International observers documented vote buying and double voting in Georgia's parliamentary elections on October 26, the head of an observation mission said. Ioan Bulai, leading a delegation sent by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), spoke at a news conference in Tbilisi.
Pakistan's police on October 8 charged the country's imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, with attempted murder over the death of a policeman during violent protests last weekend by his supporters.
Israelis gathered on October 7 to remember the victims killed a year ago in the deadly attack by Hamas, the Palestinian group designated by the U.S. and EU as a terrorist organization. At Kibbutz Reim, electronic music was played to honor those who were killed or abducted at a music festival.
A massive blast outside Karachi airport in Pakistan on October 6 killed at least one person and injured 10, officials said.
Thousands joined a rally held outside the headquarters of Hungary's state-controlled MTVA media company on October 5. The protest in Budapest was organized by the opposition Tisza party. Its leader addressed the crowd through a makeshift television screen, with a stylized news crawl saying: "Lie."
Israeli air strikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on October 6. Israel had earlier urged locals to evacuate the area, which is a traditional stronghold for Hezbollah, an Iran-backed organization that has been designated by the United States as a terror group.
Russian prosecutors have asked for a seven-year sentence in the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine against Russia, Russian news agencies reported on October 5.
Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1 in retaliation for Israel's operations targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel said it would retaliate against Iran in due time. The missile attack and Israel's incursion into Lebanon marked a dramatic escalation in the conflict.
Air-raid sirens sounded across Israel on the evening of October 1 as Iran fired missiles at the country. Footage from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem showed flashing dots in the dark sky as Israel's Iron Dome air-defense system intercepted projectiles.
Iran is preparing to “imminently” launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel, according to a senior U.S. administration official who warned of “severe consequences” should it take place.
A Pakistani court on September 30 denied a bail application by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in a graft case, their lawyer said.
Belarusian human rights activists accused the country's government on September 30 of pressuring political prisoners who have been pardoned by authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and forcing them to cooperate with authorities.
A man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump's golf course before Secret Service spotted him with a rifle pleaded not guilty on September 30 to federal charges including attempted assassination.
NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland will seek European Union funding to build a network of bunkers, barriers, distribution lines, and military warehouses along their borders with Russia and Belarus, Estonian officials said.
Flames and smoke could be seen in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, early on September 28 after a night of Israeli strikes. Israel's military says the air raids killed Hassan Nasrallah, a Shi'ite cleric leading the militant group Hezbollah, designated a terrorist organization by the United States.
Amateur video caught a huge blast in a suburb of Beirut as Israel said it had launched a strike targeting the headquarters of Hezbollah. Israeli TV said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the intended target.
The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said, right before a September immunization campaign was due to start.
The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed responsibility for the weekend bombing that killed two police officials in restive southwestern Pakistan, officials said on September 16.
Iran has sent a research satellite into orbit with a rocket built by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' aerospace division, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on September 14.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on September 13 accused six British diplomats of spying and said a decision has been made to withdraw their accreditation.
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