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Peru anti-government protesters clash with police in Peru's capital Lima, as thousands of people took part in marches across the country aiming for the president’s removal. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Peru's capital to demand the resignation of President Pedro Castillo, who is under investigation for corruption.

A police officer and a prosecutor go door to door in Ukraine's Kherson region day after day, town after town to investigate the claims of Russian sexual violence. They search for those left behind as they walk through streets and past homes damaged by artillery strikes. The two men are part of a specialist unit that has traveled from Kyiv.

According to the South Korean military, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile which exploded in mid-flight. The North's seventh intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch of the year, which landed in the sea, set off an alarm in Japan.

South Korea responds as North Korea fires most missiles in a day. Several missiles were fired into the water near each other's coasts, which was a clear sign that things are getting worse. The North fired at least 23 missiles in one day, including one that landed less than 60 km (37 miles) from the city of Sokcho in the South.

A temporary morgue for some of those killed in the South Korea Halloween Stampede has been transformed into a huge lost-and-found, with hundreds of belongings awaiting their owners. On Tuesday, November 1, three days after the crush in the popular Itaewon district during Halloween festivities, the Wonhyoro sports center was quiet as a few people sifted through more than 800 recovered lost items.

Grain deal continues despite Russia's withdrawal as three more vessels left Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, the UN-led center coordinating the Black Sea grain export deal reported. According to the center, Ukraine, Turkey, and the UN had all approved the movement of the ships, and Russia "had been informed."

Over 100 people have died and more are missing after a storm hit the Philippines this year after villagers fled in the wrong direction and got buried in a boulder-laden mudslide. According to officials, about two million additional people were affected by flooding in different regions.

Two detained New Zealand social media influencers have been allowed to leave Iran after being held captive for months, New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Wednesday. Christopher "Topher" Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray were on a trip they called "Expedition Earth."

The messaging platform WhatsApp has been restored after a global outage that impacted users in every region of the world. The company that owns WhatsApp, Meta, reported that the issue had been resolved but did not elaborate on the cause of the service interruption.

US and Russian defense ministers hold infrequent conversations about Ukraine in a phone call since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to confirmation from the two countries, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu spoke on Friday.

Indonesia bans syrup medicines sale in response to the deaths of over 100 children. This news comes after a cough syrup in The Gambia was blamed for the deaths of over 70 youngsters only weeks before. The country's health ministry said acute kidney injuries (AKI) had claimed the lives of 99 young children in Indonesia this year. It's unclear whether the medicines were manufactured domestically or imported.

Parcel bombs and gunshots in Myanmar's largest prison kill at least eight people, causing soldiers to fire back, which resulted in several people losing their lives during the conflict, according to official media and a witness account. In a statement that was shared on social media, an armed anti-junta gang claimed responsibility for the incident that took place at the Insein Prison, adding that it was retaliation against (junta chief) Min Aung Hlaing.

Saudi Arabia sentence a U.S. citizen for tweets he sent while he was still a U.S. citizen that were critical of the country. A 72-year-old man from Florida was reportedly arrested in Saudi Arabia and given a 16-year prison sentence. An American and a Saudi national, Saad Ibrahim Almadi is a retired project manager. His son Ibrahim informed The Associated Press that his father was detained in Saudi Arabia in the month of November. According to Almadi's son, his father was held over 14 "minor tweets" he wrote over the course of seven years, most of which were critical of Saudi government policy.

A Russian warplane crash kills 13 people in an apartment building in the southern Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure. Three persons lost their lives when they attempted to escape the major fire in the apartment building by jumping from upper floors. The structure had nine stories.

Robbie Coltrane died on Friday, he was beloved around the world for his portrayal of Rubeus Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" movies. Coltrane, originally called Anthony Robert McMillan, changed his name to commemorate jazz great John Coltrane when he was in his early 20s. McMillan was born in Rutherglen, Scotland.

Over 600 people killed and thousands evacuated in Nigeria's worst flooding. Floods have affected over 2 million people, according to CNN, citing Nigeria's humanitarian affairs ministry, and over 200,000 homes have been completely or partially destroyed. According to the ministry, the death toll from the worst flooding in Nigeria in a decade has surpassed 600 people.

Evin prison fire is one of the headlines of an Iranian state news agency. Reports stated that a major fire at Iran's infamous Evin prison has resulted in the deaths of four inmates and injuries to 61 others. BBC Persian has been informed by sources inside the prison, which is well-known for housing political prisoners, that the number of casualties is likely to be higher. On videos that were shared online, smoke and flames could be seen billowing from the location in Tehran, and the sounds of gunfire and explosions could be heard. The fire started after several weeks of protests against the government across Iran.

This week, the ominous sound of air raid sirens and the bursts of Russian attacks broke up the relative peace in Ukrainian towns far from the country's battlefields. As winter comes, Russia is battered. Officials say that since Monday, missiles, rockets, and drones have been used to attack civilian infrastructure in many major cities, including Kyiv, which is hundreds of miles from the front lines in the east and south.

The relatives of the eight people slain in the 2012 massacre as well as the F.B.I. agent who arrived at the scene received damages from a Connecticut jury. After spending years making up stories about the incident, Jones had already been found to be liable for defamation as the jury orders Alex Jones to pay sandy hook victims’ families nearly 1 billion. The families of eight Sandy Hook massacre victims won nearly $1 billion in damages from Infowars liar Alex Jones on Wednesday, dealing a fatal blow to his empire and sending a clear message that his lies and those of his supporters have grave repercussions.

Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will use "all the tools we have" to "protect our territory," which includes parts of Ukraine that Russia recently took over. What is the possibility of Russia nuclear weapons Ukraine? However, US Vice President Joe Biden has said that Putin is unlikely to use a tactical nuclear bomb in the fight with Ukraine.

With the world's richest democracies promising to stand with Kyiv for "as long as it takes," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeks for ‘air shield’. At a televised conference on Tuesday, Zelenskyy pleaded with the G7 leaders in a televised conference a day after Russia launched a missile attack on Ukrainian towns. After the meeting, the G7 published a unified statement in which they promised Ukraine "financial, humanitarian, military, political, and legal assistance... for as long as it takes." The G7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The head of British intelligence says that China's tech advancement poses a threat to global security as China is trying to use satellites and digital money to stifle dissent at home and keep an eye on its enemies abroad. In contrast to the United Kingdom and its democratic allies, China sees technological progress as a "tool to gain an advantage through control of their markets, of those in their sphere of influence, and their own citizens," as stated in a speech excerpt by Jeremy Fleming, head of the United Kingdom's electronic spy agency, GCHQ.

It's eerily familiar for those of us who were here in February when Russia launched its full-scale invasion. As further missile and drone assaults are predicted, we have been instructed to spend as much time as possible in the basement. This has spread shock and horror in Ukraine after Russia's current wave of strikes.

US officials hold their first in-person meeting with the Taliban on Saturday since al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US in his Kabul residence in late July, according to two individuals familiar with the conversations. The administration sent the CIA's deputy director and the senior State Department official in charge of Afghanistan to Doha for discussions with the Taliban team, which included the Taliban's chief of intelligence, Abdul Haq Wasiq.