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The remarks, made at a closed meeting at his home in Bnei Brak, have set off a political storm three weeks before Israelâs October 27 parliamentary election.</p> 622<section class="more-on"> 623<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 624<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 3 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 625<p>âThey are killed because their rabbis teach them a distorted Torah,â Lando said, adding that many military operations are carried out ânot for saving lives, but for the honour of the stateâ.</p> 626<p>Landoâs comment came in response to a question about admiration among some ultra-Orthodox Jewish men â who have traditionally refused the military draft â for religious Zionists who combine Torah study with military service.</p> 627<p>His comments arenât new â they were first published in February 2025. However, their reemergence this week comes amid an election campaign in which ultra-Orthodox military service has become one of the sharpest fault lines in Israeli politics.</p> 628<p>The Israeli Supreme Court <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/25/israels-supreme-court-orders-conscription-for-ultra-orthodox-men">ruled in 2024</a> that there was no legal basis for ultra-Orthodox seminary students to have <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/violence-escalates-in-israel-amid-ultra-orthodox-military-draft-protests">exemptions from military service</a>, and the government has since not been able to pass legislation restoring the exemptions. The issue has led to large protests on both sides of the divide.</p> 629<p>âThe question is not what he said, but why this discourse has been placed at the heart of the Israeli debate three weeks before the election,â Ehab Jabareen, a researcher on Israeli affairs, told Al Jazeera.</p> 630<h2 id="better-without-a-state">Better âwithout a stateâ</h2> 631<p>Landoâs party is one of the two factions of the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) alliance, which won seven seats during the last election in 2022, and had been part of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs government before its ministers resigned last year.</p> 632<p>The bloc did continue to intermittently support the coalition government, however, and Netanyahu has been wary of removing the military exemption â despite widespread opposition to it from many in Israel â out of fear that the UTJ and similar parties would remove their support completely.</p> 633<p>Along with his role within Degel HaTorah, Lando is also one of the spiritual leaders of Israelâs Lithuanian <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/7/21/who-are-israels-ultra-orthodox-and-will-conscripting-them-sow-discord">ultra-Orthodox community</a>, which makes up roughly a third of the countryâs estimated 1.45 million ultra-Orthodox Jews, also known as Haredim.</p> 634<p>In May, he said he <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/how-ultra-orthodox_recruitment_could_unseat_netanyahu_in_israeli_elections">no longer trusted Netanyahu</a> and called for parliament to be dissolved.</p> 635<p>In the footage, he goes further. âIt is possible to live well with the Arabs without a state,â he says, adding that international or Palestinian rule would have been âthe best situationâ.</p> 636<p>Zionism, he argues, âcaused the Arabs to hate usâ and brought physical as well as spiritual disaster on the Jewish people. He describes secular Israelis as having built âa state of apostasy and heresyâ.</p> 637<p>The comments reflect non-Zionist and anti-Zionist positions that used to be dominant within ultra-Orthodox Judaism, but take on an overt reference to the possibility of living within a non-Zionist state, something that is even more controversial in Israel.</p> 638<p>Ibrahim Khatib, a conflict studies scholar at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said Landoâs remarks drew a line between Zionism and Judaism âfrom inside the Jewish community itselfâ, at a time when the official Israeli establishment âtries to bind them togetherâ.</p> 639<p>They also put to the test the narrative that Jewish communities in Arab societies were in danger and threatened, and that the Zionist movement came to âsave themâ at the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, he told Al Jazeera. However, Khatib cautioned that the ultra-Orthodox polity in Israel âis right-wing, its leaders hold right-wing positions, and some of them have made clearly offensive statements about Arabs and Palestiniansâ.</p> 640<h2 id="political-ammunition">Political ammunition</h2> 641<p>Israeli opposition leaders moved quickly after the footage of Lando emerged this week, taking it as an opportunity to attack a figure from a party within Netanyahuâs electoral bloc.</p> 642<p>Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett â one of Netanyahuâs main challengers in the upcoming elections â called the remarks âanti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and anti-[Israeli military]â, but aimed his fire at Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who he said âback [Lando] and funnel tens of billions of shekels to him and his friendsâ.</p> 643<p>Gadi Eisenkot, another opposition leader whose Yashar party has campaigned on enforcing the military draft, urged every Zionist party to pledge not to sit with Landoâs party.</p> 644<p>Netanyahu, who publicly rejected Landoâs remarks in July when the rabbi accused the Religious Zionism movement of âincitement to murderâ for its support of the drafting of religious seminary students to the military, has not yet commented.</p> 645<p>Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats, put it bluntly: âNetanyahu is silent because without Rabbi L
645ando and his emissaries, he has no government.â</p> 646<p>Jabareen sees Netanyahuâs silence as âcalculatedâ.</p> 647<p>âIf Netanyahu attacks Lando forcefully, he pays a price with the Haredim he needs to form a government,â he said. âIf he stays silent, he hands his rivals material to tell right-wing voters that the man who speaks of Zionism and security depends on a religious leadership that doubts Zionism itself.â</p> 648<h2 id="who-fights-and-who-dies">Who fights and who dies</h2> 649<p>The military draft of the ultra-Orthodox, Jabareen added, has turned âfrom an old dispute over religion and state into a question about the Israeli [social] contract itself: Who fights? Who dies? And who gets the exemptions, the budgets and the political influence in return?â</p> 650<p>Mohammad Abu Rumman, an academic adviser at the Politics and Society Institute in Amman, said the significance of Landoâs remarks lay in the question that prompted them. The example of a young religious man who combines Torah study with military service, he said, âraises a question inside the ultra-Orthodox world itself: Why donât we do the same?â</p> 651<p>âWhen Lando describes their teaching as a distorted Torah, he is trying to close the door on emulating them,â Abu Rumman told Al Jazeera. âHis words are aimed at his own audience as much as at his opponents.â</p> 652<p>But Jabareen argued that the row exposes a rift more dangerous for Netanyahu than the familiar clash between secular and religious Israelis, because it runs through the right itself. Religious Zionists have paid a heavy human price in the war, while the ultra-Orthodox leadership still rejects conscription. Caught between those who pay the price of war and those who refuse to, Netanyahu needs both, and cannot satisfy them at once.</p> 653<p>Whether the outrage over Landoâs comments translates into votes is less clear. Abu Rumman expects the remarks to âreinforce existing positions more than change votersâ choicesâ. The space where they could matter, he said, lies among right-wing voters who serve in the army and resent Netanyahuâs protection of ultra-Orthodox demands.</p> 654<p>âIf Netanyahu needs these parties to build a majority, that need will not disappear because of a rabbiâs remarks, however shocking,â Abu Rumman said. Netanyahu is also not the UTJâs only suitor: Channel 12 reported that, frustrated by his failure to secure a law exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service, the party would not rule out or oppose a government led by Eisenkot.</p> 655<p>âThe Israeli right has managed to bring under one political roof two currents with almost contradictory visions of the Jewish state,â Jabareen said. âOne sanctifies the state and the expansion of its sovereignty. In the other, one of its most important rabbis can say it might have been better had the state never been founded.â</p> 656</div> 657<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/ultra-orthodox-rabbis-anti-zionist-remarks-stir-israel-election-row?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 658 </div> 659 </div> 660 </article> 661 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 662 <div class="col-12 col-md-12 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 663 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 664 665 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 666 TOP NEWS </a> 667 </div> 668 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/us-mortgage-rates-hit-their-highest-level-in-three-years-housing-news/">US mortgage rates hit their highest level in three years | Housing News</a></h4> 669 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 670 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 671 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 672 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 673 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 674 News Desk</a> 675 676 </div> 677 <div class="mg-content"> 678 <p></p> 679<div id=""> 680<p class="article__subhead"><em>Rising borrowing costs have pushed mortgage applications to lowest level since February 2025.</em></p> 681</div> 682<div> 683<div class="byline byline--single-avatar"> 684<div class="avatars-container"><a class="avatar" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458"></p> 685<div class="responsive-image"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80 96w" aria-hidden="true"/></div> 686<p></a></div> 687</div> 688<div class="article-dates"> 689<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 690</div> 691</div> 692<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 693<p>
