Jordanian security forces have arrested three suspects in connection\nwith a shooting at a Greek Orthodox church that killed at least nine\npeople and injured 25. US President Donald Trump has referred to those\nwho call the United States the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d and Israel the \u201cLittle\nSatan\u201d.<\/p>\n
The three suspects in the church shooting were arrested in a joint\nJordanian security operation, which involved an armed clash during the\nattempted arrests.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, while reiterating his firm support for Israeli Prime\nMinister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel\u2019s parliamentary election\nscheduled for 27 October, Trump also referred to what he called \u201cvery\nevil\u201d people who had described the United States as the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d\nand Israel as the \u201cLittle Satan\u201d.<\/p>\n
Here are other international stories that drew readers\u2019 attention on\nMonday, 26 October 2026:<\/p>\n
Jordan arrests three suspects over church\nshooting<\/strong><\/p>\n Jordanian security forces have arrested three suspects in connection\nwith a shooting at a Greek Orthodox church that killed at least nine\npeople and injured 25 others.<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing a joint security operation, specialist investigators and\nan assault team arrested three terrorists responsible for the cowardly\nterrorist attack,\u201d Jordanian state television reported, according to AFP\non Monday, 26 October.<\/p>\n The three suspects were reportedly injured in an armed clash during\nthe attempted arrests.<\/p>\n Lula da Silva wins Brazil\u2019s presidential election again;\nFlavio Bolsonaro refuses to concede<\/strong><\/p>\n Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, a presidential candidate and son\nof former President Jair Bolsonaro, has refused to recognise incumbent\nPresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva\u2019s victory in the second round of the\npresidential election held on Sunday, 25 October, local time.<\/p>\n Flavio not only refused to concede defeat but also said he would seek\nto overturn the result.<\/p>\n Lula da Silva, an iconic left-wing figure who is approaching the age\nof 81, secured a dramatic victory against expectations, winning a fourth\nterm as Brazil\u2019s president. The achievement is unprecedented.<\/p>\n Trump refers to those who called Israel the \u2018Little Satan\u2019\nand the US the \u2018Great Satan\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n US President Donald Trump referred to those who call the United\nStates the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d and Israel the \u201cLittle Satan\u201d in a new post\nsupporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump reiterated his firm\nbacking for Netanyahu and urged Israeli voters to re-elect his ally in\nthe parliamentary election scheduled for 27 October, local time, AFP\nreported on Monday, 26 October 2026.<\/p>\n Trump also referred to what he called \u201cvery evil\u201d people who had\ndescribed the United States as the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d and Israel as the\n\u201cLittle Satan\u201d.<\/p>\n Netanyahu accuses Iran of seeking to disrupt Israeli\nelection: \u2018Don\u2019t try it\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran and its allies\nmight seek to disrupt Israel\u2019s election scheduled for 27 October, local\ntime. He warned Tehran against taking any hostile action.<\/p>\n During his campaign, Netanyahu prominently highlighted his security\nrecord. He touted the war Israel waged alongside the United States\nagainst Iran in late February and insisted that only he could bring it\nto a conclusion, Al Arabiya reported on Monday, 26 October.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have intelligence indications that our enemies, namely Iran and\nits proxies, may try to challenge us with attacks aimed at disrupting\nthe election,\u201d Netanyahu said in a video statement released by the\nIsraeli prime minister\u2019s office on Sunday, 25 October.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi missile launchers after Riyadh\nairport attack<\/strong><\/p>\n The Saudi-led military coalition struck several missile launchers and\nstorage facilities belonging to the Houthi group, which is based in\nYemen. The air strikes followed the Iran-backed Houthis\u2019 claim of a\nfresh attack on the international airport in Riyadh, the Saudi\ncapital.<\/p>\n The Saudi operation against the Houthis was launched a day after a\nseries of explosions shook the capital and local authorities sent\nresidents a warning of a \u201chostile aerial threat\u201d, AFP reported on\nMonday, 26 October 2026.<\/p>\n Coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki said on social\nmedia platform X that the operation had destroyed four ballistic missile\nlaunchers, a missile depot and tunnels used by the Houthis, who\ncurrently control much of Yemen.<\/p>",
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