Mother in Italy wins court case to evict two sons in their 40s

A 75-year-old woman in the northern Italian city of Pavia won a court order after suing to have her sons, aged 40 and 42, removed from her house, a court clerk in Pavia told CNN Friday.

Five killed in Egypt resort town explosion related to Israel-Hamas conflict

Five people were wounded in a blast related to the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict Thursday in Taba, an Egyptian Red Sea resort town near the Israeli border, Xinhua agency reports.

USA: The attacker in Maine, who killed 18 people, still missing

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) SWAT teams on Thursday conducted a search of the last known address associated with Robert Card, the suspect in a Wednesday night shooting rampage that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, law enforcement sources told CNN.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demands that Ukraine join the European Union soon

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday asked the EU heads of state and government gathered in Brussels for Ukraine to join the European Union as quickly as possible, and expressed his hope for the launch of accession negotiations at the next European summit, scheduled for the middle of December, reports AFP.

The Foreign Minister of Iran, surprise visit to the USA

The Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amirabdollahian, made a surprise visit to the United States of America, in connection with the conflict in the Gaza Strip, reports dpa and Agerpres.

More attacks in the US state of Maine: at least 22 dead and dozens injured

At least 22 people were killed in Wednesday night shootings at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, according to police sources, The Guardian reports.

Scandal at the UN meeting. The Security Council met urgently to debate a resolution on the situation in the Middle East

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said Hamas' deadly October 7 rampage in southern Israel "did not happen in a vacuum," but came as Palestinian civilians suffer "years of suffocating occupation" at the hands of Israeli forces, CNN reports.

China willing to cooperate with US, manage differences

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that China is willing to promote cooperation with the United States as both sides manage their differences and work together to respond to global challenges, according to Chinese state media, Reuters reports.

Middle East Israel bombards Gaza as world leaders call for pause in conflict to let aid in

Canada, the U.S. and the United Nations appealed on Tuesday for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war to allow safe deliveries of aid to civilians short of food, water, medicine and electricity in the besieged Gaza Strip, Reuters reports.

Blinken says he will work with China's Wang Yi to rein in Mideast tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that he will work with China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, to prevent the conflict in the Middle East from spreading when they meet later this week, Reuters reports.

Chairman of Russia's oil major Lukoil dies suddenly

Vladimir Nekrasov, the chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil, has died suddenly at the age of 66 after suffering acute heart failure, the company said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

Macron proposes anti-Islamic State coalition fights Hamas

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Tuesday that an international coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria be widened to include the fight against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, Reuters reports.