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Pope Leo's visit comes as Turkiye and Armenia appear to be moving closer toward a normalisation of their ties, and the pontiff's visit is likely to lend support to those efforts, said Richard Giragosian, the founding director of the Regional Studies Centre based in Yerevan, Armenia. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wEZCilo

A whopping 9,68,304 people from 2,66,114 families were affected by the extreme weather, DMC said   from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/78Gt6VC

Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, made the allegation during an interaction with journalists from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pwE14yz

Germany's domestic intelligence agency had concluded that the Young Alternative was a proven right-wing extremist group; it later classified AfD itself as such a group, but suspended the designation after AfD launched a legal challenge. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/IMNbQBV

The head of Turkiye’s Diyanet religious affairs directorate showed Pope Leo the soaring tiled domes of the 17th-century mosque and the Arabic inscriptions on its column from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OMK3qQN

Finance Minister Roland Lescure reiterated in a statement that the Government's aim to avoid any nationalisation after the French lower house of Parliament backed a motion proposing to nationalise the sites from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TvY8yuV

Donald Trump said that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year in Miami and will "stop all payments and subsidies" to the country from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hLCcY9m

The judge also fined Hasina Taka one lakh in each case, or 18 months more in prison if she failed to submit the amount from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wUr4Nqz

China angered by Japan’s missile deployment plans near Taiwan from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TOigdXy

Authorities prepare to implement cloud seeding to mitigate further rainfall in North Sumatra, while neighboring Provinces also grapple with severe flooding and landslides disrupting thousands of lives from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZUIETuX

Hong Kong media said that one of the deceased was a firefighter, but that could not be immediately confirmed from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/anZI3kF

There have been intense debates around the Jewishness of Bnei Menashe in the past, but in 2005, the then Chief Rabbi of the Sephardi community, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, recognised them as "descendants of Israel", paving the way for their immigration to Israel from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8skiXgf

Chinese officials assert that the treatment of Pema Wangjom Thongdok was compliant with legal protocols, while India demands accountability for what it deems a breach of sovereignty and citizen rights from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/46qiyTS

Kyiv was hit by a barrage of missiles and hundreds of drones overnight in an attack that killed at least six people from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BILGxo3

The new law will allow a Canadian parent born or adopted abroad to pass citizenship on to their child born or adopted outside Canada on or after the date the bill comes into force, provided they have a substantial connection to Canada from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SD7ZcJN

Pauline Hanson wore the burqa shortly after she was denied permission to introduce a Bill that would outlaw burqas and other full-face coverings in public places in Australia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bBTNntM

The 28-point blueprint drawn up by the U.S. to end the nearly four-year war has sparked alarm in Kyiv and European capitals. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4C1DQLV

The Hamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the delegation would be discussing Israel’s “continued violation of the ceasefire agreement” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3W47P0A

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of attempting to intervene militarily in Taiwan, say China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wtXYcrQ

The Niger State government closed many schools, and President Bola Tinubu cancelled international engagements, including attending the G20 summit in Johannesburg, to handle the crisis from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dA3mXIR

“U.S. Border Patrol agents could arrive in the Southern city as soon as Saturday (November 22, 2025), and the operation could run into January,” says officials from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yVz9quM

At least one agency that could see a leadership change is the Department of Homeland Security, CNN reported from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ERzh7La

Before the 2011 quake and tsunami, which killed around 18,000 people, nuclear power generated about a third of Japan’s electricity, with fossil fuels contributing most of the rest. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CR2EcU1

Medics said that one strike on a house in Bani Suhaila town east of Khan Younis killed three people, including a baby girl, and wounded 15 others, while another killed a man and wounded three others in the nearby Abassan town. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7adDSbA

Japanese PM told lawmakers this month that a Chinese attack on Taiwan threatening Japan's survival could trigger a military response from Tokyo from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8m4QaBu

At the entrance of a carpark, a speeding BMW rammed into a Kia, which in turn hit the 33-year-old pregnant pedestrian; the mother and child were rushed to a hospital and died later from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/O98g2ds

On November 17, 1970 Lunokhod 1 made its landmark lunar landing. Test your knowledge of the world’s first rover to explore another celestial body from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/X9kDUM3

Six thousand new words were also added to the dictionary in 2025, including 'delulu', 'slop', 'skibidi' and 'tradwife' from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/1ZBb0dc

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on November 17, 2025, found Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the widespread protests against her government in July last year from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Iajpq8V

The former Bangladesh PM defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/DbvC9ZI

“The attack damaged port equipment and several civilian vessels moored at the berths,” says Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ty8I04j

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theatre Command announced that it had conducted a bomber formation patrol amid the Philippines' so-called "joint patrols" with external forces from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YEUR1zw

Iran’s government issued a three-day visa for the AP reporter to attend a summit alongside other journalists from major British outlets and other media from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ea9SDUA

Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could free 1,200 Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/d5q31Ij

Hospital director Carlos Santoro said his facility had received 22 injured patients from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QZqJHA2

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza tendered his resignation, becoming the first judge to resign from any High Court after the contentious amendment was enacted into law from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/uJpg6dR

