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On the second day of the Brussels summit, the Ukrainian president said the war will cost €155 billion next year, while EU leaders promised no let-up in sanctions on Russia.
Ethiopia's prime minister promised free elections in the northern region once the new administration, run on directives from Addis Ababa, has restored stability.
Daily departures from the valley have passed 85,000. The cabinet has approved six months of housing aid for families in Gorkha, Dhading and Baglung, and fuel prices are being held despite Indian Oil's revisions.
Speaking in Kazan, India's ambassador to Russia also warned Indians against fake job offers that end with recruitment into the Russian army.
On his fourth day at Rome's Gemelli hospital after lung cancer surgery, the Pope celebrated Mass for the staff caring for him, and the Vatican released the first picture of him since the operation.
Poland scrambled fighters as Russian drones and missiles hit Ukraine's Volyn region overnight, and Sofia formally asked the alliance for aircraft and anti-drone systems.
The US president said China was racing to catch up with the two biggest nuclear powers and could do so within five years, but gave no details of the talks.
The outgoing British High Commissioner leaves New Delhi to become the first woman to head the Foreign Office's civil service, handing over to her deputy Ben Miller.
The case alleges substandard materials and ignored warnings about cracking walls. Every school building in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is to be inspected within three days.
The Jakarta Composite fell more than 11% and trading was halted for half an hour after the index provider said it plans to move Indonesia out of its emerging-markets group.
The tournament is due to open in Riyadh on 7 January. With Houthi missiles hitting Saudi airports, the AFC's president said a final call could wait until the end of November.
Gaza's health ministry says patients who need treatment abroad cannot leave. Israeli strikes killed four people on Thursday as Israel signed a deal for 12 US Apache helicopters.
Riyadh says 19 people have died in strikes on its airports and accuses Tehran of arming the Houthis. The US Treasury added 26 names to its Iran sanctions list.
Tehran accused Britain of a destructive role and demanded evidence. A German court has meanwhile jailed two men for plotting attacks for Iranian intelligence.
Central Command says more than 19 million barrels of crude moved through in a day. Shipping monitors count only a fraction of pre-war traffic and hundreds of ships still at anchor.
Thousands marched to demand university funding that Congress approved and the government has not paid, and a federal judge has begun fining the state for every day it delays.
The two met in Baku on the sidelines of the CICA summit, Beijing's highest-level contact with Israel since the Gaza war began. Wang said opening routes into Gaza came first.
At least 31 people, 30 of them pupils, died when floors of the Al-Khair school gave way. Questions now turn to how a weak building was registered and allowed to hold classes.
The Ukrainian president met Mark Rutte, Emmanuel Macron and three prime ministers on Thursday, and is due to address EU leaders on Friday morning as the war on Ukraine's grid intensifies.
The idea would let sanctioned vessels carry oil that is not itself under US sanctions, as record shipping rates and fuel prices weigh on Republicans before the midterms.
The constitutional amendment ends the six-days-on, one-day-off schedule without any cut in pay. President Lula has made it a pillar of a re-election race he is narrowly trailing.
About 1,500 Palestinians have been killed since the truce, the UN's acting Middle East envoy said, warning that winter floods could put 950,000 people at risk. Britain and France demanded a halt to the E1 settlement plan.
Opposition blocs back tougher sanctions over the Sea Lion project but balk at a security council chaired by the president and a protocol to shoot down hostile aircraft.
Kyiv's envoy told the OSCE on Thursday that the energy truce must work both ways, as Russian drones injured 52 people across Ukraine and cut power in Volyn.
A global hunger monitor says nearly a third of Afghans are in crisis or worse, with winter set to push the number past 19 million. The UN says women's rights kept eroding over the summer.
The French foreign minister would not say whether the US had cut intelligence sharing with Kyiv, as Ukrainian sources said military Starshield links were working again.
The rights commission's annual report on religious freedom says new laws have not stopped attacks on Ahmadis or the abduction of Hindu and Christian girls, and that a minorities commission is yet to be set up.
Brussels added three people and nine companies to its sanctions list on Thursday, including a trader it says supplies Russian-origin crude to India.
Foreign Minister Oana Toiu called the strikes "callous and murderous" as drones also crossed into Romanian airspace and fighter jets were scrambled.
At least five people were killed when missiles struck the seat of Yemen's government. Saudi Arabia said Tehran was encouraging the Houthi escalation, and Pakistan condemned the attacks at the UN.
Citizen Lab and Confiant say Discover-Tech's ads, seen on more than 120,000 websites, gave surveillance firms including Candiru a way into people's devices. Google has dropped the company.
Palestinian farmers began picking on Thursday after some 300 settler incidents this autumn. With Israel's election on 27 October, they fear the season will be the most violent yet.
