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Saudi-backed Yemeni forces say they have seized the port city of Mokha near the Bab al-Mandab Strait and secured the Red Sea waterway, at the start of an offensive against the Houthis.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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No candidate cleared 50 percent in Sunday's first round, sending Brazil's presidential election to a run-off on 25 October with the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro leading.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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The US president has threatened to ban diesel exports to bring prices down at home before November's elections, and is pressing European governments over their diesel reserves. Ethiopia imports every litre it burns.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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A medic tells the BBC that 52 civilians have been killed as fighting escalates in Tigray, with the conflict reaching neighbouring regions and tourists stranded in Lalibela. Explosions were heard in the capital on Thursday.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Aliko Dangote and President William Ruto broke ground on the East Africa Petroleum Refinery at Lamu on 30 September. Abiy Ahmed attended, alongside Museveni and Obasanjo. Ethiopia imports every litre of refined fuel it burns, and this would be built next door.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Junta leader Ibrahim Traoré has opened a major gold refinery, part of a push to keep more of the country's mining profits inside Burkina Faso. It is the clearest current example of a policy Ethiopia has been circling for years.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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Aleksandar Vucic has resigned after prolonged protests over corruption allegations, clearing the way for early elections in a country that has spent a decade balancing between Brussels, Moscow and Beijing.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 28, 2026
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Iran says it will wait for an official US response after President Trump dismissed its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, saying Tehran made the offer because 'they're losing so badly'.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 27, 2026
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Tehran has put a deal to the United States that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days. A US official told the BBC that constructive discussions are under way through mediators.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 26, 2026
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The US treasury secretary said Washington and Beijing have agreed to extend their trade truce as Xi Jinping began a multi-day state visit. AI supremacy is on the agenda alongside trade.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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Scientists say the El Niño now forming is the strongest ever recorded, and it is still weeks away from its expected peak. For an economy where rain sets the harvest, the power supply and the import bill, that is the number of the day.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The day in world news: Germany votes under pressure on Chancellor Merz, Russia reports two killed in a drone attack near Moscow, the Houthis say they struck Riyadh, and Eritrea's disappeared politicians reach 25 years.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 20, 2026
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The day in world news: VW's board approves a second 50,000 job cuts, Germany blames Russia for explosive drones at Leipzig airport, and 777 people fall ill at a single Indonesian school on the free-meals scheme.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
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The day in world news: the death of a defining figure of American feminism, killings during a settler attack in the West Bank, and Australia counting the cost of a data-centre boom.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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The 2026 President Trump $1 coin goes on sale and enters circulation, making him the first sitting US president to appear on a circulating coin.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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