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Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise trip to Ukraine’s Luhansk and Kherson regions, the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday visited front-line positions of the country’s military in the city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, one of the hot spots of the ongoing war.

A strong earthquake jolted the South Pacific island nation of Fiji on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

A Turkish toddler was killed early Tuesday in ongoing clashes taking place in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

At least two people were killed and several more wounded as a huge landslide buried several vehicles in northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has arrived in Tunisia for a three-day visit, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said.

Facing global criticism for a ban on girls' education and working women in Afghanistan, the Taliban supreme leader on Tuesday said “no” to interference in Afghan internal affairs.

A European lawmaker for Greece’s main opposition SYRIZA party resigned from his party amid sexual harassment allegations, local media reported Tuesday.

The Sudanese army agreed Tuesday to a temporary cease-fire with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The UN human rights chief called Tuesday for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan and urged the warring military and paramilitary to return to the negotiating table.

On the fourth day of clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF), Türkiye called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire to help civilians affected by the conflict.

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has arrived in Saudi Arabia for his first visit to the kingdom in years.

President Alain Berset on Tuesday rejected calls for Switzerland to allow ammunition exports to Ukraine, citing the country’s long-held principle of neutrality.

At least 21 people have died after a massive fire broke out in a hospital in Beijing, state media reported.

In the Archdiocese of Freiburg in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, more people have been affected by sexual violence by clergy than was previously officially known.

The UN officially conveyed its concern to the US about reports that claimed Washington gathered intelligence on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is working on creating an artificial intelligence chatbot to rival Microsoft-supported ChatGPT, promising a safer alternative in the global AI race.

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he will pay his first overseas visit to Israel and will address lawmakers in the Israeli parliament, or Knesset.

Türkiye's president said late Tuesday that he will speak to authorities in Tunisia to convey his concern over the arrest of Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi.

Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems reached a last-minute $787.5 million settlement Tuesday over a defamation case stemming from the news corporation’s claims of vote-rigging in the 2020 US presidential election.

A parking garage partially collapsed in New York City on Tuesday, leaving at least one person dead and five others injured.