September 25, 2023 9:06 PMEgypt will hold a presidential vote on Dec. 10-12, the elections authority said on Monday, with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi widely expected to win reelection despite an economic crisis including record inflation and chronic foreign currency shortages.

September 25, 2023 8:31 PMThe Philippines said on Monday it executed a \"special operation\" to remove a floating barrier installed by China at a prime fishing patch in the South China Sea, a move that could stoke tension after a years-long detente in Asia's most disputed waters.

September 25, 2023 8:11 PMMali's military junta expects a small delay to presidential elections scheduled for February for technical reasons, it said in a statement on Monday. REUTERS

September 25, 2023 7:30 PMUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to keep the pressure on Russian forces. 

September 25, 2023 7:31 PMSaudi Arabia said on Monday it has decided to end light-touch oversight of its nuclear activities by the U.N. atomic watchdog and switch to full-blown safeguards, a change the agency has been demanding for years.

September 25, 2023 7:16 PMRussia's torture methods in parts of Ukraine it occupied have been so brutal that it tortured some of its victims to death, the head of a U.N.-mandated investigative body said on Monday.

September 25, 2023 6:21 PMThe mayor of Libya's eastern city of Derna was detained along with other officials on suspicion of mismanagement and negligence over the collapse of dams that flooded the city two weeks ago, Libya's attorney general's office said on Monday.

September 25, 2023 6:36 PMOscar-winning Italian film star Sophia Loren, one of the most famous movie divas of the 20th century, has undergone surgery after a fall in her home in Geneva, a spokesman said on Monday.

September 25, 2023 6:36 PMEgypt is in talks with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADBC) for a loan facility that would finance wheat purchases from Kazakhstan, according to Egypt's Supply Minister on Sunday.

September 25, 2023 6:01 PMThe Kremlin said on Monday it was closely monitoring what it called a \"potentially dangerous\" situation in Kosovo, where ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a village at the weekend, battling police and barricading themselves into a monastery.