Politics
Hamas agreed to begin releasing 20 living hostages from Gaza to the Red Cross Monday morning, and Israel prepared to receive them before freeing Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to vow retaliation and sending Asian markets tumbling.
President Donald Trump said he might send Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not end his invasion, and Moscow expressed "extreme concern."
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu named a new French government in Paris, kept Roland Lescure as finance minister and faced a threatened censure motion from the far right.
Hamas fighters killed dozens of suspected collaborators from rival armed clans in Gaza in reprisal shootings, multiple news outlets reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a "new path" would begin imminently, while protesters in Tel Aviv jeered him, highlighting growing domestic demand for peace.
Family minister Eugenia Roccella said Auschwitz school trips were "gite" and suggested antisemitism was solely fascist, prompting Liliana Segre and opposition parties to condemn her remarks.
An unpermitted pro-Palestine demonstration in Bern on Saturday escalated into violent clashes that police said left 18 injured, caused millions in damage and prompted politicians to demand tougher measures.
NATO began its annual Steadfast Noon nuclear defense exercise over the North Sea using training bombs, calling it routine but saying it sent a clear signal to Russia; Germany joined.
Independent Noosha Aubel ended 35 years of SPD rule in Potsdam, while independent Axel Strasser defeated the AfD candidate and won Frankfurt (Oder) in runoff elections.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro publicly challenged Nobel laureate María Corina Machado, proclaimed “Si quieren la paz, prepárense para ganarla” at an Oct. 12 state event, escalating rhetoric.
France’s Rassemblement National and La France Insoumise announced they would each file a motion of censure against the Lecornu government on Monday, seeking to force National Assembly dissolution.
Les Républicains expelled six members in France on Sunday evening for joining Sébastien Lecornu’s government, including Rachida Dati, Annie Genevard and Philippe Tabarot, weakening party president Bruno Retailleau.
The German government considered exempting interest costs on defense spending from the constitutional debt brake, but the proposal remained disputed.
Portugal's center-right PSD won municipal elections, capturing Lisbon, Porto, Sintra, Gaia and other major cities, while far-right Chega strengthened as a third force.
An elite Capsat contingent in Antananarivo joined youth-led protests and declared it had taken control of the military, while President Andry Rajoelina called the move an illegal power grab.
Afghan Taliban and Pakistan engaged in heavy cross-border clashes along their frontier, with both sides claiming dozens to hundreds killed and Pakistan closing major crossings, officials said.
Gérald Darmanin, reconduit dimanche comme ministre de la Justice dans le gouvernement Lecornu II, a annoncé qu’il se mettait en congé de toute activité partisane, suspendant son mouvement «Populaires».
Britain marked Margaret Thatcher’s 100th birthday with London museum exhibitions and retrospectives reflecting on her transformative, divisive overhaul of the state and sparking renewed debate over her legacy.
El presidente Pedro Sánchez abandonó precipitadamente la recepción del Palacio Real el 12 de octubre, sin atender a la prensa; Moncloa alegó viaje a Egipto, críticos dijeron que huía.
Basque police detained 17 people in Vitoria on Oct. 12 after clashes between pro‑Franco demonstrators and masked counter‑protesters during Spain’s national holiday, authorities said.
Germany's development minister pledged €1 billion to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, a sum Spiegel said was smaller than in the previous funding round.