693Mortgage rates in the United States have hit their highest level in nearly three years, as cost-of-living concerns weigh on Americans less than a month before the midterm elections.</p> 694<p>The average cost for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped 19 basis points to 7.49 percent for the week ending October 2 , according to the Mortgage Bankers Associationâs weekly report released on Wednesday.</p> 695<section class="more-on"> 696<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 697<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 4 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 698<p>Meanwhile, applications for mortgages tumbled 4.2 percent from the previous week, according to the report. Applications are at their lowest level since February 2025 and have fallen by almost half since the beginning of the year.</p> 699<p>âVery few homeowners have an incentive to refinance at these rates, and the jump in borrowing costs has caused many potential borrowers to step back from the purchase market,â Joel Kan, vice president and deputy chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association, said in a press release.</p> 700<p>Mortgage rates are closely tied to US 10-year Treasury notes. Earlier this week, those hit a 24-year high of 5.3 percent amid surging oil prices tied to ongoing tensions with Iran.</p> 701<p>Meanwhile, the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds rose to its highest level since 2002, at 5.7 percent on Wednesday.</p> 702<p>Mortgage rates have jumped since late February, when the US and Israel first struck Iran. Since the strikes, mortgage rates have climbed 1.4 percent. Inflation, which has risen by <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/11/rising-petrol-costs-drive-sharp-inflation-increase-in-us-in-august" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3.4 percent</a> from a year ago, is also putting pressure on mortgage rates.</p> 703<p>It comes as the cost of living is top of mind for voters as they approach the congressional midterm elections that could decide the balance of power in Washington, DC. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in late August, 47 percent of voters said that the cost of living was the single most important issue ahead of the midterms.</p> 704<p>In a separate Reuters/Ipsos poll in September, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/21/trumps-approval-rating-hits-record-low-amid-iran-war-economy-fallout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">17 percent of voters</a> said they approved of US President Donald Trumpâs handling of cost of living-related issues.</p> 705</div> 706<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/7/us-mortgage-rates-hit-their-highest-level-in-three-years?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 707 </div> 708 </div> 709 </article> 710 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 711 712<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 713 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 714<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/uefa-football-leaders-meet-to-shape-strategy-to-oust-fifas-infantino-football/"><img loading="lazy" width="1920" height="1440" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AP26280543584270-1791389805.jpg?w=1280&
714ssl=1 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 715 </div> 716</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 717 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 718 719 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 720 TOP NEWS </a> 721 </div> 722 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/uefa-football-leaders-meet-to-shape-strategy-to-oust-fifas-infantino-football/">UEFA football leaders meet to shape strategy to oust FIFAâs Infantino | Football</a></h4> 723 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 724 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 725 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 726 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 727 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 728 News Desk</a> 729 730 </div> 731 <div class="mg-content"> 732 <p></p> 733<div id=""> 734<p class="article__subhead"><em>European football leaders meet on Wednesday with the aim of shaping strategy to oust Gianni Infantino as FIFA president.</em></p> 735</div> 736<div> 737<div class="article-dates"> 738<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 739</div> 740</div> 741<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 742<p>European football leaders were gathering Wednesday with time pressing to find a candidate and shape their strategy for trying to oust Gianni Infantino as president of FIFA.</p> 743<p>UEFA has called its 55 member federations to a previously scheduled summit on Thursday in Berlin that arrives in the midst of European efforts to get a new leader for footballâs world body.</p> 744<section class="more-on"> 745<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 746<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 4 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 747<p>Infantinoâs divisive World Cup private investment plan â that <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/1/why-has-infantino-scrapped-fifas-world-cup-investment-plan-what-to-know">failed within days of being revealed</a> in July â pushed UEFA to act on longstanding mistrust of its former employeeâs increasingly executive presidency at FIFA.</p> 748<p>UEFAâs longer-term plans include preparing a criminal complaint against Infantino in Switzerland for possible financial mismanagement in the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/7/29/fifa-proposes-plan-to-sell-stakes-in-the-world-cup-angering-uefa">World Cup sell-off</a> deal. It has asked courts in the United States to authorise <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/27/uefa-asks-us-court-for-fifa-documents-for-criminal-case-against-infantino">discovery of evidence</a>.</p> 749<p>âSomewhere along the way things went too far with FIFA, and weâre looking to put things back where they belong,â UEFA general-secretary Theodore Theodoridis said last month.</p> 750<p>Europeâs 55 count for more than a quarter of FIFAâs 211 member federations that can vote in the election on March 18 in Rabat, Morocco. Research by The Associated Press news agency suggests Infantino already has about 90 votes pledged â albeit before any potential opponent is known.</p> 751<p>Still, UEFA is not a united bloc. Infantino has support promised from Azerbaijan, the home country of a close aide, and Latvia. On Wednesday he met with football and government officials in the Czech capital Prague.</p> 752<p>First, UEFA and its allies worldwide need to agree on at least one candidate to challenge Infantino by the November 18 deadline to enter the race.</p> 753<p>UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin was joined in August by his fellow FIFA vice presidents from Asia and North America in denouncing Infantino for deception and breach of trust over the World Cup sell-off plan.</p> 754<p>Still, neither Ceferin nor his counterparts at the AFC and CONCACAF, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Victor Montagliani of Canada, currently look set to be on the FIFA ballot.</p> 755<p>
755Ceferin has long dismissed any talk of himself running to lead FIFA, though he said last month at UEFA meetings in Greece there were âmany, manyâ potential candidates.</p> 756<p>Montagliani is expected to focus on his own re-election at CONCACAF in February.</p> 757<p>Sheikh Salman has been Infantinoâs FIFA election opponent before. He had been favourite in a five-man campaign that Infantino eventually won in February 2016.</p> 758<p>Speculation has often pointed to Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a close ally of Ceferin. The Qatari member of UEFAâs executive committee ruled himself out last week at a meeting of the influential European Football Clubs group he leads.</p> 759<p>Infantino is part of UEFAâs focus in Berlin for the biennial business meeting of top executives from its member federations, which can debate policy, strategy and international football competitions.</p> 760<p>The meeting is expected to discuss proposals for a more transparent FIFA and a presidential candidate willing to commit to those reforms.</p> 761</div> 762<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/7/uefa-football-leaders-meet-to-shape-strategy-to-oust-fifas-infantino?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 763 </div> 764 </div> 765 </article> 766 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 767 768<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 769 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 770<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/south-korea-signals-military-exemption-cuts-for-athletes-after-asian-games-football/"><img 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https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-03T142237Z_296345539_UP1EMA30YPL65_RTRMADP_3_GAMES-ASIA-1791376596.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-03T142237Z_296345539_UP1EMA30YPL65_RTRMADP_3_GAMES-ASIA-1791376596.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 771 </div> 772</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 773 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 774 775 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 776 TOP NEWS </a> 777 </div> 778 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/south-korea-signals-military-exemption-cuts-for-athletes-after-asian-games-football/">South Korea signals military exemption cuts for athletes after Asian Games | Football</a></h4> 779 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 780 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 781 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 782 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 783 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 784 News Desk</a> 785 786 </div> 787 <div class="mg-content"> 788 <p></p> 789<div id=""> 790<p class="article__subhead"><em>South Korea signals cuts to military exemptions for gold medallists after backlash over athletesâ Asian Games comments.</em></p> 791</div> 792<div> 793<div class="article-dates"> 794<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 795</div> 796</div> 797<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 798<p>South Koreaâs sports minister says the government will review the military service exemption for gold-medal-winning athletes after public backlash to some controversial comments from winners at the Asian Games.</p> 799<p>Three players from the menâs football team came under fire for comments following South Koreaâs 1-0 win over Japan in the Asian Games final last weekend in Japan.</p> 800<section class="more-on"> 801<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 802<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 4 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 803<p>All three apologised, but a broader debate had already reignited over whether athletes should receive special treatment for sporting achievements, particularly as common citizens, as even members of BTS â the globally famous K-pop group â had to complete their mandatory service.</p> 804<p>Al Jazeera Sport takes a closer look at the furore surrounding the comments at <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/4/amid-teen-triumph-and-organisational-chaos-asian-games-close-in-japan">the Asian Games</a>.</p> 805<p>Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Choi Hwi-young on Wednesday said the alternative military service exemption system for artists and athletes âwill inevitably have to be scaled backâ.</p> 806<p>âIt is true that the system has contributed to helping outstanding artists and athletes maintain and develop their abilities,â Choi told the National Assemblyâs Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee.</p> 807<p>
