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Joint statement on international, regional affairs issued following...
Brussels [Belgium], October 10: The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU) held their...

Outgoing French PM tasked to lead 'last-ditch' talks...
Paris [France], October 10: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to hold final talks...

Czech Republic to have new prime minister, Ukraine...
Prague [Czech Republic], October 6: The right-wing ANO party of former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis won parliamentary elections on...

Typhoon Matmo hits China, hundreds of thousands evacuated
Beijing [China], October 6: Typhoon Matmo made landfall in southern China during the holiday season, causing many activities to be...

Pharaoh's tomb opens in Valley of the Kings...
Cairo [Egypt], October 6: Egyptian authorities on October 4 opened the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor city, after...

Pope Leo XIV calls for help for immigrants...
Vatican City, October 6: Pope Leo XIV has called on the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to care for immigrants, delivering...

Putin: Tomahawk missile aid to Ukraine will 'destroy'...
Moscow [Russia], October 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that if the US provided Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine for...

Trump announces US attack on another 'drug boat'...
Washington [US], October 6: President Donald Trump said the US military has attacked another ship it said was carrying drugs...

Syria holds first elections since fall of al-Assad...
Damascus [Syria], October 6: Syria on October 5 held its first parliamentary elections since the fall of former President Bashar...

President Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon
Washington [US], October 6: The administration of US President Donald Trump has mobilized the California National Guard to Portland, Oregon,...

The world economy is in trouble because of...
Washington [US], October 6: The US government shutdown due to the failure of the Republican and Democratic parties to agree...

Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 8: Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet...

Netanyahu faces far-right backlash as Trump presses to...
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 6: A rift within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition is emerging as a flashpoint...

Macron loyalist picked to fix budget mess
Paris [France], October 6: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named Roland Lescure, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, as...

France names new government amid political turmoil
Paris [France], October 6: President Emmanuel Macron's office unveiled a new cabinet to be led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu,...

Hamas readies for Gaza talks that US hopes...
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 6: Hamas officials arrived in Egypt on Sunday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S....

Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going...
Washington [US], October 6: The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations...

New French government appointed
Paris [France], October 6: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu unveiled key members of his new government on Sunday.

Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago
Chicago [Illinois], October 5: U.S. Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security said,...

Malawi's Mutharika sworn in for second term as...
London [UK], October 5: Malawi's Peter Mutharika vowed to root out government corruption and rebuild an ailing economy after he...

Police scuffle with protesters outside Chicago ICE facility
Chicago [Illinois], October 5: Police arrested several people as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Trump asks Israel to stop bombing Gaza
Gaza City [Gaza], October 5: President Donald Trump told Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release...

Church of England names first female Archbishop
London [UK], October 5: The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the...

Thousands rally in Lisbon in support of Gaza...
Lisbon [Portugal], October 5: More than 3,000 people gathered in downtown Lisbon on Saturday to show solidarity with Palestinians and...

Former PM Babis' ANO party wins Czech election
Prague [Czech Election], October 5: The Czech Republic's opposition ANO party, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, has won...

Two dead, five injured after shooting in Nice
Paris [France], October 5: Two people have been shot dead and five others injured, some seriously, in the southern French...

Dozens injured in Russian attack on Ukraine railway...
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 5: At least 30 people have been injured in a Russian drone strike on a railway station...