* Rodrigo Paz was sworn in as the constitutional president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the 2025-2030 term, in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly building in downtown La Paz on Saturday. The inauguration marked the formal beginning of Bolivia's new political cycle following the recent general elections.
* Bangladesh's Election Commission will hold its final talks with political parties next week to prepare for the country's 13th general election slated for February. Due to the limited time, Akhtar Ahmed, the commission's senior secretary, told media that they will invite 53 registered political parties in groups.
* The Japanese government is preparing to establish a new strategic headquarters led by Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to promote regional economic revitalization, local media reported.
* Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos approved temporarily reducing import duty on tin-mill blackplate (TMBP) to help stabilize the supply chain and lower production costs in the country's canned food industry, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Saturday.
* Bolivia and the United States will restore full diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level after a 17-year break, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced Saturday.
* The 330 kilovolt Ferosplavna-1 line was reconnected to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) after repair work on Saturday, providing back-up power for the first time in six months, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
* The African Union (AU) has expressed concern over the recent allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump over the Nigerian government's complicity in the targeted killing of Christians. In a statement issued late Friday, the AU Commission rejected any threat of unilateral military action against Africa's most populous nation, reiterating its "unwavering commitment" to Nigeria's sovereignty and its constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.
* China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.2 percent year on year in October 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday. On a monthly basis, the CPI also rose 0.2 percent last month, according to this data.
* Sri Lankan authorities have identified six police divisions in the Western and Southern Provinces as high-crime zones, a senior government minister told parliament on Saturday. Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala said the government has launched several measures to curb criminal activity in these locations.
* Indian intelligence agencies have warned of a new alliance between a crime syndicate named Dawood Ibrahim syndicate and remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a former Sri Lankan rebel group, Indian media outlet Diya TV reported. The crime syndicate is allegedly exploiting routes through southern India and Sri Lanka to rebuild its narcotics trade after crackdowns in western and northern India, Diya TV said.
* Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday that "normalization with Israel is out of the question." All the relevant parties, including Lebanon, Israel, the United States, France, and the UN, should be included in indirect talks, Berri told Lebanese Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.
* Syria has launched a large-scale security operation across several provinces to track down Islamic State (IS) cells, the interior authorities said Saturday in a statement.
* Lebanon has placed postwar reconstruction at the top of its agenda despite continued Israeli attacks that are slowing recovery efforts, Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny said on Saturday.
* Sudan's poverty rate has surged from 21 percent to 71 percent due to the ongoing conflict, leaving 23 million citizens below the poverty line, the official SUNA news agency reported Saturday.
