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Four people have died after the Spanish coast guard intercepted four boats on Friday night and Saturday morning. The Canary Islands is becoming an increasingly popular migration route into Europe.

Aerial attacks by the Iran-backed militia are unlikely to reach Israel at the moment, but analysts worry about anti-ship missiles and regional instability.

Ursula von der Leyen , visit ,Kyiv

The UNHCR annual report said stateless people, often belonging to minority groups, are often deprived of human rights and access to basic services.

Many people were asleep in their homes when the quake struck in the Jajarkot District, a part of Karnali Province, in western Nepal just before midnight. Tremors were felt as far away as New Delhi, India.

Police said the man, who used his car to ram the airport gate, while holding his child hostage, was arrested. The ordeal suspended air traffic at Hamburg Airport.

Russia's disinformation campaign began a new phase on October 25, when Russian bots flooded social media like X (formerly known as Twitter) with fake articles about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas that discredit Ukraine. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

A caretaker government has been in place in Pakistan since parliament was dissolved on August 9, with new constituency boundaries required after the latest census.

The return of nationalist Robert Fico as prime minister of Slovakia has raised concerns that the Central European country could undermine EU and NATO unity.

The city of Raqqa symbolises the tragic fate of Syria over the past 12 years. From the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the northern city was a major target for rebel groups. It then became the stronghold of Islamic State group terrorists, who made Raqqa the capital of their self-proclaimed caliphate. The city went through three years of hell – suffering atrocities, public hangings and slave auctions – before being bombed and then liberated in 2017 by an international US-led coalition. Since then, the "Pearl of the Euphrates" has struggled to get back on track.

Following violent clashes in Dhaka that left at least one person dead, Bangladesh's main opposition party has called a nationwide strike for Sunday.

Qatar holds an important position of influence over Hamas, a designated terrorist entity, whose political headquarters it has housed for more than a decade. Some question its legitimacy as mediator in the Israel-Hamas war.