Hungary’s Orban says EU bigger threat than Russia before April elections
‘Illiberal’ PM, endorsed by ally Trump this week, to receive US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday.
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Trump’s Russian oil waiver gives Orban a win at Hungary’s expense
The Washington deal helps Orban before the election but exposes the fragility of Hungary’s illiberal rule.
David Szalay wins Booker Prize for his novel Flesh
Hungarian-British author beats novelists Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller to claim the prestigious award in London.
Hungarian leader Orban says he secured ‘financial shield’ from Trump
Trump promises to defend Hungary’s finances amid Orban-EU tensions and to sign $600m gas deal, says Hungarian leader.
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Hungary claims ‘indefinite’ US sanctions waiver for Russian energy imports
Foreign minister says Budapest ‘obtained an indefinite exemption from the sanctions’ on Russian oil and gas shipments.
Trump exempts Hungary from Russian oil and gas sanctions: PM Viktor Orban
Hungary’s nationalist prime minister says country gets exemption from US sanctions on Russia after meeting with Trump.
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‘No survivors’: Kenyan plane crash kills 10 tourists and pilot
Footage shows the smoldering remains of an airplane that crashed in Kwale, Kenya on Tuesday.
Published On 28 Oct 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un encouraging soldiers of the Overseas Military Operations Forces at the groundbreaking ceremony for building the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations in Pyongyang. North Korea has begun constructing a memorial for its soldiers killed fighting in Russia's war with Ukraine, state media reported on October 23, as leader Kim Jong Un hailed a "historic peak" in ties with Moscow [KCNA via AFP]
Civil Defence members, in cooperation with the Palestinian Shahebar family, lay out body bags containing the remains of members of the Shahebar family, who were buried in temporary graves and brought to the Sheikh Shaaban Cemetery, in Gaza City on October 24, 2025. Some 80 members of the extended family were killed during Israeli bombing of a residential area in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City on November 17, 2023 [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Demonstrators carry a huge Hungarian flag as they take part in a "Peace March" in Budapest, Hungary, prior a commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising against Soviet occupation. The Hungarian uprising, also called the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, erupted on October 23, 1956 and was crushed by Soviet tanks a few days later, sealing the country's fate as a satellite state of Moscow until the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. [Ferenc Isza/AFP]
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of a food warehouse following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv. [Genya Savilov/AFP]
Protesters pull a cart with an effigy of Philipines' President Ferdinand Marcos during a farmer-led anticorruption demonstration near Malacanang Palace in Manila. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]
A voter casts his ballot at the Kenedy school group polling station in Cocody, Abidjan, during Ivory Coast's presidential elections. [Sia Kambou/AFP]
Mourners hold portraits of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol Adulyadej as they line up to pay respects to the late queen at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The yearlong funeral ceremony of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit started on October 26, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her remains to lie in state at Bangkok's Grand Palace. [Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP]
People charge their phones at one of the heated tents called points of invincibility, government-built help stations, during a total blackout following Russian air attacks on energy facilities in Chernihiv, Ukraine. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]
A woman sits outside her house after heavy rains induced floods in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. [Devi Rahman/AFP]
Nihang Sikh warriors ride on horses as they display their skills on the occasion of Fateh Divas in Amritsar, India. [Narinder Nanu/AFP]
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‘No plans’ for Trump-Putin summit in near future, officials say
Media reports indicate that the US and Russia are at odds over the terms of a ceasefire in war-torn Ukraine.
EU moves to ban Russian energy imports by 2028
A draft regulation approved by European Union energy ministers would phase out Russian import contracts by January 2028.
Zelenskyy eyes invite to Trump-Putin talks in Budapest
Ukrainian president said he would attend if invited, although wary of Hungarian setting.
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