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Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem Reuters Sunday saw the deadliest day of attacks since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October One week ago, US President Donald Trump was given a hero’s welcome in Israel after securing the Gaza ceasefire and exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. But the days since have shown just […]

The lamps were lit in the northern Indian temple town of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited. The US and Russian presidents announced on Thursday they planned to hold talks on the war in Ukraine in Budapest, possibly in the coming weeks. In comments released […]

Australia has accused a Chinese military aircraft of releasing flares “in close proximity” to its patrol jet over the South China Sea. The Australian government has raised its concern with Beijing over the “unsafe and unprofessional” manoeuvre, the defence department said in a statement on Monday. There was no damage to Australia’s P-8A aircraft and […]

October 20, 2025, 09:57October 20, 2025, 09:57 A bus driver was killed in an attack by basketball fans on a bus carrying fans of the opposing team near Rieti on Sunday evening. A stone went through the windshield and fatally hit the second driver on the passenger side. A tragic episode in the match of […]

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter Watch: Bangladesh’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport engulfed in flames Business leaders in Bangladesh fear losses of more than $1bn (£750m) after a devastating fire broke out in the logistics section of the country’s main airport on Saturday. Clothes and raw materials were among the goods destroyed, which could put some businesses at […]

China’s economic growth slowed in the three months to the end of September as trade tensions with the US flared up. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 4.8% compared to the same period in 2024, its weakest pace in a year, official figures released on Monday show. The data comes after China imposed sweeping controls […]

The online platform X, led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is creating a marketplace to redistribute unused profile names. Oct 20, 2025, 06:22Oct 20, 2025, 06:22 The option will initially only be reserved for paying customers with Premium Business and Premium+ subscriptions. New monetization idea: Elon Musk wants to sell profile names on X.Image: keystone […]

EPA The Taliban has accused Pakistan of carrying out attacks on the Afghan capital Kabul Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” after more than a week of deadly fighting. The foreign ministry of Qatar, which mediated talks alongside Turkey, said both sides had agreed to establish “mechanisms to consolidate lasting […]

The US State Department says it has “credible reports” that Hamas is planning an “imminent” attack on civilians in Gaza, which it says would violate the ceasefire agreement. A statement released on Saturday said a planned attack against Palestinians would be a “direct and grave” violation of the ceasefire agreement and “undermine the significant progress […]