Current Affairs – 11 October, 2022

– US economists Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond & Philip H Dybvig win Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for research on banks & financial crises

– Russian missiles rock multiple Ukrainian cities, including capital Kyiv

– Malaysia: PM Ismail Yaakob dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

– World Mental Health Day observed on Oct 10, theme: ‘Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority’

Middle EAST :

Yemenis and Iranians are victims of Tehran’s regime – minister
Two Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece; More Than 20 Believed Drowned
Iraq MPs to meet Thursday to elect president: speaker
Long petrol queues in Tunisia stir anger after promise of fuel deliveries
Dubai hosts first public flight of eVTOL flying car
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Crisis Casts Light on Reactor Strike History
Arrests after oil workers protest in Iran: Authorities
UAE president meets with Russia’s Putin
Israel and Lebanon Reach Landmark Maritime Agreement
Egypt’s New Administrative Capital Rises, but at What Price?
Student Protests on Campus Met With Violent Crackdowns in Iran
UAE rolls out emergency document e-services for Emiratis
Erdogan to meet Putin in Astana: Turkish official
‘Eye of Sauron’: The Dazzling Solar Tower in the Israeli Desert
Deadly Shooting at Israeli Checkpoint Sets Jerusalem on Edge
UAE rolls out unemployment insurance scheme
Biden to ‘Re-Evaluate’ Relationship With Saudi Arabia After Oil Production Cut
Eye of Sauron’: The Dazzling Solar Tower in the Israeli Desert
Two Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece; More Than 20 Believed Drowned
Deadly Shooting at Israeli Checkpoint Sets Jerusalem on Edge
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Crisis Casts Light on Reactor Strike History
Egypt’s New Administrative Capital Rises, but at What Price?
Baquer Namazi, Held by Iran for 7 Years, Is Released
How Iranians in New York Are Helping the Protests Abroad
Switzerland discriminating against men on pension benefits, ECHR finds
U.K. Government Plans an Update to Its Tax and Spending Agenda
Crimean bridge: Who – or what – caused the explosion?
US midterm elections: What Congress can learn from country with youngest lawmakers
Striking Defense Lawyers in U.K. Agree to Return to Work
Ukraine war: Questions over France’s weapons supply to Kyiv
Bombing Kyiv Into Submission? History Says It Won’t Work.
Ukraine war: US condemns ‘brutal’ Russian strikes on Ukraine
Ukrainian Miners Rescued After Being Trapped by Russian Airstrikes
British Official Stresses Threat From China Even Amid Russian Aggression
India and China Call for De-Escalation After Russian Strikes
First funerals held for Irish explosion victims
With Attacks on Ukraine, Putin Gives Hard-Liners What They Wanted
U.K.’s Young Hobbled by Inflation
Putin warns of more attacks after strikes rock Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities

CNN NEWS Headline on 10th October 2022

‘The worst is yet to come’: IMF issues stark recession warning

Bank of England warns risk of UK financial crisis hasn’t gone away

Putin’s show of strength in Ukraine’s skies distracts from signs of weakness on the ground

Reeve presses leader of group against removal of Confederate statue

Ex-Russian foreign minister lists Putin’s 3 major miscalculations

Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is set to testify against Harvey…

San Antonio Police chief says charges coming for officer who shot 17-year-old at McDonald’s parking…

White House says Biden will work with Congress to ‘re-evaluate’ relationship with Saudi Arabia

Markets won’t go back to normal until the Fed stops hiking rates

Video: Police forcefully drag man and pregnant wife despite pleas

Russia launches further missile attacks in Ukraine

Israel and Lebanon reach historic agreement, paving the way to potentially rich gas exploration

An LGBTQ guide to coming out safely and happily

Baltimore prosecutors drop all charges against ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed

The Italian village with a ‘blood-melting miracle’

Thai PM orders tighter gun control, drugs crackdown after mass killing

Final expected trial of Durham investigation returns spotlight to flawed Trump-Russia dossier

Aljazeera NEWS Headline on 10th October 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 230
Japan’s Nissan quits Russian market, losing $687m
Kashmir pro-freedom leader Altaf Ahmad Shah dies in India custody
Iraqi MPs to meet on Thursday to elect new president
Russia’s Putin hails ties as he meets UAE president
Russia adds Meta to list of ‘terrorist and extremist’ groups
Thousands protest increased violence in Pakistan’s Swat Valley
‘Not fair’: Ghana slams West over low funding for climate change
Dozens dead as storm Julia dumps heavy rains in Central America
Elon Musk a businessman who ‘doesn’t know much about Taiwan’: Su
Ukraine president asks G7 for ‘air shield’ amid new Russia blitz
Top UK court mulls legal basis for new Scottish independence vote
Crypto giant Coinbase gets Singapore licence
US senator wants ‘freeze’ on Saudi cooperation after OPEC+ cuts
Tulsi Gabbard announces that she is leaving the Democratic Party
How Pakistan can prevent another flood disaster
Agribusiness depletes soil and water in Portugal’s Alentejo
Lebanon, Israel reach ‘historic agreement’ on maritime borders
Japan reopens its doors to tourists as COVID curbs lifted

