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Bajram Begaj

president of Albania

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    Albania protests enter third day as Tirana clashes continue and Rama refuses to resign

    Protesters and police clashed in Tirana for a third day on Thursday, 15 October, as Prime Minister Edi Rama rejected calls to resign and blamed the opposition for the violence.

  • 2d ago

    Albania protests turn violent in Tirana as Edi Rama faces resignation demands

    Clashes between police and demonstrators spread from Tirana to Shkodër, Korçë and other towns, with at least 89 people treated in hospitals on 14 October, including 61 police officers.

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A Peshawar school roof collapses

Zelensky resumes refinery strikes as Peshawar school collapse kills dozens of children

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian refineries after a roughly three-day US-requested pause, as Kyiv counted more than 850 Shahed drones between midnight and 9am on 15 October. In Peshawar, a private-school roof collapsed onto classrooms, killing at least 32 children and a teacher in the latest hospital count.

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    Germany and France reach a provisional agreement to soften the European Union's 2035 combustion-engine phase-out, though final German approval remains pending, reports say.

  • Houthi strikes claimed on Saudi targets

    Houthi missiles have struck the presidential palace compound in Aden, killing at least two guards and leaving government ministers unharmed, officials report.

  • Channel Tunnel bus and train collision

    Two of the 19 injured were flown to hospitals in Lille, authorities say. Sub-prefect Agathe Cury says Eurostar and freight traffic was only briefly halted for the evacuation.

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The Middle East after Gaza

Houthi strikes on Aden and Medina and the formal summit postponement extend the Saudi-Houthi war without a new US-Iran or Israel-Hezbollah break.

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