The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry published a report saying serious violations against civilians in Gaza continued even after October's US-brokered truce. Israel rejected the findings, calling them part of a "misinformation campaign".

Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah was detained after a court ordered the closure of independent news site Mada Masr. Amnesty International called the ruling "a crushing blow to press freedom" in the country.

Taiwan's defence ministry said it will not lower its guard after Beijing released high-resolution satellite images of the island, citing growing concern over mainland intelligence-gathering.

A wave of coordinated cattle raids across South Sudan has killed at least 72 people, officials said, as cycles of revenge violence continue ahead of the country's first election since independence. Community leaders fear the bloodshed could further destabilise an already fragile transition.

Bandits attacked Binnari village in Nigeria's northeastern Taraba state, setting fire to homes, shops and food stores as the confirmed death toll climbed to 62. The assault is the latest in a wave of armed violence straining the region's security forces.

British police charged two men over a security incident at the US-linked RAF Fairford air base, one accused of assisting Iran's intelligence service.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says an undisclosed $3.4 billion EIB loan to Airbus risks reigniting the transatlantic tariff dispute.

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed his planned trip to Argentina will go ahead as scheduled following recent lung surgery. The pontiff, who will also visit Uruguay and Peru, said he looks forward to returning to the South American continent.

Brazil cancelled defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro's passports after he missed a deadline to hand them to police in a money-laundering probe. His whereabouts are unknown days after his runoff loss to Lula, with investigators checking whether he crossed into Argentina.

A ceasefire that first lady Melania Trump helped negotiate in a front-line Ukrainian city that she described as being on the "brink of disaster" went into effect Tuesday.

The pause in fighting in Oleshky started around 3 a.m. local time as "part of a humanitarian mission being carried out with the mediation and coordination of U.S. first lady Melania Trump, in cooperation with Yana Lantratova, Russia’s commissioner for human rights," according to Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament commissioner for human rights.

"The situation in Oleshky is dire. Oleshky is a front-line war city on the brink of disaster," Trump said in a statement last week. "Oleshky’s remaining population is comprised primarily of elderly residents who urgently need medical attention, medicine, food, and clean water.

"The people of Oleshky have limited electricity, live amid mined roads, and endure regular military attacks. It was abundantly clear that without my intervention, the possibility to bring humanitarian aid into the city and to evacuate the elderly would be impossible," she added.

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The White House said both Ukraine and Russia "agreed to temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation through a designated safe passageway."

"Non-military, civilian leaders from both countries will work together to visit Oleshky residents in their homes and determine the level of assistance they require. Residents who wish to evacuate will receive coordinated support and transportation to their preferred destination. I anticipate some will want to go to Russia, and some to Ukraine," Trump added.

Speaking on "Fox & Friends Weekend," senior advisor Marc Beckman said the agreement followed weeks of mediation involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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On Tuesday, Russia's Defense Ministry wrote on Telegram, "In relation to the conduct of the humanitarian operation in the area of the settlement of Oleshky, Kherson region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have ceased fire in the Kherson direction."

Russian troops have held control of Oleshky since the early days of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to Reuters.

The news agency added that the city had a population of around 24,000 prior to the war, but that has since dwindled to only a few thousand.

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Fresh strikes also hit a bridge and subway infrastructure in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Fox News Digital's Madison Colombo contributed to this report.

A dispute over maritime jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean has entered a new phase after the European Union joined Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in formally rejecting an agreement between Turkey and Libya.

The six parties issued a joint declaration at the United Nations on 26 October, following the decision by Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives to approve a maritime delimitation memorandum originally signed with Ankara in 2019.

The declaration, delivered by Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, argued that the agreement disregards the maritime rights of other coastal states and cannot establish boundaries affecting countries that are not parties to it.

Turkey has rejected the criticism, maintaining that its agreement with Libya complies with international law and protects the legitimate interests of both countries.

The competing positions concern more than the interpretation of a maritime boundary. They affect offshore energy exploration, relations between Turkey and its neighbours, and the political balance within Libya itself.

Why Libya’s decision changes the dispute

The original memorandum was signed in November 2019 between Turkey and Libya’s then internationally recognised Government of National Accord, based in Tripoli.

It established a claimed maritime boundary extending across part of the Eastern Mediterranean, where Greece maintains that the maritime entitlements of its islands, including Crete, must be taken into account.

The agreement was opposed by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt, while Libya’s rival eastern authorities initially rejected it.

That division appeared to weaken the political foundations of the arrangement, even though Ankara continued to defend its validity.

However, on 20 October 2026, Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives reversed its previous opposition and approved the memorandum.

The decision reflects changes in relations between Turkey and eastern Libya, where military commander Khalifa Haftar has exercised considerable influence.

Turkey has expanded contacts with authorities in Benghazi despite having previously been associated primarily with the rival administration in Tripoli.

