Politics
Hamas confirmed it would begin releasing Israeli hostages in Gaza Monday morning, ahead of a Sharm el‑Sheikh peace summit chaired by Donald Trump and Egypt's Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Chinese imports after Beijing tightened export controls on rare earths, and Chinese officials vowed retaliatory measures.
President Donald Trump, via Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff, secured an Israel–Hamas deal to begin ending the Gaza war with a hostage exchange due by Monday midday.
The Trump administration announced it would reinstate hundreds of CDC scientists fired in the government shutdown, but officials said it was unclear when those workers would return.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian in Oslo said Hamas would give up its weapons, but other reports said militants remained armed and patrolled Gaza.
U.S. intelligence aided Ukraine's strikes on Russian energy infrastructure by helping drones evade air defenses, the Financial Times and Handelsblatt reported.
Afghanistan's Taliban government said it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in clashes along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, prompting Pakistan to close two crossings and promise a strong response.
President Donald Trump said he ordered the Defense Department to use all available funds to pay U.S. military personnel during the government shutdown, saying paychecks would arrive on Oct. 15.
Analysts said the US-backed Middle East peace plan, credited to Donald Trump and boosting Netanyahu, faced divergent Arab–Israeli interests and unclear points, casting doubt on its durability and Palestinian inclusion.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he would seek to form a new government but the Socialists, Les Républicains and UDI refused to join, jeopardising Monday–Tuesday budget deadlines.
An appeals court left in place a lower-court order barring President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, while allowing federal control to continue.
The director of the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Kristian Berg Harpviken, said he suspected espionage after unusual betting spikes on María Corina Machado before the Nobel Peace Prize announcement.
Thousands in Tel Aviv applauded mentions of President Donald Trump and booed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during speeches by U.S. envoys Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Humanitarian trucks began moving through multiple Israel–Gaza border crossings after a ceasefire, raising hopes for a major surge of emergency aid as world leaders flew to Egypt.
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said an illegal, violent coup attempt was underway after a military unit in Antananarivo claimed to have taken control of the armed forces and joined protesters.
Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya stood for an eighth term as voters went to the polls on Sunday, facing a fragmented opposition and calls to retire.
Small explosions damaged buildings in Mechelen, Landskrona and a branch of Greece’s development ministry on Syngrou, authorities said, causing property damage but no injuries.
Manila's coast guard said a Chinese coast guard ship deliberately rammed a Philippine government vessel near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday; Beijing blamed Manila.
The European Union activated its Entry-Exit System at external Schengen borders on 12 October, requiring biometric registration of non‑EU travellers and replacing passport stamps.
Generation Z-led protests across Asia, Africa and Latin America shook governments, driven by anger at cronyism, corruption and inequality amplified by social media exposure.
Andreas Gassen, head of Germany's association of statutory health insurance physicians, proposed loosening rules so employees would need medical certificates only from day four and for children's illnesses.
Federal Labor Minister Bärbel Bas proposed a municipal "Quadratmeterdeckel" to cap housing-cost reimbursements under the Bürgergeld in Germany, aiming to curb rent gouging and overcrowding fraud.
Cartoonists across Europe, Australia and Spain published satirical cartoons lampooning Donald Trump's Nobel ambitions, weak economies, stalled reforms and Spain's National Day.
Voters in Tuscany began voting today in regional elections to elect a president and renew the regional council, with polling stations open across the region.
Three Qatari diplomats were killed in a car accident near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where delegations were convening for a summit aimed at finalizing an Israel–Hamas peace agreement.