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The UN Support Mission in Libya hosted the two administrations separately for discussions "marked by open and candid dialogue", it said in a statement.

In an annual threat report, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service said several countries were undertaking "malicious activity" on its shores, but called out China's attempts as "complex and deceptive".

The court, the prosecutor's office said on Instagram, had granted its request for a warrant for Gonzalez Urrutia for "serious crimes."

Von der Leyen, who secured a second term as commission chief in July, is expected to unveil her proposed lineup following a Friday deadline for states to name their nominees.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month announced tariffs of 100 percent on Chinese EVs, accusing Beijing of "not playing by the same rules as other countries" in areas like environmental and labor standards.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that his army was rapidly advancing in east Ukraine, citing this as proof that Kyiv's cross-border incursion into the Kursk region was failing.

A Chinese naval vessel was spotted entering Japanese territorial waters near the southern Kuchinoerabu island at around 6:00 am Saturday (2100 GMT Friday) and exiting southwest of Yakushima island nearly two hours later, the defense ministry said.

The 23-year-old was among 251 hostages seized during the October 7 attack on southern Israel by Palestinian militants.

Russia said Sunday it had repelled a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack on energy and fuel plants in Moscow and 14 regions, one of the largest such strikes since the start of the two and half-year conflict.

Strikes were launched at 25 hotels in eight cities including Boston, San Francisco and Honolulu, as workers demand improved pay and a return to pre-Coronavirus staffing levels.

Tropical Storm Yagi brushed past the Bicol region southeast of Manila overnight Sunday and was expected to make a landfall later Monday on the northeast coast of the main island of Luzon.

The $10 billion investment includes drilling for oil in the Lake Albert area in northwestern Uganda and building a 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) heated pipeline to ship the crude to Tanzania's Indian Ocean port of Tanga.

Beijing has said this week's China-Africa forum will be its largest diplomatic event since the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than a dozen leaders and delegations expected.

France has been without a permanent government since the July 7 legislative polls where the left formed the largest faction in a hung parliament with Macron's centrists and the far right comprising the other major groups.

The vaccination rollout will also cover southern and northern Gaza, which will each get their own three-day pauses, Peeperkorn told reporters, adding that Israel had agreed to allow an additional day if required.

The storm, which at landfall was one of the fiercest to hit Japan in decades, pummeled Kyushu island on Thursday with gusts of up to 252 kilometers (157 miles) per hour. On Friday they eased to 108 kph as it moved up the archipelago.

Security was a focal point at this year's Pacific Islands Forum, an unwieldy bloc of US partners, China friends and states still tied to Taiwan.

The screech of an artillery shell over her leafy village in the war-battered Donetsk region and the plumes of dark smoke billowing on the horizon suggested that her hopes for his first term had fallen short.

Beijing in recent years has asserted its claims in the long-running disputes far more boldly as its military strength has grown.

The 28 Afghan nationals were all "convicted offenders who had no right to stay in Germany and against whom deportation orders had been issued", government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement.

General Romeo Brawner said the Philippines would not take up the offer until it reached a point when they could not deliver life-saving provisions and troops were "on the verge of dying".

The death toll climbed Thursday as Israel pressed a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a second day, despite UN concerns it is "fuelling an already explosive situation".

The sanctions were announced on the same day that Israel launched a wide-scale attack on the West Bank that it said killed nine Palestinian fighters, despite warnings by President Joe Biden's administration against expanding the war in Gaza.

The Swiss approved the gradual phase-out of nuclear power in a referendum in 2017, by banning the construction of new power plants.

Typhoon Shanshan packed gusts of up to 252 kilometers (157 miles) per hour as it smashed into Japan's main southern island of Kyushu early Thursday, making it the most powerful storm this year and one of the strongest at landfall since 1960.

Thousands were forced to flee their homes as the massive blaze raged out of control for three days towards the capital earlier this month, swallowing up houses and cars and killing one woman.

A barrage of attacks on Tim Walz fueled by misinformation over his support for LGBTQ communities has failed to dent the US vice presidential candidate's surging poll ratings, suggesting that voters are wearying of some "culture war" issues in a tight White House race.

The decision escalates a months-long feud between Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has previously ordered the suspension of dozens of accounts on X for allegedly spreading disinformation.

The weather department warned more heavy rain is expected on Thursday in the western coastal state.