Approval by the eastern parliament consequently gives the agreement broader political acceptance within Libya than it enjoyed in 2019, although it does not resolve the country’s institutional divisions or the objections raised by neighbouring states.

A dispute over geography and maritime rights

The central disagreement concerns the legal principles used to determine maritime boundaries.

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal states possess rights within exclusive economic zones, while the delimitation of overlapping claims is intended to produce an equitable solution.

Greece argues that Turkey and Libya cannot establish the maritime boundary claimed in their memorandum without disregarding the legal entitlements of Greek islands situated between their coastlines.

The Greek Foreign Ministry’s response maintains that geography and the law of the sea cannot be changed through parliamentary approval of a bilateral agreement.

Turkey takes a different position on the weight that islands should carry when continental shelves and maritime jurisdictions are delimited, and is not itself a party to UNCLOS.

The dispute therefore involves competing interpretations of international maritime law as well as disagreements over the boundaries shown on maps.

The European Union has aligned itself with Greece and Cyprus.

In a statement issued on 21 October, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described the memorandum as incompatible with the law of the sea and incapable of producing legal consequences for third states.

The latest declaration extends that position into a broader diplomatic coalition involving governments from the Gulf and North Africa.

Ankara rejects the criticism

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan responded on 26 October by arguing that objections from the EU and other parties had no legitimate basis.

According to his remarks on the agreement, Turkey was not seeking an advantage at the expense of other Mediterranean countries.

Ankara’s position is that its maritime arrangements with Libya reflect the interests of two sovereign states and should not be invalidated by objections from outside parties.

This creates a diplomatic complication for the EU.

Turkey remains a NATO member and an important partner on migration, regional security and Black Sea affairs, while Greece and Cyprus are EU member states whose maritime claims Brussels supports.

The Union must therefore manage a disagreement involving a strategically important partner without retreating from its established legal position.

Energy resources and Libya’s political future

The Eastern Mediterranean contains established and potential offshore gas resources, giving maritime boundaries commercial significance.

Delimitation determines which governments may authorise exploration and exploitation in particular areas, while overlapping claims can discourage investment or provoke disputes over survey vessels and drilling operations.

Greece has already concluded maritime delimitation agreements with Italy and Egypt, including a partial agreement with Cairo in 2020 that overlaps with areas claimed under the Turkish-Libyan arrangement.

The competing agreements illustrate why the issue cannot be settled exclusively through bilateral negotiations that exclude other interested coastal states.

Libya’s internal political structure introduces another uncertainty. The country remains divided between competing institutions, and the European declaration explicitly connects maritime stability with the reunification of Libyan state authorities.

As EU Today previously examined in its coverage of Eastern Mediterranean tensions, disputes over maritime jurisdiction intersect with regional military positioning and the broader relationship between Turkey and European governments.

For the moment, the confrontation remains diplomatic.

The principal question is whether the parties can prevent overlapping legal claims from developing into renewed confrontations over exploration rights while maintaining channels for negotiations with Libya and Turkey.

Jordan carried out a strike in Syria that it described as retaliation for a deadly attack on a church. Syrian health officials said the strike on a village killed five people, including women and children.

Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday in a pivotal election shaped by security concerns and questions over democratic institutions. Observers say neither leading political bloc looks likely to win a clear majority, raising the prospect of weeks of coalition negotiations.

Australian energy company Woodside is exiting its stake in the long-delayed Greater Sunrise gas project in the Timor Sea. An analyst says China is well placed to step in and help Timor-Leste develop the field.

About 3.6 million people in Uganda are facing acute food insecurity, according to the 2026 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report. The report projects the number could rise to 4.4 million between February and June 2027 as the crisis threatens to worsen.

A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the capital of Sudan's South Darfur state, killed at least 21 people and injured about 40 others on Monday evening, a resident said. The attack adds to a reported rise in drone strikes across Sudan's Darfur region amid the country's ongoing civil war.

Defence ministers from Europe's five largest NATO members met in Paris on Monday and pledged to take on greater responsibility for the continent's security. The ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Britain also reaffirmed the United States as an indispensable ally despite the new commitments. The talks focused on strengthening European defence cooperation and capacity.

Russia's Defence Ministry said Monday it had launched a temporary ceasefire in the Kherson direction to allow a humanitarian operation in Russian-occupied Oleshky. Ukraine's human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, confirmed Kyiv was observing the truce during the aid effort. The pause follows an earlier US-brokered arrangement covering the same city.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that a credible path toward elections in Venezuela depends on US-backed negotiations rather than street demonstrations. The remarks followed opposition leader María Corina Machado's return to Caracas after months in exile, as Venezuela navigates uncertainty following former president Nicolás Maduro's removal.

Brazil's Supreme Court barred presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country, days after he narrowly lost Sunday's runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, who has refused to concede, called the order an act of intimidation and vowed to challenge the result in court.