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Policeman accidentally shoots soldier during exercise

Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner serving as the country's

Jostle for power

Bangladesh leader urges calm after cabinet neutrality questioned

Morning Roundup

Trump sanctions Russian oil firms, bird flu in Luxembourg, and yellow alert for dangerous winds in effect

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi stands up to acknowledge the applause after she was selected as Japan's new prime minister

First female PM

New Japan PM to advance defence spending target: reports

US President Donald Trump talks to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 22, 2025.

Europe followed suit

Trump slaps 'tremendous' sanctions on Russian oil for Ukraine war

This image from a video released by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to show an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean moments before a US military strike destroys it

Rising tensions

Trump, Colombia leader trade threats as US strikes boats in Pacific

Colombian Ambassador to the US Daniel Garcia-Pena said US President Donald Trump's comments were 'unacceptable'

200-year alliance at risk

Colombian ambassador to US tells AFP Trump threats 'unacceptable'

US Marines and Panamanian police carry out jungle combat drills on Panama's Caribbean coast

'Purely aimed at defence'

US troops train in Panama jungle, as tensions simmer with Venezuela

The war has devastated much of the Gaza Strip

Middle East conflict

Rubio due in Israel as US tries to shore up Gaza ceasefire

Some 40 percent of Argentina's income earners work in the informal sector with no social benefits

Sputtering economy

To make ends meet, Argentines sell their possessions

The ICJ is weighing a series of cases revolving around the war in Gaza

Essential to survival

UN court says Israel must ease aid into Gaza, provide 'basic needs'

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with members of Congress during a trip to Washington

While on US visit

NATO chief brushes off concerns of Trump-Zelensky rift

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said global debt was soaring

Debt, tariffs, and financial insecurity

Global trade system risks coming off the rails: UN chief

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer faces intense pressure to curb small-boat crosses into England

Set to surpass 2024 totals

UK sanctions Balkans gangs as irregular migrant numbers rise

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson called Democrats' blockade on efforts to reopen the government 'shameful'

Second longest in history

Air safety in focus as US government shutdown hits fourth week

Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene has resigned in a government battle over military spending

Lithuanian defence minister resigns in military spending dispute

The EU's Sakharov Prize, set up in 1988 and named after Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, is bestowed annually on individuals or organisations to recognise their fight for human rights or democracy

Amaghlobeli and Poczobut

Jailed Belarus, Georgia journalists win EU's top rights prize

Former lawmaker Taku Yamamoto, husband of Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has promised to stay out of the spotlight and support her

Out of the spotlight

'Stealth husband' of Japan's new PM vows quiet support

A billboard at a market in Abobo, an Abidjan suburb, shows poll favourite Alassane Ouattara

Holding presidential polls

Ouattara favourite as fourth Ivory Coast term looms

Morning Roundup

Free flu jabs available, new Ukraine peace proposal, and Epstein accuser's book tops charts

The ICJ is weighing a series of cases revolving around the war in Gaza

Providing humanitarian assistance

Top UN court to rule on Israel's Gaza aid obligations

Peru's interim President, Jose Jeri (C), delivering a message to the nation in Lima about a 30-day state of emergency

Interim president announced

State of emergency in Peru's capital after wave of violence

People at a train station in Seoul watch footage of a North Korean missile test

Before South Korea summit

North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles, first launch in months

Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe received the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering

Was sentenced to 12 years

Colombian court overturns ex-president Uribe's witness tampering conviction

Construction has begun on President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom

Building new ballroom

'Music to my ears': Trump brushes off White House demolition critics

Carmela Medina and Alejandro Carranza grieve the death of their son Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian man who was allegedly killed in a US airstrike on a boat in the Caribbean

'Violation of Colombian sovereignty': president Petro

Wife of Colombian killed in US strike says life taken unjustly

Colombian businesses are panicking and investors are spooked by the war of words between Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump

Millions in aid frozen

Colombia's president embraces war of words with Trump

US President Donald Trump participates in a Diwali Celebration

As war approaches fourth year

Trump says doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin

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