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Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and is in the process of international recognition. Presidential elections take place as part of the country's democratic processes.
In the vote held in the Kosovo Assembly, 73-year-old Justina Shiroka Pula, President of the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts (ASHAK), was elected as the new president of the country. 84 deputies participated in the voting in the 120-seat Parliament. Shiroka Pula was elected as the new president of Kosovo, receiving 81 votes. After the voting was completed, Shiroka Pula came to the General Assembly hall and took the oath and stated that he would be the president of all citizens of Kosovo and that he would devote all his strength to protecting the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo.
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Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson, Okinawa Regional Coordinator and Commander of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, announced that all military operations were suspended for 48 hours, alcohol consumption was prohibited, and travel outside the base would not be allowed. He also stated that a curfew will be imposed from midnight to 05:00 in the morning. His statement took place alongside protests in Tokyo and Naha and criticism of the United States by Japanese officials.

The protests, which started independently in France, Spain, Belgium, Albania, Greece and Kosovo, are united by common social problems such as young generations' anxiety about the future, housing and education costs, deterioration in public services and distrust of political elites. Demonstrations were observed in response to teacher shortage and school conditions in France, housing crisis in Spain, education reforms in Belgium, anti-government sentiment in Albania, foreign policy and education demands in Greece, and judicial decisions in Kosovo.

Despite the ceasefire declared on October 10, 2025, border gates remain closed and thousands of patients and injured people waiting for treatment are at risk of losing their lives. The health system is not improving, water and sanitation services are disrupted, and environmental damage is reaching ecocide proportions.

US Vice President JD Vance said that Iran's concrete and meaningful reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity is a basic condition for a peace agreement with Washington. Vance stated that if this step was taken, an agreement to end the war that has been going on for about 7 months would be possible, and cited the uncertainty in Iran's decision-making mechanism as an obstacle in the negotiations.

After a US Marine stationed in Okinawa was detained on suspicion of killing a 39-year-old woman, the US army announced new disciplinary measures for soldiers serving in the region, such as a 48-hour alcohol consumption ban and a 30-day midnight to 5 a.m. curfew.

AFP photojournalist Jaafar Ashtiyeh, who was covering the Palestinian olive harvest near the village of Aqraba in the northern West Bank, was attacked by Israeli settlers. Ashtiyeh, who was injured in her head and body, was taken to the hospital and her equipment was taken by the attackers. It was stated that Israeli soldiers did not intervene in the incident.