807âHowever, the values attached to fairness and public perceptions of military service have changed. I agree that the system should be comprehensively reviewed once again.â</p> 808<h2 id="what-does-military-service-look-like-in-south-korea">What does military service look like in South Korea?</h2> 809<p>Most South Korean men must complete 18 to 21 months of military service by the age of 28.</p> 810<p>Since 1973, however, Olympic medallists and Asian Games gold medallists have been able to replace the full term with a supplementary service, which consists of three weeks of basic training.</p> 811<p>Three of the footballers, including Yang Min-hyuk, who assisted the winning goal against Japan, made comments that were viewed as insensitive.</p> 812<p>âThe medal and winning the championship werenât important. I played the game with only one thing in mind â the reward of a military service exemption,â Yang, who joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2025 and is currently on loan at Belgian club Westerlo, said.</p> 813<p>Newcastle United midfielder Park Seung-soo posted a photo on social media showing him wearing a cap associated with soldiers who have completed their service. In a post-match interview, captain Lee Gi-hyuk held up his gold medal and said, âIâm not going to the military.â</p> 814<h2 id="what-has-been-said-elsewhere-in-south-korea-about-the-controversy">What has been said elsewhere in South Korea about the controversy?</h2> 815<p>A number of politicians, including Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party, said it was time to change the system.</p> 816<p>âSome playersâ remarks after the match were outrageous,â Ahn posted on social media. âEven the captain bragged about not having to serve in the military. Are all the young people who enlist every year fools?â</p> 817<p>Former lawmaker Yoo Seong-min said the flippant comments had provoked resentment and asked: âIs it really fair that BTS has to serve in the military while Asian Games gold medallists are exempt?â</p> 818<p>In a Korea Herald editorial on Tuesday, the newspaper declared that the practice was outdated.</p> 819<p>âSouth Korea now stands shoulder to shoulder with the worldâs leading nations,â the newspaper said. âThe days when finishing first in Asia could meaningfully enhance the countryâs national prestige are long gone. It is time to reconsider.â</p> 820<p>That was the message from Defence Ministry spokesperson Chung Binna during a press briefing in Seoul.</p> 821<p>âUltimately, we have plans to cut back or scrap the supplementary service, including one designed for artists and athletes,â Chung said.</p> 822<h2 id="what-other-athletes-gained-military-service-exemptions">What other athletes gained military-service exemptions?</h2> 823<p>The footballers were among many winners from the Asian Games who qualified for the military exemption.</p> 824<p>Golfer Tom Kim won the menâs singles on Saturday after flying across the Pacific when the Presidents Cup competition ended so he could compete in Japan. Asked about the military exemption, he took the gold-medal approach.</p> 825<p>âIâm more proud that Iâm able to bring a medal for my country,â he said.</p> 826<p>Sixteen South Korean baseball players are also exempt after defeating Japan 3-1 in the Asian Games final. So are three South Koreans who won gold in esports, an event at the Asian Games.</p> 827</div> 828<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/7/south-korea-signals-military-exemption-cuts-for-gold-medallists-after-backlash-at-athletes-asian-games-comments?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 829 </div> 830 </div> 831 </article> 832 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 833 834<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 835 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 836<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/why-paramount-warner-merger-has-sparked-fears-about-press-freedom-freedom-of-the-press-news/"><img width="1920" height="1440" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ap_6ac63ff75d331-1791377399.jpg?w=1280&
836ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 837 </div> 838</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 839 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 840 841 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 842 TOP NEWS </a> 843 </div> 844 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/why-paramount-warner-merger-has-sparked-fears-about-press-freedom-freedom-of-the-press-news/">Why Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom | Freedom of the Press News</a></h4> 845 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 846 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 847 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 848 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 849 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 850 News Desk</a> 851 852 </div> 853 <div class="mg-content"> 854 <p></p> 855<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 856<p>Paramount Skydance has completed its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, bringing CNN and CBS News under the same corporate ownership, in a deal that has raised concerns about editorial independence and freedom of speech.</p> 857<p>The acquisition, worth about $110bn including debt, combines two of Hollywoodâs biggest studios after months of legal challenges lodged by state attorneys general and unions.</p> 858<section class="more-on"> 859<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 860<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 4 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 861<p>The new company, Skydance Corporation, brings together HBO, CBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Comedy Central, DC Studios and Food Network, alongside streaming services Paramount plus and HBO Max.</p> 862<p>But its control of two major US news organisations has drawn particular scrutiny. David Ellison, Skydanceâs chairman and chief executive, has promised to preserve their editorial independence, but his father, Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison is a major financial backer of the deal, and has previously donated funds to US President Donald Trump and Israel.</p> 863<p>Asked about the takeover on Tuesday, Trump welcomed it. âTheyâre terrific people, and itâs going to be a great company,â he said.</p> 864<h2 id="why-was-the-merger-challenged">Why was the merger challenged?</h2> 865<p>The takeover faced initial opposition from Hollywood workers, politicians and state prosecutors concerned about the mounting concentration of power in an industry already dominated by a handful of companies.</p> 866<p>Netflix initially reached an agreement to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery. Paramount then launched a competing bid, prompting a bidding war before Netflix walked away.</p> 867<p>A California-led coalition of 12 state attorneys general sued to block the deal, saying that it would reduce competition and raise prices. The Writers Guild of America brought a separate challenge.</p> 868<p>Both cases were settled in September when Paramount agreed to commitments relating to film production, support for displaced workers and protections for the news networks, including the creation of a new editorial independence board.</p> 869<p>But the settlement did not end opposition to the deal. âThis merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost people their jobs,â actor and activist Mark Ruffalo has said.</p> 870<p>Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren linked the takeover to Trumpâs efforts to restrict media access. âAs Trump tries to ban CNN from the White House, it would be a massive mistake to cave on the Paramount merger,â she said, referring to the US presidentâs so-far <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/24/us-judge-blocks-trumps-white-house-ban-on-cnn-ms-now-and-politico">thwarted attempt</a> last month to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/19/can-trump-ban-cnn-news-outlets-he-doesnt-like-from-the-white-house">bar reporters from several news organisations</a>, including CNN, from accessing the White House.</p> 871<h2 id="can-an-editorial-independence-board-protect-cnn-and-cbs">Can an editorial independence board protect CNN and CBS?</h2> 872<p>One condition of the settlement requires Skydance to establish a âNews Editorial Independence Boardâ within 180 days of completing the takeover.</p> 873<p>The five-member body is to include active or retired journalists with at least 10 years of experience. It is intended to establish editorial principles and address disputes involving the news networks and corporate management.</p> 874<p>However, its members will be appointed by, and will report to, Skydanceâs board of directors, which Ellison chairs. Two members can belong to the same political party, and there is no requirement to publish its findings.</p> 875<p>The condition has left critics with a multitude of questions, including: How can a member of an independent editorial board be a member of a political party? How can there be scrutiny if its findings are not public? How can it be independent if it is appointed by a board of directors, themselves appointed by the CEO of the company?</p> 876<p>Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said, âA Paramount-appointed editorial independence board for CNN and CBS is worthless. The fish rots from the head, and this particular fish is headed by a compromised oligarch with a history of throwing journalists under the bus to advance his business interests.â</p> 877<p>Stern also questioned whether government enforcement of the settlement could itself threaten press freedom. âThe editorial board creates the same First Amendment problems itâs supp
877osed to solve â the government meddling in the news.â</p> 878<p>The First Amendment provides constitutional protection for freedom of speech and the press.</p> 879<p>Ellison argues that the two networks will continue to operate independently. âWeâre going to make sure that CNN and CBS News are completely editorially independent,â he said on Tuesday.</p> 880<p>On Monday, Skydance announced that Mark Thompson would remain CNNâs chairman and editor-in-chief, while Bari Weiss will continue as CBS Newsâs editor-in-chief, easing previous fears that Weiss would immediately take charge of both networks.</p> 881<h2 id="why-are-there-fears-for-editorial-independence">Why are there fears for editorial independence?</h2> 882<p>The takeover gives the Ellison family control of CNN less than a month before the November 3 US midterm elections, and follows Trumpâs repeated attacks on the network as it seeks to hold the US president to account.</p> 883<p>Shortly after Paramount launched its bid in December, Trump accused CNN of spreading âpoison and liesâ and said it was âimperativeâ that it be sold, while the Trump administration has moved to bar CNN from reporting in certain areas of the White House.</p> 884<p>Ellison donated roughly $45m to a political nonprofit group supporting Trumpâs election efforts in 2024, while he donated $16.6m to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a charity supporting Israeli soldiers â its largest single donation at the time.</p> 885<p>Earlier this year, the White House criticised CNNâs coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran, while Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters that âthe sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.â</p> 886<p>Sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates also hold indirect financial interests in the combined company. They have no voting stakes, although their involvement adds another layer of scrutiny over its funding.