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Sweden's centre-left opposition on Monday looked set to form the next government as preliminary election results showed it holding a narrow three-seat lead over the right-wing ruling parties with ‌most of the votes counted after Sunday's vote.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul described his trip to Budapest ‌on Monday - the first by a German foreign minister in nearly seven years - as a chance ⁠to rapidly restore relations in the wake of the ouster of former prime minister Viktor Orban.

Two deadly ferry incidents over the past week in Indonesia and the Philippines have focused attention on maritime safety in Southeast Asia.

Nearly 2.4 million registered voters in the Philippines are expected to cast ballots in the Muslim-majority south's first parliamentary election, the culmination of a decade-long peace process aimed at ending separatist conflict and completing the transition to elected self-government.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday ‌he was asking lawmakers to support the removal of Ukraine's prosecutor ⁠general without delay.

The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches "peak water" by mid-century, according to a study ‌released this month.

Voting began on Monday in the Philippines' Muslim-majority south under heightened security after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence on the eve of the historic election.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen maintained her lead ahead of the presidential election and far-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon was second in most tested scenarios, ‌a poll showed on Monday, stressing the electorate's growing polarisation as Emmanuel Macron's era ends.

More than 600 Indonesian rescuers were searching for 129 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea on the weekend, an official said on Monday, with the ‌death toll steady at six.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before ‌an attack that killed three U.S. troops there in July.

China's military leadership is expected to outline its aims for global security when it hosts its annual defence forum this week amid churning tensions in its own neighbourhood over Taiwan, ‌the South China Sea and doubts about U.S. commitments to Asia.

A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government won Okinawa's gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo's military build-up across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China.

Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama condemned an attack on a mining camp at Panguna and said his government would press ahead with plans to ‌reopen the long-shuttered copper mine despite opposition from some groups.

Zverev added the New York title to his ⁠collection after winning the French Open ⁠trophy earlier this year.

North Korea held a live-fire drill to test long-range artillery and missile ‌units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Monday.

Sweden's centre-left opposition bloc is projected ‌to win a one-seat majority in Sunday's vote for parliament, the ⁠election authority said.

A newly installed memorial statue of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized overnight in Phoenix on Sunday, according to the organization that ‌he founded.

U.S. President Donald Trump on ‌Sunday said he would consider a request from relatives of those killed ⁠in the September 11 attacks to release more records about the event.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian propaganda and of supporting Russia's aggressive policy ‌toward Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his support for ‌Northern Ireland breaking from the United Kingdom to unify with the Republic of Ireland, but said he would not talk about Scotland becoming independent "yet".

Israel and Lebanon will meet in Rome in October to discuss a U.S.-brokered security agreement intended to ‌ease hostilities along the border, a State Department Official told Reuters.

The Houthi capture of Yemen's Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran's hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation with Tehran.

Congress would have to approve such a payment, House Speaker Mike Johnson said.

No country should have lower interest rates than the U.S., President Donald Trump said on Sunday, days before the Federal Reserve's next policy meeting.

U.S. President Donald ‌Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were causing a shortage of the fuel that is "hurting the world".

France's mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it "regrets" criticising the United States over human rights in a social media post that triggered a diplomatic ‌dispute which has delayed the arrival of a new French ambassador in Washington.

After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following ‌his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month's devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, finally returned to his village and family on Sunday.

Kosovo's parliament ‌re-elected Albin Kurti as ⁠prime minister on Sunday after his party came ‌first ⁠in June elections.

Libyan authorities have seized a shipment of tens of thousands of ecstasy pills, each marked with the face of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi and smuggled in from Europe, security officials said.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an "associate member" of the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Lithuania said that a perceived drone ‌sighting in its airspace earlier on Sunday that prompted authorities to close Vilnius airport and NATO to summon at least one fighter jet, turned out to be a flock of ⁠birds.

Turkish authorities have detained 26 people and searched the offices of six LGBTQ+ associations in a series of raids that followed allegations of prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said.

Russia attacked a truck near Ukraine's border with Poland, Polish and Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, the latest strike to hit areas near NATO as Moscow and Kyiv intensify their long-distance strikes to try to shift momentum in the war.

A Russian drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border in the small town of Yahodyn ‌overnight, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sunday.

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least two Palestinians in a vehicle and wounded 13 others in the Gaza Strip, medical staff ‌said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled on Sunday initiatives in areas ranging from AI to trade to deepen cooperation among the "Greater ‌BRICS" emerging economies, as Beijing seeks to weld the grouping into a practical platform for Global South development.

At least five people were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city ‌of Odesa on Sunday morning, officials said, a day after strikes on the city killed two people.

The head of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation accused Ukraine on Sunday of attacking diesel fuel trucks, killing two Russian servicemen and deliberately jeopardising safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ‌plant in Ukraine.

Authorities in the Philippines said on Sunday it could take weeks or months to identify the victims ‌of a ferry fire that killed 76 people, as forensic experts begin collecting and comparing DNA samples from charred remains and investigators determine what caused one of the country's deadliest ma...

Myanmar's military-backed government said on Sunday its permanent representative to the United Nations was undertaking "illegal activities" and that his status had been revoked and withdrawn.

An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing ‌contact in the Java Sea early on Sunday during bad weather, the country's search and rescue agency said in a statement.

Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline.

At least one person was confirmed dead and more than 30 were missing on Sunday after a ferry sank off Vanuatu's coast, Prime Minister ‌Jotham Napat's office said in a statement.

Australia's government pledged on Sunday to bolster resilience in the nation's telecommunications networks after an outage at Optus, the country's No. 2 ‌carrier, impacted users in three states and disrupted some emergency services calls.

South Korea's expanded espionage law takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies amid intensifying competition in semiconductors and other strategic ‌industries.

Swedes vote in an election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism ‌it has long been known for.

Celine Dion made an emotional return to the stage after a six-year absence on Saturday, overcoming high-profile health woes to thrill fans in the first of a series of concerts in ‌Paris.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff was quoted as saying on Saturday that Kyiv was preparing for the resumption in October of three-sided talks aimed at resolving the ‌more than 4-1/2-year-old war with Russia.

Ukraine is bracing for a brutal winter as intensified Russian attacks on the country's infrastructure and key export industries compound a deepening budget crisis, ‌Ukrainian officials said on Saturday.