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Ireland fears undersea cables face growing threat from ‘malign actors’ 

11 November 2026

Wexford, Ireland – They cross the ocean floor between continents, carrying nearly all our data, from messages and call...

Zohran Mamdani’s influence grows as Democrats eye 2028 strategies 

11 November 2026

Democrats have notched their strongest showing in decades in the 2026 midterm elections, taking control of both chambers...

More than one million people in Lebanon face acute food shortages, UN says 

11 November 2026

News|Hunger Nearly a quarter of Lebanon’s population, or more than one million people, is facing acute food shortages ...

Thune re-elected as US Senate Republican leader after midterm losses 

11 November 2026

As they prepare to lose power, Republicans in the United States Senate have re-elected John Thune to lead their party du...

Tens of thousands join Poland’s nationalist Independence Day march 

11 November 2026

News|The Far Right Tens of thousands of nationalist sympathisers have gathered in Poland’s capital, Warsaw, for an Ind...

Portugal cancels more than 300 flights, shuts schools due to Storm Charles 

11 November 2026

News|Weather More than 300 flights in and out of Portugal have been cancelled, while businesses and all schools nationwi...

‘It’s just too expensive’: Housing and wages at the heart of Spain’s strike 

11 November 2026

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK Madrid, Spain – In central Madrid, business owners seemed to have taken note of the riots th...

Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, awaits disease-free status 

11 November 2026

News|Ebola Kenya has released its last Ebola patient and begun a 42-day countdown to be declared free of the disease. He...

Russia bans two French lawmakers, two journalists in tit-for-tat move 

11 November 2026

News|Politics Russia has blacklisted two French lawmakers and two French journalists in response to France’s expulsion...

Israel is ‘disrupting entire ecosystems’, including Lebanon’s wheat crop 

11 November 2026

Israel’s war on Lebanon has damaged the country’s wheat production and harmed the lives of farmers, experts told Al ...