Thousands of volunteers of all ages, walks of life and different nationalities showed up on Friday in Spain's eastern Valencia region to help with clean-up efforts after catastrophic floods that have killed at least 205 people.

Borrell and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya unveiled the pact to develop cooperation on joint military drills, the exchange of information related to the defense industry, and space security, among other matters.

Some 119,000 children in the north are awaiting their second dose of polio vaccinations, while 452,000 have been vaccinated in central and southern Gaza.

Speaking on stage at an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Israeli actions in northern Gaza could only be described as a form a genocide that was feeding a cycle of violence.

Snow on average begins forming on Japan's highest mountain on October 2 and the latest it had been detected before this year was in 1955 and 2016, when it fell on October 26.

“We continue to have dialogue behind the scenes and other diplomatic efforts to address this issue proportionally with other countries,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

State media did not specify when the exercises with the Liaoning and Shandong vessels took place, though it said the broader naval mission had overlapped with public holidays that spanned late September to October.

Spokesperson Roy Soemirat was answering a question on Indonesia's response to the lingering presence of a Chinese coast guard vessel near the Natuna islands, which Indonesian maritime authorities said they had turned away several times last week. 

Torrential rains that began at the start of the week sparked flooding that has left at least 95 people dead, the deadliest such disaster in the western European country since 1973.

Indonesia has strongly condemned the Israeli parliament's decision to ban the United Nations agency responsible for aiding Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, from working in Israel, in a new law that could effectively cripple its work in war-torn Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem.

The bombing came with Israel facing an international backlash after its parliament voted overwhelmingly to ban UNRWA, the main United Nations aid agency working with Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Trump, neck and neck in the polls with Vice President Kamala Harris, has made comments on the campaign trail that Chinese-claimed Taiwan should pay to be protected and also accused the island of stealing American semiconductor business.

Southeast Asia's biggest economy maintains a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take sides in the Ukraine conflict or in great power competition between Washington and Beijing.

In an op-ed posted to the newspaper's website, Bezos argued that with trust in news media falling, steps needed to be taken to address accusations of partisanship.

The account had a short notice reading "X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules," though the Elon Musk-owned platform did not specify which rule had been violated.

Guards chief Hossein Salami, quoted by Tasnim news agency, said Israel had "failed to achieve its ominous goals" with its air raids on Saturday.

The Young Garudas have clinched a spot at the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup finals in Saudi Arabia, after finishing third runner-up overall with a 0-0 draw in its lackluster Group G match against Australia on Sunday during the qualifying round in Doha.

The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post announced they had ended their decades-long practice of officially backing a presidential contender.

AFP examines the options now for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after its worst result since 2009, and the prospects for its bruised leader Ishiba, who only took office on October 1.

The Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the weekend that killed at least four soldiers and have stoked fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East, calling on all parties to the conflict to refrain from escalating it further.

The LDP and its longtime partner Komeito will suffer a drubbing from voters, with the coalition possibly losing its parliamentary majority, opinion polls suggest, as Japan struggles with rising costs of living and increasingly tense relations with neighbouring China.

The Israeli army said it conducted "precise strikes on military targets in Iran" on Saturday.

It is the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation against Beijing's actions in the strategic waterway, which it claims almost in full.

Trump's last time in office was good for Netanyahu, and in the lead-up to the November 5 vote, the former president has sent mixed messages on his Middle East policy.

A century after their ancestors were first recognized as US citizens, many native Americans said they felt cut off from the political process.

The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, to the constant anger of Beijing.

Israel warned Iran would "pay a heavy price" if it responded to the strikes, and the United States, Germany and Britain demanded Tehran not escalate the conflict further.