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Israel votes in election that will decide Netanyahu's future after Gaza and Iran wars

Israelis are casting ballots in the first Knesset election held on its originally scheduled date since 1988, a tightly contested vote that will determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps power after the Gaza war and a direct conflict with Iran.

Algeria Authorizes First Foreign Troop Deployment in 53 Years, Citing Niger Energy Security

Both chambers of Algeria's parliament unanimously approved sending army units to Niger to protect oil and pipeline infrastructure, ending a half-century of military non-intervention even as officials insist the mission will stay narrowly defensive.

Lula Wins Fourth Term in Brazil, Defeating Bolsonaro's Son in Disputed Runoff

President overturns a first-round deficit to win the largest vote total in Brazilian history, as Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede and is barred by the Supreme Court from leaving the country.

Houthis Claim New Strikes on Riyadh Airport and Saudi Oil Pipeline as Yemen Truce Collapses

Yemen's Houthi movement said Monday it struck Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport and crude oil pumping stations, one day after the airport reopened from an earlier attack, as a four-year UN-brokered truce effectively comes apart and oil markets brace for further disruption.

UN Security Council condemns Sudan drone strike that killed dozens at Abyei market

A drone attack on a market in Sudan's disputed Abyei border region has killed more than 80 people — with some reports putting the toll above 150 — as the UN says drone strikes nationwide killed at least 306 civilians in just the first three weeks of October.

Serbia's ruling party concedes election defeat after 14 years in power

A grassroots "Student List" born from anti-corruption protests won a majority in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, as Aleksandar Vučić — who quit the presidency weeks earlier to run for prime minister — conceded defeat and tens of thousands celebrated in Belgrade.

Nurse Killed in Attack on Ebola Responders as Congo's Outbreak Becomes Deadliest in Its History

A health worker was killed and another severely injured in eastern Congo as attacks on Ebola responders continue to hamper the fight against an epidemic that has now spread to five countries.

Tropical Storm Champi, which briefly reached winds equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane over the Pacific, cut power to hundreds of thousands of households in Taiwan and forced evacuations in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and the Chinese megacity of Shanghai before weakening on a northward track toward the East China coast.

Gunmen kill nine at Jordan church funeral as king orders 'iron fist' response

A shooting outside a Greek Orthodox church in the southern governorate of Karak during a funeral has killed nine people and left dozens wounded, prompting three days of national mourning and an unresolved hunt for the attackers.

Fire destroys much of Hitler's former Eagle's Nest retreat in the Bavarian Alps

A blaze gutted the Kehlsteinhaus, the mountaintop building constructed for Adolf Hitler above Berchtesgaden, late Friday night. A 33-year-old man was detained on suspicion of arson as Bavarian prosecutors investigate what happened and why.

Cost-of-living anger brings hundreds of thousands into the streets across Europe

A second weekend of mass demonstrations over inflation, wages and public services turned violent in pockets of Italy, France and Albania, as euro-area price growth hit its highest level in years.

Brazil Heads to Runoff Vote Between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro

Brazilians vote Sunday in a tightly contested presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, after a first round that saw gains for the right across Congress.

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Rattles Vanuatu, Triggers Brief Tsunami Warning

A strong earthquake struck the seafloor off Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo island early Saturday, prompting a tsunami warning that was cancelled within hours as a swarm of aftershocks continued across the South Pacific archipelago.

Serbia votes in snap election that tests Vucic after two years of protest

Serbians cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election called after President Aleksandar Vucic resigned to seek the premiership instead, with a student-organized list born from a deadly 2024 disaster running neck-and-neck with his party in competing polls.

Typhoon Champi kills one, injures 527 in Taiwan as storm weakens offshore

The season's strongest Pacific typhoon skirted Taiwan's northeast coast with gusts over 220 km/h, grounding nearly 1,000 flights and forcing thousands to evacuate, before weakening and turning toward Japan and China.

Melania Trump brokers localized Russia-Ukraine ceasefire for flooded city of Oleshky

The White House says the first lady negotiated a narrow truce to let aid and evacuations reach a Russian-occupied city where roughly 2,000 residents have been without power or water for months — though Kyiv's and Moscow's own militaries, and the White House itself, have given conflicting start dates.

Gunmen kill seven at Greek Orthodox church funeral in Jordan's Karak province

Jordan declared three days of national mourning after unidentified gunmen opened fire on mourners at a funeral in the village of Humud, in the deadliest attack on the kingdom's small Christian minority in a decade.

UAE diplomat enters race for UN secretary-general as Security Council deadlock drags on

Lana Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the United Nations, became the seventh active candidate after six Security Council straw polls failed to produce a consensus successor to Secretary-General António Guterres.

Israel orders West Bank lockdown after deadly Hebron checkpoint attack

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three wounded in a shooting near Hebron, prompting Netanyahu to order a territory-wide closure days before a knife-edge election.

