* Spain's People's Party (PP) on Tuesday unveiled its manifesto for the Nov. 29 general election, pledging tighter immigration controls, changes to housing policy and increased infrastructure investment.
* The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 211-204 on a procedural motion to refer an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to a committee for further consideration, effectively blocking the impeachment effort.
* At the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Chinese Premier Li Qiang will pay an official visit to Thailand from Nov. 13 to 15, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the first day of the two-day trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia in Abu Dhabi had been "constructive and quite substantive."
* Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday that he had discussed peace efforts, battlefield situation and international developments with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
* Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday it has dismantled a Polish intelligence network in the Kaliningrad region, a Russian enclave on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, which was collecting information on military facilities.
* The Council of the European Union (EU) said in a statement on Monday that it had decided to extend the mandate of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) for another two years, until Nov. 15, 2028, and establish a presence in Ukraine.
* Respect for sovereignty and cooperation free from subordination "are non-negotiable" tenets of Mexico's relations with the United States, regardless of who leads in Washington, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday.
* A member of the U.S. Army has been arrested on Tuesday as part of Britain's counter terrorism investigation involving U.S. authorities, the U.S. military and the FBI. The 41-year-old man was arrested near Gloucester, southwestern England, on suspicion of offences under Britain's National Security Act 2023.
* Hundreds of schools were evacuated across Italy on Wednesday after being targeted by bomb threats, local media reported. The threat was triggered by an email sent to school administrations across the country, including Rome, Milan, Florence and other major cities, according to state-run Rai News 24.
* Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a policy framework to regulate data centers, setting minimum standards on environmental and social impact, water and power use, and zoning, and creating a one-stop service to speed up approvals.
* Italy will strengthen cybersecurity coordination, information sharing and investment in system protection following recent cyberattacks affecting several European countries, the Italian Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
* Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that Egyptian forces have been present in Saudi Arabia for several months to support the kingdom's defense, amid earlier military escalation involving Iran and attacks against the kingdom, according to media reports Monday evening.
* At least 10 police personnel were killed in a militant attack on their convoy in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, police sources said.
* The navy of Iran's Army said Wednesday a "violating" oil tanker caught fire earlier in the day after hitting naval mines east of the Strait of Hormuz.
* Qatar said Tuesday that progress had been made in negotiations between the United States and Iran, describing recent White House talks involving Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani as positive, while cautioning that it was too early to predict when an agreement could be reached.
* The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected France's "baseless and malicious" accusation of Iran's involvement in a cyberattack targeting refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets in October. In a statement, the ministry strongly condemned the "threadbare" policy of hurling accusations against Iran.
* Israel on Tuesday blamed Hamas for the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza and said reconstruction could not begin until the group disarmed, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace criticized Israel for delays in allowing humanitarian supplies into the war-devastated enclave.
* The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported two separate incidents in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, involving a civilian illegally crossing from Israel into Lebanon and gunfire targeting one of its patrols.
* Iran has designated the Argentine Navy and Air Force as terrorist organizations, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. The move came in response to Argentina's decision in April to designate Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
* Algeria's Council of the Nation on Tuesday strongly rejected European Union (EU) remarks over Algeria's decision to deploy units of the People's National Army (ANP) to Niger at the Sahel country's request.
* The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday warned that weak economic governance, political interference, and illicit activities, including fuel smuggling and money laundering, continue to divert billions of USD away from the interests of the Libyan people and undermine the country's economic and financial stability.
* Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) raised its economic growth forecast for Israel to 5.5 percent in 2026 and 7 percent in 2027, up from its previous forecast in May of 3.1 percent and 5.9 percent respectively, the Israeli Finance Ministry said on Tuesday in a statement.
* China launched a new satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday. The satellite was launched at 7:41 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket, and it entered the preset orbit successfully.
* Israel's state-owned defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Wednesday unveiled a new long-range cruise missile equipped with a 1,000-pound warhead and designed to strike high-value targets at extended distances.
