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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

More than 1,000 people, mostly Chinese, have fled Myanmar into Thailand this week, Thai authorities said, after the Myanmar military raided a major scam centre

Loosely governed border

Over 1,000 enter Thailand from Myanmar after scam hub raid

Murad Abu al-Rub, an exiled Palestinian prisoner in Egypt, speaks to AFP from his hotel room

Confined to hotel in Egypt

Palestinian prisoners freed in hostage swap go from jail to exile

The case was served against the Australian government on behalf of women subjected to abuse at any time in a 21-year period between November 2003 and May 2025

Women sue over sexual abuse in Australian military

A prosecutor requested Dahbia Benkired be jailed for life

Horrifying case

French prosecutor demands maximum sentence for schoolgirl's murder

Families of dozens of Mexicans feared killed and buried in the woods south of the capital on Thursday joined a colossal search operation

South of Mexico City

Families search Mexican forest for remains of over 100 missing

US President Donald Trump is making his first trip to Asia of his second term

Trump heads to Asia and high-stakes meeting with Xi

South Korea says 'considerable' chance Kim, Trump will meet next week

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat in Jakarta on October 24

Potential meeting in Kuala Lumpur

Brazil's Lula says would tell Trump tariffs were 'mistake'

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