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OpinionAs the Canadian conservative movement struggles to find its feet in this new Trump-crazed world, attacking the PM for loyalist-posting is not a good way to go about it. A statue of Major-General Sir Issac Brock that Prime Minister Mark Carney keeps on his desk. Image courtesy of MarkJCarney on X/TwitterPublished on:18 Oct 2026, 2:30 pmLoading content, please wait...

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World·UpdatedFifty-three people were killed and 200 were injured in an attack on Monday by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels on a government security forces training camp in ‌Yemen's coastal Shabwa province, according to the local authority. Fighting intesifies as Iran-backed rebels fire ballistic missiles during training exerciseThomson Reuters · Posted: Oct 19, 2026 10:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. This file photo shows members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces as they patrol a road in Taiz province on Sept. 30. Dozens of Yemeni forces were killed in a Houthi attack on a training camp in Shabwa province on Monday. (Ebrahim Al-Suhaibi/Reuters)Fifty-three people were killed and 200 were injured in an attack on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a government security forces training camp in ‌Yemen's Shabwa province, according to the local authority, as fighting in the country intensifies.

Russell Brand‘s rape and sexual assault trial is in its second week at London’s Southwark Crown Court. As a reminder, the ex-presenter, actor and comedian is accused of three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one allegation of indecent assault, with six women alleging crimes dating from 1999 to 2009. He denies all of the claims, which were presented in depth by lead prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones last week.

WorldIsraeli police said they arrested 10 people on Monday in connection with a wave of settler violence that included attacks on a foreign journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank over the weekend. Injured Washington Post photojournalist 'shocked' that Israeli PM cast doubt on Friday attackThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 19, 2026 9:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Israeli forces stand outside a house damaged in an Israeli settler attack in Turmus Ayya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Monday. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)Israeli police said they arrested 10 people on Monday in connection with a wave of settler violence that included attacks on a foreign journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank over the weekend. Israel had come under heavy international criticism for the attacks.

An eighth person in Kenya has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the country’s first-ever cluster of cases of the virus, as the second-largest outbreak in history kills more than 4,300 and sickens more than 9,000 people in the region. It highlights the diminished role the US has played in the worsening Ebola outbreak by building a controversial quarantine center in Kenya, pulling back health support globally, and banning travelers from certain countries. All of this has also reduced the ability to identify and respond to the outbreak and exacerbated mistrust. The US created a controversial quarantine center at Kenya’s Laikipia airbase, where Americans returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be required to quarantine. The center, opposed by locals, has stirred distrust in the Kenyan government, leading to protests and a Kenyan court ordering a halt to the center.