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Al-e Sadegh says Tehran and Baghdad have agreed to either expel anti-Iran terrorist groups from the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region or hand them over to Iran.

An Iraqi lawmaker says the US is obstructing the acquisition of advanced arms, hailing the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) as an essential element for the security of the country.

Moldova has announced an investigation into concerns that Russian tech giant Yandex has been harvesting the personal data of its citizens by sending it directly to servers in Russia rather than storing it in the Netherlands as previously believed.

Alarmed by a repeatedly heavy-handed police response to peaceful youth-led demonstrations in New Delhi and other parts of the country over the past three months, UN experts* today called on Indian authorities to respect, protect and fulfil the right to peacefully protest, and ensure justice for human rights violations reported during these and previous protests.

At the invitation of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Marco Rubio visited India from 20-21 October 2026. This was Secretary Rubio's second visit to India. He previously visited New Delhi in May 2026.

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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh represented India at the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 20 October 2026.

"Guided by the philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, India aspires to become a nation that combines prosperity, knowledge & strength with a commitment to global peace and the well-being of humanity," said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh while addressing the Indian diaspora in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on October 20, 2026. He emphasised that India's economic transformation, reform-driven governance, technological advancement and growing global stature under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership are paving the way towards the realisation of this vision.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has called upon the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States to make concerted efforts to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terrorism, describing the menace as one of the gravest threats to peace and development. He was addressing the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of SCO in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on October 20, 2026.

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has said that India's nuclear programme is dedicated to peaceful purposes and not warfare, reaffirming the vision that has guided the country's nuclear journey since its inception.

France has imposed new overnight curfews in Paris and threatened a "massive" police deployment ahead of Saturday's planned demonstrations.

The French authorities will deploy military personnel to support police during large-scale protests planned for Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Tuesday.

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China's Foreign Ministry (FM) and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Tuesday voiced opposition to a US ban on federal civilian agencies procuring or using products and services developed by Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek, criticizing Washington's use of national security as a pretext to suppress Chinese companies and pledging to firmly safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

China on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to US' ban of Chinese company DeepSeek from government systems, vowing to take all necessary measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests in response to any action that substantively harms China's interests, a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said.

On October 19, 2026 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met the press in Sofia jointly with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova and shared his four impressions from the Eurasian tour.