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Imprisoned Cuban dissident goes into exile in US
HAVANA (Reuters) -One of Cuba's best known dissidents went into exile from prison on Monday, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said, headed for the U.S. at the Trump administration's request.
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WHO warns of contaminated India cough syrups
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Monday issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, urging authorities to report any detection of these medicines in their countries to the health agency.
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Trump to meet Zelenskiy on Friday to talk air defense, new weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday for a working lunch, three sources familiar with the planning said, amid intensifying discussions about the potential provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.
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Zelenskiy says he will meet Trump in Washington on Friday
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, where the two would discuss Ukraine's air defence and long-range strike capabilities.
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Ex-French President Sarkozy's 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports
PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 election campaign funds from Libya, RTL reported on Monday.
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Peru's 'Porky', mayor of Lima, quits to run for president
LIMA (Reuters) -The mayor of Peru's capital, Rafael Lopez Aliaga, said he will resign from his post on Monday to become the first candidate in April's presidential election, as the country navigates a fresh political crisis following an abrupt change of government.
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Heavy rains flood Mexico towns, leave nearly 130 dead or missing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Torrential rains that lashed Mexico last week killed at least 64 people and 65 more are missing, the government said on Monday, after a tropical depression triggered landslides and flooding in parts of the Gulf Coast and central states.
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EU's Von der Leyen says private sector deals could unlock 4 billion euros for Western Balkans
TIRANA (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday private sector deals signed or in the pipeline could unlock about 4 billion euros ($4.63 billion) in new investment as part of an EU growth plan for the Western Balkans region.
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At least 66 injured after two trains collide in Slovakia
(Reuters) -Two trains collided in eastern Slovakia on Monday, derailing an engine and a carriage and injuring at least 66 people, emergency medical services and police said.
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Palestinians cheer as freed prisoners begin to arrive home under ceasefire deal
RAMALLAH/CAIRO (Reuters): Joyous Palestinians rushed to embrace prisoners freed under a US-brokered ceasefire agreement as they arrived by bus in the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Monday (Oct 13).
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Exclusive-Germany to acquire armoured vehicles worth almost $7 billion
BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government will order 424 new wheeled armoured vehicles for almost 7 billion euros ($8.11 billion), according to finance ministry documents seen by Reuters on Monday.
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UK anti-Islam activist 'Tommy Robinson' says Musk has paid for defence in phone trial
LONDON (Reuters) -British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, went on trial on Monday accused of refusing to give police his phone PIN when stopped under counter-terrorism laws, and said billionaire Elon Musk was funding his defence.
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India and Canada agree on new roadmap for relations
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and Canada agreed on Monday on a new roadmap for their relations after talks between their foreign ministers in New Delhi, as both countries seek to mend ties strained over the killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist.
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Portugal's far-right underwhelms in local elections, wins three mayorships
LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's far-right Chega party fell back to earth in municipal elections, with a far worse result than it had anticipated after a surge in May that made it the country's official opposition.
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Clove farm in Indonesia's Lampung contaminated with Caesium 137, task force says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A clove farm in Indonesia's Lampung province has been contaminated with Caesium 137, a radioactive isotope, but its presence is limited and it has not spread to other commodities, a government task force looking into the matter said on Monday.
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Explainer-Afghanistan-Pakistan is the latest conflict Trump wants to solve. Why has it erupted?
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Border clashes over the weekend between Afghanistan and Pakistan led to the deaths of dozens of soldiers, the most serious clash between the two countries since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021, and gained the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump. By Monday, the exchange of fire had ceased.
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Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win 2025 Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and growth
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
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Russia's Medvedev says supplying US Tomahawks to Ukraine could end badly for all, especially Trump
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that supplying U.S. Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could end badly for everyone, especially U.S. President Donald Trump.
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UK's King Charles to host German President for state visit in December
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles will welcome German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Windsor Castle for a three day trip in December, the first state visit by a German President for 27 years, a statement from Buckingham Palace said on Monday.
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Trump says Gaza war over, Hamas hands over remaining hostages to Red Cross
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters): Hamas handed over its remaining Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Monday (Oct 13) for their transfer to the Israeli military, an official involved in the operation told Reuters.
