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Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire, to hold another round of peace talks

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct 31 (AFP): Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming to defuse tensions after a deadly flare-up this month.The talks, set for November 6, follow the worst clashes between the South Asian...

October was Taiwan's hottest on record

TAIPEI, Oct 31 (AFP): Taiwan sweltered through its hottest October on record, the weather agency said Friday, the latest in a string of global temperature records.The main island endured its highest average temperature since 1950, Central Weather Administration forecaster Liu Pei-teng told AFP.Temperatures the world over have soared in recent...

Syrian children return to shattered classrooms as war-scarred schools reopen

MAAR SHAMARIN, Syria (AP): In the battered countryside of southern Idlib, families displaced for years by Syria's civil war are returning home - and sending their children back to schools stripped bare by conflict and looting.Nearly a year after former President Bashar Assad was ousted in a rebel offensive, hundreds...

Canada's Carney agrees to visit China after meeting Xi

GYEONGJU, South Korea/BEIJING (Reuters): Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to visit China after meeting with President Xi Jinping on Friday, in an encounter that may have marked a turning point but offered no breakthroughs on trade.Xi and Carney met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum...

'Around 700 dead' in Tanzania election protests

NAIROBI, Oct 31, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - "Around 700" people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition Chadema party told AFP on Friday.Protesters were marching on the city centre in the economic capital Dar es Salaam on Friday, said spokesman John Kitoka."As we speak...

NASA rejects Kardashian's claim Moon landing 'didn't happen'

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (AFP):NASA hit back on Thursday at reality TV star Kim Kardashian's claim that the 1969 Moon landing "didn't happen," a theory consistently debunked over decades."Yes, we've been to the Moon before... 6 times!" NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy wrote on social media platform X.Neil Armstrong and Buzz...