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'Daughters against Merz'

German cities swept by protests after chancellor's migration comments

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, when his nation formally became the bloc's 11th member

Eleventh member state

East Timor joins ASEAN after 14-year campaign

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford will be part of Washington's expanded military presence

Military exercises

Venezuela vows to protect its coast from US covert ops

Russia's Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev is holding three days of talks with US officials

After collapsed summit

Trump not 'wasting time' with Putin as Kremlin envoy visits US

Nearly nine million Ivorians were eligible to vote in the polls

Presidential election

Ouattara set for fourth term after Ivory Coast presidential vote

'I've not decided yet what I will do in the future,' Kamala Harris told the BBC

In BBC interview

Kamala Harris says may 'possibly' run again for White House

US President Donald Trump meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (L) and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani (R) aboard Air Force One

Global markets watch closely

Trump makes Qatar stop en route to Asia summits, Xi talks

Demonstrators, many carrying photos of the victims, called for regional leader Carlos Mazon to resign

Tens of thousands protest on anniversay of deadly Spain flood

Wilders received a rock-star welcome in Volendam

National elections

Wilders gets hero's welcome in Dutch heartland

More than 3.6 million people in Ireland were eligible to vote to choose their next president, a post that is largely ceremonial

Election marred by spoiled ballots

Ireland's Catherine Connolly set to be president after rival concedes election

Following the clashes, crossings remain closed along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Istanbul meeting

Afghanistan, Pakistan seek to firm up truce in Istanbul talks

Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, remains the most powerful group in Gaza outside the area still controlled by Israeli troops, but it has some bitter rivals

Grasping for control

The armed groups clashing with Hamas in Gaza

Javier Milei came to power in December 2023 promising 'shock therapy' for Argentina's long-ailing economy, revving a chainsaw as a symbol of his plan to slash state spending

Crucial elections

Argentina votes in midterms critical for Milei's agenda

The Boeing cargo plane veered off the runway during landing early Monday morning, then hit a security patrol car and skidded into the sea

Hong Kong collects black boxes after deadly plane crash

Salvadoran migrant and US resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia is at the center of a row over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

Gang member allegations

US wants to deport Salvadoran man in immigration row to Liberia

People hold portraits of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit as they gather in front of Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok where she passed away late Friday

Semi-divine figure

Thailand's former queen Sirikit dies aged 93

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim after a bilateral meeting in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on October 25, 2025

Criticism for multilaterals

UN has 'stopped working': Brazil's Lula

Pyongyang has ramped up cyber operations in recent years, turning hacking into a key source of foreign currency in the face of sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programmes

Concealed nationality to gain work contracts

North Korea using crypto, IT workers to dodge UN sanctions: report

The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford will add to concerns in Venezuela that Washington's ultimate goal is the overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro

Escalation continues

Trump sending US carrier to Latin America as war fears rise

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro is now under US sanctions -- rocking a decades-old alliance between Washington and Bogota

Unprecedented restrictions

US hits Colombia's leader with drug sanctions, sparking sharp rebuke

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to supporters after pleading not guilty to bank fraud charges

'Justice system has been weaponized'

NY attorney general pleads not guilty, says Trump seeking 'revenge'

King Charles hosted Zelensky at Windsor Castle

As the war enters fourth winter

UK says allies should boost Ukraine's long-range missile reach

Among those beatified were Jan Swierc and eight other Polish Salesian priests persecuted by the Nazis

Pope beatifies 11 priests killed by Nazi, Communist regimes

A first in France

Woman who murdered 12-year-old Lola sentenced to life in prison without parole

President Tinubu has reshuffled his top military brass

Political instability

Nigeria sacks top brass after denying coup plot

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says trade talks with the United States are 'very advanced'

Optimistic outlook

Mexican president hails progress in trade talks with US

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with US military personnel as he visits the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel

To police ceasefire

Rubio seeks quick deployment of international Gaza force

Salmonella infection. This is a bacterial infection that can cause diarrhoea, fever, and abdominal cramps.

Cross-border infections

Europe-wide salmonella outbreak linked to sicilian tomatoes

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