</p> 887<p>Concerns about the future for editorial integrity, however, intensified after Skydance acquired Paramount in 2025, and layoffs followed, alongside the closure of CBS News Radio and changes to CBS News flagship investigative programme 60 Minutes.</p> 888<p>High-profile firings enacted under CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss and Skydance Media CEO David Ellison included correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, as well as 60 Minutes executive producer Tanya Simon.</p> 889<p>The programmeâs September season premiere attracted about 21 percent fewer viewers than a year earlier.</p> 890<p>In 2025, Paramount also agreed to pay Trump $16m to settle a lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris.</p> 891<p>In a June 2 letter, nine advocacy groups, including Reporters Without Borders, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Committee for the First Amendment, warned that CNN could face similar upheaval and firings.</p> 892<p>âBari Weissâ shameless actions fulfil the Ellisonsâ commitment to President Trump to remake CBS to his liking,â they alleged, referring to the firings and changes at 60 Minutes.</p> 893<p>âLarry Ellison has reportedly promised to do the same at CNN if allowed to take control through the pending Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Not because it makes any business sense, but because they seek to control the public discourse.â</p> 894<p>The groups described the proposed takeover as an âexistential threat to the free press, independent media, and free speech in this country and beyondâ.</p> 895</div> 896<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/why-paramount-warner-merger-has-sparked-fears-about-press-freedom?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 897 </div> 898 </div> 899 </article> 900 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 901 902<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 903 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 904<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/saudi-arabia-beat-uae-2-0-to-end-22-year-wait-for-arabian-gulf-cup-crown-football/">
904<img width="770" height="503" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T182641Z_1065451588_UP1EMA61F8GGK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-GULFCUP-SAU-ARE-1791375399.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T182641Z_1065451588_UP1EMA61F8GGK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-GULFCUP-SAU-ARE-1791375399.jpg?w=770&ssl=1 770w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T182641Z_1065451588_UP1EMA61F8GGK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-GULFCUP-SAU-ARE-1791375399.jpg?resize=300%2C196&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T182641Z_1065451588_UP1EMA61F8GGK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-GULFCUP-SAU-ARE-1791375399.jpg?resize=768%2C502&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 905 </div> 906</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 907 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 908 909 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 910 TOP NEWS </a> 911 </div> 912 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/saudi-arabia-beat-uae-2-0-to-end-22-year-wait-for-arabian-gulf-cup-crown-football/">Saudi Arabia beat UAE 2-0 to end 22-year wait for Arabian Gulf Cup crown | Football</a></h4> 913 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 914 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 915 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 916 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 917 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 918 News Desk</a> 919 920 </div> 921 <div class="mg-content"> 922 <p></p> 923<div id=""> 924<p class="article__subhead"><em>Goals from Hammam Al-Hammami and Firas Al-Buraikan give the hosts their fourth Arabian Gulf Cup trophy.</em></p> 925</div> 926<div> 927<div class="article-dates"> 928<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 929</div> 930</div> 931<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 932<p>Saudi Arabia have ended a long wait for an Arabian Gulf Cup trophy with a 2-0 win over the United Arab Emirates amid a charged atmosphere at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.</p> 933<p>The hosts held on to an early lead, thanks to goals from Hammam Al-Hammami and Firas Al-Buraikan, to lift the regional crown on Tuesday.</p> 934<p>Saudi Arabia set an early attacking pace in the game and were rewarded when Al-Hammami scored the opening goal in the 11th minute from the edge of the penalty area, setting off wild celebrations in the stands.</p> 935<p>The home teamâs dream start continued as, two minutes later, Al-Buraikan doubled the score with a close-range shot after a precise assist from Nasser Al-Dosari.</p> 936<figure id="attachment_5025245" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5025245" style="width:770px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-5025245" src="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T182641Z_1065451588_UP1EMA61F8GGK_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-GULFCUP-SAU-ARE-1791375399.jpg?w=640&ssl=1" alt="Soccer Football - Gulf Cup - Final - Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates - King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - October 6, 2026 Saudi Arabia's Firas Al-Buraikan celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa" fetchpriority="low"/><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5025245" class="wp-caption-text">Saudi Arabiaâs Firas Al-Buraikan celebrates scoring their second goal [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]</figcaption></figure> 937<p>Saleh Abu Al-Shamat almost scored the third goal for Saudi Arabia in the 16th minute, but the ball was deflected off the goalpost after a one-on-one with UAE goalkeeper Khaled Issa.</p> 938<p>The UAEâs first attack came in the 24th minute, when Nicolas Gimenezâs shot hit the post.</p> 939<p>
939Six minutes before halftime, UAEâs Bruno thought he had won a penalty, only to be reversed by the video assistant referee.</p> 940<p>Saudi Arabiaâs head coach Georgios Donis credited his teamâs discipline for the long-awaited home win.</p> 941<p>âThere were many difficulties, but the players showed focus and discipline and gave their best on the pitch,â he said after the match.</p> 942<p>âI think we turned those difficulties into a title, and thatâs important. We were the best team in this tournament. This title gives us confidence for the future, and we must continue to show the same qualities.â</p> 943<figure id="attachment_5025150" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5025150" style="width:770px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-5025150" src="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-06T201020Z_1701281397_UP1EMA61K16L8_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-GULFCUP-SAU-ARE-1791373563.jpg?w=640&ssl=1" alt="Soccer Football - Gulf Cup - Final - Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates - King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - October 6, 2026 Saudi Arabia fans celebrate with flares after winning the Gulf Cup" fetchpriority="low"/><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5025150" class="wp-caption-text">Saudi fans celebrate with flares after winning the Gulf Cup [Reuters]</figcaption></figure> 944<h2 id="asian-cup-boost">Asian Cup boost</h2> 945<p>At the start of the second half, Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais saved a close-range shot from substitute Sultan Adel to maintain his impressive clean sheet in the tournament.</p> 946<p>Despite Saudi Arabiaâs wastefulness in front of goal, their coach was pleased with the teamâs efforts.</p> 947<p>âAfter the World Cup, we realised we made mistakes and went through bad moments, but we learned from that experience,â Donis said.</p> 948<p>âWe improved our level and developed our style of play. And I think they deserve this result. It reflects our hard work.â</p> 949<p>Saudi Arabia have now won four Gulf Cup titles, with the last one clinched in 2004.</p> 950<p>The Green Falcons exited the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the group stage but will look at their performance in the Gulf Cup as a foundation for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup 2027.</p> 951<p>Saudi Arabia will host the continental tournament from January 7 to February 5, as it gears up to become the second Gulf country after Qatar to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034.</p> 952</div> 953<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/7/saudi-arabia-beat-uae-2-0-to-end-22-year-wait-for-arabian-gulf-cup-crown?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 954 </div> 955 </div> 956 </article> 957 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 958 959<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 960 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 961<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/south-koreas-military-service-exemption-could-be-cut-for-athletes-news/"><img width="1200" height="675" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-07-at-15.08.41-1791374948.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-07-at-15.08.41-1791374948.png?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-07-at-15.08.41-1791374948.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-07-at-15.08.41-1791374948.png?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-07-at-15.08.41-1791374948.png?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 962 </div> 963</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 964 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 965 966 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 967 TOP NEWS </a> 968 </div> 969 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/south-koreas-military-service-exemption-could-be-cut-for-athletes-news/">South Koreaâs military service exemption could be cut for athletes | News</a></h4> 970 <div class="mg-blog-meta">
