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The war on Iran is driving up fuel and fertiliser costs across Africa, threatening food security, trade officials say.
The war on Iran is driving up fuel and fertiliser costs across Africa, threatening food security, trade officials say.
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Comey, who was fired during Trump's first term, has been accused of unlawfully divulging national security information
<p>Comey, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, accused of leaking information related to US national defense</p><p>The justice department <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.1.0.pdf">charged</a> former FBI director James Comey on Monday with two counts of leaking information related to national defense, the third time the Trump administration has filed criminal charges against one of Donald Trump’s most despised foes.</p><p>The charges, filed in federal court in Washington DC, provide few details about what Comey is alleged to have leaked. The government alleges that the former FBI director leaked the information in 2016 and conspired with an unnamed person to give the information to a national news outlet.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/james-comey-charged-doj">Continue reading...</a>
<p>His comments come ahead of the November midterm elections and follow his claims of widespread voter fraud</p><p>Donald Trump has <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117508870323063258">announced</a> a $1m reward for reports of voter fraud in past elections and the upcoming midterm elections, with payment contingent on the arrest and conviction of those responsible.</p><p>In a Truth Social post on Monday, the president wrote: “Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-reward-reporting-voter-fraud">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak</p><p>Jordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/24/seven-killed-and-40-injured-after-gunmen-open-fire-at-church-funeral-in-jordan">Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church</a> in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force has said in a statement.</p><p>It said the operation “resulted in the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles”. It did not specify who the groups were or the precise location of the strikes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/jordan-attacks-militants-syria-retaliation-for-last-week-church-attack">Continue reading...</a>