The Treasury gave no reason for delisting the brother of acting president Delcy Rodríguez, whose own sanctions were lifted in April as Caracas and Washington drew closer.
A Singapore-flagged container ship went down after being hit on Tuesday, and a bulk carrier struck in September has also sunk. Pezeshkian said bombs and missiles would not force Iran to surrender.
The upper floor of a private school in Afridi Abad gave way during morning classes, crushing the storey below. The victims were aged between seven and 16.
A joint sitting endorsed the takeover a day after both houses backed the emergency. The opposition alliance led by Mehmood Khan Achakzai called off talks with the government.
Drones set fire to a refinery south-east of Moscow on Thursday, after Russia launched more than 850 drones at Ukraine overnight. Zelenskyy says strikes on Russian oil sites will go on.
The fund's Middle East director, Jihad Azour, said the Iran war would leave lasting damage. The IMF expects Saudi Arabia's economy to shrink 3.3% this year.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang joined the opening by video link and said ties were entering a new stage. The four-lane crossing between Dandong and Sinuiju was finished in 2014.
A 14-year-old boy was electrocuted in a flooded park and a man died after falling on a submerged road. Dozens of flights were diverted and classes were called off in six provinces.
Villagers put out the blaze with fire extinguishers before it spread. Hebrew slogans were sprayed on the walls, and the Israeli army says it has opened an investigation.
The crossing between Dandong and Sinuiju is due to open to traffic on Thursday. China finished its side in 2014, but North Korea left its end incomplete for years.
The External Affairs Minister is in the UAE until Friday for talks and the second Raisina Middle East forum, with Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia hanging over the region.
Both houses endorsed the emergency on Wednesday, while PTI chairman Gohar Ali Khan asked the Peshawar High Court to restore Sohail Afridi's government and order his release.
The exercise in Korla focuses on high-altitude counter-terrorism operations, with drones, long-range sniping and live-force drills on the programme.
President Laura Fernández says the high-security jail marks a tough-on-crime turn after three years of record killings. Peru, Colombia and Brazil are eyeing similar plans.
Former president Gustavo Petro led the first day of a nationwide campaign against spending cuts, on the same day Bogotá opened an embassy in Jerusalem.
Protests over university conditions and fees entered a third day in Tirana, with demonstrators demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation.
Kyiv says a sudden speed cap on Starlink terminals hobbled its drones as Russian missiles struck the capital for a second night. Zelenskyy called it a big mistake.
Bar is seeking 3 million shekels and says the prime minister lied about his role on the morning of the Hamas attack. The case lands less than two weeks before Israel votes.
The 39-year-old man fell ill while already in quarantine. Kenya is the fourth country to record a case linked to Congo's epidemic, the second-largest on record.
The Pope's physicians say his blood tests and chest X-ray are normal for this stage of recovery. A decision on any further cancer treatment waits on more test results.
Police say at least 30 people were lured with promises of well-paid jobs, then handed to the Russian army. Twenty Bangladeshis are confirmed dead.
A 9.1% jump in petrol prices drove most of September's rise. The data revives talk of a second Federal Reserve rate increase when policymakers meet on 27-28 October.
A UN-run corridor for fertiliser ships could start within 10 days if Iran and the US agree, said Under-Secretary-General Jorge Moreira da Silva. Without it, the next planting season is at risk.
Police fired tear gas and live rounds into the air in Khyber district. In Islamabad, Shehbaz Sharif lined up his allies, and Sohail Afridi's brother asked the Peshawar High Court to find him.
A small fire broke out at the Aramco office but nobody was hurt, Saudi Arabia said. The coalition says it is hitting the Houthis' fuel depots and energy terminals across northern Yemen.
Those charged include former senator Julian Gallo and three members of the rebels' last secretariat. The tribunal faces a proposed budget cut from allies of the new president.
Twenty-two people landed in Kingston under a deal signed in June that the government says it cannot publish. The opposition wants it debated in public.
Duane Davis, 63, is the only person ever charged over the 1996 Las Vegas shooting. He told the court he would appeal.
Every regional group put up exactly as many candidates as it had seats, for the second year running. Human Rights Watch says the vote makes a mockery of the word election.
Regulators say the second-largest US bank failed to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions on time, including flows linked to Chinese laundering networks.
The former Fox News host faces reported allegations over a $100,000 credit card bill and favours for a Greek company. She denies them and says her loyalty to Trump is unchanged.
The Vatican says the 90-minute operation at Rome's Gemelli hospital went without complications. Audiences are cancelled until 20 October and a November tour of South America is in doubt.
The FSB says the Hokkaido Shimbun journalist was collecting information on Russia's defence for Japanese intelligence. He faces up to 20 years in prison, and Tokyo is trying to confirm the detention.
Malaysia's Firefly has extended its suspension of Singapore flights through Wednesday, and schools in parts of Malaysia remain shut. Malaysia wants ASEAN to treat haze as a disaster.
