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November 1, 2025 2:12 PM

India strengthens defence ties with ASEAN; ministers laud India’s role as responsible superpower

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his counterparts from ASEAN nations during the second India–ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 31. The meeting underscored the growing strategic importance of In...

November 1, 2025 12:55 PM

Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election marred by violence

Tanzania's electoral commission declared on Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won, with nearly 98% of the votes, an election that set off violent protests across the country this week. The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021 af...

November 1, 2025 11:59 AM

China’s Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US

Chinese President Xi Jinping took centrestage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and position China as an alternative to the United States on trade cooperation. The comment...

November 1, 2025 9:27 AM

Tanzania opposition says hundreds killed in vote protests, UN calls for probe

Tanzania's main opposition party said on Friday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections this week, as the U.N. secretary-general called for an investigation into allegations of excessive use of force. The U.N. human rights offi...

November 1, 2025 9:18 AM

UN calls for Western Sahara talks based on Morocco’s autonomy plan

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat's 50-year conflict with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. W...

October 31, 2025 11:05 PM

Trump says he is not considering strikes within Venezuela

President Donald Trump on Friday denied he was considering strikes inside Venezuela, appearing to contradict his own comments from last week and amid intensifying expectations that Washington may soon expand drug-trafficking-related operations. The ...

October 31, 2025 10:41 PM

China sends its youngest astronaut to ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station

China's Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported. It was th...

October 31, 2025 9:25 PM

Hundreds may have been executed in capture of Sudanese city, UN rights office says

Hundreds of Sudanese civilians and unarmed fighters may have been killed during the Sudanese paramilitary forces' capture of the long-besieged city of Al-Fashir, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday. The city, the Sudanese army's last signifi...

October 31, 2025 8:29 PM

Turkey to host Gaza meeting on Monday amid ceasefire concerns

Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, voicing concern over whether the ceasefire will continue. Speaking at...

October 31, 2025 6:41 PM

Hungary reports bird flu outbreak on duck farm, WOAH says

Hungary reported a first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm this season, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday, as Europe faces a swift seasonal upturn in the deadly disease. The spread of avian influenza,...

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