argentina university funding protest turns violent

Relatives carry coffins for the funeral prayers of students killed after a roof collapsed at a school in Peshawar on October 15, 2026. — AFP pic

Death toll rises to 33 after Pakistan school roof collapse as owner is detained over suspected weak infrastructure

US President Donald Trump speaks with White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia and aide Natalie Harp after boarding Marine One at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 13, 2026. — AFP pic

Trump’s new press secretary appears to acknowledge failing Bar exam amid scrutiny over lawyer claims

Sheila Miller, a spokesperson at the Bend Police Department, said officers responded to calls of a gunshot fired into a car, and that then multiple emergency calls came within minutes of an active shooter inside the school. — Pixabay pic

Children among multiple victims in Oregon elementary school shooting, reports say

Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump’s administration has fired dozens of FBI and other law enforcement personnel associated with the investigations, which the president has consistently decried as “political witch hunts.” — AFP pic

Nine ex-FBI employees sue Trump administration over firings linked to classified documents probe

A dentist checks a child’s teeth at a mobile dental clinic inside a traditional Mongolian ger in Ulaanbaatar. — AFP pic

Mobile clinics battle Mongolia’s childhood dental ‘disaster’

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) monitor anti-illegal immigration protesters during a march in Durban on October 9, 2026. — AFP pic

‘Ballots and bullets’: Political killings surge ahead of South Africa’s local elections

Students walk on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York, on October 13, 2026, as the university faces scrutiny over its handling of rape allegations dating back to 2024. — AFP pic

Internet ‘detectives’ hunt Cornell rape suspects — and target the wrong people

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised a US-Russia diesel agreement and questioned Washington’s support for Kyiv amid growing tensions between the two countries. — AFP pic

‘We are done’: Zelensky defies Trump, says Ukraine will resume attacks on Russian oil refineries

Car owners search for their vehicles swept away by the flood after a heavy rain at Ayazaga district in Istanbul, on October 15, 2026. — AFP pic

Istanbul reels from heaviest rainfall in over 80 years as floods kill two

Gadi Eisenkot, former Israeli army chief of staff and head of the Yashar party, is seen at the Black Arrow memorial site near Kibbutz Mefalsim during a visit to deliver a statement near the border with Gaza Strip on October 15, 2026, ahead of the Israel's legislative election. — AFP pic

Netanyahu’s main rival vows to defeat Hamas within 18 months if elected PM

This aerial view shows the city of Dhahran in eastern Saudi Arabia on October 14, 2026 which houses the headquarters of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). — AFP pic

Saudi coalition says cruise missile intercepted over Medina, Houthis deny involvement

Residents gather during a search operation after a roof collapsed at a school in Peshawar on October 15, 2026. — AFP pic

School roof collapse kills 21 students in Pakistan, renews concerns over building safety

Novotny and Spacek filed a lawsuit last month against the civil registry after they received a letter signed by Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok himself in August, denying their request to register their marriage. — AFP pic

Slovakian gay couple takes government to court over refusal to recognise marriage registered in Austria