Pyongyang, October 29, 2025 — Just hours before US President Donald Trump’s arrival in South Korea, North Korea test-fired multiple sea-to-surface strategic cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea, according to state-run media. The move underscores Pyongyang’s intent to showcase its growing military capabilities amid heightened regional tensions and renewed global attention on the Korean Peninsula.

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Gyeongju, South Korea — October 29, 2025 — As US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet for the first time since 2019, hopes are rising that the two leaders might strike a deal to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies. However, despite signs of a temporary truce, analysts

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Gyeongju, South Korea – October 29, 2025 — United States President Donald Trump said he anticipates sealing a “great deal” with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their upcoming meeting, signaling a potential thaw in relations between the world’s two largest economies after years of escalating trade and geopolitical tensions. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

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Exit polls from the Dutch general election suggest the centre-left D66 party, led by Rob Jetten, is set to emerge as the largest party in the Netherlands’ next parliament, narrowly edging out Geert Wilders’s far-right Freedom Party (PVV). The result, if confirmed, would be a major blow to Wilders, who had been widely expected to

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Tanzania heads to the polls in a highly tense national election marked by protests, internet disruptions, and the exclusion of key opposition candidates. With President Samia Suluhu Hassan expected to secure a second term, critics have denounced the vote as neither free nor fair, citing a government clampdown on dissent and widespread human rights violations.

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Central Vietnam is reeling from record-breaking rainfall and severe flooding that has claimed at least nine lives and left five people missing, according to official reports. The deluge has inundated more than 100,000 homes, triggered landslides, and forced mass evacuations in popular tourist cities such as Hue and Hoi An. Torrential Rains Cause Widespread Devastation

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The West African nation of Mali is facing one of its most severe crises in years as a fuel blockade imposed by an al-Qaeda-affiliated armed group chokes the capital Bamako, sparking widespread shortages, soaring prices, and mounting public anger at the ruling military junta. According to Al Jazeera correspondent Nicolas Haque, the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam

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In one of Brazil’s deadliest police operations in recent history, at least 119 people were killed during a large-scale raid on drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, officials confirmed Wednesday. The death toll—already staggering—is expected to rise as authorities continue to recover bodies from the Penha and Alemão favela complexes. According to police reports, 115

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During a ceremonial visit in Seoul, President Donald Trump receives rare honors and lavish gifts as South Korea seeks to finalize a multibillion-dollar trade investment framework. Seoul, South Korea – October 29, 2025 The United States and South Korea have made progress in ongoing trade negotiations, with discussions centered on $350 billion in South Korean

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