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Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first woman premier

Right-wing traditionalist

Japan coalition deal paves way for Takaichi to be first woman PM

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt is a highly strategic access point for delivering humanitarian aid, evacuating the wounded, and rebuilding the territory ravaged by more than two years of war

Crucial humanitarian access point

Five things to know about Gaza's Rafah border crossing

Dozens of South Koreans allegedy involved in cyberscamming were repatriated from Cambodia on a chartered flight

Industry has ballooned

10 South Koreans arrested, two rescued in Cambodia scam crackdown

Bolivians elected Rodrigo Paz as president as the country faces its worst economic crisis in decades

Amid growing mistrust in politics

Bolivia's new president faces worst economic crisis in decades

Morning Roundup

Japan set for first woman PM, Luxembourg property prices soar, and poisoning trial begins

Far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is known for her excellent communication skills at home and abroad

From post-fascism to top-ranked PMs

Serious, popular, besties with Trump: Italy's Meloni marks three years

Towns like Barsalogho in Burkina Faso have struggled with jihadist attacks from groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda

Burkina Faso and Mali

In the Sahel, no reprieve under jihadist blockade

Rodrigo Paz has promised improvements as Bolivia endures its worst economic crisis in decades

Two pro-business candidates

Bolivia elects center-right president, ending two decades of socialism

Rodrigo Paz has been elected Bolivia's president

First non-left winger in decades

'Capitalism for all': Rodrigo Paz, Bolivia's ideology-shy president-elect

The de facto border between the two Koreas is ridden with landmines

Standard guidance operation

North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border

Military officers saluted as Odinga's coffin was lowered into the ground and trumpets played the Last Post

Kenya buries long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga

Catholics gather at La Candelaria Square to attend the canonization ceremony of Venezuelan doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez and Venezuelan Sister Maria Rendiles in Caracas

Including first female saint

Beleaguered Venezuela celebrates double canonization

Pakistan troops are seen at a funeral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for a colleague who was killed in border clashes with Afghanistan

Cross-border clashes

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talks

At least 33 killed

Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching Gaza truce amid strikes, clashes

Firefighters inspect the fire-damaged cargo terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on October 19, 2025, a day after the blaze

Tore through cargo complex

Bangladesh probes cause of massive, costly airport fire

The canonisation will be the second for the US pope since he was made leader of the Catholic Church on May 8

Nuns, ex-Satanic priest among seven new saints created by Pope Leo

Closing for the day

Chainsaw-wielding robbers flee Louvre with jewellery

Hamas has said it needs time and technical assistance to recover the remaining bodies from under Gaza's rubble

Military informed family

Israel identifies dead hostage returned Saturday

A person dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume participates in a 'No Kings' protest in New York

Over 2,700 demonstrations

Protesters out in force for anti-Trump 'No Kings' rallies across US

Sanae Takaichi looks on track to become Japan's first woman prime minister with her LDP set to sign a new coaltion deal, reports say

Liberal Democratic Party

New deal puts Takaichi on track to be Japan's first woman PM: reports

Trump has waged an unprecedented military campaign that he says is aimed at choking the flow of drugs from Latin America to the United States

'Narcoterrorists'

Colombia accuses US of violating sovereignty in strike

Nicolas Sarkozy is to become the first former head of an EU country to serve time behind bars

Over Libyan funding scheme

France's ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail

Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza Saturday, bringing the total handed over to 135

Ceasefire enters second week

Israel receives bodies of two more hostages returned by Hamas

troops have at times reported unpaid wages and poor conditions

Under junta rule

Nigeria denies officers arrested over coup plot

People flood New York's Times Square during a 'No Kings' national day of protest

Thousands attended

'Manhattan straight up no ICE': New Yorkers unite at anti-Trump march

Kisumu has been the heartland of Odinga's support for decades

Outpouring of grief

Huge crowds as body of revered Kenya politician Odinga heads home

Pakistan troops at a funeral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for a colleague who was killed in border clashes with Afghanistan

Broken ceasefire

Pakistan, Afghanistan officials to meet in Qatar after latest strikes

An Air China flight was safely diverted to Shanghai after a battery stowed in a passenger's carry-on luggage caught fire

No one was injured

Air China flight safely diverted to Shanghai after battery fire in cabin

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