Mark MacKinnon

“We are here and Vucic is gone!” Serbians celebrate the ouster of long-ruling Aleksandr Vucic as a victory for democracy. But what will their new leaders deliver? My report from Belgrade

Amazing. First Orban, now Vucic. The Kremlin has unexpectedly lost two of its top allies in Europe…

🇷🇸🗳️Go angry Serbian students, go.

Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, state media say

"The fighting has largely stopped, but almost no progress has been made on rebuilding." An update from Gaza by my friend and colleague Hasan Jaber

The EU uses its Sakharov Prize to back the ICC. It would be a snub to Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, if any of them were paying attention to the Sakharov Prize announcement today. (Spoiler: they weren't...)

Putin better make room on his shelf for a FIFA Peace Prize...

Russia targeted Kyiv with ballistic missiles and Zircon hypersonic weapons amid fresh diplomatic talks. Explosions rocked the capital as air defense engaged incoming threats launched from Bryansk and Kursk.

“After the failed attack, a Kremlin official serving as a back channel to the German government contacted his counterpart in Berlin, according to officials familiar with the exchange. Leipzig, he warned, wouldn’t be the last attack.”

"Mercadier was one of four foreign journalists denied entry to Israel last week."

⚡️Power outages in 12 regions after Russian assault on Ukraine's power plants. To avoid overloading previously damaged equipment, power limitation schedules for industry will be applied across all of Ukraine, as well as hourly outage schedules in some regions, Ukrenergo announced.

A group of Israeli settlers have reportedly attacked vehicles carrying European diplomats in the West Bank app.ekkow.com/148424725983...

"[L]ooking at Gaza from above." "I began to receive a particular kind of message from Palestinians [...] 'Could you look and see if my house is still standing?'" "You look at the satellite images, and you feel displaced again." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Healthcare #Military #Genocide

Helpful breakdown of the top special interests paying for the White House ballroom, via @washingtonpost investigative reporters

‘The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,’ the Ukrainian president said in an interview with the FT in which he expressed anger at the ‘dangerous’ withdrawal of US intelligence sharing and weakening of Starlink satellite internet service. ft.trib.al/E4gAQX0

Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps of Ukraine’s air assault forces said the Starlink restrictions presented several operational problems, including difficulties during drone take-offs and making them vulnerable to Russian air defences. It said “some missions had to be cancelled.”

⚡️ 'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says. Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

Lengthy curfew to be introduced in Kramatorsk, lasting 19 hours a day

What the heck is happening in Canada? Canada’s electricity production today is “less green than it was just five years ago”. 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-...

At least 12 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...

Ninety-year-old man who has ruled since 2005 once more postpones election…

Indian authorities detained thousands of protesters in New Delhi as India's youth “Cockroach” movement intensified its nationwide campaign against a controversial voter list revision that has fueled anger at Modi’s government and election authorities.

Quite a day of business for the Trump administration: sanctions vs the ICC, a deal to bring Putin in out of the cold, and one day closer to a televised execution…

AP: President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

What a petty regime…

South African judge Navi Pillay - who headed a UN commission that last year found Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza - has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee hailed her as "one of the most respected international jurists of our time."

Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine have killed 30 people and injured at least 18, according to authorities. The attacks included a strike on a public bus and have worsened power outages in Kyiv. n.pr/4rSitQL

Canada’s Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The 76-year-old modernist poet, translator, classics scholar and Member of the Order of Canada was recognized for “her bold and inventive oeuvre." Read more: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Canada drops sponsorship of conference that talks of U.S. as foreign interference actor www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Anothet astonishing moment. www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...

Rather curious, to say the least!

Israel marks three years since 7 October attack by Hamas – live

👀👀👀😳 ‘Police have arrested the former head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage, the federal prosecutor's office announced Tuesday.’ 1/ .

“Russian forces have been advancing on Kramatorsk slowly but steadily, and I long knew that my childhood home would eventually find itself in the fight. Still, nothing prepares you for seeing the place you were born torn apart by bombs.”

US removes all Air Force bombers from RAF Fairford

Police alleged to have manhandled and assaulted women protesters and journalists at a demonstration calling for India's chief election commissioner to resign. thewire.in/rights/jantar-mant...

There’s a word for this…

‘Strong indications’ that Iran played role in RAF Fairford incident, says Burnham

Russia threatens nuclear strikes on Nato countries over Kaliningrad ft.trib.al/o7EO3SO

A "violent" altercation between two pilots caused a FlyDubai aircraft traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv to divert to Saudi Arabia, sources have told CNN. https://cnn.it/3VoLO98

Iraqi Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani isn’t happy about the US leaving mid-war: “The threat is real—we are vulnerable, we are being attacked. […] Now, to be left alone without any, let’s say, appropriate defensive system, it’s shameful.” Mehul Srivastava, @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/c478...

US troops exit Iraq after 12 years as Iran war reshapes regional security www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Extraordinary for any American president: Trump offered to sell weapons to Xi Jinping of China. That was revealed by David Perdue, US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress. China aids Iran and Russia. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

Taken, beaten down and taught to hate their kin, two youth plotted their escape from Russia. But freedom is not the end of their story /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...