India and China are driving a major portion of the growth, Airbus Asia Pacific President Anand Stanley said in Bangkok from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZpjXz5l

Two judges of the Supreme Court had quit over the Constitutional amendment; Army chief’s term extended, and powers elevated, under the reform from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/g3kvZYx

China’s leader Xi Jinping described China and Thailand as “truly good relatives, good friends and good partners,” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pIw4cWm

Scott Bessent was asked about Mr. Trump’s latest remarks on the H-1B visa programme, where the President said America has to bring in talent since it does not have "certain talents" from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kn53IeU

Muhammad Yunus also reiterated that parliamentary elections will be held in February and that they would be free and fair from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QRJFNcu

Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said it had demanded an apology from Cambodia after accusing it of laying fresh landmines that maimed a Thai soldier on Monday (November 10, 2025) from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jVdFy51

Dense fog enabled Russian troops to infiltrate Ukrainian positions in Zaporizhzhia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UZ120Bm

The species — dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer — was found in the state of Western Australia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JmbrGNp

U.N. aid agencies have been calling for the reopening of the crossing for more aid to flow into the devastated northern part of the enclave from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vplswhg

The mayor of Tonka in the Timbuktu region, Mamadou Konipo, confirmed the killing but said he didn't have more information from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yNEbKrq

The first such attack to hit the city in years sent people fleeing in panic, leaving shattered glass and charred vehicles on the road outside district court buildings from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fv5jbt1

No group or individual claimed responsibility for the blast, but the attack came days after the third round of talks between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2Zgynhb

Mr. Trump pardons his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says; the proclamation explicitly says the pardon does not apply to Mr. Trump from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4y9mXSD

Director General Tim Davie and the BBC News CEO Deborah Turness stepped down on Sunday (November 9) after accusations that a documentary by its flagship Panorama programme had used a misleading edit of Donald Trump's speech from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TbHGAnj

The Royal Thai Army said a sergeant had lost his right foot after stepping on a land mine while on patrol on Monday along the border in Sisaket province from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ApfS2sR

The suspensions are the latest sign of a thaw in economic ties since the Xi-Trump meeting from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eZngiD7

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Iwate Prefecture, Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory; no injuries reported, but risks of aftershocks and coastal hazards remain significant from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/mwtud3k

So far, there has been no substantive response from Washington. We were told through diplomatic channels that ‘the issue is under consideration, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/m5R2U87

Parliament in Sofia approved legal changes that grant additional state authority to a government-appointed manager of the Lukoil-owned Burgas refinery on the Black Sea coast. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/aqB2flA

Explosions that injured dozens of people during Friday prayers could have been an attack, officials said, with a 17-year-old student the suspected perpetrator from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Io4vXg7

The total project cost has been fixed at $16.985 million, according to the Currency Management Department of the bank. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bkeHJKn

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appealed to Moscow for military support, including repairs to Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets, upgrades to radar systems, and the delivery of missile systems. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/26xOruo

The cause of the blasts was not immediately known but they came from near the mosque's loudspeaker from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5ijd27b

Two other workers had been located under the rubble and were presumed to have died, while two remain missing, the official, Kim Jung-shik from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/swHICoD

The airstrikes came hours after Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to enter negotiations with Israel. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MVi5xle

Tariffs have become a cornerstone of Trump's foreign policy in his second term, with double-digit “reciprocal” tariffs imposed on most countries, which he has justified by declaring America's longstanding trade deficits a national emergency. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3yICKYL

Harsh Sanghavi will stay overnight in a traditional village hut to experience local life closely from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VdMKWjQ

The Pope said “the spiritual rights of people who have been detained should also be considered,’’ and called on authorities to allow pastoral workers access to the detained migrants from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7aXchBe

Battlefield maps show that Russian forces are a few kilometres away from fully encircling Pokrovsk from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vl4rNh7

His vice-presidency was defined by the age of terrorism. Cheney disclosed that he had had the wireless function of his defibrillator turned off years earlier out of fear terrorists would remotely send his heart a fatal shock. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kEH4WAB

One of the key events of the festival is Jabzhi, a Buddhist cleansing ritual from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/oWQtr2c

The United States will, in the coming days, ask the U.N. Security Council committee to impose sanctions on seven ships suspected of violating U.N. sanctions on North Korea, says a State Department official from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/umhPk78

The Ukrainian President has pleaded with Western partners to provide more of them, but production limitations and the need to maintain stockpiles have slowed their delivery from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fe1nzPU

OPEC+ includes the core members of the cartel, as well as nations outside of the group led by Russia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XNIg14k

The city fell a week ago after an 18-month siege, prompting tens of thousands to flee from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JDz7XAZ

One of the suspects’ criminal record contained 11 previous convictions, 10 of them for theft from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xNPAMbs

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), an entire museum dedicated to a single civilization, opened in Egypt’s Cairo recently. We take a look from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sj5M1rb

Late last month, the Pentagon rerouted USS Gerald Ford, the Navy’s most modern aircraft carrier, to the Caribbean, with about 5,000 personnel aboard from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3iuMc5D