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Hurricane Oscar leaves 6 dead in Cuba

US: Campaigning in key swing states; Trump faces new lawsuit

Peru: Ex-president Toledo sentenced to more than 20 years

Albania: Former President Ilir Meta arrested

Ukraine updates: Pentagon head in Kyiv ahead of US election

Mozambique: Police fire tear gas at opposition leader

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Africa

Protesters hold a Mozambican flag as they gather during a strike called by the presdential candidate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) in Maputo, on October 21, 2024.

Disputed Mozambique elections lead to clashes

Police in Mozambique have fired teargas and live bullets at protesters in the capital, Maputo.

Asia

Prabowo Subianto presents his cabinet, which his Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looking on

Can Indonesia bear the burden of Subianto's big government?

President Prabowo Subianto is starting his term with almost 50 ministries — but the apparent bloat might prove useful.

Germany

Police escort a suspect to a secure building; a helicopter is parked nearby

Israeli Embassy plot renews focus on security in Germany

The arrest of a man who planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin has renewed focus on surveillance powers.

Europe

A picture split in two. One side shows the Rine widened with an sand island in the middle of it. The other shows the narrow Rhine.

Alpine Rhine project aims for flood protection, biodiversity

On the border of Austria and Switzerland, the Rhine River will be restored to prevent floods and support biodiversity.

Middle East

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates stand in front of a building project miniature

Egypt's human rights ignored amid Israel-Hamas war

As Egypt works to mediate the Israel-Hamas war, other governments are looking away from its dismal human rights record.

North America

A picture of US President Joe Biden addressing US auto workers at a General Motors factory in Detroit, Michigan. A large US flag hands on the factory floor, which is full of machines.

Does the US economy care who is president?

No matter who was in the White House over the past 15 years, the US economy has mostly outshone its rivals.

Latin America

A bronze-winged jacana looks for food surrounded by blooming white water lily flowers

UN biodiversity talks: Is the world at a tipping point?

Species are vanishing at an alarming rate, threatening human food supply, health and security.

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US election 2024

Americans go to the ballot box on November 5 to elect the next president of the US, with Vice President Kamala Harris of the Democrats facing off against former President Donald Trump of the Republicans.

A voter in 2022 marks his ballot during early voting ahead of the midterm election in Lansing, Michigan, in the US

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Israel and the crisis in the Middle East

After the terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel declared war on Hamas and fighting was focused in Gaza. The conflict has since escalated to include the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as Iran.