A court in Fujian said the Wei family gang ran fraud, drugs and gambling worth more than $1.8 billion from northern Myanmar, and killed at least two Chinese nationals.
The UNDP and Oxford's poverty initiative count 1.2 billion people as multidimensionally poor. In South Asia, Pakistan's rate of 38.3% is more than twice India's and Bangladesh's.
A second ship, the Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3, was hit by three drones in the same overnight attack. Bulgaria has summoned Russia's ambassador, the second such sinking off its coast in a week.
A landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki river before dawn on Sunday, and the flood that followed swept away bridges, trails and more than 200 homes. The army's rescue effort went into a third day.
A special NIA court found a strong suspicion that Inderpal Singh Gaba took part in an unlawful activity, but dropped a charge of insulting the national flag. His lawyer will appeal.
Mohammed Yusuf Ali died after Saturday's missile attack on King Khalid International Airport, in which two of his sons were also hurt. Three Indians remain in intensive care.
Mohsen Rezaei and India's National Security Adviser discussed the regional situation and bilateral ties, Iran's embassy said, days after three tankers with Indian sailors were struck.
Trade, energy, security and people-to-people ties are on the agenda as Anand starts a four-day trip to India and the UAE. It will be her 11th meeting with Jaishankar since September 2025.
Beijing froze the ministers' assets in China and barred them from entry, calling them pawns of Taipei. Taiwan called the move absurd, as its military watched a week of Chinese live-fire drills along the coast.
The Guards said the ship had switched off its transponders and ignored warnings. Hours later, a container ship was reported struck by an unknown projectile in the same waterway.
The army says Afghan Taliban posts opened fire to cover militants crossing into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The clash came as the province was placed under emergency rule.
With about six months left on the current bailout, the President said any new programme would have to put growth first. He warned that the Middle East war could push the fuel import bill to about $6 billion this year.
A Sudanese rights group blames Egyptian jets for Saturday's strike on a mining camp in a disputed border area. Cairo has not commented officially, and army chief Burhan has set up a committee of inquiry.
A student is believed to have picked up an unexploded cluster bomblet near the Lebanon border and put it in his bag. Israel has halted school trips along the northern border.
Mexico's president said talks with Washington are making progress but there is no final deal, and that the US has chosen to negotiate with Mexico and Canada separately.
The storm skirted the Jalisco resorts around Puerto Vallarta instead of striking them head-on. Forecasters say it could regain strength and come ashore later this week.
A two-week restraining order stops the government running ads featuring the president that were paid for with $20 million of Homeland Security money, weeks before the midterm elections.
Filmed at his old Edmonton school, the prime minister's video came a week before Alberta votes on whether to start the legal process towards a binding separation referendum.
The vote meets a key Hungarian condition. EU ministers are expected to open two more negotiating chapters for Ukraine and Moldova in Luxembourg on Tuesday.
Security officials said threats against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz had a high probability of being carried out. No foreign link has been confirmed.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs the plot near the air base used by American bombers was almost certainly directed by the IRGC. Iran's ambassador has been summoned and two Iranians sanctioned.
The energy minister told an oil congress in Riyadh the kingdom had been tested, as the capital's main airport stayed closed and the Houthis said Saudi jets had bombed Sanaa.
The boat was carrying 305 people towards Yemen when it went down near Obock. All 82 survivors are Ethiopian, and 84 people are still missing.
One missile flew more than 900 km before falling into the sea. Japan is checking whether it followed an irregular path, and Seoul called the launches a breach of UN resolutions.
Tehran's security chief said Washington had accepted only some of Iran's seven conditions. Houthi missiles hit Riyadh's airport again, and tanker attacks went on.
Police confirmed on Monday that ousted Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and the assembly speaker are in preventive custody. The PTI's long march for Khan's release fizzled out at Swabi.
Zelenskyy said Kyiv would honour a mutual pause, but Russian drones struck Kyiv and a Kharkiv power plant. The Kremlin said only that contacts were ongoing.
A seafarers' union has named the two men and demanded an urgent update. They were among 22 Indians on two tankers hit on Sunday; India has condemned the attacks and called for de-escalation.
No Indian was among the dead in Saturday's attack on Riyadh's main airport, the third there in a week. The embassy has told Indians in Saudi Arabia to stay alert and indoors as needed.
The UN Human Rights Office had asked India to release people arbitrarily detained at Saturday's protest against the Chief Election Commissioner. India called the concern unwarranted interference.
The US Labor Department has frozen new and pending PERM filings from eight companies. India objected to Vice President JD Vance's description of foreign workers as 'indentured servants'.
Sitharaman says more concessions will be hard for both sides. A new US law lets the President tax Russian oil buyers at up to 100%, but no such tariff has been imposed.
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