Terrorism-related arrests in Britain have surged by 1,553% in a year. But 94% were linked to alleged support for Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned under UK terrorism laws. From elderly protesters simply holding placards to people demonstrating against Israel's genocidal war on Palestine's Gaza, thousands have been caught up in a crackdown condemned by international human rights organisations

Thousands of supporters of Serbia’s student movement marched into Belgrade on October 21, massing for a major rally ahead of elections. The movement began after the November 2024 Novi Sad railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people. The “Students Win” list has grown into a major challenge to President Aleksandar Vucic’s long rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives Secretary General Kubanychbek Omuraliev of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) at the Presidential Complex in Ankara

Istanbul will host the 9th Mediation Conference on October 23-24, bringing together European and Middle Eastern diplomats to discuss Palestine, Yemen, freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war trtworld.com/article/63e6605…

India and Poland have agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, space and nuclear energy as PM Narendra Modi hosts Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in New Delhi, signalling fresh momentum in their strategic partnership trtworld.com/article/a447e79…

Israeli opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Gadi Eisenkot accuse PM Netanyahu of prioritising his political survival over the country's interests, lambasting his government’s record ahead of next week's election trtworld.com/article/e8a2592…

A merger worth $3.5 trillion? That’s what Elon Musk is eyeing — a mega-merger between Tesla and SpaceX, fresh off a showcase of one of Tesla’s new Roadster “supercars”.  While the deal promises major breakthroughs in AI and robotics, it also faces steep national security and regulatory hurdles

Police used batons and rubber bullets to disperse anti-far-right crowds in A Coruna, northwestern Spain, on October 21 after a rally by Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s right-wing Vox party, prompted thousands to protest against what organisers called “fascism and police violence.” Abascal accused the Spanish government of allowing harassment of his party’s campaign events, while protest organisers criticised the police response as excessive

Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region killed one person and injured at least 13 others, including two children, emergency officials said. In the city of Kharkiv, strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure sparked fires across three districts. Emergency crews responded to the fires as rescue operations continued

Students partially block a Brussels university campus to protest a 43 percent tuition fee increase and rising transport costs amid wider student demonstrations across Europe trtworld.com/article/616a652…

"They're so disappointed ... What are you doing, Mamdani? You organised hope" American political scientist Norman Finkelstein said what bothers him most about Zohran Mamdani is the dashed hopes of young people who believed a new era was opening. He criticised Mamdani for disregarding his campaign promises to focus on other activities, accusing him of organising hope only to disappoint his supporters

Israeli forces and illegal settlers have turned the occupied West Bank into “fragmented prisons” and a “battlefield where terror never stops”, Palestinian National Initiative Secretary-General Mustafa Barghouti says trtworld.com/article/d9d948b…

Russia and Ukraine report overnight drone and missile attacks, with one person killed and 22 injured in Kiev, while Moscow says air defences intercepted 630 drones targeting the capital and surrounding region trtworld.com/article/98f49c5…

Ankara benefits from an established steel-making industry, a broad export network, and geographic proximity to European markets, which support competitive pricing and flexible delivery, analysts say trt.world/c5r3

Donald Trump says an end to the war in Ukraine is closer than ever after US envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg. Moscow says it is ready to resume trilateral talks next month, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia’s position has not changed.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy says it struck seven vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, warning the US that further provocations could trigger wider attacks on American bases in the region. Reza Hatami reports Tehran.

Pakistan’s solar boom is helping consumers escape rising electricity costs. But as grid demand falls, it is also putting pressure on the government to find ways to cover the cost of maintaining the country’s power system.

As life gradually returns to parts of Khartoum after years of fighting, fishermen are reviving one of the Sudanese capital’s best-known fish markets.

Israel’s army remains stretched across several fronts, and tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men refuse to serve. The conscription row has shaken Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition ahead of the October 27 election.

A young girl waits in a food line in Gaza, visibly struggling in the mass of people as she holds an empty pot. Amid catastrophic levels of hunger and malnutrition, exacerbated by Israeli restrictions on aid and funding cuts by international organisations, most people in Gaza rely on charity kitchens for their daily meals.  Since the beginning of October, the distribution of daily hot meals and monthly food parcels to families has declined significantly due to funding shortfalls, with the UN World Food Programme’s cuts leaving around 500,000 people without monthly food assistance. About 1.4 million people — two-thirds of Gaza’s population — face crisis-level food insecurity or worse, while the WFP says it urgently needs $450 million over the next six months to sustain critical operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank ahead of a fourth winter as Israel continues its genocide of the Palestinian people