Iraqis vote in election they expect to bring little reform
Iraqis began casting ballots on Tuesday in parliamentary elections to choose a new 329-member legislature, state television said, with nationwide poll...
Russia and Ukraine are reportedly close to agreeing on a new round of peace talks in Türkiye this week, though the Kremlin stated that the two sides remain "diametrically opposed" in their positions on how to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged for greater momentum in negotiations, with key issues such as prisoner exchanges, the return of abducted children, and preparing for a leaders' meeting on the agenda.
Negotiators from both sides, who have not met for seven weeks, may gather in Istanbul on Thursday and Friday, according to an unnamed source cited by Russian state news. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that discussions would focus on two opposing drafts presented by each side, but emphasized that Moscow would announce the date for the talks once the details were finalized.
While previous rounds of talks in May and June resulted in prisoner exchanges, no progress has been made towards a ceasefire or resolving the nearly four-year conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump warned last week that new sanctions would be imposed in 50 days if no agreement is reached.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has launched NASA’s twin ESCAPADE satellites to Mars on Sunday, marking the second flight of its New Glenn rocket, a mission seen as a crucial test of the company’s reusability ambitions and a fresh challenge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Elon Musk’s bold vision for the future of technology doesn’t stop at reshaping space exploration or electric cars. The Neuralink brain-chip technology he introduced in 2020 could mark the end of smartphones as we know them, and his recent statements amplify this futuristic idea.
Two trains crashed in Slovakia on Sunday evening after one ran into the back of the other, injuring dozens of passengers, police and the country's interior minister said.
China has announced exemptions to its export controls on Nexperia chips intended for civilian use, the commerce ministry said on Sunday, a move aimed at easing supply shortages affecting carmakers and automotive suppliers.
Russia said its forces have captured the village of Rybne in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, though Kyiv has not confirmed the claim. Ukraine’s military says it repelled multiple Russian assaults nearby amid ongoing heavy fighting.
The United Nations said Monday that Israeli restrictions continue to block the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, a month after the ceasefire took effect.
The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a deal to end the longest government shutdown, resolving a weeks-long impasse that disrupted food aid, halted pay for federal workers, and affected air travel.
Indian police are probing a deadly car blast in the capital Delhi under a stringent law used to fight "terrorism", television channels reported on Tuesday, citing a case registered by the police.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Tufan Erhurman will visit Türkiye on 13 November - his first trip abroad since taking office - to discuss Türkiye-TRNC relations and the Cyprus issue.
The number of reported hate crimes has risen steadily each year since around 2020 in Finland, according to the Police University College. In 2025, nearly 70% of the crime reports filed were motivated by the victims' ethnic or national background.
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