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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi welcomed South Korea's commitment to its nuclear nonproliferation obligations as Seoul pursues nuclear-powered submarines, after talks with Vice Foreign Minister Jeong Yeon-doo.

President Erdoğan urged Donald Trump not to launch fresh strikes on Iran, intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın said, as Turkey and other mediators work on a seven-point proposal offering Tehran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds in exchange for nuclear commitments and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced a 1.6% rise in the minimum wage from 1 December, a month early, taking it to €1,502 net a month, after talks with unions and employers over the cost-of-living protests. Unions called the €24 increase far too small and the CGT called new protests for 17 November.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President To Lam adopted a Vietnam-Japan Joint Vision Statement in Tokyo on November 9, exchanging nine cooperation documents and agreeing to work toward 80 billion dollars in bilateral trade by 2030.

Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Russia on Monday, listing 38 entities and 24 individuals tied to missile development, cyber activity and financial enablers including crypto exchanges, announced by Foreign Minister Anita Anand at the G7 meeting in Paris.

Congress returned on November 9 for its lame-duck session, with the outgoing Republican majorities facing a December 11 funding deadline, 12 unfinished spending bills, and a House Republican leadership vote on November 10 between Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan.

The Pentagon says it will withdraw about 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next six to 12 months, a decision announced as President Trump feuds publicly with Chancellor Merz over the Iran war.

G7 foreign ministers opened two days of talks in Paris, with Europe pressing Washington for a role in US-mediated Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi and for restraint on Iran.

India's Congress party reported a 75 percent fall in large donations to Rs 130.69 crore in 2025-26, while the BJP collected Rs 6,074.02 crore in 2024-25, nearly 12 times the Congress figure.

President Lee Jae Myung said the US wants dialogue with North Korea and confirmed South Korea will not deploy troops to the Iran war, as Seoul instead expands its naval unit's scope near the Strait of Hormuz.

Pope Leo XIV told Argentine leaders the economy must serve people rather than the reverse, highlighting struggles of the poor and disabled in remarks widely seen as a critique of President Javier Milei's austerity policies during his arrival in Buenos Aires.

President Isaac Herzog formally asked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to form Israel's next government after the October election left both him and Benjamin Netanyahu short of a majority, starting a 28-day clock on coalition talks.