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A drawing of Pope Leo XIV outside the Gemelli University Hospital, where the pontiff is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumour

'Fit for discharge'

Pope to return to Vatican after cancer surgery

Fires in Indonesia have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia's capital, with toxic haze and triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's climate and fire monitor

Haze triggers highest-level alert in parts of Southeast Asia

A Russian missile attack hit the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia

Executive order

Zelensky says Trump waiving sanctions 'rewards' Putin, warns Moscow wants 'blackout' in Ukraine

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the Annual Meetings in Bangkok were marked by 'optimism and worry'

Global economy at a crossroads

IMF chief flags 'optimism', 'worry' after Bangkok annual meetings

Power & Politics

The rise of political Islam III: West repeating the mistake

Jockey Chad Schofield, rider of Tempted, celebrates winning the Everest 2026 race at the Royal Randwick racecourse in Sydney on October 17, 2026

Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising loses first race in 22 starts at The Everest

Protesters hold signs and flags during the 'No Kings' national day of protest in May

Protecting the vote

'No Kings' movement seeks to boost early voting

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said the country had procured enough energy supplies to last until November, and was planning future purchases

Gulf attacks worry Pakistan

Attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure 'worrying' for outlook: Pakistan finance minister

Ukraine's relations with the United States have nosedived after Trump eased sanctions on Russia

Deepening tensions

Trump waives new Russia sanctions as Ukraine ties slump

Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico pushed back against an online conspiracy theory that he had secretly checked into an Ohio mental health facility

Midterm madness

Smears, confusion and white powder: a week in the US midterm campaign

Silver Rail Elementary School remained closed friday, the day after a teenage gunman killed three students and a teacher after blasting his way inside

'True heroism': Police praise efforts to halt Oregon school shooter

The number of foreigners in Japan hit a record 4.28 million

Japan says hosting record number of foreigners

A villager collects healthy coral to plant within the Naidiri Marine Biodiversity Park, a marine protected area about 52 kilometres from the Fijian city of Nadi

Naidiri Marine Biodiversity Park

Tiny Fiji village restores dying fishery with coral planting

The IMF has called on countries -- even those vulnerable to the inflation shock -- to cut spending at a time that vulnerable citizens' needs are rising

Protesters take on the IMF

'Two bad options': Rights groups decry IMF austerity demand

North Korea has tested a "new-type" precision-guided torpedo system that uses artificial intelligence for target detection and guidance, state media reports

North Korea says tested AI-assisted torpedo system

Norwegian soldiers found a Chinese-made Deepal car transmitted sensitive information from its cameras during a military exercise

Did Chinese cars squeal on Norway's military?

Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia gave a rocky first performance at the podium

Trump's new press secretary out after less than week

Russia's brown bear population has more than doubled since 1990, according to one estimate

Russia’s bear problem grows

'We've never had this': Bear sightings spook Russia

No frontrunner emerged from the first two rounds of informal 'straw polls' with eight candidates now vying to follow Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Following Antonio Guterres

All contenders for UN chief receive veto: diplomat

The sun rises over a forest burned by a fire in southern France

UN climate panel fails to agree date for global warming update: envoy

Student protests in France could merge with wider demonstrations over the cost of living in Saturday's demonstrations

Demonstrations could merge

Macron calls for calm amid fears of violence at France protests

The Bolsonaro surname awakens painful memories for Brazil’s Amazonian Indigenous communities

Deforestation in Brazil Amazon hits nearly four-decade low

Protesters stand behind a makeshift shield during an anti-government demonstration in Tirana

Anti-government protests

Clashes grip Tirana as Albanian PM blames 'foreign hands'

The US Treasury has had to pay more interest on government debt due to rising borrowing costs

Rising borrowing costs

US budget deficit grows to nearly $2 trillion, highest since 2021

Three children and a teacher were killed in the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon

Silver Rail Elementary School

Bend grieves after mass shooting: 'Who would do this to little kids?'

Student protests in France could merge with wider demonstrations over the cost of living in Saturday's demonstrations

Yellow Vest movement revival

Cost-of-living demonstrations to grip pre-election France

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Europe did not have a readily available alternative to Starlink, used in Ukraine

EU backs Ukraine on Starlink, but can't fill gap

Three children and a teacher were killed in the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon

Oregon shooting

Trump says armed bystander who killed US school shooter a 'great hero'

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