Can Saudi Arabia’s 2034 Fifa World Cup survive the Middle East’s escalating wars?

South China Morning Post - Oct 11, 2026

When 60,000 football fans gathered in Jeddah for the Arabian Gulf Cup on Tuesday, they inadvertently highlighted the vulnerability of major sports events hosted by Gulf monarchies to the wars raging across the region. The previous day, Saudi Arabia resumed strikes on Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels after a four-year ceasefire collapsed. That truce had originally followed a Houthi attack on an oil facility near Jeddah’s Formula One track during a practice session. While the two-week football...

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Washington Supreme Court irrigation case: Farmer contests $618,000 irrigation penalties

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Washington Supreme Court irrigation case: Farmer contests $618,000 irrigation penalties

Ron Fodé, a dedicated farmer from Washington State, is fighting against hefty penalties threatening his agricultural livelihood due to irrigation practices. The conflict arose in 2017 over water rights for his crops, leading to the Department of Ecology rejecting his irrigation assistance applications. This has resulted in penalties totaling $618,000.

US gunman shoots dead 7 relatives, family friend

Oct 11, 2026

US gunman shoots dead 7 relatives, family friend

NEW YORK, United States — A 45-year-old man shot and killed seven relatives and a family friend at a home in Pennsylvania before apparently taking his own life, authorities said Saturday. The victims in the city of Erie included two young children and a woman who was eight months pregnant. Police responded Friday evening to reports

Houthi attack on Saudi airport kills 12, over 300 wounded, authorities say

Oct 11, 2026

Houthi attack on Saudi airport kills 12, over 300 wounded, authorities say

RIYADH — The third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 wounded, Saudi authorities said, and the Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the strike, a major escalation of their campaign against the Saudis. The dead included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the U.S., Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. At the latest count, they said 309 were wounded. Hospitals were flooded with wounded brought by ambulance and helicopter, people briefed on the matter said. Some were in critical condition. Saturday's attack occurred without warning, with no alert issued by Saudi Arabia's threat warning system. This week's two previous attacks on King Khalid International Airport left four people dead and caused heavy damage to a Saudi commercial plane parked on the tarmac. This week's deadly strikes exposed vulnerabilities in the kingdom's self-defence capabilities as it wages an air campaign against the Houthis to support a ground war by the Yeme

Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia

Oct 11, 2026

Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskyy. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason he never does," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president." Zelenskyy, in some of his sharpest criticism yet of the White House, blasted Trump's deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, which comes as soaring energy prices have become a political liability for Trump's Republican Party ahead of next month's midterm elections. The Russian government said on Saturday it had partially lifted a ban on diesel exports with immediate effect. "Today, Russia said thank you for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia," Zelenskyy said after a Russian strike on that

India's 'cockroach' movement leader freed after police detain thousands, lock down Delhi

Oct 11, 2026

India's 'cockroach' movement leader freed after police detain thousands, lock down Delhi

More than 2,000 people were reportedly detained in India's capital, parts of which were locked down to foil a planned rally.

Tariffs, millions in extra costs, Iran war: Trump’s policies hammer US firms

Oct 11, 2026

Tariffs, millions in extra costs, Iran war: Trump’s policies hammer US firms

For Doug Rende, who runs an aluminium product manufacturer in the US state of Ohio, President Donald Trump’s tariffs have meant millions of dollars more in annual costs – and recently, the Iran war has made shipments even more expensive. Rende is CEO at Shapes Unlimited, one of many American producers smarting from Trump’s economic policies as the midterm election approaches. “Frustrating would be one word,” Rende said. “And I think that we’re sensing a lack of trust in not only the...

India court orders release of 'cockroach' movement leaders after detention

Oct 11, 2026

India court orders release of 'cockroach' movement leaders after detention

An Indian court ordered the release of three leaders of the viral "cockroach" movement on Sunday, a day after their detention ahead of protests over alleged irregularities in voter-roll revisions.

Delhi CJP protest: Dipke, Das, and Ranka released, but with a condition. What do BNSS Sections 126, 170 say? Explained

Oct 11, 2026

Delhi CJP protest: Dipke, Das, and Ranka released, but with a condition. What do BNSS Sections 126, 170 say? Explained

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das was among thousands of protesters detained by the Delhi Police ahead of the Jantar Mantar protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday.

7 more killings added in case vs Rodrigo Duterte; total now 56

Oct 11, 2026

7 more killings added in case vs Rodrigo Duterte; total now 56

MANILA, Philippines — Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have allowed the prosecutors in the case against former President Rodrigo Duterte to include more incidents in the list of killings being linked to his so-called war on drugs. The ICC’s Trial Chamber (TC) III, in a decision on Oct. 9, partially granted the request

A 100-kg green anaconda can disappear beneath Amazonian vegetation

Oct 11, 2026

A 100-kg green anaconda can disappear beneath Amazonian vegetation

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Isaias Leaves Thousands Without Power, Kills at Least 4 People

Oct 11, 2026

Isaias Leaves Thousands Without Power, Kills at Least 4 People

Downpours spread across the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic as Isaias’ remnants headed north after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in three states and killing at least four people in Florida and Alabama.

On the ground in Delhi under siege as ‘cockroach’ protests rattle Modi government

Oct 11, 2026

On the ground in Delhi under siege as ‘cockroach’ protests rattle Modi government

Indian police seal the capital’s roads, shut off the internet and restrict transport to deter protesters demanding accountability over a controversial revision to voter rolls. Namita Singh witnesses police detain protesters and a Hindu nationalist mob resort to violence on a day marked by fear, anger and chaos

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