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LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Two men accused of being ​tasked by Iran ‌to carry out hostile surveillance on the Israeli Embassy in ‌London, ​Britain's oldest ⁠synagogue and ⁠other Israeli or Jewish targets pleaded not guilty on Friday. Nematollah ​Shahsav...

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts, including the International Criminal Court. Here are...

TAIPEI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will say in his national day speech that boosting defences and spending more on the military is not a "provocation" but a reflection of the Taiwanese people's hope ​to maintain peace and freedom, ...

WARSAW, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Polish parliamentary committee has recommended that central bank governor Adam Glapinski be brought before the State Tribunal to answer accusations of constitutional violations in office, its ​chairman Zdzislaw Gawlik said o...

By Feras Dalatey DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thomas Barrack, a top US diplomat in the Middle East, advocated for a firm run by his business partner to take part in the development of an oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria, three people said, activities which ...

BELGRADE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The head of the influential Russian war blog Rybar was arrested in Montenegro on Friday, following warnings of attempts to destabilize the country, its prime minister said. Mikhail Zvinchuk was detained with his wife ​and th...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Nicole Jao WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US diesel prices remain at near record highs, up 70% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began despite two high-profile recent moves by President Donald Trump to boost supplies of th...

PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh has ​informed France that a ‌Palestinian legislative election planned for November 28 will be postponed for several months because ‌of ​worsening conditions ⁠throughout the Palesti...

By Makini Brice and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up protests after scoring their first win in a campaign that is increasingly supported by Paris's elite universities, with 141 schools still sh...

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry fell into depression when he took a break from royal duties in 2019 before he formally stepped down, he told a videocast ​about grief, where he also discussed feeling "emotionally numb" after ‌his mother...

By Timour Azhari and Tala Ramadan RIYADH/DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its a...

GENEVA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office on Friday welcomed the news ​of Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace ‌Prize win, acknowledging her longstanding advocacy for human rights. "It is amazing news, we need more dedication and commitment...

By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli OSLO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and internation...

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Hurricane Simon is rapidly intensifying off Mexico's Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds already near 90 ​mph (150 kph), the US National ‌Hurricane Center said on Friday. Simon is forecast to become a dangerous Category 4 hurri...

BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Germany's former spy chief August Hanning, who has been placed under arrest for suspected ​espionage, had longstanding contacts to ‌a former senior Chinese general, Spiegel magazine reported. The magazine said Hanning, who lef...

By Pawel Florkiewicz and Alicja Surdy WARSAW, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Polish police have arrested a string of young people, mainly for making threats related to school attacks, they said on Friday, as authorities sought to calm fears spurred ​by rumours onl...

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ethiopia says an "all-out invasion" by Eritrean forces left it with no option but to defend itself, according to a letter to the UN shared with Reuters on Friday, as blasts continued near the border betw...

By Saurabh Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Rajesh Kr Singh NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The leader of India's "Cockroach" youth movement said a major planned protest would go ahead in New Delhi on Saturday, despite the detentions of followers he ​es...

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's Department of Home Affairs said on Friday it had withdrawn a directive allowing the intake of asylum applications, ​a day after anti-migrant protests turned violent in ‌Johannesburg and Durban. The directi...

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on Friday that three Saudi nationals were killed and several people were injured ​in two attacks on King Khalid International ‌Airport in Riyadh on Thursday. In a statement on X, the Genera...