Dublin riot sees clashes with police after five hurt in stabbings

Vehicles were set on fire and shops looted in Dublin after a knife attack that left a number of people, including three children, injured, BBC reports.

EU Leader to visit Hungary to defuse tensions with Orban

EU chief Charles Michel will visit Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday, an EU spokesperson said, after the Hungarian leader was accused of threatening to block key decisions on Ukraine, AFP reports.

Qatar says the Israel-Hamas truce will begin Friday morning. 13 civilian hostages to be released

A truce between Israel and Hamas will begin at 7 a.m. local time (midnight ET) on Friday, and civilian hostages will be released at 4 p.m. local time, Qatar announced Thursday, CNN reports.

Finland closes all but one of its borders with Russia

Finland is to close three of the last four remaining border crossings with Russia, suspecting Moscow of orchestrating a migration crisis, the Finnish Prime Minister announced on Wednesday, Euronews reports.

Israel says hostage release won’t take place before Friday

Plans to release the first hostages under the deal Israel reached with Hamas were delayed late Wednesday, just hours ahead of the expected beginning of a hard-negotiated pause in fighting, CNN reports.

Fiery crash kills 2 at Niagara Falls’ Rainbow border bridge

A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of multiple border crossings for hours. Authorities weren’t sure what spurred the wreck but said there were no signs it was a terror attack, AP reports.

Far-right Geert Wilders’ party leads Dutch election

Beating all predictions, the Ipsos exit poll put Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) at 35 out of 150 seats, 9 seats ahead of the closest rival, former EU commissioner Frans Timmermans' Labour/Green Left combination. That margin was far greater than expected, AFP reports.

WHO asks China for more data on outbreak of respiratory illnesses

Northern China has reported an increase in "influenza-like illness" since mid-October when compared to the same period in the previous three years, the WHO said, AFP reports.

G20 meeting // German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his army from Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop aggression against Ukraine, during the first online meeting of the G20 attended by the Russian president since the beginning of the war, AFP and Agerpres report.

Israel-Hamas war live: four-day ceasefire due to start on Thursday too short to meet Gaza’s needs, aid agencies warn

The first ceasefire in seven weeks of war in Gaza is due to come into effect on Thursday morning, officials from both Hamas and Israel have said, The Guardian reports.

Oil spill tops 1 million gallons, threatens Gulf of Mexico wildlife

Skimming vessels are working to contain and recover oil from a spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, which the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday estimated to be at least 1.1 million gallons, The Washington Post reports.

North Korea says spy satellite launch successful

A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and "accurately put the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1' on its orbit", state-run news agency KCNA reported.