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Le Pen is putting Barnier's government in an increasingly precarious position

Le Pen Threatens To Topple French Government Over Budget

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen on Monday threatened to back a no confidence motion that could topple the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a standoff over the budget, saying after talks both sides were entrenched in their positions.
A displaced Palestinian child carrying a bag walks barefoot in a displacement camp in the central Gaza Strip

EU Urges Immediate Halt To Israel-Hezbollah War

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to Lebanon on Sunday, as the militant group claimed a wave of cross-border attacks.
The Gaza war has displaced almost all of the territory's 2.4 million people, forced to flee without many everyday items like crockery

Palestinian Pottery Sees Revival In War-ravaged Gaza

Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to find solutions for a shortage of plates and other crockery to eat from in the territory ravaged by more than a year of war.
Uruguayan ex-president Jose Mujica voted in the first election round on October 27

Uruguayans Head To Polls With Left Hoping For Comeback

Uruguayans go to the polls Sunday, with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose "Pepe" Mujica hoping to reclaim the country's top job five years after a right-wing victory driven by concerns over crime and taxes.
Nearly 200 nations gathered in Azerbaijan over the past two weeks for UN climate talks where finance for poor countries was top of the agenda

Developing Nations Slam 'Paltry' $300 Bn Climate Deal

The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low.

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