(2025-10-18). Saudi finance minister says finalising investments for Syria. newarab.com 
(2025-10-18). Three Afghan cricketers killed in attack: cricket board. tribune.com.pk 
Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country's cricket board said on Friday. | The ACB said that the players had travelled from Urgun to Sharana in the eastern Paktika province on the Pakistan border to take part in a friendly match. | It said that "after returning home to Urgun, they were targeted during a gathering" in what it described as "a cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime". | The ACB named the three players as "Kabeer, Sibghatullah and Haroon", and said that five other people…
(2025-10-18). Chinese ambassador receives returned tiger-shaped relic from U.S. institution. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng, on behalf of the Chinese government, formally accepted a tiger-shaped plaque on Thursday that was returned by a U.S. private institution, the Chinese Embassy said Friday.
(2025-10-18). Venezuela and Cuba commemorate 25 years of Cooperation Agreement. radiohc.cu The governments of Venezuela and Cuba today commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement, signed by Commanders Fidel Castro (1926-2016) and Hugo Chávez (1954-2013). | The date was celebrated with a floral offering before the sarcophagus of the Liberator Simón Bolívar in the National Pantheon, in a ceremony presided over by Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, and Cuban Ambassador to Caracas, Jorge Mayo. | Representatives of the island's diplomatic corps and the Medical Mission serving in the Bolivarian Republic also attended the event. | In a statement…
(2025-10-18). New ROK ambassador to Beijing expected to help boost relations. ecns.cn China has welcomed the arrival of Roh Jae-heon in Beijing as the new ambassador of the Republic of Korea, expressing the hope that he will play an active role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-ROK relations.
(2025-10-17). New Syria gov't targets Kurds, signals spread of wider conflict. themilitant.com Fighting broke out Oct. 6 between Syria's new government and Kurdish forces, which for years have controlled an autonomous region carved out in the struggle for their national rights in the oil-rich northeast of the country. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say government forces have repeatedly sought to infiltrate territories under the SDF's control. | Kurds, an oppressed nationality, make up some 10% of Syria's population. Thirty million Kurds, in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, comprise the world's largest nation without their own country. | One civilian and one government soldier were killed in the Kurd…
(2025-10-17). Eurasian peace, route, and initiative instead of that of Donald Trump. uwidata.com At the meeting held in Egypt, the Atlantic front referred to the ceasefire reached in Gaza as the "Trump peace." But "Trump's doings" don't end there: we also have the "Trump route" in the South Caucasus and the "Trump's initiative" in Syria. What do the US's recent policies and moves in West Asia, the Eastern …
(2025-10-17). SDF moves forward with integration into new Syrian security forces. longwarjournal.org The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are moving forward on integration with the security forces of the Syrian transitional government. SDF leader Mazloum Abdi has given several interviews saying that a preliminary agreement has been made with Damascus.
(2025-10-17). Belarusian MTZ, Kazakh KamLit sign manufacturing cooperation agreement. eng.belta.by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan Aleksei Bogdanov and a Belarusian delegation led by MTZ Director General Sergei Avramenko went to the city of Kostanay on 15 October where they visited two major machine-building plants.
(2025-10-17). Belarus, Israel discuss plans to create Holocaust and Resistance Museum in Novogrudok. eng.belta.by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Israel Yuri Yaroshevich held a meeting with the Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Dani Dayan.
(2025-10-17). Uganda to Host 4th Uganda—UAE Business Forum as Investment Ties Deepen. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to host the Fourth Edition of the Uganda—UAE Business Forum in Kampala from October 27 to 29, 2025, a high-level platform aimed at deepening trade, investment and innovation links with one of the country's fastest-growing economic partners in the Gulf region. Uganda's Ambassador to the United …