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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) and Qatari Defense Minister Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani shake hands after signing a deal to establish a Qatari Emiri Air Force training facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho

Combined training

US announces deal for Qatar air force facility in Idaho

It only took a few hours for lawmakers to remove Peru's Dina Boluarte from the presidency

Seventh leader in nine years

Why Peru just ousted another president, and what comes next

The president has repeatedly emphasized that he views cutbacks as a way of increasing pain on Democrats

Crisis in third week

White House says 'substantial' shutdown layoffs have begun

Thousands of displaced Palestinians are once again on the move after Israeli forces declared a ceasefire

Ceasefire delcared

Israel ceases fire and Gazans start returning home

Machado speaks to supporters while holding up electoral records during a rally in Caracas in August 2024

Living in a 'brutal state'

Venezuela's Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize - and dedicates it to Trump

Lecornu has accepted 'out of duty'

Staving off elections

Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France's PM

First Lady Melania Trump said Putin had responded to a letter she sent via her husband at their summit in Alaska

Eight children returned

Melania Trump says Putin talks secured return of Ukraine war kids

Attacks in Kyiv cut power to parts of the capital

Heavy drone strike

Russian attack batters Ukraine energy grid, kills 7-year-old

The 38-year-old head of Peru's legislature, Jose Jeri, assumed the presidency shortly after the impeachment vote

Impeachment approved

Peru ousts unpopular president blamed for failing to end violent crime

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested, then freed, after coming out of hiding to lead a protest against President Nicolas Maduro, her team said

Rock-star appeal

Maria Corina Machado: the face and fire of Venezuela's opposition

Eswatini

'Layers of cruelty'

'Like human trafficking': how US deported five men to Eswatini

A relative of a victim killed in the earthquake places a candle where he died, in Mati town, Davao Oriental province in southern island of Mindanao

Eight killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines

A protester runs past a burning tire used as a barricade during clashes with Madagascar security forces on October 9, 2025

Following clashes with police at a youth-led rally

UN calls on Madagascar to avoid unnecessary force against protesters

Sanae Takaichi became the leader of Japan's LDP last week

After key partner quits

Japan in political crisis as coalition collapses

Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is currently visiting India

Deepening engagement with Taliban government

India to upgrade Afghan mission to full embassy

This picture taken on October 9, 2025 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 10, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong (centre R) meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang (6th L) in Pyongyang

'Powerful beings'

North Korea's Kim hails 'cooperative' ties with China

Morning Roundup

Bettel hails Gaza ceasefire deal, Grand Duke Henri departs, and Red Lions face Germany tonight

Escalating air strikes have forced Myanmar students into subterranean classrooms

'May the bombs not explode'

Myanmar air strikes force youth into bunker schools

Kyiv suffered a blackout following Russian drone and missile strikes

Escalating aerial attacks

'Massive attack' cuts power in Ukrainian capital

Palestinian children celebrate in Khan Yunis on October 9, 2025, following news of a new Gaza ceasefire deal

Signed by all parties

Israel government approves Gaza hostage release deal

Thousands of Venezuelans have joined a civilian militia in response to President Nicolas Maduro's call for bolstering the cash-strapped country's defenses in the face of what it says is US aggression

Warships against drug trafficking?

Venezuela ask for UN Security Council meet over US 'threats'

Trump brokered a peace deal in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, but has said that the war sparked by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine was proving even harder to solve

Donald the peacemaker

Trump says 'stepping up pressure' to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump told reporters he expected to travel to Israel and potentially Egypt on Sunday

Following ceasefire

Trump to head to Middle East, says hostages to be freed early next week

Israeli army soldiers walk towards an armoured vehicle at a position along the border fence with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel

Ceasefire and prisoner exchange

What we know about the new Gaza deal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House

Exchanging notes

An urgent note, a whisper -- and a Gaza deal long sought by Trump

The report said the scheme appeared to have been designed to benefit Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Brussels spy network

EU to probe alleged Hungarian spying

Gen Z movement rejected President Rajoelina's bid to defuse tensions

Anti-government movement

Police clash with protesters as thousands rally in Madagascar

Gisele Pelicot says it is time for perpetrators -- not victims -- to be ashamed

Only man among 50 to claim innocence

French court ups jail term for man in Pelicot rape case appeal

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