world news

How Benjamin Netanyahu reshaped Israel’s institutions

As Israel heads to the polls on October 27, its polarising and longest-serving prime minister is seeking re-election.

Journalist or spy? Russia's arrest of a Japanese reporter sparks a high-stakes diplomatic showdown.

Russia's arrest of a Japanese reporter sparks a high-stakes diplomatic showdown.. Japan is demanding access to a journalist who was arrested by Russian security services.

Lebanese sceptical Israeli polls will bring change, end occupation of south

Residents and analysts doubt October 27 vote will bring any meaningful shift in Israeli policy towards their country.

Violence, intimidation and fear: 10 years on from the ‘Jungle’, life in Calais migrant camps is harsher than ever

People living in tents in northern France hoping to find asylum in England face increasing intimidation from police and far-right agitators In the decade since the demolition of the “Jungle”, an area of Calais where thousands of asylum seekers set up makeshift shelters before embarking on Channel crossings to the UK, everything and nothing has changed. This week, in a woodland clearing not far from one of Calais’s busy main roads, several brightly coloured tents are pitched.

As a divided Israel prepares to go to the polls, can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?

Looming over the crowd that has gathered to hear Gadi Eisenkot, the former general who is the lead opposition challenger in Tuesday’s Israeli election, is a man who is not there. Naturally, the warm-up speakers at this evening rally in the modest city of Modi’in, halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, stress the virtues of Eisenkot, a son of working-class Moroccan Jews who rose through the ranks to become chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces and entered politics only four years ago.

India news: India-China border tensions back in focus despite ongoing talks

India says Chinese forces deviating from established patrolling patterns continue to disrupt the border situation, a day after the ITBP chief reported face-offs at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh.

Two large earthquakes off coast of Vanuatu prompt tsunami warning

A tsunami warning has been issued after two large earthquakes struck off the coast of Vanuatu.

Why is ITBP overhauling its training and combat strategy along the China border? Explained

Why is ITBP overhauling its training and combat strategy along the China border? The ITBP was formed on October 24, 1962 after the Indo-China war

Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China

Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power as it weakened and ⁠headed north toward ⁠the ​Chinese coast. Earlier classified as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the ⁠Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of about 126km per hour (78 miles per hour) near its ⁠centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).

Syrians protest Israel’s incursions near occupied Golan Heights

Syrians are protesting Israel’s occupation of parts of the country’s south, near the occupied Golan Heights.

North Korea has opened up bridges to Russia and China – in which direction will it go?

Kim Jong-un has opened the borders to both his key allies in Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, but for different reasons For more than a decade, local Chinese residents pilloried it as nothing more than an empty bridge that led to a North Korean vegetable patch on the other side. Fast forward 12 years and dozens of trucks are now traversing the bridge linking China to North Korea, boosting trade for the reclusive regime.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review – a thrilling airport novel of a game

Activision; PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox From parkour over Manhattan rooftops and car chases in Paris to the climactic battle at a North Korean air base, the developers have thrown absolutely everything at the game Last year’s Black Ops 7 instalment was a sales disappointment for Activision, and that has no doubt put extra pressure on Infinity Ward, the studio leading Modern Warfare 4 development.

Israeli forces begin demolishing Palestinian buildings in Hebron after two Israeli soldiers shot dead

The Israeli military has begun demolishing Palestinian buildings in the city of Hebron, after two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack by two Palestinian gunmen. Netanyahu’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to launch a campaign in the West Bank “exactly like in Gaza or Lebanon,” while far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for Israel to dismantle the Palestinian Authority.

‘Generation Right’: Israeli youth show strong support for the right

Some three quarters of Jewish first-time voters identify as right or centre-right, higher than rest of Israeli society.

Russia, Ukraine agree to Melania Trump-brokered localised ceasefire

President Trump says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire in Oleshky.

Xinhua takes Taiwan restoration exhibition to five African countries

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 — China’s state news agency Xinhua is taking a photo exhibition marking Taiwan’s restoration after World War II to five African countries, using historical images to promote Beijing’s position on national sovereignty, territorial integrity and reunification. Speaking at the Nairobi opening, Xinhua News Agency Africa Regional Bureau Director Ying Qiang said the exhibition was intended to help African audiences understand the historical background of Taiwan’s restoration and China’s position on the island’s future.

Chinese envoy says Taiwan reunification ‘inevitable’ at Nairobi exhibition

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 — Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan has reaffirmed Beijing’s determination to pursue national reunification with Taiwan, warning that attempts to challenge the one-China principle and reinterpret the island’s history would not alter what she described as an “inevitable” outcome. Historical records Leo Zhao, Executive Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification in Kenya, called on overseas Chinese communities to preserve historical memory, strengthen ties with Taiwan compatriots living in Kenya and contribute to peaceful…

Russia's attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, are intensifying. DW asked people on the ground what life is like

Russia's attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, are intensifying. Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian capital are hitting harder and more frequently, making 2026 one of the long war's bloodiest years for Kyiv.

Russia, Ukraine agree to US-brokered, 1 city ceasefire

The Ukrainian city of Oleshky, occupied by Russia and on the frontline, faces a humanitarian crisis. The localized truce comes as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said negotiators would meet for wider talks next month.

Israel's election could be a turning point for the entire Middle East

In a region struggling through conflict on many fronts, there is a fear that the upcoming Israeli election could have enormous flow-on effects for the entire Middle East.

Romania blames Russia after drone sinks ship in the Black Sea

One sailor killed and three others missing after Comoros-flagged Khoryv hit near Romanian waters.

African Union renews call for immediate, unconditional lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions

The African Union (AU) has renewed its call for the immediate and unconditional lifting of unilateral sanctions imposed on institutions and individuals in Zimbabwe, citing their adverse impact on the country’s socio-economic development. In a statement issued on Friday, October 23, AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed concern that the sanctions continued to constrain Zimbabwe’s economic progress and undermine its development ambitions.

US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran

Multinational ‘anti-war bloc’ uses Istanbul summit to call for a diplomatic solution to Middle East crisis Foreign ministers at a summit of eight European and Middle Eastern countries have urged the US and Israel not to renews their attacks on Iran, warning a fresh outbreak of fighting would spread conflict and push oil prices even higher. The development of a new multinational “anti-war bloc” represents a challenge to the increasingly open plans by the US and Israel to relaunch strikes on Iran while talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme remain deadlocked.

Nandyal SP inspects nomination centres; warns against violations