Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, made a surprise return home on Sunday after nearly a year in exile, drawing jubilant crowds in a direct challenge to the US-backed interim government.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region. The quake, which occurred on Sunday night (October 25), was also felt in various areas of neighbouring Pakistan. No deaths or significant damage have been reported in either country so far.
Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won the second round of Brazil’s presidential election. He narrowly defeated opposition Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and was elected president for a fourth time, though not consecutively.
Renowned Indian painter Jogen Chowdhury has died. He died on Sunday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata. Jogen Chowdhury, 87, had been suffering from blood cancer for 14 months, according to family sources.
Police in France have arrested nearly 1,000 people during ongoing nationwide protests over the rising cost of living, fuel prices and problems in the education sector. Most of Saturday’s (24 October) demonstrations were peaceful during the day, but clashes between protesters and police broke out at night in Paris and several other cities.
Israeli forces pushed into the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday and displaced around 2,000 residents, vowing to exact a heavy price for an attack the day before in which two Palestinians killed two soldiers before being gunned down.