* Paraguay's Senate on Friday voted to remove President Santiago Pena from office following an impeachment trial over a banking scandal. Pena was accused of conflicts of interest involving a private bank, financial manipulation and misuse of pension funds.
* Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said no substantive progress had been made toward normalizing relations with the United States. Responding to a question about Russia-U.S. relations at a press briefing on Thursday,
* Belgium's King Philippe rejected Prime Minister Bart De Wever's resignation on Friday and asked him to immediately resume budget negotiations, the Royal Palace said in a statement, as the country's governing coalition struggles to reach an agreement on public finances.
* The Russian military said Saturday that it had launched a massive strike overnight against military-industrial, energy and transport infrastructure facilities in Ukraine's capital Kiev and its surrounding region.
* Russia will regard any foreign military units deployed in Ukraine as legitimate targets, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday, warning that such deployments would further escalate the conflict.
* China and the United States need to move in the same direction, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results and promote the continued, steady development and improvement of China-U.S. economic and trade ties, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.
* Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday that recent cyberattacks across Europe were a cause for concern, stressing that investment in defense and security was not just about weapons, but also about protecting people's daily lives.
* Cambodian authorities have cracked down on 972 online scam locations and repatriated 23,760 foreigners between July 2025 and October 2026, according to a press release issued Saturday by the Commission for Combating Online Scams (CCOS).
* Four new bomb threats involving planes flying over French territory were reported on Friday, and the targeted aircraft landed "without incident," announced Matignon, the French prime minister's office.
* The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday issued its first response to U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Washington will end its annual military aid to Israel, saying that Israel and the United States agreed to move from military aid to partnership.
* Egypt and Saudi Arabia called on all parties involved in regional tensions to exercise restraint, prioritize dialogue and negotiations, and avoid steps that could trigger further escalation, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
* The navy of Iran's Army said Saturday a "violating" oil tanker caught fire earlier in the day after hitting naval mines east of the Strait of Hormuz.
* An Egyptian fishing boat and its nine crew members have been released from detention in Saudi Arabia and are heading back to Egypt, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
* At least three people were killed and four others seriously injured after a massive fire broke out at a facility operated by Oil India Limited (OIL) in the northeastern state of Assam, officials said Saturday.
* Iran's air defence force has shot down two U.S. MQ-9 drones over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state-run Press TV reported on Saturday. Iran's state news agency IRNA reported earlier that local witnesses said two projectiles hit the Suza area of Qeshm Island.
* Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein proposed on Friday the establishment of a regional foreign ministers' committee to visit Tehran and Washington to help de-escalate regional tensions and resolve existing differences.
* At least 30 people were killed and eight others wounded in an attack on a crowded market in Yemen's southwestern Taiz province on Friday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported, as the country's government and Houthi group traded accusations over responsibility.
* Thailand's headline inflation rose sharply in October, driven mainly by soaring fuel costs as the energy crisis in the Middle East continued, as well as higher food prices due to floods, official data showed on Friday.
* Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed ongoing diplomatic efforts to ease regional tensions and reach a comprehensive agreement to end the crisis during a phone call on Friday, Qatar's Emiri Diwan, the administrative office of the emir, said.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday its aerospace division has established underground missile and drone production facilities and is continuously increasing the range of its missiles.
* A Pakistani astronaut will join the Shenzhou-24 crewed flight mission as a payload specialist, the China Manned Space Agency said on Saturday. After completing a short on-orbit flight, the Pakistani astronaut will return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft.
* The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) in Western Australia issued a Bushfire Emergency Warning for parts of the Kimberley region on Saturday afternoon, urging residents to take immediate actions as a bushfire threatens lives and homes.
* Amid deteriorating air quality in the Indian capital, the federal government on Friday imposed stricter pollution control under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-III in the metropolitan area of the capital, Delhi and surrounding districts.
* Russia successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class carrier rocket carrying a satellite for the country's Defense Ministry on Saturday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
* Flooding displaced over 1,300 people in Malaysia on Friday, with the hardest-hit area being the state of Selangor, according to authorities.
* Bird flu has been confirmed in a wild goose in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, the state's Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Consumer Protection said on Friday.
