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Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to attend the two-day BRICS summit which begins today (October 22) in Kazan, Russia.

China launched live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday or ordered the army to prepare for war as U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the troubled waterway.

Hungarian anti-terror police have prevented an armed attack on October 23 when Hungary commemorates its 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination, after a tip-off from the U.S. Secret Service, sources said Monday.

The West has expressed concern after South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence sources said North Korea is sending up to 12,000 soldiers to fight with Russia in Ukraine.

China’s president has ordered his military to prepare for war, a move closely watched by the United States and its allies.

Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed for the fourth time in 48 hours, leaving the nation without power as Hurricane Oscar loomed, threatening to inflict even more damage on the island’s fragile infrastructure. 

Lebanese interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati has accused Iran of interfering in his nation’s internal affairs after the Iranian parliament speaker suggested that Tehran seeks a deal about Hezbollah’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.

Using long-range B-2 stealth bombers, the United States on Wednesday (October 16) launched airstrikes targeting “hardened underground facilities housing missiles and weapons components” used by Houthi rebels around Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, Sky News reports.

A new report shows that Canada has seen the number of reported antisemitic incidents, including violent crimes, surge by a massive 670% since Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel last year, Ynet News reports.

Hungary has denied reports that it was asked by the United States to host nuclear warplanes amid concern within the NATO military alliance about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday that it urgently requires more funding to help millions of people facing food shortages across southern Africa. The shortages are the result of unprecedented drought caused by El Niño, a climate phenomenon that intensifies dry or stormy weather patterns, WFP said.

Government contracts indicate the US is planning to upgrade its Kecskemét military air base in Hungary to house F-15 Eagle strike tactical fighter jets that are certified to carry B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, the Telegraph UK reported on Monday, October 15.

The European Union held its first summit with the Gulf states on Wednesday amid mounting Middle East tensions and as the bloc struggles to receive global support in efforts to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Iran has denied interfering in American affairs after the United States warned Tehran to stop plotting against former President Donald J. Trump, who seeks to return to the White House.

Residents in northern Nigeria were grieving Thursday after authorities confirmed that more than 140 people, including children, were killed when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel.