The United Nations said last week that more Ukrainian civilians were killed and wounded in the first eight months of 2026 than in the whole of last year.
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HANNA ARHIROVA,
Arkansas Online,
25 Sep. 2026
This Uhura manages to make an emergency transport back to Enterprise, but Scotty is killed.
Had the Razorbacks snuffed out the QB sweep, Arkansas would have gotten the ball back with the chance to cut it to a one-score game.
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Connor Riley,
AJC.com,
19 Sep. 2026
Kostoulas’ solo effort in the first half opened the floodgates and earning a 70th-minute penalty, converted by Pascal Gross to stretch the lead to 3-0, snuffed out any chance of a Coventry comeback.
If City has its three league titles taken away from it, what happens to the teams that finished second that year?
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2026
Invaders may have finished off some of the great ancient civilizations, but only after they had been weakened by drought, famine, disease, flooding and internal divisions that catastrophe often sparks.
If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
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Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
The Pakistani Information Ministry rejected a claim by Afghanistan's Defense Ministry that Afghanistan had destroyed a Pakistani post near the southern Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, opposite the Pakistani city of Chaman.
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MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2026
Saudi Arabia said earlier this month that its air defenses destroyed a Houthi drone headed for the holy city of Mecca, a claim the group denied.
Bad guys vanquished… or at the very least, viable scapegoats neutralized.
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Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
20 Sep. 2026
Writing on Facebook on Tuesday, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said an explosive device was detected on the drone and neutralized by bomb-disposal experts.
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