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Erdogan Presses for UN Security Council Reform on UN’s 81st Birthday

In a UN Day message, Erdogan called for a more just and inclusive Security Council, backed the UN80 initiative and renewed Turkey's bid to make Istanbul a UN hub.

October 24, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Opposition demonstration in Venezuela demanding elections

Venezuelans Demand Election Date in Nationwide Opposition Protests

Thousands demonstrated across Venezuela on October 22, demanding elections and political prisoners' release. Machado's movement organised the nationwide protests while a separate opposition faction continued talks with the interim government.

October 24, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The plenary chamber of the German Bundestag in Berlin, with a speaker at the lectern and politicians seated in blue chairs

Migrant Groups Ask Merz for Minority Shield as AfD Eyes Saxony-Anhalt

Four migrant umbrella groups put an open letter to Chancellor Merz on Monday asking for a federal commission, a hardship clause and a protection fund before the AfD can share power in

October 19, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Landsat 9 satellite view of Providencia island and its surrounding reefs in the Caribbean Sea

Colombia Sets Nov. 30 Date for San Andres Sea Baselines Decree

Colombia's president says he will sign sea baselines for the San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina archipelago on November 30, a step Law 10 of 1978 required. The announcement revives the 2012

October 19, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Night view from orbit of the Gulf of Thailand, with Bangkok's lights at the head of the bay and green dots of fishing boats on the dark water

Cambodia Says Thailand Agreed Sea Trust Measures; Only One Is Named

Cambodia says it and Thailand agreed confidence-building measures at the second Hague conciliation session, but names only one: a right to correct the other's "misinformation." The commission also noted that earlier measures

October 19, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A woman in black sifts flour into a blue bowl outside a grey family tent while three children sit and stand near the entrance

Gaza Death Toll Reaches 74,475 as the UN Cuts Food Aid by a Third

Gaza's Health Ministry reported 74,475 killed and 175,517 wounded in Israel's genocide on Sunday, and 67 of the 98 added in a week were deaths verified late. By TEH's arithmetic the count

October 19, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

A grey Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter taxiing on a runway beneath a clear sky, seen past the wing of another aircraft

Bomb Threat Sends Tel Aviv-Vienna Flight to Sofia Under Fighter Escort

Fifty-one passengers and six crew were taken off an Austrian Airlines jet in Sofia on Sunday after a bomb threat and a Bulgarian fighter escort, the Transport Ministry said. Ynet reports early

October 18, 2026

News·Travel

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UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

Governments gathered in Yerevan on Sunday for the opening of COP17, the UN biodiversity conference, facing a 2025 money deadline that the UN's own report says was likely missed. Two tallies of

October 18, 2026

Climate·News

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Ukraine Says Russians Executed Two POWs, but Its Intercept Is Unreleased

Ukraine's Southern Forces Group says Russian soldiers were ordered to "take them out immediately" and executed two unarmed prisoners on the Huliaipole front. The radio intercept behind the claim is unpublished, the

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Men in coats and wraparound skirts line up at a desk where a Red Cross staff member processes papers during a detainee release in Sanaa

Houthis Free 159 Prisoners, but Red Cross Had No Role in Choosing Them

Yemen's Houthis released 159 men in Sanaa on Saturday under an amnesty, describing them as fighters who surrendered without fighting. The Red Cross supported the operation but says it played no role

October 17, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Erdogan Presses for UN Security Council Reform on UN’s 81st Birthday

Venezuelans Demand Election Date in Nationwide Opposition Protests

Migrant Groups Ask Merz for Minority Shield as AfD Eyes Saxony-Anhalt

Colombia Sets Nov. 30 Date for San Andres Sea Baselines Decree

Cambodia Says Thailand Agreed Sea Trust Measures; Only One Is Named

Gaza Death Toll Reaches 74,475 as the UN Cuts Food Aid by a Third

Bomb Threat Sends Tel Aviv-Vienna Flight to Sofia Under Fighter Escort

UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

Ukraine Says Russians Executed Two POWs, but Its Intercept Is Unreleased

Houthis Free 159 Prisoners, but Red Cross Had No Role in Choosing Them

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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