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The NAACP's El Paso branch, the mayor and Rep. Veronica Escobar condemned viral videos of a group, reportedly including young people, in white KKK-style robes walking an El Paso street. Police are reviewing whether any law was broken; nobody is charged. The NAACP plans a town hall.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called for an end to 'neither war nor peace' and said Iran's conditions must be met. President Pezeshkian said the government would pursue it. A US newspaper reported that Vice President Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, at Trump's direction, to test talks.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the 25 October election to Lula and refused to concede, missed a court deadline to surrender his passports and is reported to have flown to the US. A US official said visas will be issued. Lula called it shameful; a detention order was sought.
Subhash Gupta4 min
The Pentagon estimates the Iran war has cost US taxpayers about 47.1 billion dollars as of 16 October, up 3.5 billion since early September, with munitions replacement the largest part at about 29 billion. The war is eight months old, and US midterm elections are next Tuesday.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Rubio told Indian media the US 'has to have a relationship' with nuclear-armed Pakistan, but that no US tie comes at India's expense. A former foreign secretary called his Iran comparison 'unfortunate'. He also dismissed UN experts' criticism of India's handling of protests.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The US Secretary of State toured the world's largest single-site refinery with the Ambani family on Wednesday. Washington wants more Venezuelan and American crude refined in India, and US diesel prices are a midterm worry. No trade-deal remarks were reported from the visit.
Amita Sahani4 min
After talks in Mumbai the US Secretary of State said only a small number of items remain in the trade deal. The UAE's foreign minister joined a three-way session on energy security. No agreement was announced, and Rubio moves on to Jamnagar on Wednesday.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
The US Secretary of State meets S. Jaishankar at the Taj Mahal Palace on Tuesday afternoon, days after Washington waived tariffs over India's Russian oil purchases. A trade deal is said to be nearly done; the opposition is angry that the meeting is not in the capital.
Prateek Rawat5 min
