International News from Friday, October 23rd, 2026

France will deploy 70,000 police at nationwide protests on Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Friday, looking to prevent a repeat of the violence and looting that shocked the country last weekend.

US first lady Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, which will begin on October 29, the White House said on Friday.

A gunman opened fire from a car outside Paris, killing one person and wounding four others including a 12-year-old girl on Friday, French authorities said.

Seven people were killed and 34 injured on Friday when gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan's Karak governorate, the head of the country's Public Security Directorate told reporters.

Tunisian police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Ettadhamen, a suburb of the capital, after the death of a man detained on suspicion of drug dealing, amid clashes with police in two towns in southern Tunisia.

The New York City Council has voted on Thursday to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park beginning in June 2028, ending a historic tourist attraction and long-standing industry.

A fast-moving grass fire that killed at least four soldiers at a western Canadian military base on Saturday was sparked by an exercise using live grenades, a senior defense official said on Thursday.

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still make direct landfall on the island.

The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Tibet has risen to 76, local government authorities said in a press conference on Friday, while the death count remained unchanged at 16.