971 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 972 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 973 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 974 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 975 News Desk</a> 976 977 </div> 978 <div class="mg-content"> 979 <p></p> 980<div> 981<header class="article-header"/> 982<p class="article__subhead u-inline ">South Koreaâs government has signalled that the current military service exemption reserved for gold-medal winning athletes could be abolished, after controversial comments made by winners at the Asian games caused public backlash.</p> 983<div class="article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20"> 984<div class="article-dates"> 985<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 986</div> 987<div class="rich-share dark-view" data-testid="rich-share"> 988<div class="rich-share__divider"> 989<div class="rich-share__wrapper"> 990<div class="rich-share__button-wrapper"><button type="button" class="rich-share__button row" aria-expanded="false"></p> 991<p>Share South Koreaâs military service exemption could be cut for athletes on social media</p> 992<p><svg class="icon icon--share-nodes icon--primary icon--24 " viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>share-nodes</title><path fill="currentColor" d="M17 22a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.125-.875A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 14 19q0-.15.075-.7L7.05 14.2A2.97 2.97 0 0 1 5 15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.125-.875A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 2 12q0-1.25.875-2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 5 9a2.97 2.97 0 0 1 2.05.8l7.025-4.1a1.7 1.7 0 0 1-.062-.338A5 5 0 0 1 14 5q0-1.25.875-2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 2q1.25 0 2.125.875T20 5t-.875 2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 8a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.05-.8l-7.025 4.1q.05.176.063.337Q8 11.801 8 12q0 .2-.013.363t-.062.337l7.025 4.1A2.97 2.97 0 0 1 17 16q1.25 0 2.125.875T20 19t-.875 2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 22"/></svg></button></p> 993<p class="rich-share__social-text">Share</p> 994</div> 995</div> 996</div> 997<div class="google-preferred-source"><button class="google-preferred-source__button" aria-label="Add Al Jazeera on Google" data-testid="google-preferred-source-button"><svg class="icon icon--google icon--primary icon--16 google-preferred-source__google-icon" viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>google</title><g><path fill="#fbbb00" d="m6.99 13.878-.627 2.339-2.29.048A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 3 12c0-1.492.363-2.9 1.006-4.14l2.04.375.893 2.026A5.4 5.4 0 0 0 6.649 12c0 .66.12 1.293.34 1.877"/><path fill="#518ef8" d="M20.843 10.318Q21 11.137 21 12q-.001.968-.197 1.879a9 9 0 0 1-3.168 5.14v-.001l-2.569-.131-.363-2.27a5.36 5.36 0 0 0 2.308-2.738h-4.813v-3.56h8.645"/><path fill="#28b446" d="M17.634 19.018A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 12 21a9 9 0 0 1-7.928-4.735l2.917-2.387a5.35 5.35 0 0 0 7.713 2.74z"/><path fill="#f14336" d="M17.744 5.072 14.83 7.459a5.353 5.353 0 0 0-7.89 2.802l-2.933-2.4A9 9 0 0 1 11.999 3c2.184 0 4.187.778 5.745 2.072"/></g></svg><span class="google-preferred-source__text">Add Al Jazeera on Google</span></button><button tabindex="0" aria-label="See more of Al Jazeeraâs trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google." class="tooltip-accessible_trigger"><svg class="icon icon--info icon--white icon--16 google-preferred-source__info-icon" viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>info</title><path class="icon-main-color" d="M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z"/></svg></button></div> 998</div> 999</div> 1000</div> 1001<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/7/south-koreas-military-service-exemption-could-be-cut-for-athletes?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1002 </div> 1003 </div> 1004 </article> 1005 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1006 <div class="col-12 col-md-12 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 1007 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 1008 1009 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1010 TOP NEWS </a> 1011 </div> 1012 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/israeli-attacks-across-gaza-kill-at-least-four-palestinians-drone-strikes-news/">Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least four Palestinians | Drone Strikes News</a></h4> 1013 <div class="mg-blog-meta">
1014 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1015 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1016 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1017 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1018 News Desk</a> 1019 1020 </div> 1021 <div class="mg-content"> 1022 <p></p> 1023<div id=""> 1024<p class="article__subhead"><em>Israeli air strike kills Palestinian Civil Defence rescue volunteer as he was travelling to help wounded people near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, a medical source says.</em></p> 1025</div> 1026<div> 1027<div class="byline byline--single-avatar"> 1028<div class="avatars-container"><a class="avatar" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458"></p> 1029<div class="responsive-image"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80 96w" aria-hidden="true"/></div> 1030<p></a></div> 1031</div> 1032<div class="article-dates"> 1033<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 1034</div> 1035</div> 1036<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 1037<p>Israeli attacks have killed at least four Palestinians, including a rescue worker, and wounded several others across Gaza.</p> 1038<p>The Palestinian Civil Defence rescue volunteer was killed in an air strike as he was travelling to help wounded people near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, a medical source said on Wednesday.</p> 1039<section class="more-on"> 1040<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1041<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 3 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1042<p>The Civil Defence identified the victim as Mohamed Tamous.</p> 1043<p>Meanwhile, an Israeli drone strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed Hisham Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, 60, and injured several others, Nasser Hospital said.</p> 1044<p>The body of a 17-year-old Palestinian was also brought to Nasser Hospital after he was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area south of Khan Younis, Turkiyeâs state news agency Anadolu reported, citing a medical source.</p> 1045<p>A teenage boy died from wounds sustained last month when Israeli forces opened fire east of Khan Younis, Anadolu reported, citing a medical source.</p> 1046<p>Also on Wednesday, a girl was injured by Israeli gunfire directed at displaced Palestiniansâ tents in the Al-Amal neighbourhood, Anadolu reported.</p> 1047<p>Additionally, in Khan Younis, the Israeli military carried out two demolitions in the northeastern and eastern parts of the city.</p> 1048<p>The military also carried out demolitions east of Gaza Cityâs Tuffah neighbourhood.</p> 1049<p>Israel has killed more than 74,245 Palestinians since it launched its genocidal war on Gaza in response to the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.</p> 1050</div> 1051<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/israeli-attacks-across-gaza-kill-at-least-four-palestinians?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1052 </div> 1053 </div> 1054 </article> 1055 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1056 1057<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1058 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 1059<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/cas-to-hear-senegal-appeal-over-afcon-title-awarded-to-morocco-football/"><img width="1920" height="1440" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-04-01T192958Z_117240295_RC2UFKA1S16B_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-FRIENDLY-SEN-GMB-1791366981.jpg?w=1280&
1059ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 1060 </div> 1061</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 1062 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 1063 1064 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1065 TOP NEWS </a> 1066 </div> 1067 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/cas-to-hear-senegal-appeal-over-afcon-title-awarded-to-morocco-football/">CAS to hear Senegal appeal over AFCON title awarded to Morocco | Football</a></h4> 1068 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 1069 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1070 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1071 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1072 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1073 News Desk</a> 1074 1075 </div> 1076 <div class="mg-content"> 1077 <p></p> 1078<div id=""> 1079<p class="article__subhead"><em>Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing set to begin after Senegal stripped of Africa Cup of Nations title by CAF.</em></p> 1080</div> 1081<div> 1082<div class="article-dates"> 1083<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 1084</div> 1085</div> 1086<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 1087<p>The long-running saga over the winner of this yearâs Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title will move closer to resolution on Thursday when Senegalâs appeal, â after being stripped of the title, is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.</p> 1088<p>Senegal are contesting the Confederation of African Footballâs decision to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/3/17/caf-strips-senegal-of-afcon-title-morocco-declared-african-champions">declare Morocco champions</a>, despite Senegal beating the hosts 1-0 after extra time â in Januaryâs final in Rabat.</p> 1089<section class="more-on"> 1090<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1091<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 4 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1092<p>Senegal walked off the pitch for 14 minutes after a penalty was awarded against them late in regulation time, with several players returning to the dressing room in protest before they resumed play.</p> 1093<p>Morocco failed to convert the spot kick, sending the match into extra time, where Senegal scored the winner to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/6/mane-converts-decisive-penalty-as-senegal-win-afcon-final">secure victory</a>.</p> 1094<p>However, they were stripped âof the title two months later after CAFâs Appeal Board ruled that Senegal had forfeited the match by walking off the pitch, overturning the result and awarding a 3-0 victory to Morocco.</p> 1095<p>Senegal quickly followed with an appeal to CAS, which was lodged on March 25 but is only <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/7/24/senegal-gets-cas-date-for-appeal-to-regain-afcon-from-morocco">being heard on Thursday</a>. Senegal want to be reinstated as winners, and a panel will listen to arguments from Senegal, Morocco and CAF.</p> 1096<p>âAfter the hearing, the panel will start its deliberations. At this stage, CAS cannot state when a final decision will â be rendered but it will not be on the date of the hearing,â CAS â said in a statement.</p> 1097<h2 id="three-man-cas-panel-to-hear-senegal-and-caf-arguments">Three-man CAS panel to hear Senegal and CAF arguments</h2> 1098<p>The panel will be presided over by French civil rights expert Gerald Simon, with assistance from Italian international law professor Luigi Fumagalli and Hamburg-based lawyer and professor of law at the University of Zuric
