Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara
Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital, Turkey's defense ministry announced.
At least 13 people were killed at a nightclub fire in Spain's southeastern city of Murcia
A fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring several others, authorities said.
One year after deadly fan crush at Indonesia soccer stadium, families still seek justice
A year has passed slowly for Devi Athok, an Indonesian man whose two teenage daughters died in a crush of fans at a soccer stadium in East Java in October 2022 after police fired tear gas, setting off a panicked run for the exits that left 135 people dead.
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Top European diplomats meet in Kyiv to support Ukraine as signs of strain show among allies
Some of Europe's top diplomats gathered Monday in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion as signs emerge of political strain in Europe and the United States about the war.
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Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is to open a Vatican meeting on church's future
A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women's organization to be ''brave'' in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church.
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The UAE holds an annual oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN COP28 climate talks in Dubai
The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks called on oil and gas companies on Monday to be ''central to the solution'' to fighting climate change, even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising global energy prices.
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UK Treasury chief says he'll hike the minimum wage but rules out tax cuts while inflation stays high
Britain's Treasury chief is to announce a hike in the national minimum wage on Monday, as the governing Conservative Party tries to persuade voters it is on the side of those who are struggling financially.
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Nobel Prize announcements are getting underway with the unveiling of the medicine prize
Six days of Nobel Prize announcements begin Monday with the unveiling of the winner of the medicine award.
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Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as Japan business confidence rises and US shutdown is averted
Asian shares were mostly higher in thin trading Monday with many markets closed for holidays.
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5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead of meeting
Five conservative cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas have challenged Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination ahead of a big Vatican meeting where such hot-button issues are up for debate.
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Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 38 people
A huge fire broke out early Monday in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 38 people, the health ministry said.
Business
Bank of Japan survey shows manufacturers optimistic about economy
Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers improved in July-September for the second straight quarter, according to a central bank survey released Monday.
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Early voting begins in New Zealand's general election and in Australia for Indigenous 'Voice'
Early voting began on Monday in New Zealand for the nation's Oct. 14 general election, with conservative contender Christopher Luxon casting his ballot.
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Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk says change 'is inevitable' as election supporters rally
Opposition leader Donald Tusk told supporters that political "change for the better is inevitable'' in Poland as he opened a massive march Sunday to try to boost his political coalition's chances of unseating the country's conservative government in an upcoming parliamentary election.
Business
Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, funded by China
Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday as it was set to begin commercial operations, a key project under China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will drastically reduce the travel time between two key cities.
World
Church roof collapses in north Mexico, killing at least nine and injuring about 50, officials say
The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50, authorities said as searchers probed in the wreckage late into the night looking for survivors and other victims.
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Mexico's rescue and drug-sniffing dogs start out at the army's puppy kindergarten
In the middle of a military base outside Mexico City, an army colonel runs what he calls a kindergarten for dogs.
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Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for Europe
Europe won back the the Ryder Cup on Sunday, just like it always does before its raucous crowd, with Rory McIlroy leading the way and Tommy Fleetwood delivering the winner.
Business
Facing increasing pressure from customers, some miners are switching to renewable energy
Red hot sparks fly through the air as a worker in a heat-resistant suit pokes a long metal rod into a nickel smelter, coaxing the molten metal from a crucible at a processing facility on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
World
Brazil's President Lula back at official residence to recover from hip replacement surgery
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from the hospital Sunday, two days after undergoing successful hip replacement surgery that will have him working from home while he recovers.
World
UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs
The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell a surge in gang violence and restore security so the troubled Caribbean nation can hold long-delayed elections.
World
Serbia's president denies troop buildup near Kosovo, alleges 'campaign of lies' in wake of clashes
Serbia's president on Sunday denied U.S. and other reports of a military buildup along the border with Kosovo, complaining of a ''campaign of lies'' against his country in the wake of a shootout a week earlier that killed four people and fueled tensions in the volatile Balkan region.
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10 Cuban migrants are killed in a freight truck crash in southern Mexico, 17 seriously injured
At least 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were seriously injured after a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala.
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