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Pakistan's captain Sahibzada Farhan speaks during a press conference at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on October 8, 2026 on the eve of the first T20 international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Farhan hopes Pakistan's new combination takes off in Sri Lanka T20Is

A model of the Tempist stealth jet for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) at the Farnborough airshow in Britain in July 2026

Next-gen fighters?

Britain's Burnham says open to Germany joining warplane project

Transitional president General Horta N'Tam said political parties were not ready for the vote and needed 'renewal'

As deadline approaches

G.Bissau moves towards postponement of December general election

The World Health Organization has its headquarters in Geneva

Maternity health expert Song Li

China announces candidate for WHO chief

South Korea hails the weapon system as a 'key strategic asset capable of changing the course of the battlefield'

'Key strategic asset'

South Korea test-fires its first homegrown hypersonic weapon: presidency

Bai Zhaodong has been held in immigration detention in Bangkok since January

Wanted by Beijing

Thailand opens extradition process for reporter sought by China

France aims to retool social housing across the country with alternative energy supplies

France struggles to wean social housing off gas

Canadian author Anne Carson has been mentioned as a possible Nobel laureate for years

'Bold and inventive oeuvre'

Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize

On September 8, Saar ordered the British consulate to close

Only seven to remain

Israel drastically reduces British diplomatic presence in Jerusalem

German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche is paying a three-day visit to China

Slight reprieve for Merz

Germany lifts GDP forecast as economy withstands Iran war

Lunar landscape: a man walks by the huge waste dump around Elbasan's steelworks complex

Notorious steelworks

'A sun as black as my lungs': how corruption crucified a polluted Albania city

Singapore has been shrouded in a milky haze for more than a month as smoke drifted across from uncontrolled fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands

Indonesian fires

Haze not 'a threat' to Singapore F1 race: organisers

Iyerusalem, 10, needed both legs amputated after heavy shelling in Qarsole, Tigray, that also killed her brother

Strained relations

Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray

Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva, pictured here walking back to the pavilion during the second Test against India in August

Sri Lanka appoints Kusal Mendis as Test captain

Russian authorities have downplayed the case

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian city grapples with plague scare

D'Regierungsvertrieder aus dem Cap Vert op Aarbechtsvisitt zu Lëtzebuerg.

Cooperation since 1980s

Cape Verde ministers in Luxembourg for annual bilateral talks

This picture taken on October 6, 2026 shows an aerial view of a resort off the coast of Fiji. The Pacific island nation is hosting the Pacific Pre-COP31 Summit, bringing together regional leaders and climate stakeholders ahead of the United Nations climate conference.

Upcoming UN climate summit

COP31 organisers say to seek 'ambitious' action with their text

A general view shows the Yue Lai Hotel, owned by local businessman Zhao Fugang, in Suva on October 8, 2026

Barred from entering the States

US says Fiji-based Chinese official paid bribes for Beijing

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim welcomes Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing

Muslim-majority nation

From refuge to repatriations: Malaysia's Myanmar U-turn

North Korea's military has placed mines and built anti-tank barriers along the frontier as part of efforts to permanently seal it off following Kim Jong Un's designation of South Korea as his country's 'principal enemy' in 2024

North Korea demands South show 'utmost respect' to restore relations

More than 70 years after Tenzing Norgay Sherpa climbed Everest, his son is warning of the dangers that climate change poses to the great peak

Following father's footsteps

Tenzing Norgay's son says Himalayas sending climate warning

The Houthis control Yemen's capital Sanaa and most of its major population centres

'People are terrified'

Saudi says three dead in airport attacks claimed by Houthis

Nigerian film director and media mogul Mo Abudu poses ahead of the opening the UK's first cinema dedicated exclusively to African and black films.

Unique cultural centre

'Mad dream': New showcase for African film opens in London

A woman wearing a face mask walks past the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on 7 October 2026.

Morning Roundup

Reports of second plague death in Russia, Luxembourg budget under scrutiny, and evicted Spanish pensioner dies

Changes to India's voter rolls saw millions of names struck from the lists

Campaign of exclusion?

The growing protests against India's poll body - and PM Modi

British historian Julian Jackson poses during a photo session in Paris on October 6, 2026.

Cinema sensation

The British historian helping the French rediscover de Gaulle

Mining vehicles extract coal from a lignite coal mine, as the Elbistan thermal power plant, is seen in the background in Elbistan on February 11, 2026

No expectations, no disappointments

Bad COP, worse COP? EU tempers hopes for UN climate summit

Une statue d'Alfred Nobel, à Stockholm, le 5 octobre 2026 en Suède

Frantic speculation

Latin American, Caribbean women top Nobel literature buzz

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