The European Union and its Member States warmly welcome the signature of a Ceasefire Agreement by the Libyan representatives of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission in Geneva on 23 October and commend UN Acting Special Representative Stephanie Williams for her successful efforts and determination, says on Sunday EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/EC Vice-President, Josep Borrell, in a declaration on behalf of the EU.

On 24 October, the UN Day, the United Nations marked its 75th anniversary. This date commemorates the signing in 1945 of the UN Charter in San Francisco. On this occasion, the key buildings and places in Brussels turned blue on Saturday evening. Among them were the seat of the EC – Berlaymont Building, the Council’s Europa Building and the iconic Grand Place.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, and US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, met via telephone to discuss a range of issues of common interest in the context of the Transatlantic Partnership, the EEAS and Department of State announced in a joint press release, published Friday evening.

Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions, calling for legislation to protect same-sex couples. His comments sparked cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalised with Covid-19, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the US, news wires reported. Remdesivir, given intravenously, was one of the drugs used to treat US President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at 22 October final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters 12 days before their 3 November contest.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on Thursday asked Saad Hariri, an ex-prime minister, to form a new government to tackle the worst crisis since the country's 1975-1990 civil war, news wires reported. Hariri, a Sunni Muslim, won the backing of a majority of parliamentarians in consultations with Aoun.

The new Serbian government will be in power for less than two years, half of its regular term, Aleksandar Vucic, the country's president and the head of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which won a landslide victory in June, said on Tuesday.

Britain’s upper house of Parliament delivered a resounding condemnation of the government’s contentious new Brexit legislation on Tuesday, news wires reported. The House of Lords voted 395-169 to add words to the Internal Market Bill expressing “regret” for the legislation and saying it would undermine the rule of law and damage the reputation of the UK.

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home, Reuters reported. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 3.35 m robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near Bennu’s north pole and plucked the sample of rocks, the space agency's first handful of pristine asteroid rocks.