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Fat Bear Week 2025

Chunk named fattest bear in Alaska

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 69, with scores of injured overwhelming hospitals on Cebu island

Philippines quake toll rises to 69 as injured overwhelm hospitals

After 50 years of operation

Belgium switches off its oldest nuclear reactor Tihange 1

Morning Roundup

US shutdown, new portraits for future Grand Duke Guillaume and EU leaders plot defence boost in Denmark

Georgia has been in a protracted crisis since disputed parliamentary elections last year

Georgia risks political turmoil over weekend vote

Illegal firearms given by FBI Director Kash Patel to New Zealand officials during his visit to the country earlier this year have been destroyed, authorities say

Gift secured by officials

FBI director gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms: police

Gisele Pelicot became an international feminist icon

Gisele Pelicot back in French court for appeal trial 'ordeal'

A Kenyan police officer looks on during an event marking the one year anniversary of the arrival of an international security force in Haiti in June 2025

Rampant gang violence

UN Security Council OKs new military force to fight Haiti 'terrorist' gangs

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu depart at the conclusion of a joint press conference at the White House

With all-or-nothing Gaza plan, Trump turns tables for Israel

The war has displaced the majority of Gaza's population at least once

'Three or four days'

Trump gives Hamas '3 or 4 days' on Gaza deal

Kristen Michal called for EU unity in support of Ukraine

Ahead of EU summit

Estonia PM says Russia incursions aim to distract EU from Ukraine: AFP interview

The mostly Muslim Rohingya have been persecuted in Myanmar for decades, with many escaping the 2017 military clampdown

'Insurmountable barrier'

Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering

US President Donald Trump addresses a rare gathering of senior military officers

Summoned without explanation

Trump tells generals US faces 'war from within'

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote address on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England

Defending a multicultural Britain

Starmer vows to fight for Britain's 'soul', thwart far right

In Gaza, bombardment continued on Monday, with many Palestinians telling AFP they were sceptical of the prospects for peace

Muslim states join European powers in backing Trump Gaza plan

Vietnam is usually hit by up to 10 storms annually but forecasters have warned of two to three more this year

Typhoon Bualoi inflicts death, lasting floods on Vietnam

The war has displaced the majority of Gaza's population at least once

Patiently awaiting

Hamas reviewing Trump's Gaza plan

A court in Vietnam sentenced on Tuesday 16 people at its only state-sanctioned producer of gold bars to lengthy prison terms in a corruption case involving millions of dollars and hundreds of kilograms of bullion

16 people incarcerated

Vietnam jails former officials over gold bar graft: state media

San Siro is nicknamed football's La Scala

Football heritage

San Siro on course for demolition after sale to Inter and AC Milan approved

Police have cracked down on protests in Madagascar

Call for fresh demonstrations

Madagascar protesters mobilise despite firing of government

The Paralympic flag flies at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris

Many argue it is premature

Paralympics' vote to lift Russian suspension 'bold step' as conflict rages: ex-IOC executive

The trial of the alleged killer of a Cambodian opposition politician began in Bangkok, with his widow, Anne-Marie Lim (C), calling for the motive and mastermind behind the murder to be revealed

Trial opens over Bangkok murder of French-Cambodian ex-MP

Moldova elections 2025

Fair electoral process despite Russian tensions, Luxembourgish observer says

Suspicious death in Brussels

29-year-old found hanging from traffic sign on ring road

Without Congress passing a bill to fund federal operations before midnight Tuesday night, the government will partially close up shop -- and plunge Washington into a new round of political crisis

'Large differences' remain

US careens toward government shutdown as both parties dig in

Morning Roundup

Constitutional abortion rights on track, Trump's Gaza peace plan, and details on royal weekend festivities

In Colombia, engineers are developing a new rifle that is lighter and cheaper than those it purchased from former ally Israel in the past

Cheaper, lighter weapon

Colombia manufactures its first rifles to replace Israeli weapons

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu(L) participate in a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025.

Wide-ranging peace deal

Trump's Gaza plan wins Netanyahu backing, but hinges on Hamas

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