YEREVAN, October 14. /TASS/: Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the law adopted by the parliament on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to the relevant information published on the leader’s website.

"On October 13, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the law on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court," the statement said.

KHIAM, Lebanon (AP) — A Reuters videographer killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon was laid to rest in his hometown Saturday in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people.

Draped in a Lebanese flag, Issam Abdallah’s body was carried on a stretcher through the streets of the southern town of Khiam, from his family’s home to the local cemetery.

Dozens of journalists and Lebanese lawmakers attended the funeral.

ANKARA, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Türkiye, yesterday, condemned Israel’s call for Gaza City residents to evacuate to the southern part of the Gaza Strip within 24 hours, ahead of a possible ground offensive, saying, the move violates international law.

“Forcing the Gazan people of 2.5 million, who have been under indiscriminate bombing and deprived collectively of electricity, water and food, to relocate in an extremely small area is a blatant breach of international law and inhumane,” the ministry said in a statement.

AMMAN/BEIRUT, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians from Gaza as a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has escalated have drawn a blunt reaction from Arab neighbours.

Egypt, the only Arab state to share a border with Gaza, and Jordan, which is next to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, have both warned against Palestinians being forced off their land.

14 October 2023; AA: The United States has asked Israel to delay its ground operation in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports.

“The United States has asked Israel to postpone its ground offensive until the establishment of a humanitarian corridor,” daily Jerusalem Post reported, citing the public Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

According to the report, “it was unclear what the Israeli response was to the request.”

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned the recent Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, where a vehicle carrying journalists was hit, resulting in one death.

In a statement released on Saturday, the ministry extended condolences to the victims' families and the journalists' community.

CAIRO, October 14. /TASS/: The Palestinian Hamas movement appreciates the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's efforts to settle the situation in the Gaza Strip, according to the group’s statement published on its Telegram channel.

13 October 2023; MEMO: Hamas, on Friday, launched its longest-range missile reaching northern Israel before it was intercepted after sirens sounded in several northern areas, Anadolu Agency reports.

"A missile was launched from the Gaza Strip towards the northern region of the country" the Israeli army said in a statement. "Air defence fighters succeeded in intercepting the missile" it added.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is holding an election Sunday that many view as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO’s eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian ringgit is expected to remain easier next week, trading in the RM4.72-RM4.74 range against the US dollar.

SPI Asset Management managing partner Stephen Innes said the market stance is that the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its “higher for longer” policy, with interest rates to remain elevated for an extended period.

“I believe the dollar will continue to be in demand due to its distinctive safe-haven qualities and its yield advantage over the ringgit.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — India won the toss and will bowl first in its widely anticipated Cricket World Cup match against regional rival Pakistan before an expected 100,000-plus crowd at Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.

India made one change from its playing 11 from the last game. Fit-again Shubman Gill, who missed both opening games because of an illness, will open the innings with skipper Rohit Sharma.

Pakistan has fielded an unchanged side from its previous win over Sri Lanka.

SAN JOAQUIN, Venezuela (AP) — The avocado trees across the road from Jose Hernandez’s tin-roofed home help feed several retirees in the rural community of San Joaquin along a highway two hours southwest of Venezuela’s capital.

He and his neighbors cut the avocados with the owner’s permission and sell them to motorists at a nearby toll booth or on the streets of the nearby city of Valencia, which has not emptied out as much as San Joaquin from migration over the last decade.