India and China reach a breakthrough agreement on disengagement and border patrol along the Line of Actual Control.
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DW 
October 21
International relations
Health and environment
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BBC
Armed conflicts and attacks
Seven people are killed and five injured during a mass shooting at a camp for construction workers near Sonamarg, in India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir.
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Al Jazeera
Law and crime
The Department of Justice of the Philippines reports that a trial court in Taguig has convicted 17 leaders and members of Abu Sayyaf, including two top officials of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement who have been in the United Nations Security Council's Sanctions List, of the kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. The convicts are sentenced to .
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PNA
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Reuters
October 20
Disasters and accidents
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USA Today
At least two people are killed and 309 others are rescued in flash flooding in Roswell, New Mexico, United States.
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NBC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Hamas reports that the number of dead and missing following an Israeli bombardment of residential areas in northern Gaza yesterday increases to 87, becoming among the highest single-incident death tolls in the past few months and also prompting condemnation from the United Nations.
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Reuters
The Israel Defense Forces announce that Colonel Ehsan Daxa, the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, was killed by an IED in Jabalia in northern Gaza, becoming the most senior officer to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza.
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The Times of Israel
Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments describing the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran for striking Israel.
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NPR
The reports disease outbreaks and starvation in Khartoum North, Sudan, as a military offensive and fighting continues in the city.
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Sudan Tribune
Sports
In basketball, the New York Liberty defeat the Minnesota Lynx in 5 games to win their first WNBA championship.
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CTV News
Politics and elections
Moldovans vote for a president and also vote in a referendum that would amend the constitution to include a commitment for Moldova to join the European Union.
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Le Monde
The presidential election goes to a second-round between current president Maia Sandu and politician Alexandr Stoianoglo of the pro-Russian Party of Socialists.
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BBC
The European Union referendum is narrowly approved by voters, with president Maia Sandu alleging foreign electoral intervention from Russia.
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Reuters
Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president and 14th vice president of Indonesia, respectively.
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Reuters
October 19
Armed conflicts and attacks
Hamas claims that at least 73 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, although the Israel Defence Forces dispute this claim.
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Al Ahram
Hezbollah launches around 200 drones and other projectiles from Lebanon toward locations in northern Israel, killing one person and injuring thirteen others. One of the targets is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in the resort town of Caesarea.
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AP
Israeli strikes on a vehicle and an apartment building in Baaloul, Lebanon, and areas north of Beirut, Lebanon, kill seven people, including the mayor of the town of Sohmor.
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Boston25 News
The Israel Defense Forces says that the Israeli Air Force killed Hezbollah's deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, yesterday.
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The Jerusalem Post
Disasters and accidents
At least seven people are killed and several others are reported missing when a dock collapses on Sapelo Island in Georgia, United States.
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AP
Law and crime
Protesters storm and damage the office of the Saudi-owned MBC TV channel in Baghdad, Iraq, after the channel aired a programme which called Hamas and Hezbollah leaders "terrorists". The Iraq Communications and Media Commission later suspends MBC's operations in Iraq in response to the incident.
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Roya News
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting when at least two gunmen opened fire on people at a school's football homecoming win celebration in Mississippi, United States.
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AP
October 18
Law and crime
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CNN Brazil
Politics and elections
Kenya's National Assembly unanimously approves Interior Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new Deputy President following his nomination by President William Ruto. However, the High Court temporarily suspends the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in order to hear challenges.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
Hamas confirms that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in action during a shootout with Israeli soldiers two days ago in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
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Al Jazeera
Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed in a shootout with border guards near the Dead Sea.
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Al Jazeera
Disasters and accidents
A nationwide power outage occurs in Cuba following a critical failure at the Antonio Guiteras power station in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province.
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CNN
International relations
The South Korean National Intelligence Service says that North Korea has started sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol calls for a security meeting and says the international community must respond with "all available means".
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BBC
Switzerland joins the European Sky Shield Initiative to contribute to building a pan-European air and missile defense system, while also allowing the nation to train and purchase military systems with other European nations.
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Reuters
Morocco rejects a proposal put forward by the UN envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura that would partition Western Sahara with the northern part being annexed by Morocco and the southern part forming an independent state controlled by the Polisario Front.
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Atalayar