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AfricaDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Drone strikes on dormitory, shelter kill 10 in Sudan's El-Obeid

Drone attacks on a university dormitory and a centre sheltering displaced families in Sudan's central city of El-Obeid killed at least 10 people this week, a Sudanese rights group and a medical source said on Friday.

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AfricaDaily Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Kenyan island paradise fears damage from mega-refinery

Tourism or industry? Environment or oil? The picturesque Kenyan island of Lamu, a favourite of celebrities, faces a tough trade-of...

AfricaDaily Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery 'new chapter' for Africa

Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new cha...

AfricaDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
G.Bissau urges calm after reports of unrest among troops

Guinea-Bissau authorities urged calm Tuesday after reports of unrest within the presidential guard, a day after former leader Umar...

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Israel targets top Hamas leader in deadly Gaza strike on anniversary

Israel said on Saturday that it attempted to kill Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local ...

Network Briefing - Cross-Domain Headlines
DisasterDay Storms, flooding cause chaos on Greek holiday island of Crete Thai Airways sacks CEO after floods flight chaos: reports New islands appear after Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupts
OilGasDaily Houthis say Saudi Arabia launches dozens of strikes on Yemen capital IEA: 325 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves released Webb survey of extreme debris discs sorts planetary collisions by impact energy
RussoDaily Moldova summons Russia envoy over drone, missile incursions More on army, less on schools: What we know about Russia's 2027 budget Russian drone hits Kyiv nuclear institute grounds, reactor undamaged
SinoDaily China slams US 'lie' over Starbucks stores in Xinjiang China launches anti-dumping probe into EU chemical imports ahead of trade talks China a better influence in Latin America than US: poll
PolicyDaily Flames, smoke at Aramco facility south of Saudi capital: AFP Gaza health officials say Israeli strike kills 5 Loud explosions heard in Yemen capital
FiscalDaily Asian carmakers besting US rivals at home, China set to strike Iraq says gets US exemption for Iranian flights to and from holy city Asian stocks hit as oil spike fans rate hike bets, eyes on US jobs
RoboDaily US regulator finds Boeing 737 MAX software bug 'not a safety concern' Trump expected to name intel chief Clayton as AI czar: reports Amazon vows $1 bn for data center towns, decries 'myths'
BeyondLEO Sateliot adds five Alen Space CubeSats to 5G IoT constellation on Transporter-18 NASA picks surface geophysics mission to probe for cave beneath lunar pit First 32 next-generation OneWeb satellites handed over to Eutelsat by Airbus
SkyNightly HotSat-3 reaches orbit to give SatVu daily thermal imaging coverage CHARA Array survey finds stars dim toward their edges more than models predict Volatile element fingerprints suggest Earth and Mars were built by different processes
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AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030: Dangote to AFP

Nigerian oil tycoon Aliko Dangote told AFP on Tuesday that Africa would largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 2030 as he prepared to launch a $16 billion refinery on the Ken...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Mali army, Russian paramilitaries committed 'war crimes': Amnesty

Members of Mali's armed forces and the Russian paramilitary Wagner group committed war crimes including murder and torture of civilians during joint operations, Amnesty Internation...

AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday, pushing ahead with plans to better organise the commercialisation of the precious metal in one of the continent's top produce...

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Sudan rejects Ethiopia's rebel support claims

Sudan's military has rejected allegations made by Ethiopia's army commander that Khartoum is backing armed groups fighting its troops in the country's north, calling the accusation...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Houthis say struck oil facility near Riyadh, as Saudis hit Sanaa

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sana...

BatteryDaily MILITARY Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants: ex-OpenAI engineer

Another former OpenAI employee has added his voice to a chorus of frantic calls to make AI safe, saying the industry must mimic the aviation or nuclear power sectors with their lay...

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Space & Science
Four-member crew docks at International Space Station
BeyondLEO
Methane-producing microbe grows in lab simulation of Enceladus ocean floor
SaturnDaily
Four lunar orbiters could stop BeiDou constellation drift during autonomous navigation
SkyNightly
Surrey researchers want satellite data written into energy and data centre planning rules
BeyondLEO
Slow freezing in Enceladus vents explains chemically varied ice grains seen by Cassini
SaturnDaily
Earth & Energy
Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast
SeedDaily
Most equities rise after oil price plunge, US data in focus
OilGasDaily
Balloon-borne Sunrise-III finds thread-like magnetic structures above the quiet Sun
SolarCell
World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height
WindDaily
Strikes hit Sudan cities as army chief defiant after US visa snub
AfricaDaily
Tech & Industry
China widens military footprint with Laos air base
SinoDaily
Effective Altruism: the philosophy behind Silicon Valley's AI fears
RoboDaily
Varda flies W-8 and W-9 capsules on a single rideshare launch
BioTechDaily
ICEYE and Nokia to build nationally owned LEO broadband systems for governments
RadarDaily
Asian tech firms stand out on mixed day for stocks
FiscalDaily
Wire Feed
PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand

North Korea fired a ballistic missile, Seoul's military said Saturday, days after demanding an apology for a b...

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UK maritime agency

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British marit...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort t...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Battle in Yemen's Taiz kills scores of combatants: sources to AFP

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, ki...