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Xi, Putin to deepen decade-long friendship at Beijing summit
Ten years after toasting a budding friendship with vodka and cake, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will meet again in Beijing on Wednesday seeking to further deepen the "no-limits" partnership between their two countries.
UN Security Council rejects Russian resolution on Israel-Hamas war
The UN Security Council on Monday rejected a Russian resolution condeming spiralling violence in the Middle East, with delegates refusing to back a motion that did not single out Hamas for its surprise attack on Israel that left at least 1,400 people dead.
Putin arrives in China to meet 'dear friend' Xi
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Tuesday to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping, bolstering their relationship at a summit that will be overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war.
Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday: Blinken
US President Joe Biden will pay a solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday following the Hamas attacks, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who also announced that Israel had agreed to work on civilian aid for Gaza.
Venezuelan government and opposition agree to resume talks
Venezuela's government and opposition said Monday they will restart talks seeking to end the country's political and economic crisis, after a nearly year-long suspension.
Colombia lashes out at Israeli envoy amid spat over war with Hamas
Colombia on Monday said Israel's ambassador should leave the South American country before rowing back comments amid a worsening spat over President Gustavo Petro's remarks on the war with Hamas.
Putin due in China to meet 'dear friend' Xi
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in China on Tuesday to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping, bolstering their relationship at an infrastructure summit that will be overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war.
With dreadlocks, hipster beards, Israel reservists called to war
An earring pokes out from under the helmet of Israeli army reservist Amir, a self-professed leftist who is pro-peace but finds himself looking through his rifle scope at buildings inside Gaza.
'Shaken beliefs': Israelis evacuate from tense Lebanon border
Israel has been bombing Gaza since Palestinian militants launched their bloody attack but tensions have also flared on the northern border with Lebanon, the base of another sworn enemy, Hezbollah.
No let up in speaker fight for paralyzed US Congress
The US House of Representatives entered a third week of paralysis Monday as Republicans struggled to unite behind a leader to end a bitter civil war that has stalled their domestic agenda and thwarted action on the Israel crisis.
'Never seen such barbarity': the grim task of Israel's forensics teams
The stench of death is overwhelming in Israel's National Center of Forensic Medicine, where experts have been trying to identify the remains of hundreds of people slain in the Hamas attacks.
European leaders urge Serbia-Kosovo dialogue at Balkan summit
European leaders urged dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia after a recent spike in tensions, as they gathered at a regional Balkan summit on Monday in the Albanian capital Tirana.
Three keys to outsider Noboa's rapid rise to Ecuadoran presidency
On Sunday, a 35-year-old millionnaire with next to no political experience became Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect, entrusted with leading a country engulfed in a bloody drug gang war.
Trump given partial gag order in election conspiracy trial
The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump's trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election imposed a partial gag order on the former president on Monday.
UN peacekeepers leaving two more camps in tense northern Mali
UN peacekeepers in Mali announced Monday their pullout has started from two camps in the tense Kidal region, opening a new phase in a forced withdrawal igniting fears fighting will intensify between troops and armed actors.
Hundreds protest at BBC over Hamas coverage
Around 250 protesters gathered outside the BBC's main headquarters in London on Monday over the British broadcaster's "continued refusal to call Hamas terrorists".
Israel warns of long war as Blinken feels conflict firsthand
Israel warned Monday of a long but winning war against Hamas as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his second visit within days to promise full support after a major attack.
Debt, inflation and the peso: Argentina's election worries
Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, bursting with natural resources, but has been unable to claw its way out of decades of economic instability that has brought its population to its knees.
Biden meets security chiefs amid talk of Israel trip
US President Joe Biden abruptly cancelled a domestic political trip to meet with his national security team Monday as he weighed an invitation to go to Israel to show support as it wages war against Hamas.
'Poland is back': Brussels greets election result
After years of tensions over Warsaw's perceived democratic backsliding, Brussels on Monday trumpeted the apparent victory of Poland's pro-EU opposition in a weekend election.
Mass graves, ice-cream truck mortuary as bodies pile up in Gaza
As Gaza's hospital morgues overflow with victims killed in Israel's bombardment triggered by a deadly Hamas attack, even an ice-cream truck has been used to hold corpses before their burial.
Egypt, France foreign ministers urge aid to Gaza through Rafah
Egypt and France's foreign ministers urged Monday the delivery of humanitarian aid and the exit of foreign nationals from the bombarded Gaza Strip, on the tenth day of war between Israel and Hamas.
Writing triumphed over 'hell of communism', says Albania's Kadare
Acclaimed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has talked about being smothered by "the hell of communism" and how writing helped him survive one of the worst dictators in the old Eastern Bloc.
'Where are they?': angry relatives rally in Kyiv over missing soldiers
A group of relatives of soldiers missing in action or taken prisoner protested in Kyiv Monday, accusing President Volodymyr Zelensky and the military leadership of failing to help them.
Israel warns of long war on Hamas as Blinken offers support
Israel warned Monday of a long but winning war against Hamas as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his second visit within days to promise full support after a major attack.
The Israel-Hamas military balance
Israel has one of the best-resourced militaries in the world, hugely supported by Washington. In Hamas, it faces a highly-trained armed group with powerful regional allies.
Poland's pro-EU opposition ahead in election with record turnout
Poland's pro-EU opposition on Monday was set to win a parliamentary majority, partial results showed, a day after a national election which saw the highest turnout since the fall of Communism.
French footballer sorry for 'nervous laugh' during minute's silence
France international Jean-Clair Todibo on Monday apologised for laughing during a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict and a murdered French teacher before a Euro 2024 qualifier last week.
Calls mount to let aid in to besieged Gaza
Aid agencies on Monday called for vital humanitarian supplies to be allowed into the Gaza Strip, warning time was running out to save millions of people as water supplies dried up and food and fuel stocks dwindled.
The world's youngest elected leaders
Ecuador's 35-year-old president-elect, banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, joins a growing group of world leaders who were elected to the top job before they turned 40.
24 hours for aid to enter Gaza before 'catastrophe': WHO
The Gaza Strip has only "24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left", the regional head of the United Nations' World Health Organization told AFP on Monday, as pressure mounts for assistance to arrive.
Gazan dual nationals mass at shuttered Egypt border
Hundreds of Palestinians with dual nationality waited Monday at Gaza's shuttered Rafah crossing with Egypt, hoping to leave the blockaded enclave where war between Israel and Hamas militants has raged for days.