Ali al-Zaidi is a political neophyte hoping to succeed where previous leaders failed. In an interview, he laid out an ambitious timeline that could prove hard to meet.
NYTimes – World Baghdad recast 30 September — originally a hard deadline for armed factions to surrender an estimated 6 million weapons — as the start of the regulatory process as Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refuse to hand over what they call "resistance weapons".
NYTimes – World Baghdad recast 30 September — originally a hard deadline for armed factions to surrender an estimated 6 million weapons — as the start of the regulatory process as Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refuse to hand over what they call "resistance weapons".
NYTimes – World Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung at Rome's Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said. The 71-year-old pontiff, who was admitted on Tuesday morning for the procedure, is recovering in hospital. His scheduled visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru on November 6 have not been confirmed by the Vatican.
BBC News – World Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison over the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta on Tuesday, their first visit to the North African enclave since 2007. During the visit, King Felipe declared Ceuta and Melilla "an inalienable part" of Spain, as Morocco claims sovereignty over the territory. The visit comes amid strained relations following a mass migrant influx in July.
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