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Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses The ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confucius ⁠Institutes ​as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth said on Friday. Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda ⁠tools and has taken steps to ​crack down on them.

Kim Jong Un crosses new bridge linking North Korea and China

Palestinian families displaced as Israeli forces demolish Hebron homes, local officials say

The crackdown follows the killing of two Israeli soldiers by two Palestinian gunmen on Friday - and comes just days ahead of Israel's election.

Ukraine says Starlink restored as attacks continue in Russia and Ukraine

Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the US are expected to meet in Abu Dhabi next month.

Farmers block national highway demanding withdrawal of Warabandhi system

Several hundreds of farmers, led by former Minister Narasimha Naik (Raju Gowda), staged a protest at Devapur Cross in Shorapur taluk on Saturday and blocked the Bidar-Srirangapatna National Highway (NH-150A) for hours, demanding the withdrawal of the Warabandhi (rotational water supply) system and the release of water from the Basavasagar Reservoir into canals until the end of November

ANALYSIS: CBD COP17: Russia, Africa disagree as delegates adopt 14 decisions

CBD COP17: Russia, Africa disagree as delegates adopt 14 decisions. Delegates at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Armenia adopted 14 decisions during the first week of negotiations.

Armed Israeli settlers try to break into Palestinian grandfather’s home

A Palestinian man is facing Israeli settler attacks and a demolition order from Israeli forces in Umm Safa village.

Ukraine says Starlink at normal speed after delays impede military

Ukraine says Starlink satellite is back to operating at high speeds after restrictions disrupted Ukraine's military operations and intensified tensions with the US.

Iran says won’t allow US warships to get close as Trump ponders new attacks

Iranian officials, media and analysts sense war is closer, but signal there will be no backing down.

Israeli soldiers raze neighbourhood in Hebron, driving families from homes

PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows ‘to destroy this place’ in retaliation for militant attack on army checkpoint Israeli troops have levelled a neighbourhood in Hebron, driving out hundreds of families, in collective punishment for a militant attack on an army checkpoint outside the West Bank city, local Palestinian authorities said. The Hebron municipality estimated that 35 hectares (86 acres) had been destroyed or marked for destruction and about 1,500 people had been evicted from their homes by Saturday afternoon in the district of Ein Deir Baha.

Skydance employees brace for expected restructure as megamerger dust settles

Battle far from over after Paramount and Warner Bros deal creates new global entertainment powerhouse “It feels like the calm before the storm,” says an executive at Skydance, the newly minted media empire formed from the megamerger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Earlier this month, David Ellison, Skydance’s chief executive, sealed the $110bn (£82bn) deal, creating a global powerhouse spanning two Hollywood studios each more than a century old, the TV networks HBO, MTV and Discovery, and news outlets CBS and CNN.

ICC prosecutor says court making ‘significant progress’ despite US sanctions

Nazhat Shameem Khan claims some staff are facing ‘banking difficulties’ but their work is unaffected The deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court has said that new US sanctions are already beginning to take effect on its staff but insisted they have not hindered the court’s work. US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced the sanctions earlier this month, accusing the ICC – a frequent Trump administration target – of being a “rogue court” and declaring: “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”

Ukraine says Starlink connection 'now stable' after network limits

The slowed Starlink connections had affected the Ukraine's military and drone operations for a week.

Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

Visit by train over New Yalu River Bridge marks North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year Kim Jong-un has travelled to China over a newly opened bridge marking the North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year, South Korean officials have said. A government source told the Yonhap news agency on Saturday that Kim had arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong, in Liaoning province, after taking a train from Pyongyang to Sinuiju and crossing the New Yalu River Bridge.

Why is Israel launching a new military operation in the occupied West Bank?

Netanyahu says 'we will destroy this place' as Israeli forces begin days-long operation with raids and demolitions.

KPSC paper leak case: Karnataka CM sanctions prosecution of suspended IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar

Gangwar is accused of misusing his official position to leak the question papers and correct answers through middleman Basavaraj Kannale a day before the examination

Melania Trump says secured ceasefire in Ukrainian city of Oleshky

US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement Friday she had secured a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and short of food. Melania Trump said she had worked with the Russian and Ukrainian leaderships on the Oleshky plan, and that civilian leaders from both countries would “work together” and visit the devastated city to assess aid needs.

US announces ceasefire in Russia-occupied Ukraine city 'on brink of disaster'

US First Lady Melania Trump has secured a truce that will begin on 29 October in the southern city, the White House says.

White House says Melania Trump ‘secured a ceasefire’ in Ukraine’s Oleshky

No confirmation from Russia or Ukraine as White House says 'localised' ceasefire to take effect in Oleshky.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in China's border city

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong via a newly opened bridge linking the two countries, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in China, South Korean media say

The visit comes about a week after a major new bridge linking the two countries was officially opened.

US-Iran war, then and now: How the landscape has changed since February

The positions of Washington and Tehran have changed dramatically since US-Israeli strikes began the war, analysts say.

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.