South Korea and Egypt agreed to upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership and begin negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Presidents Lee Jae-myung and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced the decisions after their October 8, 2026 summit at Seoul's Blue House.
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, in connection with a corruption case, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
The death of an 87-year-old Madrid woman shortly after her eviction has brought Spain’s housing pressures into the election campaign, testing whether the socialist-led government can turn urgency into voter trust.
Seoul is recalling its envoy from Kyiv after a dispute with Ukraine over the reported transfer of North Korean soldiers held as prisoners to South Korea.
Two people died after a building partially collapsed in Istanbul’s Maltepe district, while rescue teams pulled eight survivors from the rubble amid concerns of further structural failure.
Investors are demanding markedly higher interest rates to hold French government bonds, signalling mounting concern over public debt and offering a warning to other heavily indebted countries.
A strike on a commuter bus in eastern Ukraine killed at least 30 people, officials said, following an attack on an apartment building far from the front line that killed 22.
Police recorded 146,825 hate crimes in England and Wales in the year to March 2026, up 7% year on year. Offences directed at Muslims rose 15%, while antisemitic incidents increased by 10%.
