A U.S. cruise ship on a residential world voyage has suspended its operations in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to abandon their floating homes.
For a decade, British governments have observed a cardinal rule: Don’t mention Brexit. In particular, don’t suggest that voters’ 2016 decision to leave the European Union should be reversed.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 28 that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, would be set up “very soon.”
A collision between two high-speed trains south of Madrid killed 30 people on Oct. 28 and the toll could rise, regional authorities said in Spain’s second such disaster this year.
Finland’s president and Norway’s prime minister held a “frank and substantive” discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 27 about efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the Nordic leaders said.
The latest climate pledges put forth by nations will cut global greenhouse gas emissions just six percent by 2035, a U.N. report said on Oct. 27, weeks before COP31 talks in Türkiye.
Europe remained a stable destination for investment despite political turbulence at home and elsewhere, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Oct. 27, as he began a three-nation Asian tour aimed at deepening ties beyond China.
The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed on Oct. 27, as health authorities race to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries.
Israelis flocked to the polls on Oct. 27 for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack, with a deeply divided electorate delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s rightward drift.
The PKK-linked Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) announced the end of its independent military structure on Oct. 26 as Iraqi forces began taking over its positions and integrating its members into state security institutions.
A ceasefire agreement in Gaza has not stopped what a group of independent experts commissioned by the U.N. say is genocide carried out by Israel in the territory, the team said in a new report on Oct. 26.
Egypt’s parliament on Oct. 26 authorized President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to provide defensive military support to Saudi Arabia as the kingdom faces missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthis.
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that a new wave of protests this weekend could turn “risky,” adding that protest routes would remain outside city centres to protect public order.
Jordanian security forces on Oct. 26 arrested three suspects over an attack on a church last week that killed nine people, with the trio wounded in a dawn raid and shootout, authorities said.
Russia said on Oct. 26 that it would not slow down its offensive on Ukraine despite upcoming U.S.-brokered talks on ending the conflict but that it could agree local "humanitarian" ceasefires.
The Kremlin said on Oct. 26 that it hoped Serbia's new political leaders recognised the benefits of cooperation with Russia, after a student-led protest movement beat longtime Moscow-friendly leader Aleksandar Vucic in a national election.
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