![Protesters from various parts of Iraq started making their way to the capital last night for Sunday's protests [Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-25T070804Z_1147941158_RC2JPJ9IDRGJ_RTRMADP_3_IRAQ-PROTESTS-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight 'Islamist separatism' in France, drawing a sharp rebuke from Erdogan [File: Murad Sezer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2018-10-27T171718Z_514342468_RC18C3960A30_RTRMADP_3_MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA-TURKEY.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Israeli soldiers during clashes with Palestinian protesters after a demonstration against Israel's settlements in the village of Kofr Qadom near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, 23 October 2020. Reports state five Palestinians were wounded during the clashes. [Alaa Badarneh/EPA-EFE] (EPA)](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/h_56444270-e1603616061860.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Body of a victim is carried following a shooting at a school in Kumba, Cameroon [Tamfu Ciduan Ndimbie/My Media Prime TV/via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-24T152203Z_671302424_RC23PJ94OHPN_RTRMADP_3_CAMEROON-SECURITY.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Trump suggested on Friday that Egypt would eventually bomb the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam if an agreement is not reached over control of operations and water flow [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-24T090506Z_2084580728_RC2XOJ97ZEE2_RTRMADP_3_USA-ETHIOPIA.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Dead seals littered the sandy beaches of the Pelican Point colony - a tourist destination known for its seals and dolphins [File: Martin Burea/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_Par8178954-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Khabib Nurmagomedov cemented his claim to be the most dominant MMA fighter of all time with a 29-0 record [File: Christopher Pike/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-23T113232Z_1892437699_RC2BOJ98YR5D_RTRMADP_3_MMA-UFC-UFC254.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![In this file photo taken on July 11, 2008, Lee Kun-Hee, former Samsung Group chairman, leaves after his trial as reporters ask him questions at a Seoul court [File: Jeon Hyeong-jin/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TT6NK.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The explosion struck outside the Kawsar-e Danish educational centre in west Kabul [Mohammad Ismail/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-24T135411Z_477697352_RC21PJ9G9A7V_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-BLAST.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight 'Islamist separatism' in France, drawing a sharp rebuke from Erdogan [File: Murad Sezer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2018-10-27T171718Z_514342468_RC18C3960A30_RTRMADP_3_MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA-TURKEY.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Nurmagomedov, left, against Dustin Poirier of US in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 242 event in September 2019 in Abu Dhabi. [Francois Nel/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1173099859.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, left, against Dustin Poirier of US in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 242 event in September 2019 in Abu Dhabi. [Francois Nel/Getty Images]
![Nurmagomedov, right, with his father Abdulmanap during a news conference in Moscow in November 2018. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18330453532406.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, right, with his father Abdulmanap during a news conference in Moscow in November 2018. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]
![Conor McGregor, left, during a UFC 229 MMA bout with Nurmagomedov in October 2018 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18284050204197.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Conor McGregor, left, during a UFC 229 MMA bout with Nurmagomedov in October 2018 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov celebrates his victory in a lightweight title bout against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 in April 2018 in New York, US. [Frank Franklin II/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18098207078324.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov celebrates his victory in a lightweight title bout against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 in April 2018 in New York, US. [Frank Franklin II/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov, right, takes a swing at Edson Barboza during a lightweight MMA bout at UFC 219 in December 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_17365194659563.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, right, takes a swing at Edson Barboza during a lightweight MMA bout at UFC 219 in December 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![UFC president Dana White stands between Nurmagomedov, left, and Tony Ferguson, right, during a news conference for UFC 209 in March 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_17061810070958.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
UFC president Dana White stands between Nurmagomedov, left, and Tony Ferguson, right, during a news conference for UFC 209 in March 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov, left, fights Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos in a MMA event in April 2014 at UFC Fight Night in Orlando, US. [Reinhold Matay/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_183333482319.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, left, fights Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos in a MMA event in April 2014 at UFC Fight Night in Orlando, US. [Reinhold Matay/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov, right, vs Thiago Tavares during their lightweight MMA bout at the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_264039505188.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, right, vs Thiago Tavares during their lightweight MMA bout at the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov at the weighs-in for the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_413555189259.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov at the weighs-in for the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]
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Colombia surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases
Colombia is the 8th country to top a million infections, after US, India, Brazil, Russia, Argentina, Spain and France.
![A woman is tested for COVID-19 during a random testing at a Metro station, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Medellin, Colombia [File: Joaquin Sarmiento/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TT6K6.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Trump casts vote ahead of campaign blitz in battleground states
Donald Trump is holding rallies in three key swing states on Saturday, while Joe Biden is campaigning in Pennsylvania.
![President Donald Trump waves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, Florida [Tom Brenner/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-24T143744Z_682039571_RC22PJ90UMQ5_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force
‘Historic milestone’ hailed as treaty banning nuclear weapons reaches the 50 ratifications needed to take effect.
![The treaty requires ratifying countries to 'never ... develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices' [File: Rod McGuirk/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_17263128911344.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
‘Ignition of new war:’ Sudan political parties reject Israel deal
Sudanese demonstrate in the capital against the deal that several parties say gov’t is not authorised to sign.
![Women chant slogans in Khartoum to protest against the contentious decision of the president of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to meet Israel's prime minister last February in a move towards normalising relations [File: Marwan Ali/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bb6cd4f3065d4e1ca6fc0eff195f87ef_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
Abu Muhsin al-Masri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, was on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List.
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SARS protests: Tense calm in Nigeria after days of unrest
Residents and government workers clean up streets of Lagos as curfew is relaxed.
![Lagos's streets were mainly empty on Saturday morning [Temilade Adelaja/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RTX847M0-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Venezuela opposition figure leaves Caracas refuge for abroad
Leopoldo Lopez’s party says the opposition leader left Venezuela on Saturday and will work from abroad.
![Leopoldo Lopez had been holed up at the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas since a failed military uprising he led in April 2019 against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro [File: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-05-02T205137Z_98129587_RC151A4383B0_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-POLITICS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)