India's cockroach movement leaders were freed by a court a day after detention, as the CJP and Rahul Gandhi vow more protests against the election chief.
US President Donald Trump stated following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow strongly desires a peace settlement, while calling for leadership change in Kyiv after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized a US-Russia diesel agreement as a 'weak decision'
Indian security forces detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi during a nationwide protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over controversial voter roll revisions
Cockroach Janta Party protest in Delhi: the group says its founder and thousands were detained as it demanded the election chief resign
One year on, the Gaza ceasefire freed 20 living hostages, but Israel controls about 70% of Gaza and reconstruction has stalled
China EU trade talks were “successful”, Beijing says, with escalation avoidable. See the hybrid car export deal and rare earth supply commitments
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Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janata Party, was detained in Delhi ahead of a major protest over alleged voter-roll irregularities, the party said
India deploys more than 20,000 police and paramilitary officers ahead of a Saturday election protest demanding the election chief step down over voter rolls
Overseas borrowers have raised 115.5 billion yuan this year as low Chinese interest rates and easier cross-border rules expand yuan financing
Strait of Hormuz tanker attacks hit a wartime high last week as Iran warns it will block unauthorised routes, cutting vessel transits to a two-month low
European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič arrived in Beijing for two days of critical negotiations with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, seeking to rebalance a daily €1 billion trade deficit and address raw material export controls amid joint warnings from France and Germany
Sri Lanka arrested ex-first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa over alleged misuse of children's hospital donations, a major blow to the once powerful Rajapaksa family.
Iran military chief Ali Abdollahi says the Oct 7 attack accelerated Israel's decline, as Israelis and Palestinians mark three years since the Hamas-led assault
An Indonesian court jailed dozens of Indian nationals for a Bali online gambling operation, with most getting two years and deportation after release.
Vance says Iran must cut enrichment to end the seven-month war, telling Reuters Tehran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity
Bahrain foreign minister visits Pakistan on 7-8 October for talks on trade, investment, defence and security at the third Joint Ministerial Commission
US President Donald Trump announced an upcoming discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the suspicious death of a Siberian plague research technician, while the WHO and US State Department press Moscow for transparent biological risk reporting
Four Indonesian seamen return home after more than five months held hostage by Somali pirates on the MT Honour 25 tanker
India says 12 crew injured, 11 of them Indian, after a Panama-flagged tanker was attacked off Oman in the Strait of Hormuz