1098h, Ulrich Haas.</p> 1099<p>They are â likely to hear arguments from Senegal that the Laws of the Game determine the refereeâs decisions on incidents of play are final and cannot be challenged after the â fact.</p> 1100<p>Also important is an interpretation of the articles of the tournament regulations on â which CAFâs Appeals Board ruled in Moroccoâs favour, which state that âif, for any reason whatsoever, a team refuses to play or leaves the ground before the regular end of the match without the authorisation of the referee, it shall be considered the loser and shall be eliminated for âgood from the current competition.â</p> 1101<p>Senegalâs lawyers are expected to argue that the articles must be interpreted strictly and that a temporary departure from the field cannot be equated with abandoning the match, while Morocco are expected to âargue âfor an opposing interpretation, according to which a team that leaves the field without the refereeâs authorisation must be considered the loser and definitively eliminated from the competition, even if its departure was not permanent.</p> 1102<p>The hearing takes place behind closed doors.</p> 1103<p>Qualification for <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/23/africa-cup-of-nations-afcon-2027-teams-schedule-salah-hakimi-mane">AFCON 2027</a> has already begun, with Senegal drawing the opening game of Patrick Vieiraâs tenure as coach with <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/26/senegal-draw-in-vieira-debut-nigeria-survive-scare-but-cape-verde-crash">Mozambique</a> on September 25, before <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/30/nigeria-and-ghana-suffer-huge-afcon-2027-qualifying-shocks">winning 1-0</a> in Ethiopia on September 29.</p> 1104<p>Morocco have won both of their opening games, beating Gabon and Lesotho.</p> 1105</div> 1106<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/7/cas-to-hear-senegal-appeal-over-afcon-title-awarded-to-morocco?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1107 </div> 1108 </div> 1109 </article> 1110 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1111 1112<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1113 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 1114<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/france-halts-police-use-of-stun-grenades-at-student-protests-protests-news/"><img width="1920" height="1440" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/epa_6ac6001c42e1-1791361052.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 1115 </div> 1116</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 1117 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 1118 1119 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1120 TOP NEWS </a> 1121 </div> 1122 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/france-halts-police-use-of-stun-grenades-at-student-protests-protests-news/">France halts police use of stun grenades at student protests | Protests News</a></h4> 1123 <div class="mg-blog-meta">
1124 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1125 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1126 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1127 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1128 News Desk</a> 1129 1130 </div> 1131 <div class="mg-content"> 1132 <p></p> 1133<div id=""> 1134<p class="article__subhead"><em>Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to make public address after hundreds of thousands rally to demand more funding for education.</em></p> 1135</div> 1136<div> 1137<div class="article-dates"> 1138<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 1139</div> 1140</div> 1141<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 1142<p>France has temporarily banned police from using stun grenades <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/6/france-protests-what-we-know-as-schools-brace-for-nationwide-action">at student-led protests</a>, the interior minister said, amid growing accusations of police brutality following several days of student demonstrations nationwide.</p> 1143<p>The announcement on Wednesday came a day after hundreds of thousands of students and supporters marched across France to demand more funding for education and better conditions in high schools, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to convene an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and other key ministers to try to defuse the crisis.</p> 1144<section class="more-on"> 1145<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1146<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 3 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1147<p>Lecornu will make a public address later on Wednesday on the school protests as well as the countryâs finances, his office said.</p> 1148<p>Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told radio broadcaster RTL early on Wednesday that he had suspended police use of stun grenades at the protests.</p> 1149<p>A 15-year-old lost a hand in the northern city of Lens on Monday after police fired a stun grenade.</p> 1150<p>Earlier, a 14-year-old student was hit in the face by a tear gas grenade at such close range that he lost several teeth. A policeman was charged on Tuesday over the incident in the capital, Paris.</p> 1151<p>Police have opened 18 internal investigations into allegations of misconduct since the protests began, Nunez said.</p> 1152<p>Rights groups, students and parentsâ groups have accused authorities of using disproportionate force against minors. The government says the protest movement has been hijacked by outsiders and morphed into urban violence.</p> 1153<p>The Ministry of the Interior said 6,100 people have been arrested since the protests began last month, the overwhelming majority of them minors.</p> 1154<p>More than 1,800 people are being prosecuted, including 1,483 minors, the Ministry of Justice said, without specifying the crimes.</p> 1155<p>At least 715 police officers and 215 teenagers have been injured in clashes, according to Lecornuâs office.</p> 1156<h2 id="students-demand-school-funding">Students demand school funding</h2> 1157<p>Protests started in late September with students blocking entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds over complaints of dilapidated facilities and teacher shortages and demands for more funding for education.</p> 1158<p>Parents, teachers and union workers joined the demonstrations in Paris and other cities on Tuesday amid accusations that police were using disproportionate force.</p> 1159<p>Sporadic violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters at what otherwise have been largely peaceful demonstrations.</p> 1160<p>Lecornu on Tuesday condemned the violence and told lawmakers that it would not be tolerated, while also rejecting accusations that the government had ordered âpolice repressionâ against protesters.</p> 1161</div> 1162<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/france-halts-police-use-of-stun-grenades-at-student-protests?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1163 </div> 1164 </div> 1165 </article> 1166 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1167 1168<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1169 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 1170<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/head-coach-scalonis-emotional-farewell-to-irreplaceable-messi-football/"><img width="1920" height="1080" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791362481.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&
1170ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a> <span class="post-form"><i class="fas fa-camera"></i></span> 1171 </div> 1172</div> <div class="col-12 col-md-6 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 1173 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 1174 1175 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1176 TOP NEWS </a> 1177 </div> 1178 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/head-coach-scalonis-emotional-farewell-to-irreplaceable-messi-football/">Head coach Scaloniâs emotional farewell to âirreplaceableâ Messi | Football</a></h4> 1179 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 1180 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1181 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1182 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1183 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1184 News Desk</a> 1185 1186 </div> 1187 <div class="mg-content"> 1188 <p></p> 1189<div> 1190<header class="article-header"/> 1191<p class="article__subhead u-inline ">Argentinaâs head coach Lionel Scaloni said it was an âemotional dayâ as Lionel Messi brought his international career to an end, calling it a âdreamâ to have coached him. Messi scored in his final game, a 3-0 friendly victory over Benin.</p> 1192<div class="article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20"> 1193<div class="article-dates"> 1194<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 1195</div> 1196<div class="rich-share dark-view" data-testid="rich-share"> 1197<div class="rich-share__divider"> 1198<div class="rich-share__wrapper"> 1199<div class="rich-share__button-wrapper"><button type="button" class="rich-share__button row" aria-expanded="false"></p> 1200<p>Share Head coach Scaloniâs emotional farewell to âirreplaceableâ Messi on social media</p> 1201<p><svg class="icon icon--share-nodes icon--primary icon--24 " viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>share-nodes</title><path fill="currentColor" d="M17 22a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.125-.875A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 14 19q0-.15.075-.7L7.05 14.2A2.97 2.97 0 0 1 5 15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.125-.875A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 2 12q0-1.25.875-2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 5 9a2.97 2.97 0 0 1 2.05.8l7.025-4.1a1.7 1.7 0 0 1-.062-.338A5 5 0 0 1 14 5q0-1.25.875-2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 2q1.25 0 2.125.875T20 5t-.875 2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 8a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.05-.8l-7.025 4.1q.05.176.063.337Q8 11.801 8 12q0 .2-.013.363t-.062.337l7.025 4.1A2.97 2.97 0 0 1 17 16q1.25 0 2.125.875T20 19t-.875 2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 22"/></svg></button></p> 1202<p class="rich-share__social-text">Share</p> 1203</div> 1204</div> 1205</div> 1206<div class="google-preferred-source"><button class="google-preferred-source__button" aria-label="Add Al Jazeera on Google" data-testid="google-preferred-source-button"><svg class="icon icon--google icon--primary icon--16 google-preferred-source__google-icon" viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>google</title><g><path fill="#fbbb00" d="m6.99 13.878-.627 2.339-2.29.048A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 3 12c0-1.492.363-2.9 1.006-4.14l2.04.375.893 2.026A5.4 5.4 0 0 0 6.649 12c0 .66.12 1.293.34 1.877"/><path fill="#518ef8" d="M20.843 10.318Q21 11.137 21 12q-.001.968-.197 1.879a9 9 0 0 1-3.168 5.14v-.001l-2.569-.131-.363-2.27a5.36 5.36 0 0 0 2.308-2.738h-4.813v-3.56h8.645"/><path fill="#28b446" d="M17.634 19.018A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 12 21a9 9 0 0 1-7.928-4.735l2.917-2.387a5.35 5.35 0 0 0 7.713 2.74z"/><path fill="#f14336" d="M17.744 5.072 14.83 7.459a5.353 5.353 0 0 0-7.89 2.802l-2.933-2.4A9 9 0 0 1 11.999 3c2.184 0 4.187.778 5.745 2.072"/></g></svg><span class="google-preferred-source__text">Add Al Jazeera on Google</span></button><button tabindex="0" aria-label="See more of Al Jazeeraâs trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google." class="tooltip-accessible_trigger"><svg class="icon icon--info icon--white icon--16 google-preferred-source__info-icon" viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>info</title><path class="icon-main-color" d="M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75
