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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will pick its new leader on October 4, the party's election committee said Tuesday, replacing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who resigned after huge election setbacks.
Ethiopia was set to inaugurate Africa's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday that has promised to revolutionise the country's energy sector but sparked diplomatic rows with downstream neighbour Egypt.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was on Tuesday to submit his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron after parliament ousted the government, with the French leader rushing to find a successor and stave off a new political crisis.
Locked up for more than four years and ailing, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai would only become a greater symbol if he died in prison, his son said.
Israel's military said on Tuesday that it will act with "great force" in Gaza City and told residents to leave as it stepped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory's largest urban centre.
More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said Tuesday.
Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Monday that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off the coast of Tunisia, but authorities there said "no drones" had been detected.
President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that Christmas will come early again this year, decreeing that the annual holiday -- famously celebrated in December in much of the world -- will begin October 1 in Venezuela.
A major arms fair opens Tuesday in London without the presence of Israeli government officials due to worsening diplomatic relations between Britain and Israel over the Gaza conflict.
Nepal rolled back its social media ban on Tuesday, a day after at least 19 people were killed in protests demanding the government lift its restrictions and tackle corruption.
Brazil's Supreme Court begins voting Tuesday to convict or acquit far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro in a coup trial that has prompted mass protests by his fervent base and punitive backlash from his US ally, Donald Trump.
A documentary about an Israeli ex-soldier set to premiere at the Toronto film festival -- after initially being cut from the schedule -- has become the latest flashpoint in Hollywood's internal split over the Gaza conflict.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine designed for intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported on Tuesday.
Norway's left-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store won Monday's legislative elections, which also saw a record surge in support for the anti-immigration Progress Party.
The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order preventing government agents from carrying out roving patrols to detain migrants in California, upholding at least for now a practice critics say amounts to racial profiling.
At least 19 people were killed Monday when police dispersed young demonstrators in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal demanding the government lift a social media ban and tackle corruption.
Norway's left-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store looked on course to win Monday's legislative elections, which also saw a surge in support for the anti-immigration Progress Party, early projections showed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told residents of Gaza City on Monday to evacuate, as the military ramped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory's largest urban centre.
The Argentine peso and share prices dropped sharply Monday after President Javier Milei's libertarian party suffered a drubbing in a key provincial election.
At least 17 protesters were killed Monday when Nepal police dispersed young demonstrators in Kathmandu demanding the government lift its social media ban and tackle corruption.
Argentine President Javier Milei will attend a far-right rally in Madrid this weekend, the organisers announced on Monday, a year after he caused a diplomatic spat with inflammatory comments on a previous visit.
Nepal police on Monday opened fire, killing at least 17 people as thousands of young protesters took to the streets of Kathmandu demanding the government lift a social media ban and tackle corruption.
Africa, which emits only four percent of greenhouse gases but suffers disproportionately from the impact of global warming, called Monday for more funding for adaptation in the name of "climate justice".
France's excessive debt pile is "life-threatening" for the country, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Monday as he defended billions of euros of budget cuts ahead of a confidence vote expected to bring down his government.
Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding several others, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in one of the deadliest anti-Israeli attacks since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
At least 16 protesters were killed Monday when Nepal police dispersed young demonstrators in Kathmandu demanding the government lift its social media ban and tackle corruption.
At least 10 protesters were killed Monday after Nepal police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon to disperse demonstrators in Kathmandu demanding the government lift its ban on social media and tackle corruption.
Influential Thai ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra landed back home on Monday ahead of a scheduled watershed ruling by the kingdom's top court which may see him jailed.
Maryna Tereshchenko still remembers the smell of the apricot trees in her Donbas home town, and clings to the hope that she will one day be able to return to east Ukraine.
Norwegians began voting Monday in an election where US President Donald Trump's tariffs and the war in Ukraine could give a boost to the government led by Labour Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
Israel's defence minister told Hamas on Monday to lay down its arms or face annihilation, after US President Donald Trump said the militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza.
Pacific Islands leaders are meeting in the Solomons this week for an influential summit clouded by differences over China's mounting influence in the region that risks scuppering regional cooperation.