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Several buildings in the Afghan capital were completely destroyed by explosions this week

Afghans return home to rubble, hoping truce holds with Pakistan

The truce announcement was preceded by more explosions in the Afghan capital, which the Taliban government did not attribute to Pakistan

After dozens killed

Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire holds after deadly border clashes

Colonel Michael Randrianirina is set to be sworn in as transitional president on Friday

After weeks of demonstrations

Madagascar's new military leader insists takeover 'not a coup'

Putin joined Xi in September for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II

Amid rising tensions

China defends Russian oil purchases, slams US 'bullying'

Dogs rest inside a pet cage in a makeshift training centre at the airport in Kabul

In the doghouse

Flying canines count as cargo, EU court rules

Nimrodi's body was returned to Israel from Gaza under a US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

After two years of uncertainty, Israeli parents bury hostage son

Cambodia will deport 59 South Koreans who worked in cyberscam schemes after Seoul sent a team to investigate teh fate of dozens of its nationals

Cyberscam schemes

Police say Cambodia will deport 59 South Koreans linked to scam centres

Kenyans run for cover as security forces fire in a stadium where they gathered to view the coffin of Raila Odinga

Chaos as security forces fire on mourners for Kenyan politician Odinga

Noemie Kohler said the pair were at the 'end of their tether'

Political hostages

Lives at risk of 'exhausted' French couple held by Iran: families

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that became the first to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died, aged 92, his family said

'He was a living legend'

Last member of the first successful Everest expedition dies

Madagascar's ousted president Andry Rajoelina, seen here in April, has confirmed that he fled the country, but his whereabouts are still unknown

Amid military coup

Impeached president confirms he fled Madagascar at the weekend

Peru has been rocked by protests against politicians and corruption for weeks

One dead, dozens injured in Peru anti-crime protests

Madagascar's protests fan anger against colonial France

Morning Roundup

European defence in focus, hunting season opens, and CFL unveils new train

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2025.

Strikes considered

Trump indicates approval of CIA action against Venezuela

The UK has been trying to improve relations with China

Key witness statements

UK's Starmer publishes evidence in collapsed China spy case

Morgue workers unload the bodies of Palestinians that had been in Israeli custody, after they were transported by Red Crescent vehicles and refrigerated trucks to Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip

Part of ceasefire deal

Israel threatens to resume fighting if Hamas does not respect Gaza truce deal

Ashley Tellis, a longtime US scholar on India, speaks during at the Heritage Foundation in Washington in May 2007

Allegations strongly contested

US expert on India accused of China meetings denies charges

Smoke rises up from the site of explosions in Kabul

After explosions in Kabul

Ceasefire called after new Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes kill dozens

A street in the Mexican town of Huehuetla, where flooding caused by heavy rains caused widespread devastation

Calls for urgent aid

Flood-hit Mexican town digs out debris, fearing disease outbreaks

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance would implement additional counter-drone measures

Defence ministers gather in Brussels

NATO and EU scramble to boost drone defences to counter Russia

Putin greeted Sharaa warmly at the Kremlin

President Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syrian leader seeks reset in Russia relations in Putin meeting

NATO targets call for Germany to build up its total military strength to 460,000 troops -- a far cry from current numbers

Military service

Row over conscription mars Germany's Russia strategy

Mourners were inconsolable at the home of Raila Odinga

Kenyans swarm home of fallen 'hero' Raila Odinga

Attack in Portugal

US tourist killed, another injured in Cascais knife attack

Seoul has banned travel to the Cambodian town of Poipet and two other areas after the torture death of a student shocked South Koreans

Under scam operations

South Korea bans travel to parts of Cambodia after student killing

Storm aftermath

Flooding and travel chaos grip eastern Spain

The Defense Department has restricted media access inside the Pentagon, forced some outlets to vacate offices in the building and drastically reduced the number of briefings for journalists.

US news control

Major media outlets reject Pentagon reporting rules

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