NewsFeed Deadly clashes erupted overnight between the Taliban and Pakistani forces across the Afghanistan border, with each side claiming to have captured or destroyed outposts. The fighting follows an alleged Pakistani air strike on Kabul on Thursday, which the Taliban called a violation of their sovereignty. Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 Click here … Read more
Afghan refugees sit next to their belongings loaded onto vehicles as they wait for opening of the border crossing point, which closed following Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged cross border firing, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan said Sunday it … Read more
NewsFeed Soldiers from a Madagascar army unit have declared support for the youth-led anti-government protests, urging police to disobey ‘unlawful orders.’ President Andry Rajeolina says an ‘attempted illegal seizure of power’ is under way. Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during an Anti-government protest on Jan. 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is … Read more
Published On 11 Oct 202511 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians are making their way back to devastated areas in northern Gaza as Israeli forces stop operations as agreed under phase one of the ceasefire plan with Hamas, and partially withdraw. Gaza’s al-Rashid … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron, seen waiting for Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein in Paris on Wednesday, has reappointed the same prime minister who resigned days earlier, asking him to try forming a government again. Michel Euler/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Euler/AP PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, … Read more
The US president told reporters that the bodies of Israelis who died in captivity in Gaza are ‘being unearthed’. Published On 11 Oct 202511 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Israelis held in Gaza by Hamas and other armed groups are slated to “come back” on Monday, United States President … Read more
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Today marks the beginning of the first phase of President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. This follows the Israeli … Read more
NewsFeed ‘For her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.’ The Nobel Committee has announced Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. Published On 10 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link
Displaced Palestinians gather on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza after the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, as Israeli tanks block the road leading to Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption … Read more