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Bangladesh's largest political party, the Awami League has been outlawed since its leader Sheikh Hasina was overthrown in a mass uprising in August 2024

Calls to 'resist'

Banned Bangladesh party turns to flash protests ahead of polls

Intense rainfaill in Mexico has led to flooded homes and at least 41 deaths in recent days

Thousands of homes damaged

At least 41 dead in Mexico floods

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to Gaza City on Saturday

Ceasefire: Second day

Hamas says Israeli hostages to be freed from Gaza before Trump peace summit

A contingent of soldiers joined the anti-government protests in the Madagascar capital, Antananarivo

Refusing orders to shoot

Madagascar soldiers join protesters as thousands gather in Antananarivo

Sebastien Lecornu is a Macron loyalist who previously served as defence minister

Austerity budget looms

French PM races to form government before budget deadline

Relations between Zelensky and Trump have warmed

A day after large scale Russian attack

Zelensky urges Trump to end Ukraine war like in 'the Middle East'

'Difficult negotiations ahead'

Hamas ready to fight if Gaza war resumes, official tells AFP

This picture taken on October 10, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 11, 2025 shows a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during the military parade to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang

Attended by China and Russia

North Korea shows off 'most powerful' missile at military parade

After two years of war and hunger the people of Gaza are in desperate need of aid, but a truce has now raised hopes that large-scale food shipments may reach them at last

Optimism marked with caution

Aid groups seize on truce to tackle Gaza hunger

Pakistani troops patrol along the border. Militancy has surged in the border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with most attacks directed at security forces

Suicide bombing

Pakistani Taliban claim attacks that killed 23 in northwest

Residents of Manay, on Mindanao island, begin the clean-up after powerful twin quakes hit the region

Scenes of devastation

Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes

The collapse of the ruling coalition has imperilled Sanae Takaichi's bid to become Japan's first woman prime minister

After coalition collapse

Japan main opposition eyes unified PM candidate to block Takaichi

Nobody publicly mentioned Maria Corina Machado's name before she was awarded Nobel Peace Prize -- but her odds dramatically soared just before

Betting irregularities

Nobel institute to probe possible leaks over peace prize

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

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