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The Russian, Chinese and US presidents, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, could potentially meet at an upcoming Asia-Pacific summit in China, the Kremlin said on Monday.

A former Rwandan soldier living in Uganda, where he had become a vocal critic of his government back home, was found decapitated near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, a police spokesperson said on Monday.

A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were found guilty on Monday of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in an infamous starvation cult.

The French prime minister called for localised curfews on Monday, as protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre in Paris and authorities scrambled to stem public discontent that over the weekend saw mass cost-of-living demonstrations spill over into some of the worst street violence in recent years.

A drone strike near a market in southern Sudan killed 80 people, mostly commuters catching trucks home, a medical source and a witness told AFP on 19 October.

One year after a stunning break-in at the Louvre Museum, the four main suspects are in jail awaiting trial, but police appear to have run out of leads to locate the stolen crown jewels.

Pope Leo will hold a general audience with pilgrims at the Vatican on 20 October, ‌for the first time since undergoing surgery ⁠for lung cancer, the Vatican said.

Twelve migrants drowned in two separate incidents off the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos ‌in the northeastern Aegean Sea on 19 October, after ⁠their boats capsized as the coast guard chased them, authorities ⁠said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Ukraine and Russia should focus on ending their war.

Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro will go head-to-head Sunday in their first debate a week ahead of a bitter and divisive presidential election runoff.

Police in Paris said Sunday they had arrested a ‘record’ 855 people over protest violence in the capital the day before, with the prosecutor’s office saying more than 500 were being held in custody.

The 6th Academy Museum Gala honoured Charlize Theron, John Carpenter, and Colman Domingo.

Police and protesters clashed violently in Paris and other French cities on Saturday as half a million people marched against soaring inflation, with one demonstrator’s hand blown off, multiple blazes set and dozens of shops stripped bare by looters.

President Donald Trump waived key Russia-related US sanctions and tariffs days ⁠before they were to take effect under a law he signed last month, including duties on the country’s goods and penalties for ⁠buying its oil and gas.

Israeli opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival in upcoming elections, vowed Thursday to end Hamas rule in Gaza if he wins office following the 27 October vote.

US President Donald Trump has cancelled the planned livestream of the execution of the former US Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, saying on Thursday that he had overruled his defence chief, who had intended it to be a public spectacle.

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was fired after less than a week on the job, two US officials said on Friday, after a rocky start as President Donald Trump’s top spokesperson.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the world of looming risks from the diesel deal struck by ‌President Donald Trump with Russia, saying it ⁠paves the way for further sanctions relief for an aggressor ⁠that shows no desire to end its war.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, son of the late former Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe, entered the magistrate’s court in Harare handcuffed for a drug possession charge but walked out cleared.

A Turkish homeless man admitted to intentionally committing the offence of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to get access to food and a bed in jail, media reports said on Friday.