Magnitude-7.0 Earthquake Kills at Least 16 in Remote Tibetan County, Dozens Injured

A powerful earthquake struck a sparsely populated stretch of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Thursday night, collapsing hundreds of homes and triggering one of China's fastest, best-funded disaster mobilizations in months.

Venezuelans hold first nationwide protest in nearly two years to demand elections

Thousands marched in Caracas and four other cities on Thursday behind the movement of Nobel laureate María Corina Machado, nine months after the United States captured Nicolás Maduro and installed an interim government that has yet to set a date for a vote.

Iran Claims Largest One-Day Tanker Toll of War as It Warns US on Hormuz

Tehran says seven oil tankers were hit overnight in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington disputes the mine claims, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard warns the war could spread to US bases in the region.

Macron rejects Trump's migrant claims about French riots as "stupid"

Speaking in Doha at the close of a Gulf energy tour, President Emmanuel Macron dismissed claims by President Trump and other foreign leaders that migrants were behind more than a week of rioting in France, saying AI-generated images and "foreign manipulation of information" were distorting the picture.

European Parliament awards Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court after US sanctions

Parliament's top human rights prize goes to the Hague-based tribunal two weeks after Washington designated the court itself as a sanctioned entity, deepening a rift over its Gaza and Afghanistan investigations.

Abyei market death toll surges past 150 as Sudanese officer admits drone strike targeted fuel convoys

The toll from Monday's drone strikes on a border market in the disputed Abyei region has risen to at least 153, officials say, after a Sudanese military officer acknowledged for the first time that the army's drones — not the rival RSF — carried out the attack.

UN Security Council Adopts First Resolution on Children, War and the Digital Age

Resolution 2832, adopted unanimously after nine months of negotiation, directs states to protect children from war-related abuses that are "committed, facilitated or amplified" through social media and messaging apps — as the UN's own data shows violations against children in conflict hit a record high in 2025.

Drone strike on disputed Abyei market kills dozens as UN warns death toll will keep rising

A drone attack on a crowded market in the contested Abyei region on the Sudan–South Sudan border killed dozens of civilians on Monday and wounded many more, prompting a condemnation from the UN secretary-general and a formal protest from Juba to Khartoum.

Portugal Arrests 55 as Housing Protesters Retake Cleared Squares

Police dismantled tent camps in Lisbon and Porto before dawn on Wednesday, but demonstrators returned within hours to press the government to scrap a tenancy-law overhaul, as Portugal posts the European Union's steepest house-price rise.

Britain to Send RAF Typhoon Jets to Shield Saudi Arabia From Houthi Strikes

The UK Ministry of Defence says Typhoon fighter jets will fly defensive missions over Saudi airspace, Britain's deepest military commitment yet to a Gulf ally facing near-daily missile and drone attacks from Yemen's Houthi movement.

Alberta Voters Reject Independence Push, Backing Carney's Call for Canadian Unity

Unofficial results showed about 76% of Albertans voting to stay in Canada, a win for Prime Minister Mark Carney as he resists Trump's tariffs and talk of annexation.

Gang Ambush on UN Force Exposes Haiti's Fraying Security Effort

Armed groups attacked members of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force outside Port-au-Prince as Security Council members warned that spiraling violence threatens Haiti's first elections in a decade.

Seoul vows firm response after North Korea threatens new border weapons

Kim Yo-jong's threat to deploy more weapons and resume loudspeaker broadcasts near the DMZ has pushed Korean Peninsula tensions to their highest point since a border land-mine blast last month wounded three South Korean soldiers.

Kenyan Court Convicts Doomsday Cult Leader Paul Mackenzie of 191 Murders in Shakahola Starvation Case

A Mombasa court found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and 28 followers guilty of murdering 191 people, nearly all children, who died of starvation at his forest compound; sentencing is set for November 6.

Australian independent MP Helen Haines critically injured in car attack outside her office

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday's attack on the federal lawmaker in regional Victoria was deliberate, as a national counter-terrorism team took over the investigation.

Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles, killing one, as Ukraine hits back with its biggest drone barrage in months

A Russian missile-and-drone attack on Kyiv killed a 21-year-old woman and cut power to more than 550,000 households, hours before Ukraine answered with one of its largest strikes yet on Russian energy infrastructure.

Mauritius lifts week-long curfew after unrest over police shooting, water shortages

A week of nightly curfews imposed after a police officer shot and wounded a young woman amid protests over water shortages and rising prices has ended, though nearly 200 arrests and an unresolved water crisis leave the calm looking fragile.

Human Rights Watch Documents Mali Drone Strikes, Executions as Civilian Toll Mounts

A new report ties Malian forces and Russia's Africa Corps to apparently indiscriminate strikes on a market and a clinic, while Islamist and separatist fighters are accused of torturing and executing captured soldiers, as the death toll from the country's air war nearly doubles.

France Confronts Worst Unrest in Years After Cost-of-Living Protests Turn Violent

A weekend of nationwide marches over the cost of living and crumbling public services collapsed into rioting, looting and arson across dozens of French cities, forcing President Macron to appeal for calm and plunging his government into emergency session.

