By Anadolu Agency At least 66 people were killed and 26 others remained missing after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines, displacing more than 400,000 people, officials said on Wednesday. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the death toll rose to 66, including the six involved in Tuesday’s helicopter crash during a

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 4, 2025. Photographer Li Xiang By Xinhua News Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday in Beijing, calling for enhanced cooperation on multiple fronts

A drone view of Christians departing St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church after a Sunday mass in Palmgrove, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025. Photographer Sodiq Adelakun By Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing

Police officers and emergency personnel work at the scene following a stabbing incident at a train station in Huntingdon, Britain, November 2, 2025. Photographer Jack Taylor By Reuters Nine people were treated for life-threatening injuries after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge in eastern England on Saturday, and two men were arrested

This photo taken on Nov. 1, 2025 shows a drone and light show during the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, Egypt. After two decades of construction, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated the GEM — the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization — during a grand ceremony held near the pyramids

By Anadolu Agency North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong-ho denounced on Saturday the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as a “pipe dream.” “We will show with patience that denuclearization is a ‘pipe dream’ which can never be realized even if it (South Korea) talks about it a thousand times,” Pak said in a statement

By Anadolu Agency Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed Tuesday that France is preparing to deploy a contingent of up to 2,000 soldiers and officers to Ukraine. The core of this formation will consist of stormtroopers from the French Foreign Legion, predominantly from Latin American countries, it said in a statement. “Currently, legionnaires are already

President Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. By Reuters Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, 83, waves at supporters during a final political rally ahead of Ivory Coast’s presidential election, scheduled for October 25, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 23, 2025. Photograpoher Francis Kokoroko By Reuters Ivory Coast is voting in a presidential election on Saturday with incumbent and strong favourite Alassane Ouattara, 83, claiming credit

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas attends a European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 23, 2025. EU leaders failed on Thursday to agree on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance new loans for Ukraine, after divisions resurfaced at a European Council summit. Photographer Peng Ziyang By Xinhua News Agency