More than 1,000 South Koreans are believed to be among about 200,000 people of various nationalities involved in the scam compounds in Cambodia.

The US president is expected to be "arriving on the 29th", an official from the office told AFP.

Critics and many Western nations view the election - due to start in late December and the first since the coup - as a sham exercise to legitimise the military's rule via proxy political parties. Dozens of anti-junta parties are either banned or refusing to take part.

Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia erupted in July into the deadliest military clashes in decades, killing more than 40 people and forcing around 300,000 to flee their homes.

In the ruling, the judge  said the court "concluded that defendants' conduct causes irreparable harm, and there being no dispute that the conduct is ongoing" the judge granted WhatsApp owner Meta an injunction to stop NSO Group's snooping tactics at the messaging service.

Trump's comments triggered outrage from leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who decried "coups d'etat orchestrated by the CIA" and ordered military exercises following a fresh US strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

Some 50,000 attendees are expected at the two-week COP30 conference starting November 10 in Belem, a city in one of Brazil's poorer states best known as a gateway to the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil, which will host the United Nations climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, was among the first to update its NDCs a year ago. But many others have missed even the latest September deadline, amid geopolitical and trade tensions that have distracted from climate action.

In his latest abrupt pivot on Russia's 2022 invasion, Trump said he expected to meet Putin in Budapest within the next two weeks for what would be their second summit since the American's return to power.

While most economists view economic growth as a driver of prosperity, there are some who do not see it as an unalloyed good.

France has been mired in political deadlock ever since Macron gambled last year on snap polls that he hoped would consolidate power, but ended instead in a hung parliament and more seats for the far right.

Hailed as "la libertadora", in an allusion to Venezuelan independence hero Simon "The Liberator" Bolivar, Machado, a fearless activist with rock-star appeal, is a key face of the opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's iron-fisted regime.

King Salman's Gate, which includes several high-rises next to Islam's holiest site, is an "integrated mixed-use destination" blending Mecca's "rich architectural heritage with world-class modern living", the official Saudi Press Agency said on Wednesday. 

The crossing remained shut on Wednesday despite reports that it could reopen to aid convoys, as Israel insisted Hamas hand over the remains of the last deceased hostages it holds.

The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages held in Gaza had been brought into Israel, a day after Hamas handed over the bodies of four other captives and released the last 20 surviving hostages.