Times of India NEWS Headline on 10th October 2022

Philippine Nobel laureate Ressa to appeal cyberlibel conviction in SC
More missiles, drones strike Ukraine, alarms keep up fear
Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries
Malala visits Pakistan on 10th anniversary of Taliban shooting
‘Russia to respond to growing Western involvement in Ukraine’
Putin seeks escalation with Ukraine missile blitz: Experts
Alarm grows over Iran protest crackdown in Kurdish city
Covid cases rise in Chinese cities; preventive steps strengthened
Boat capsizes amid floods in southeast Nigeria; 76 missing
Blackouts after Russian strikes deepen Ukraine’s concerns before winter
From ‘football’ to ‘biscuits’: How Biden would launch US nukes
28 dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall
Russia fires 84 missiles at Ukraine, killing 11; knocks out heat, power
Ukraine denounces Russia as ‘terrorist state’ in UN meeting
Julian Assange ill with Covid in prison: Wife
Worried UN meets on Ukraine hours after Russian strikes

World News Today

Jailed Kashmiri pro-independence leader dies in Indian custody after late cancer diagnosis
A Kashmiri pro-freedom leader, Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was imprisoned at India’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, died on Monday night, days after being diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer.

Russia warns of ‘countermeasure’ as Biden vows advanced missile systems to Ukraine
Russia has vowed response to the West’s growing involvement in the Ukrainian conflict after US President Joe Biden said Washington will provide Kiev with advanced air systems.

Mawlid, a time to celebrate Holy Prophet
Dressed in their Sunday’s best and singing words of praise, thousands of Muslims from around the world descended upon in the north-west English town of Bolton to celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

Top senator proposes ‘freeze’ on US-Saudi cooperation over Riyadh’s oil policy at OPEC
The Democratic chairman of the United States’ Senate Foreign Relations Committee has urged the country to freeze its cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including most arms sales, after OPEC+ in which Riyadh is a top producer announced it would cut oil production.

France oil strikes: Leading union rejects wage talks as ‘blackmail’
France’s leading union has rejected wage talks as “blackmail” following two weeks of strike action at refineries that has partially paralyzed the European country.

Biden: ‘We will continue to impose costs on Russia’
US President Joe Biden has denounced the Russian military’s missile strikes in Kiev and multiple regions of Ukraine, adding that the United States will continue to “impose costs on Russia.”

Belarus deploys troops with Russia near Ukraine after ‘threat’ from Kiev, NATO

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he has already ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine, stressing that the move came in response to a clear threat against his country from Kiev and NATO.

IRAN News Headline Today

Foreign-backed terror groups lead riots in Iran, seek sedition, secession: Interior minister
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that foreign-backed terror groups in northern Iraq were leading the riots in Iran to foment sedition and set off secession.

Iran to severely punish organizers of foreign-backed riots: Judiciary
Iranian Judiciary says the body will decisively punish the lead foreign-backed perpetrators in the recent riots, which erupted following the death of a young Iranian woman.

Iran Army Air Force will respond to any regional threat in shortest time: Commander
The Iranian Army Air Force is highly capable of monitoring, finding a solution and responding to the existing threats in the region in the shortest possible time, says a senior commander.

World must address worrisome security issues in cyberspace, outer space: Iran envoy
An Iranian diplomat has once again warned that weapons of mass destruction are an existential threat to humanity, saying the international community should address traditional and non-traditional security concerns in cyberspace and outer space.

80 percent of Americans favor diplomacy with Iran: Poll
Despite attempts to stoke Iranophobia in the West, a new poll shows that average Americans are incredibly supportive of diplomacy with Iran.

Iran’s home-made passenger plane to take to sky in 2025: Aviation chief
Iranian authorities say airlines in the country will be able to use the first domestically-produced passenger plane in about three years time.

Iran summons UK ambassador once again over Britain’s intervention in its internal affairs
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has, for the third time in past months, summoned the British ambassador in Tehran, Simon Shercliff, over the UK’s intervention in Iran’s internal affairs and London’s new sanctions against Tehran.