Iran Says Resumption of War Would Not Change Its Stances

 A bird flies low over the water as cargo ships lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (ISNA via AP)
A bird flies low over the water as cargo ships lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (ISNA via AP)
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Iran Says Resumption of War Would Not Change Its Stances

 A bird flies low over the water as cargo ships lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (ISNA via AP)
A bird flies low over the water as cargo ships lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (ISNA via AP)

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that a potential resumption of war with Israel and the United States would not change his country's positions.

The remarks come amid mounting US and Israeli threats of renewed attacks on Iran, as President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington "may do another little Epic Fury," referring to the US-Israeli campaign on Iran that began on February 28.

"Recently, there has been talk of a new war, but I am already thinking about the post-war period. Whether there is war or not, our policies remain the same," said Araghchi during a televised event in Tehran.

"They have already done so twice and have seen the results. If they want to try again, they know they will achieve no different outcome from those of the past."

An April 8 ceasefire between Iran and the United States put an end to the most intense fighting, apart from sporadic exchanges of fire in and around the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy supplies.

These military flare-ups have lulled in recent weeks.

Iran has claimed control over the strait since the outbreak of the war and has regularly targeted vessels that attempt crossing without its authorization -- moves strongly opposed by Washington and countries in the region.

In response, the US has been maintaining a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports.

In June, Iran agreed with the United States to a memorandum of understanding laying out a pathway to a permanent settlement of the conflict, only for the deal to later unravel as each side accused the other of violating it.

Tehran has since called for a return to the accord to end the conflict.

"The current war has changed everything. We must accept that new realities are taking hold. Shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz will no longer be the same, and the management of the strait will no longer be the same," said Araghchi.

"To achieve peace and stability, our region must move towards the complete absence of foreign forces."



Two Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russian City

This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)
This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)
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Two Killed in Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russian City

This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)
This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram account of Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov, on October 25, 2026, shows damages following an overnight drone attack on Belgorod. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @v_v_demidov / AFP)

Two people were killed and 13 others wounded as Ukraine unleashed a drone barrage on the Russian border city of Belgorod, Russian authorities said Sunday.

Over the past 24 hours, acting Belgorod regional governor Alexander Shuvaev said there had been 154 Ukrainian attacks across the region, with Belgorod city hit particularly hard overnight.

"Belgorod last night was subjected to a massive drone attack," Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov said on social media.

Two men were killed in the city of Belgorod, including one who died of his injuries in hospital, while 13 people there were injured, authorities said.

Demidov said he was visiting the affected sites and that there had been "significant damage" to residential properties and vehicles. "Social and commercial facilities" had also been damaged, he added.

He posted images from the city center, showing apartment buildings and vehicles in flames.

Shuvaev said Ukrainian attacks had also targeted other parts of the Belgorod region.

Two men had been killed in attacks in the Shebekinsky and Grayvoron districts, while another five were wounded across the region, including a 17-year-old, he said.

On the Ukrainian side, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian strikes killed four people on Saturday evening in the Dnipro region. Another 22 people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl, he said.

And early Sunday in Vinnytsia, in the center of the country, authorities said six people were wounded when a Russian drone struck a five-storey residential building, destroying four apartments.

"A private retirement home was also damaged," regional governor Natalia Zabolotna said on Telegram.

The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 153 drones from several southwestern regions overnight.

At least 119 of those drones had been "shot down or suppressed", it said.


Spanish Police Make 128 Overnight Arrests in Barcelona for ‘Looting’

People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
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Spanish Police Make 128 Overnight Arrests in Barcelona for ‘Looting’

People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
People break a bus stop glass panel during a student-organized protest at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2026. (EPA)

Police made 128 arrests overnight in Barcelona for acts of "vandalism", damage to public property" and "looting", the regional Catalan police said on Sunday.

Seventy-three of those arrested were minors, with the reports due to be sent "to the juvenile prosecutor's office", Catalan police chief Silvia Cata told Spain's 3CatInfo media outlet.

Footage on social media showed groups of young people, many clad in all-black, attacking businesses in Barcelona after gathering in the city center for a rally that had not been declared to the authorities.

The scenes come at a time when countries across Europe have been grappling with unrest, with France, Italy and Albania all seeing protests give way to incidents of looting and violence.

Cata said that only two of the 128 people detained in Barcelona had prior criminal records, and said that a total of 15 officers had been injured during the night.

"This is gratuitous violence," the police chief said.

While the movement was "completely disorganized", the call to rally had spread "on social media", Cata added.

The police were attempting to "study the profile" of those in custody, she said.


22 Killed in Kenya Bus Crash Near the Site of a Previous Fatal Accident

 People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
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22 Killed in Kenya Bus Crash Near the Site of a Previous Fatal Accident

 People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
People walk on a street near the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)

A bus collided with a truck on Kenya's main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said.

The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.

Several others were injured in the Sunday morning crash and were receiving treatment, police said. The passengers were reportedly returning from a funeral when the accident occurred.

Makueni County Commissioner Abdullahi Khalif said that the death toll could rise.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain unclear. Speeding and poor road conditions have previously been cited as contributing factors in road accidents in Kenya.

Kenya’s National Transport and Safety Authority said the stretch of the highway where the crash occurred is a designated “accident black spot” and that recommendations had been made to address safety concerns.