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Who is Stephen Hubbard, the US citizen held by Russia?
By Lucy Papachristou Oct 20 (Reuters) - US special envoy Steve Witkoff is going to discuss the possible release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard from Russian detention with President Vladimir Putin...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Italy's Meloni to boost police arrest powers in response to weekend riots
By Giuseppe Fonte and Anna Uras ROME, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Italy will approve new security measures on Tuesday targeting minors, politicians said, after days of unrest that have seen demonstrators clash...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Rubio says Ukraine interceptors may not have been delivered, but not for political reasons
MUMBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday acknowledged that a batch of interceptors purchased for Ukraine under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program m...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Britain says it will carry out defensive air missions over Saudi Arabia
LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Britain will fly Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions to help protect Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure from Houthi aerial attacks, the...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Shark kills woman swimming off South Africa's Eastern Cape
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A 65-year-old woman was killed by a shark at a popular beach off the coast of South Africa's Eastern Cape province on Tuesday, local authorities said. "A fatal shark a...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Islamic State-linked militants kill at least 48 civilians in eastern Mali, sources say
BAMAKO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Islamic State-linked militants have killed at least 48 people in Mali in apparent retaliation for an attack on suspected informants by pro-government forces including member...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Portuguese police clear housing protest camps, arresting 55
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Portuguese police cleared protest camps in Lisbon and Porto before dawn on Tuesday, removing activists who had occupied two central squares to protest ag...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Israeli fire kills four people in Gaza, medics say
CAIRO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four Palestinians, including a married couple and a 17-year-old, in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health offici...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
Kremlin hopes Witkoff can brief Putin soon on latest Ukrainian/European thinking on peace deal
MOSCOW, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it hoped a meeting in Russia between President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff could be organised in the near future to di...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026
One in three Americans back second execution attempt after failed one, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jonathan Allen and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - One-third of Americans think the government should try a second time to put a convicted criminal to death if a first execution attempt ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2026