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1254<path fill="#518ef8" d="M20.843 10.318Q21 11.137 21 12q-.001.968-.197 1.879a9 9 0 0 1-3.168 5.14v-.001l-2.569-.131-.363-2.27a5.36 5.36 0 0 0 2.308-2.738h-4.813v-3.56h8.645"/><path fill="#28b446" d="M17.634 19.018A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 12 21a9 9 0 0 1-7.928-4.735l2.917-2.387a5.35 5.35 0 0 0 7.713 2.74z"/><path fill="#f14336" d="M17.744 5.072 14.83 7.459a5.353 5.353 0 0 0-7.89 2.802l-2.933-2.4A9 9 0 0 1 11.999 3c2.184 0 4.187.778 5.745 2.072"/></g></svg><span class="google-preferred-source__text">Add Al Jazeera on Google</span></button><button tabindex="0" aria-label="See more of Al Jazeeraâs trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google." class="tooltip-accessible_trigger"><svg class="icon icon--info icon--white icon--16 google-preferred-source__info-icon" viewbox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" aria-hidden="true"><title>info</title><path class="icon-main-color" d="M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z"/></svg></button></div> 1255</div> 1256</div> 1257</div> 1258<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/7/how-has-israels-genocide-changed-gaza?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1259 </div> 1260 </div> 1261 </article> 1262 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1263 <div class="col-12 col-md-12 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 1264 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 1265 1266 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1267 TOP NEWS </a> 1268 </div> 1269 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/yemens-houthis-attack-aden-airport-saudi-forces-down-missile-near-riyadh-us-israel-war-on-iran-news/">Yemenâs Houthis attack Aden airport; Saudi forces down missile near Riyadh | US-Israel war on Iran News</a></h4> 1270 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 1271 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1272 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1273 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1274 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1275 News Desk</a> 1276 1277 </div> 1278 <div class="mg-content"> 1279 <p></p> 1280<div id=""> 1281<p class="article__subhead"><em>Yemeni government says one of the missiles hit Aden airportâs runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land.</em></p> 1282</div> 1283<div> 1284<div class="byline byline--single-avatar"> 1285<div class="avatars-container"><a class="avatar" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458"></p> 1286<div class="responsive-image"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80 96w" aria-hidden="true"/></div> 1287<p></a></div> 1288</div> 1289<div class="article-dates"> 1290<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 1291</div> 1292</div> 1293<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 1294<p>Yemenâs internationally recognised government has accused the Houthis of firing ballistic missiles and drones at the main international airport under its control, as Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted another missile north of its capital, Riyadh.</p> 1295<p>In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Transport said the Houthis targeted the runway and passenger terminal at the airport with at least two ballistic missiles and several drones.</p> 1296<section class="more-on"> 1297<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1298<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 3 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1299<p>âOne of the missiles landed near the runway minutes before the Yemeni flight from Cairo was to land,â it said. âWe cancelled the landing of the incoming flight from Cairo [in Egypt] and diverted its route to Jeddah [in Saudi Arabia] to protect the passengers.â</p> 1300<p>The ministry also said it evacuated the airport terminal and removed two planes from the tarmac during the attacks.</p> 1301<p>It added, âThis incident could easily have turned a civilian flight into a horrific humanitarian disaster, claiming the lives of dozens of innocent people in an instant.â</p> 1302<p>Aden airport is the main international gateway for parts of Yemen outside Houthi control in the city that has been the seat of the government since the takeover of the capital, Sanaa, by the Iran-supported group in 2014.</p> 1303<p>
1303The Houthis said in a statement they targeted âSaudi military suppliesâ arriving at the Badr camp near the airport with ballistic missiles. Saudi Arabia backs Yemenâs government.</p> 1304<p>Separately, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile, launched by the Houthis, north of Riyadh.</p> 1305<p>In a social media post, Major-General Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, said it was tracking the launch platform used in the attack via an intelligence system over Sanaa, and promised to destroy it.</p> 1306<p>The Houthis said in statements on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday that they had targeted Saudi international airports in Riyadh and Abha.</p> 1307<p>The intensified fighting in Yemen comes amid mounting regional tensions set off by the US-Israel war on Iran. The Saudi-backed government forces launched a <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/yemens-leader-announces-military-operation-to-retake-houthi-held-territory">counteroffensive</a> against the Houthis to retake the Red Sea port of Mocha and areas around the Bab al-Mandeb strait.</p> 1308<p>Fighting has <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/yemeni-forces-launch-offensive-to-retake-houthi-held-al-waziiya-in-taiz">concentrated</a> in the southwestern province of Taiz.</p> 1309<p>Al Jazeeraâs Yousef Mawry, reporting from Sanaa, described âall-out battles to take over the ground, the highlands and the mountains east of Bab al-Mandebâ.</p> 1310<p>âItâs a battle to take over the strategic western part of Taiz, and whoever controls the wider vicinity will overlook the region and have dominant military control,â he said.</p> 1311<p>âFor the Yemeni government to take control of Mocha and the strategic bases and locations along the Red Sea coast, it first has to drive the Houthis off the mountains east of Mocha.â</p> 1312<p>Pakistan and Turkiye on Monday agreed to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/mecca-alliance-agrees-to-activate-collective-deterrence-measures">activate</a> âdeterrence measuresâ under their mutual defence pact with Saudi Arabia and rapidly deploy forces to the Gulf kingdom to counter Houthi attacks.</p> 1313</div> 1314<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/yemens-houthis-attack-aden-airport-saudi-forces-down-missile-near-riyadh?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1315 </div> 1316 </div> 1317 </article> 1318 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1319 <div class="col-12 col-md-12 mg-sec-top-post py-3"> 1320 <div class="mg-blog-category"> 1321 1322 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1323 TOP NEWS </a> 1324 </div> 1325 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/libyas-parliament-removes-speaker-saleh-after-12-years-as-discontent-grows-conflict-news/">Libyaâs parliament removes Speaker Saleh after 12 years as discontent grows | Conflict News</a></h4> 1326 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 1327 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1328 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1329 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1330 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1331 News Desk</a> 1332 1333 </div> 1334 <div class="mg-content"> 1335 <p></p> 1336<div id=""> 1337<p class="article__subhead"><em>Eastern-based parliament votes to replace longtime speaker with Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi.</em></p> 1338</div> 1339<div> 1340<div class="byline byline--single-avatar"> 1341<div class="avatars-container"><a class="avatar" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458"></p> 1342<div class="responsive-image"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&quality=80 96w" aria-hidden="true"/></div> 1343<p></a></div> 1344</div> 1345<div class="article-dates"> 1346<p><span class="screen-reader-text">Published On 7 Oct 2026</span><span aria-hidden="true">7 Oct 2026</span></p> 1347</div> 1348</div> 1349<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 1350<p>
1350Libyaâs eastern-based House of Representatives has elected a new speaker, ending Aguila Salehâs 12-year tenure amid growing discontent among lawmakers over his leadership.</p> 1351<p>Legislators in the 170-member House voted on Tuesday to replace Saleh with Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi, the parliamentâs spokesperson announced on X.</p> 1352<section class="more-on"> 1353<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1354<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 3 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1355<p>The vote came a day after 98 members of the House approved a new system limiting the speaker and deputy speakers to a single 12-month term.</p> 1356<p>The change ended an arrangement that had been in place since the chamberâs first leadership was elected in 2014.</p> 1357<p>âThere was significant discontent among MPs with the previous leadership over numerous errors,â lawmaker Jebree Oheida told the Reuters news agency. âWe tried to engage with the leadership to address these issues, but to no avail. Among these errors were decisions made without consulting MPs.â</p> 1358<p>The vote was overseen by Second Deputy Speaker Misbah Douma, according to the Libya Observer.</p> 1359<p>Saleh has previously rejected the proceedings, saying the initial vote to limit the speakerâs term was ânot official and had no legal effectâ, according to the outlet. He had also announced that he had cancelled the session he had called for Tuesday.</p> 1360<p>The developments come as Libya remains divided politically and militarily between the United Nations-recognised government in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and a rival administration in the east backed by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar.</p> 1361<p>Haftarâs camp relies in particular on the parliament, which sits in the eastern city of Benghazi under their control.</p> 1362<p>Saleh has long been considered a staunch ally of the Haftar clan, but analysts said he appeared to be weakened as Haftarâs sons, in particular Saddam Haftar, consolidated their positions.</p> 1363<p>âAgila Saleh appears to be the latest casualty of Saddam Haftarâs drive to centralise decision-making in eastern Libya and bulldoze his way into a political role,â said Emadeddin Badi, an analyst at the London-based Chatham House.</p> 1364<p>Al-Obeidi, who comes from the same tribe as Saleh, represents the eastern city of Tobruk and has chaired parliamentâs Libyan-Turkish friendship committee.</p> 1365<p>The House on Tuesday also elected Tarek al-Ashtar and Mesbah Douma as first and second deputy speakers, respectively.</p> 1366<p>Their election follows the signing of a <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/30/rival-libya-factions-sign-deal-to-hold-national-elections-within-two-years">landmark agreement</a> by representatives of Libyaâs rival political camps in Tripoli in August that could see presidential and legislative elections held within two years.</p> 1367<p>Mediated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the â<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/libya-factions-draft-initial-election-pact-despite-lingering-mistrust">4+4 committee</a>â agreement attempts to resolve recurring legal and institutional disputes that have crippled the nation since the overthrow of <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/12/27/libya-the-revolt-that-brought-down-gaddafi">Colonel Muammar Gaddafi</a> in 2011.</p> 1368<p>The United States is pursuing a separate <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/8/oil-for-unity-what-is-the-us-mediation-plan-in-libya">reunification plan</a> for the oil and gas-rich North African country, led by Massad Boulos, President Donald Trumpâs senior adviser for Arab and African affairs.</p> 1369</div> 1370<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/libyas-parliament-removes-speaker-aguila-saleh-after-12-years?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1371 </div> 1372 </div> 1373 </article> 1374 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1375 1376<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1377 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 1378<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/tree-nearly-as-old-as-us-torn-down-to-expand-mexico-border-wall-protests/"><img width="1920" height="1080" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791346780.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&
