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Brazil's lower house rejected a bank rescue bill on Wednesday 14 October after a late clause on the deposit guarantee fund, keeping current rules in place. The post Brazil Lawmakers Reject Bank Rescue Bill appeared first on The Rio Times.

Political and religious critics accuse India's Modi government of curbing Kashmir's freedom of religion and expression.

Thousands of Colombians protested peacefully across the country on Wednesday against right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella, in the opposition’s first major demonstrations since he took office in August. Former leftist President Gustavo Petro led a rally in Bogota, joined by trade unionists, Indigenous groups, students and feminist activists.

Susan Thornton is a former American diplomat who for decades worked on US policy in Eurasia in the State Department before becoming acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs during the first Trump presidency. She is the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Centre, Yale Law School. She spoke to Orange Wang about keeping the lines of China-US communication...

Jorge Rodríguez leads Venezuela’s National Assembly and its talks with the opposition. The US Treasury lifted his sanctions on Wednesday 14 October 2026. The post Jorge Rodríguez: Venezuela’s Negotiator and Power Broker appeared first on The Rio Times.

Suspected online espionage triggers intense security crackdowns and counter-intelligence measures in Iran and Lebanon.

Albania is experimenting with artificial intelligence in politics.

Even after years of waiting, they received nothing more than a membership slip, Akhilesh said

Besides preserving monuments, the government is also preserving India’s manuscript heritage through the Gyan Bharatam initiative, PM Modi said

The former chief minister had decided to seek an injunction from a court against the persons spreading the defamatory allegations

Justice V. Lakshminarayanan asks why RSS can’t conduct route marches in Tamil Nadu when it does so even in “terrorist-infested areas such as Jammu and Kashmir”

Forensic surgeon Hithesh Sanker, who has put out a strongly worded post on lynching of an unidentified man in Palakkad, was involved in post-mortem examination of Ram Narayan Baghel, a 31-year-old migrant worker from Chhattisgarh who was lynched at Attappallam, Walayar, in December 2025

Demolished homes, shifting military lines, stalled withdrawals leave Lebanese uncertain if they can return.

Kabila's move confirms numerous accusations from the government in Kinshasa of his ties to armed rebels.

Odisha CM Mohan Majhi said that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has become a ‘completely transformed and new India’

The latest row hints at mounting pressure on Chief Minister Mohan Yadav amid reports of differences between him and other senior party leaders

Rahul Gandhi hosted leaders from 16 Opposition parties, civil society and student activists in a bid to coordinate diverse strands of the agitation; sources said CJP leaders did not attend despite an invitation

Constitution; K. Balakrishnan Nair, former Kerala High Court judge, says the removal of voters during the special intensive revision violated the principles of natural justice; writer K.R. Meera expresses faith in youth-led protests to restore democracy and brotherhood

Katie Zacharia has held her first briefing as White House press secretary after replacing Karoline Leavitt.

A Futura poll released Tuesday gives Flávio Bolsonaro 51.8% of valid votes against 48.2% for Lula before Brazil's 25 October runoff. The post Brazil Poll Gives Flávio Bolsonaro 51.8% Over Lula appeared first on The Rio Times.

Nigerian police arrested former Imo governor Rochas Okorocha at an Abuja hotel on Monday night over alleged forgery tied to a Senate primary. The post Nigeria Police Arrest Rochas Okorocha on 12 October appeared first on The Rio Times.

Chairperson Darakshan Andrabi said preachers, not politicians, would decide on sermon topics, two days after first proposing a committee to pre-decide them; Opposition had called the move interference in religious affairs

Farmer leader Shashikant Padasalagi Guru accuses Union Minister Pralhad Joshi of telling lies before the media about farmers not submitting their demands well in advance.

Police lathicharge LDF, UDF workers; water cannon used as protesters try to breach barricades; NH 66 traffic disrupted for hours

Candidates file their papers on Thursday 15 October and Grenada votes on 5 November. Here are the key dates, the voter-list deadline and who is running. The post Grenada Elections 2026 Nomination Day and Key Dates appeared first on The Rio Times.

An Indonesian official’s claim that the country exports “oxygen” and not just smoke to its neighbours has renewed criticism of Jakarta’s handling of its annual forest fires, with analysts warning that defensive nationalism risks undermining regional cooperation to tackle the recurring haze crisis. The remarks by Syahganda Nainggolan, the newly appointed head of the Government Communication Agency, reignited criticism over Indonesia’s handling of its ongoing forest and peatland fires, which have...

Justice V. Lakshminarayanan directs the High Court Registry to obtain the report from the metropolitan magistrate’s court at George Town in Chennai by October 15, 2026

This move comes after Election Commission of India sent instructions to the State officials

Snipers have been deployed outside entrances to the Palestine Medical Complex, WAFA reported.