Nine people killed as record rains and floods lash Vietnam
More rain predicted after the flooding of more than 100,000 houses, most in tourist areas of Hue and Hoi An.
Day: October 29, 2025
Family trapped under rubble after seven-storey building collapses in Turkey
The incident took place in the northwest city of Gebze on Wednesday, with officials saying it is unclear whether there are casualties.
Louvre under fire: Senate culture chief warns museum’s security is outdated
The chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Culture, Laurent Lafon, said on Tuesday, after a visit to the Louvre’s security facilities, that the museum’s safety standards were “not up to what one would expect from a modern museum.”
Cannibal dubbed ‘People Eater’ who served his victims’ body parts to inmates
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The People Eater, whose real name is Jose Dorangel Vargas Gomez, is one of Venezuela’s most notorious criminals
News24 | ‘We have a lot of great people’: Trump says not allowed to run for third term
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is “not allowed” to run for a third term, acknowledging the limits laid out in the US Constitution.
France expected to adopt consent-based rape law in the wake of landmark Gisèle Pelicot case
France’s Senate is expected to approve a bill defining rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act.
Will a night of bombing mean the ceasefire rope finally frays too far?
So can you really say you have a ceasefire if one side has spent the night bombing the other, killing dozens of people? Can a peace deal encompass such violence?
Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
Israel’s military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.
Will Washington succeed in mending the Western Sahara rift?
The Western Sahara dispute, rooted in a 50-year conflict, presents major obstacles to US envoy Steve Witkoff’s 60-day peace proposal for Morocco and Algeria, say analysts.
How Spaniards’ views on tourism keep getting more negative
Even though 2025 has not been marked by as many protests against overtourism in Spain as the previous year, new data indicates that dissatisfaction among locals with the current tourism model keeps increasing.