* The Democrats 66 (D66) party has won the Dutch parliamentary election, the ANP election service announced on Friday, positioning its leader Rob Jetten to lead efforts to form a new ruling coalition. While the official results will be certified by the Dutch Electoral Council on Nov. 7, ANP noted its projections have a long-established record of accuracy.
* Tanzania's Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi was sworn in on Saturday for a second five-year term after winning Wednesday's general election with 74.8 percent of the vote.
* During his closing remarks at the second session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on Saturday, Republic of Korean President Lee Jae-myung emphasized that peace is the fundamental basis for building a sustainable tomorrow.
* Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova co-chaired the 26th session of the China-Russia Committee on Humanities Cooperation in Beijing on Saturday, pledging to deepen practical cooperation in various fields of humanities.
* The United Nations and partners are moving at top speed to coordinate and deliver aid across the Caribbean to support government responses in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarians said Friday.
* The Brazilian government on Friday confirmed the participation of 143 delegations in a climate summit scheduled for Nov. 6-7 in Belem, northern Brazil.
* Russia has imposed more extensive entry bans on representatives from European institutions and countries in response to the 19th package of anti-Russian sanctions by the European Union (EU), the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday echoed a statement issued by the UN human rights chief which urges the United States to halt airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, a UN spokesperson said.
* Cambodian authorities had arrested 106 Indonesians, including 36 women, on suspicion of conducting online scams, said a press release from the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams on Saturday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he has not yet decided whether the United States will launch ground strikes inside Venezuela, contradicting media reports of looming attacks on military facilities in the South American country.
* Flight operations at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were suspended for about two hours on Friday evening following reports of a drone sighting, but the airport has since resumed normal operations, local media reported.
* Experts are urging a coordinated regional response to address the growing human toll along the Red Sea's irregular migration route, as thousands of desperate migrants, mainly from the Horn of Africa, continue to risk their lives crossing the perilous waters.
* The remains of three bodies handed over Friday night to Israel by Hamas have been identified as not belonging to any Israeli hostages, local media reported on Saturday.
* China has made every effort to promote the increased scale and high-quality development of renewable energy, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said at a press conference on Friday. China's newly installed renewable energy power generation capacity surged 47.7 percent year on year to 310 million kilowatts in the first three quarters of this year.
* Iraq's Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadel on Friday announced a national plan to roll out large-scale solar energy projects across all provinces, aiming to integrate renewable power into the grid and ease the country's chronic electricity shortages.
* The eurozone's annual inflation rate stood at 2.1 percent in October, down from 2.2 percent in September, according to a flash estimate released on Friday by Eurostat. Services recorded the highest annual rate in October at 3.4 percent, up from 3.2 percent the previous month.
* Thailand's economy picked up in September on a monthly basis, driven by rising exports, a rebound in manufacturing, and higher foreign tourism receipts, the central bank said on Friday.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday that it has been engaged by the Mongolian government to provide transaction advisory services for the Stable Solar Energy in Mongolia Project.
* At least 21 people have been confirmed dead and more than 30 others remain missing after a massive landslide struck parts of Elgeyo Marakwet County in western Kenya, authorities said Saturday.
* A new study in Nature warns that rising ocean temperatures could cause about 60 percent of Antarctica's major ice shelves to lose long-term stability by the year 2300, significantly increasing the risk of global sea-level rise.
* The Maldivian government has officially implemented landmark amendments to the Tobacco Control Act, introducing a generational ban on tobacco use effective from Saturday.
* Children and young adults, particularly university students, face an increased risk of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned on Thursday, following a nationwide rise in confirmed cases.
