International news from Saturday, October 25th, 2025
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Russian aerial attack on Kyiv kills two, injures 13, Ukraine officials say
Two people were killed and 13 others injured in Kyiv after Russian missiles and drones hit sites in Ukraine overnight, including infrastructure and energy sites, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday.
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Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed museum's security vulnerability.
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UK seizes record haul of illegal weight-loss drugs in factory raid
Britain's medicines regulator said on Friday it had made the world's largest seizure of unlicensed weight-loss medicines, dismantling a factory that made jabs labelled as containing the ingredient in Eli Lilly's Mounjaro.
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Trump aims to clinch deal with China's Xi during Asia trip
US President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping.
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Thai PM to sign Cambodia ceasefire deal, cuts short ASEAN trip after royal death
Thailand's prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul will travel to Malaysia on Saturday to sign a ceasefire deal with Cambodia and meet with US President Donald Trump, but will cut short his attendance at the ASEAN Summit there due to the death of the Thai Queen Mother Sirikit.
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Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit dies at 93
Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country's monarchy and in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has passed away at the age of 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau said on Saturday.
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UAE launches aid mission for hurricane-hit Caribbean nationsThe UAE has launched an urgent humanitarian mission to assist communities affected by Hurricane Melissa, which devastated parts of Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.
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New paid parking zones introduced in DubaiDubai’s public parking operator Parkin has announced the introduction of new paid parking zones in two key areas of the city.
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H.H. Sheikh Khaled holds talks with South Korean PresidentHis Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, looked at ways to advance cooperation with South Korea in key sectors during talks with President Lee Jae-myung in Gyeongju.
