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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 18

Xinhua
| October 18, 2025
2025-10-18

MOSCOW -- The Kremlin said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin might meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest, Hungary, within two weeks or a little later.

Commenting on a possible Russia-U.S. summit, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there is a "shared understanding that nothing should be put off." He said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will start working on the issue, and the summit will be organized in stages. (Russia-U.S.-Summit)

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ANTANANARIVO -- Michael Randrianirina, a Malagasy military officer, was sworn in on Friday as the president of Madagascar in the capital here.

He took the oath of office at the African island nation's High Constitutional Court. (Madagascar-President-Sworn In)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to renew the sanctions regime on Haiti for another year.

Resolution 2794, which won the unanimous support of the 15-member council, extends the sanctions regime, which includes an arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze measures, for one year from the date of the adoption of this resolution. (UN-Haiti-Sanctions)

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BEIRUT -- A member of the Lebanese Hezbollah was killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a car in southern Lebanon.

The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that an Israeli drone targeted, on Friday afternoon, a car with a guided missile in the area of Al-Tabbaleh in the town of Khirbet Selm, resulting in injuries. (Israel-Lebanon-Hezbollah) Enditem

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