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<div class="mg-blog-category"> 1430 1431 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/category/topnews/" style=""> 1432 TOP NEWS </a> 1433 </div> 1434 <h4 class="title"><a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/us-stock-market-hits-all-time-high-as-investors-bet-big-on-ai-financial-markets-news/">US stock market hits all-time high as investors bet big on AI | Financial Markets News</a></h4> 1435 <div class="mg-blog-meta"> 1436 <span class="mg-blog-date"><i class="fas fa-clock"></i> 1437 <a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/2026/10/"> 1438 Oct 7, 2026</a></span> 1439 <a class="auth" href="https://occasionaldigest.com/author/news/"><i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> 1440 News Desk</a> 1441 1442 </div> 1443 <div class="mg-content"> 1444 <p></p> 1445<div aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> 1446<p>The United States stock market has hit an all-time high as excitement around artificial intelligence continues to fuel a buying frenzy on Wall Street.</p> 1447<p>The S&P 500, the benchmark stock index, closed 0.58 percent higher on Tuesday, topping the previous peak reached in mid-August.</p> 1448<section class="more-on"> 1449<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1450<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 4 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1451<p>The Nasdaq Composite, which is more heavily weighted towards tech stocks, also hit a record high, finishing up 0.45 percent.</p> 1452<p>Tech stocks were among the top performers, with each of the âMagnificent Sevenâ apart from Meta closing higher.</p> 1453<p>Amazon led the pack with a 1.95 percent gain, followed by Microsoft and Tesla, which rose 0.78 percent and 0.51 percent, respectively.</p> 1454<p>Apple and Alphabet both rose 0.22 percent, while Nvidia gained 0.14 percent.</p> 1455<p>Meta, which has risen more than 20 percent since the launch last month of its new AI assistant, Muse, fell 0.41 percent.</p> 1456<p>Other big movers in tech included Marvell Technology, which rose 5.81 percent, and Cisco, which gained 4.54 percent.</p> 1457<h2 id="technology-ai">Technology, AI</h2> 1458<p>Keith Lerner, chief investment officer and chief market strategist at Truist Advisory Services in Atlanta, Georgia, said the market rally should be seen as a âtechnology and AI surgeâ.</p> 1459<p>âEvery bull market has a dominant theme, and technology and AI remain this marketâs dominant theme,â Lerner told Al Jazeera.</p> 1460<p>âTechnology and communication services were the only two S&P 500 sectors to rise last month, while the other nine declined.â</p> 1461<p>Wall Street has shrugged off a host of challenges facing the US economy amid hyperscalersâ multibillion-dollar investments in AI.</p> 1462<p>Despite the energy crunch caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran and a sell-off of US government bonds partly driven by ballooning government debt, the market is well on track to record its fourth consecutive year of double-digit returns.</p> 1463<p>The S&P 500 has risen 14 percent so far in 2026, while the Nasdaq Composite is up 18.78 percent.</p> 1464<p>Lerner at Truist Advisory said the market rally had the potential to continue through the end of 2026 given historical trends and expectations for strong corporate earnings.</p> 1465<p>âWe do not expect a straight line higher for markets,â Lerner said.</p> 1466<p>âStill, the fourth quarter of midterm-election years has produced an average gain of 7 percent and has been positive 84 percent of the time since 1950.â</p> 1467<p>Lerner said that rising interest rates posed the biggest risk to the upward trend.</p> 1468<p>âStill, on balance, the weight of the evidence suggests this bull market still has more upside potential,â he said.</p> 1469<p>Asian stock markets fell on Wednesday, with key indexes in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong slumping in morning trading.</p> 1470<p>The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo, Kospi in Seoul and Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong were down 0.79 percent, 1.36 percent and 0.71 percent, respectively, as of 02:30 GMT.</p> 1471<p>Oil prices, which have been elevated since the start of the war on Iran, rose on Wednesday as traders weighed the fallout of fighting between forces aligned with Yemenâs internationally recognised government and the Iran-aligned Houthis.</p> 1472<p>Brent crude futures for December delivery stood at $101.45 a barrel as of 02:30 GMT, up 0.87 percent.</p> 1473</div> 1474<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/7/us-stock-market-hits-all-time-high-as-investors-bet-big-on-ai?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1475 </div> 1476 </div> 1477 </article> 1478 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1479 1480<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1481 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 1482<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/explosion-shutters-venezuelas-second-largest-oil-refinery-oil-and-gas/"><img width="1915" height="1080" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791339765.jpg" 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1606Rapid Support Forces</a> (RSF), rejecting negotiations to end three and a half years of war.</p> 1607<p>Al-Burhan made the comments on Tuesday while addressing a gathering in Village 5, located in the northern Sudanese locality of Merowe, according to the Sudan News Agency.</p> 1608<section class="more-on"> 1609<h2 class="more-on__heading">Recommended Stories<!-- --> </h2> 1610<p><span class="screen-reader-text">list of 2 items</span><span class="screen-reader-text">end of list</span></section> 1611<p>He said the âmilitary optionâ would continue until the RSF was removed from Sudan.</p> 1612<p>The Sudanese army and the RSF have been fighting since April 2023 after leaders of the groups fell out over plans to integrate the paramilitary force into Sudanâs army. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced around <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/un-rights-council-condemns-attacks-on-civilians-in-sudan-calls-for-truce">13 million</a>, according to UN and international estimates.</p> 1613<p>Al-Burhanâs pledge to continue fighting came as 10 civilians were killed and several others were wounded in an attack by the RSF in Sudanâs <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/1/the-battle-for-kordofan-the-corridor-linking-sudans-east-and-west">West Kordofan</a> state, according to a local charity group.</p> 1614<figure id="attachment_4752707" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4752707" style="width:770px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4752707" src="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/afp_6a4f5eab6ba6-1783586475.jpg?w=640&ssl=1" alt="Women gather for a meal in al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people, near the city of el-Obeid in Sudanâs North Kordofan state, on July 7, 2026" fetchpriority="low"/><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4752707" class="wp-caption-text">Women gather for a meal in al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people, near the city of el-Obeid in Sudanâs North Kordofan state, on July 7, 2026 [File: AFP]</figcaption></figure> 1615<p>In a statement, the Dar Hamar Emergency Committee accused the RSF of multiple violations against civilians in Abu Ajal village in the southeastern countryside of En Nahud.</p> 1616<p>The RSF has been massing in West Kordofan as Sudanâs army advances towards the cities of En Nahud and Al Khuway after gains in neighbouring North Kordofan.</p> 1617<p>In Sudanâs Blue Nile state, more than 5,500 people were displaced from villages over three days amid deteriorating security, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.</p> 1618<p>Meanwhile, an envoy of US President Donald Trump said Sudanese parties must take the lead in talks to end the war.</p> 1619<p>In a post on X on Monday, Massad Boulos, the US senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, said peace could be achieved âthrough an inclusive Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led national dialogue, transition toward a civilian-led governmentâ.</p> 1620<p>The US State Department said last month that neither the Sudanese Armed Forces, the RSF, nor their respective leaders ârepresent legitimate, constitutional governance for Sudanâ.</p> 1621</div> 1622<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/sudans-al-burhan-rejects-talks-vows-to-retake-all-territory-from-rsf?traffic_source=rss">Source link </a></p> 1623 </div> 1624 </div> 1625 </article> 1626 <article class="d-md-flex mg-posts-sec-post align-items-center"> 1627 1628<div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 1629 <div class="mg-post-thumb img"> 1630<a href="https://occasionaldigest.com/electric-car-bursts-into-flames-at-charging-station-in-turkiye-manufacturing/"><img width="1920" height="1056" src="https://occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg?resize=300%2C165&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg?resize=1024%2C563&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg?resize=768%2C422&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg?resize=1536%2C845&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/occasionaldigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791329516.jpg?w=1280&
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1762p Stanisicâs header, as Luka Modricâs team impressed in the first half.</p> 1763<p>A few minutes later the hosts took the lead in Split with Simon saving from Igor Matanovicâs shot but Perisic reacted quickest to head home the rebound.</p> 1764<p>Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Simon put Aymeric Laporte in a tough spot in his own box with a loose pass and Croatia intercepted and almost grabbed a second. 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