✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who shared his perspective on recent developments in the conflict. Mr Modi reaffirmed India’s human-centric approach and its consistent position that the conflict must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, conveyed India’s readiness to contribute to all efforts for a peaceful resolution, and discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation.
2. India and the European Union held the 7th India–EU Strategic Partnership Review meeting in New Delhi, co-chaired by MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George and EU Deputy Secretary-General Matti Maasikas. They discussed the signing of the India–EU Free Trade Agreement, the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), the EU’s Global Gateway and the India–EU Human Rights Dialogue.
3. India and Lebanon held their first-ever Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi, co-chaired by MEA Secretary Sripriya Ranganathan and Abdel Sattar Issa of Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry. They reviewed bilateral ties and identified trade and investment, digital public infrastructure and pharmaceuticals as key areas of cooperation.
4. Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Saudi Hajj and Umrah Minister Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement for Haj-2027 at the Jeddah Superdome, confirming India’s country quota at 1,75,025 pilgrims. Mr Rijiju was on a visit to Saudi Arabia from 6 to 9 November.
5. The Embassy of India in Yemen has evacuated 19 Indian seafarers who had been stranded in Hodeidah and Sana’a for two weeks, and said all are safe, in good health and on their way back to India.
6. Twenty-four fishermen from Tharuvaikulam in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district, detained by the Maldives Coast Guard on 13 October for allegedly fishing in Maldivian waters without authorisation, have been released from prison and flown back to Thiruvananthapuram. Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay had written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking their release; a fine of about ₹4.80 crore had been imposed on them.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. COP31, the UN climate summit, opened in Antalya, Türkiye, with world leaders saying protecting the planet remains a top priority despite other pressing global problems. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell warned that progress is far too slow, with the world on track to overshoot the 1.5°C warming threshold.
2. Russia struck Ukraine’s power grid again and Ukrainian forces hit another major Russian oil refinery, as Russian and Ukrainian delegations arrived in Abu Dhabi for two days of US-mediated talks on 10 and 11 November, their first trilateral meeting since February. Ukraine’s delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, and representatives of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission will also be present; Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said collective security is at the top of the agenda.
3. The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in Krakow’s Main Market Square in Poland on Saturday died in hospital. Sixteen people were injured in the shooting, and three members of his family were found dead near Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.
4. US President Donald Trump said renewed military strikes on Iran are highly unlikely if negotiations make progress, but did not rule them out. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is open to talks on equal terms, while Iran said a tanker hit mines east of the Strait of Hormuz.
5. In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a police constable was killed and three policemen were abducted after militants attacked a security checkpost at Shah Almas Pir Hill in Hangu district. No group has claimed responsibility.
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