Indonesia seizes more than a tonne of ketamine from tanker
Indonesian authorities seized 1.16 tonnes of ketamine from a Malaysian vessel in the Strait of Malacca.
Month: October 2026
Brazil’s right has already changed the balance of power
Bolsonaro’s party has strengthened its position in Congress, posing a formidable challenge to another Lula presidency.
White House says Melania Trump brokers truce for Ukraine city ‘on brink of disaster’
Ukraine and Russia confirm the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.
Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, officials say
Thirty-four people are also injured in the attack in southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.
Watch: CCTV footage appears to show gunmen near church in Jordan
Dozens of people had been inside the church for a funeral when the shooting began, local media report.
Israeli forces begin demolishing Palestinian buildings in Hebron after two Israeli soldiers shot dead
The soldiers were killed in an attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city on Friday morning.
MIT scientists build a tiny robot that swims using living muscle cells
MIT engineers have built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells that respond to flashes of light, allowing it to swim and steer
Ohio father charged with killing sheriff deputy found guilty
An Ohio father accused of mowing down a deputy with his car hours after he viewed body camera video of a Cincinnati police officer fatally
DOJ charges two former top FBI officials who were frequent targets of Trump allies
Two former FBI officials who have come under withering criticism from allies of President Tweety McTreason over their intelligence work during the 2020 presidential election
Blood biomarker test improves detection of hidden brain injuries
Clinician-scientists hope to expand the use of blood-based biomarker tests for traumatic brain injury (TBI) to improve identification and escalation of care for patients whose
Decipher tissue-based molecular test helps personalize high-risk prostate cancer treatment
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men – in 2013, it affected more than one million men across the world.
Cancer patients centre at risk over ‘disgraceful’ funds move
The Department of Health has decided to take back £1.5m from the project, Belfast Trust officials have told a Stormont committee.
Dual-targeted therapy shows promise against metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
A new preclinical study suggests that attacking triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in two ways at once can kill cancer cells, slow tumor growth and limit
First personalised cancer vaccine cuts risk of disease returning in major trial
The scientists involved say the results could mark a turning point in cancer treatment, bringing personalised medicine a step closer.