Tirana protests enter sixth day as Albania's prime minister refuses to resign

Clashes between riot police and demonstrators demanding Edi Rama's resignation have injured more than 270 people since Tuesday, testing a government that has staked its future on joining the European Union.

Congo's Exiled Ex-President Takes Up Arms, Raising Fears for Fragile Peace Talks

Joseph Kabila's formal alliance with the rebel coalition controlling eastern Congo has unsettled residents of Goma and cast fresh doubt on Qatar-mediated peace talks, even as the government dismisses him as a man with "nothing to offer but chaos."

European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers during West Bank olive harvest

Masked settlers surrounded a convoy carrying Belgian, French and Polish diplomats near the Palestinian village of Taybeh on Saturday, smashing windows and assaulting a French official, as violence tied to the West Bank olive harvest reaches new diplomatic stakes ten days before Israel's election.

UN peacekeeping chief presses Security Council to decide Lebanon force's fate

Jean-Pierre Lacroix ended a three-day visit to Beirut urging swift Security Council negotiations on UNIFIL's future, as Lebanon pushes for an extension the United States opposes before the mission's mandate expires on 31 December.

Houthi missiles strike Yemen's seat of government in Aden as truce collapses into war

A missile barrage on the presidential palace complex in Yemen's interim capital killed at least five people and left the prime minister's cabinet sheltering in place, the most direct hit yet on the government since fighting with Saudi Arabia resumed over the summer.

Brazil reports record-low Amazon deforestation days before pivotal runoff election

Satellite data released this week show Amazon clearing fell to its lowest level since monitoring began in 1988, a milestone Brasília is showcasing just days before President Lula faces a tight runoff against a Bolsonaro-aligned challenger.

Kenya confirms third Ebola case, patient already in quarantine

A 65-year-old woman becomes Kenya's third confirmed Ebola patient and the second detected while already isolated, as health officials say strict quarantine — not luck — is what has kept the outbreak from spreading beyond one family.

Russia Pounds Ukraine's Grid Overnight, Poland Scrambles Jets Near Border

A broad overnight barrage cut power to hundreds of thousands in western Ukraine and killed several people in Kharkiv, prompting Poland to put fighter jets in the air as Bulgaria pressed NATO for help defending the Black Sea.

Myanmar's Coup Leader, Now President, Wins Back Southeast Asian Neighbours

Malaysia gave Senior General Min Aung Hlaing a red-carpet welcome this month, the fifth ASEAN state to receive him as head of state since April, even as the civil war he triggered in 2021 grinds into its fifth year and a UN report documents hundreds of fresh civilian deaths.

Ireland's first general strike since 2009 shuts schools and hospitals in pay dispute

More than 300,000 public sector workers walked out for 24 hours on Wednesday as unions and the government remained deadlocked over a new pay deal, with a second strike day looming unless talks produce a breakthrough.

Japan denies spying charge as Tokyo presses Russia for access to detained reporter

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says there is no basis to Russia's espionage allegation against a Hokkaido Shimbun correspondent held since October 13, as Japanese officials say they still have no consular contact with him.

Iran sinks two more ships in Strait of Hormuz as war enters ninth month

Two commercial vessels went down in the Strait of Hormuz this week after a sharp rise in Iranian attacks, the first sinkings in the waterway since March, as the war between Iran, the United States and Israel shows no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough.

Ukrainian Ex-Officer Goes on Trial in Germany Over Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

Serhii Kuznietsov, a former Ukrainian army officer, appeared before a Hamburg court Wednesday on war-crimes and explosives charges for allegedly organizing the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines — a trial expected to run into next year and one that has strained relations between Berlin and Kyiv.

Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Spreads in Namibia as EU and UK Shut Out Its Meat

A disease that began on a single southern farm has reached a second region, closed Namibia's largest export markets and put hundreds of meatpacking jobs on hold.

Pakistan Strips Imran Khan's Party of Provincial Rule, Deploys Army Amid Deadly Clashes

Islamabad has suspended the elected government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and sent in troops, citing a surge in militant violence — a move Imran Khan's party calls a disguised coup, as protests in the province turn deadly this week.

DR Congo's Ebola outbreak passes 9,000 cases, becomes deadliest in country's history

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has infected more than 9,000 people and killed over 4,300 since May, outpacing every previous outbreak in Congo's history as armed conflict and community mistrust slow the response.

Hackers remotely manipulated refrigeration controls at hundreds of stores run by Intermarché, Carrefour, Système U and E.Leclerc, prompting a Paris prosecutor investigation and a scramble to protect France's food supply chain.

Drones sink ship off Bulgaria's coast as Black Sea becomes NATO's newest front line

Two commercial vessels were struck by drones in Bulgaria's Black Sea waters before dawn on Tuesday, the third such attack on shipping in just over a week, as the European Commission warned the sea has become "another front of escalation" in Russia's war on Ukraine.