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Hamas says on war anniversary it's ready to reach Gaza deal, but conditions remain

Hamas said on Tuesday it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on President Donald Trump’s plan but still has demands, as Qatar’s prime minister and senior U.S. mediators headed to Egypt to join indirect negotiations between the Palestinian militant group and Israel.

October 8, 2025 6:27 pm
 

World

France's Macron pressed to end political 'mess'

France’s President Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure on Tuesday to resign or hold a snap parliamentary election to end political chaos that has forced the resignation of five prime ministers in less than two years.

October 8, 2025 4:30 pm
 

World

Britain not seeking visa deal with India, Starmer says

Britain will not pursue a visa deal with India, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, as he aims to deepen economic ties with the country following this year’s trade agreement.

October 8, 2025 2:09 pm
 

World

Ecuador detains five after attack on President Noboa's car

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa’s car was surrounded by a group of around 500 people throwing rocks as he approached an event in Canar province, a top minister said, adding that “signs of bullet damage” were found on the president’s vehicle.

October 8, 2025 10:13 am
 

World

Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics in action

U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for “experiments that revealed quantum physics in action”, paving the way for the development of the next generation of digital technologies.

October 8, 2025 9:40 am
 

World

Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg alleged on Tuesday that she and other detainees of the Gaza flotilla were subjected to torture in the Israeli prison they were held.

October 8, 2025 8:26 am
 

World

Russia has captured nearly 5,000 square km in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured almost 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield.

October 8, 2025 7:12 am
 

World

Trump's threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown

Donald Trump’s threat to invoke a federal anti-insurrection law to expand his deployment of military personnel to U.S. cities has intensified his legal battle with Democratic-led cities over presidential authority, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas prepared to patrol the streets of Chicago.

October 8, 2025 6:10 am
 

World

Construction still in progress in Belem as Brazil readies to host COP30

Heads of state will begin arriving in the Amazon city of Belem in a month for the United Nations climate summit, but the infrastructure meant to receive them remains unfinished.

October 7, 2025 3:09 pm
 

World

EU must follow law in using frozen Russian assets

Any European Union decision on using frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine must follow international law and the European Central Bank is “very attentive” to the process, ECB President Christine Lagarde said.

October 7, 2025 2:24 pm
 

New Zealand

New Zealand foreign minister's home attacked by protester

A man has been charged after a window of the New Zealand Foreign Minister’s home was smashed with a crowbar and a note pinned to his front door that said “welcome to the real world”, the Minister’s spokesperson said.

October 7, 2025 1:35 pm
 

World

Mexico intercepts new screwworm case in northern border state

Mexico’s agriculture ministry said another case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was detected in Nuevo Leon state, which borders the United States.

October 7, 2025 12:13 pm

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