Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase on Sunday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning from the president, were met with tear gas and gunfire from security forces, social media videos showed.
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal, despite Russia's withdrawal from the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets
South Korean PM Han Duck-soo promises a thorough investigation on Monday into the Halloween crush over the weekend that killed more than 150 people in the capital and plunged the country into a week of mourning.
The summit with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev also comes eight months into Putin's Ukraine offensive that has made some of Russia's allies nervous.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election on Sunday that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and the end of Brazil's most right-wing government in decades.
Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield.
Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised U.S. B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the "nuclear threshold" and that Russia would take the move into account in its military planning.
Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup
PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi were also seen standing with them in the video. PTI leadership was targeted by opponents and critics following the video.
The UN urged all parties Friday to extend a deal brokered by Türkiye and the world body to export Ukrainian grain and fertilizer, including the expedited removal of any remaining impediments to Russian grain and fertilizer exports.
Samina Alvi also appreciated the role played by the media in creating awareness about breast cancer in October and hoped that the media would continue its role to educate people about the disease.
