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![Israel's army said troops responded to an incident north of Ramallah after rocks were hurled at an army vehicle [File: Alaa Badarneh/EPA-EFE]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/h_56444270-e1603616061860.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![Dead seals littered the sandy beaches of the Pelican Point colony - a tourist destination known for its seals and dolphins [File: Martin Burea/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_Par8178954-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![The explosion struck outside the Kawsar-e Danish educational centre in west Kabul [Mohammad Ismail/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-24T135411Z_477697352_RC21PJ9G9A7V_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-BLAST.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Israel's army said troops responded to an incident north of Ramallah after rocks were hurled at an army vehicle [File: Alaa Badarneh/EPA-EFE]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/h_56444270-e1603616061860.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Nurmagomedov, left, against Dustin Poirier of US in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 242 event in September 2019 in Abu Dhabi. [Francois Nel/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1173099859.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, left, against Dustin Poirier of US in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 242 event in September 2019 in Abu Dhabi. [Francois Nel/Getty Images]
![Nurmagomedov, right, with his father Abdulmanap during a news conference in Moscow in November 2018. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18330453532406.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, right, with his father Abdulmanap during a news conference in Moscow in November 2018. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]
![Conor McGregor, left, during a UFC 229 MMA bout with Nurmagomedov in October 2018 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18284050204197.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Conor McGregor, left, during a UFC 229 MMA bout with Nurmagomedov in October 2018 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov celebrates his victory in a lightweight title bout against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 in April 2018 in New York, US. [Frank Franklin II/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18098207078324.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov celebrates his victory in a lightweight title bout against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 in April 2018 in New York, US. [Frank Franklin II/AP Photo]
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Nurmagomedov, right, takes a swing at Edson Barboza during a lightweight MMA bout at UFC 219 in December 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![UFC president Dana White stands between Nurmagomedov, left, and Tony Ferguson, right, during a news conference for UFC 209 in March 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_17061810070958.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
UFC president Dana White stands between Nurmagomedov, left, and Tony Ferguson, right, during a news conference for UFC 209 in March 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov, left, fights Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos in a MMA event in April 2014 at UFC Fight Night in Orlando, US. [Reinhold Matay/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_183333482319.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, left, fights Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos in a MMA event in April 2014 at UFC Fight Night in Orlando, US. [Reinhold Matay/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov, right, vs Thiago Tavares during their lightweight MMA bout at the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_264039505188.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, right, vs Thiago Tavares during their lightweight MMA bout at the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]
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Nurmagomedov at the weighs-in for the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]
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Lee Kun-hee, man behind Samsung’s rise to tech titan, dies at 78
Twice pardoned for crimes including bribing a president, Lee transformed Samsung into a global electronics giant.
![In this file photo taken on July 11, 2008, Lee Kun-Hee, former Samsung Group chairman, leaves after his trial as reporters ask him questions at a Seoul court [File: Jeon Hyeong-jin/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TT6NK.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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Colombia surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases
Colombia is the 8th country to top a million infections, after US, India, Brazil, Russia, Argentina, Spain and France.
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Trump casts vote ahead of campaign blitz in battleground states
Donald Trump is holding rallies in three key swing states on Saturday, while Joe Biden is campaigning in Pennsylvania.
![President Donald Trump waves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, Florida [Tom Brenner/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-24T143744Z_682039571_RC22PJ90UMQ5_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force
‘Historic milestone’ hailed as treaty banning nuclear weapons reaches the 50 ratifications needed to take effect.
![The treaty requires ratifying countries to 'never ... develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices' [File: Rod McGuirk/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_17263128911344.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
‘Ignition of new war:’ Sudan political parties reject Israel deal
Sudanese demonstrate in the capital against the deal that several parties say gov’t is not authorised to sign.
![Women chant slogans in Khartoum to protest against the contentious decision of the president of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to meet Israel's prime minister last February in a move towards normalising relations [File: Marwan Ali/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bb6cd4f3065d4e1ca6fc0eff195f87ef_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
Abu Muhsin al-Masri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, was on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List.
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