Archives for October, 2025

Afghan Defence Minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid and Pakistan's Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands, following the signing of a ceasefire agreement, during a negotations meeting mediated by Qatar and Turkey, in Doha, Qatar, October 19, 2025. Qatar Ministry Of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Exclusive-Pakistan says Afghan Taliban must rein in militants for ceasefire to hold

Reuters

Children play on the beach with the Tunisian Chemical Group’s (CGT) phosphate complex visible in the background, in Gabes, Tunisia, October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Once an idyll, Tunisian protest hotspot Gabes now an environmental 'nightmare'

Reuters

A desk bearing signs of shelling in a school where displaced people are sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohyaldeen M Abdallah

Civilians in Sudan's al-Fashir cower from drones as siege worsens hunger

Reuters

U.S. Vice President JD Vance boards Air Force Two at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, U.S., October 19, 2025. Vice President Vance and his family were in Southern California to attend the 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego. Oliver Contreras/Pool via REUTERS

U.S Vice President Vance to arrive in Israel on Tuesday, Israeli Airports Authority says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro participates in a demonstration to mark Indigenous Resistance Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, October 12, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

Searching for income and despite environmental fears, Venezuela boosts coal output

Reuters

An Israeli tank stands on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, in Israel, October 19, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Mediators step up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken

Reuters

The war in Gaza has devastated much of the territory

Vance due in Israel as US seeks to shore up Gaza ceasefire

Agence France-Presse

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif passes by the Iranian and Russian flags before meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran April 13, 2021. Iran's Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Russia will boost ties with Iran, Kremlin says

Reuters

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt is a highly strategic access point for delivering humanitarian aid, evacuating the wounded, and rebuilding the territory ravaged by more than two years of war

Five things to know about Gaza's Rafah border crossing

Agence France-Presse

New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman celebrates winning the Turkish Cypriot elections in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, in the Turkish Cypriot breakaway state, October 19, 2025. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Landslide victory of Turk Cypriot moderate offers fresh hope for talks

Reuters

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas presents "Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030", during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

EU foreign policy chief says possible Putin visit to Hungary 'not nice'

Reuters

A cargo plane veered off the runway in Hong Kong, killing two people

Cargo plane skids off Hong Kong runway, kills 2

Agence France-Presse

Trump said the ceasefire was still in effect, despite Israeli strikes in response to what it said were attacks by Hamas

Trump says Israel-Hamas ceasefire still in place after Gaza strikes

Agence France-Presse

Emergency personnel gather near damaged fencing after a cargo plane veered off the runway during landing at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Cargo plane slides off runway in Hong Kong, media reports two dead

Reuters

Heavy machinery operates at a site where searches for deceased hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel are underway amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Hamas armed wing says located body of deceased hostage, to be delivered Sunday

Reuters

Israel launched multiple strikes in the Gaza Strip despite a nine-day-old ceasefire with Hamas

Trump says Gaza ceasefire still in force after Israeli strikes

Agence France-Presse