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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 CANBERRA - Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to attend programmes organized by ‌the Nepali Embassy in Canberra and the Nepali diaspora in Sydney and to hold bilateral talks with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (Final day).

BEIJING - At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping President of the Republic of Botswana Duma Gideon Boko will pay a state visit to China (To Oct. 17) BANGKOK - Swiss President Guy Parmelin and Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will make official visits to Thailand during the 2026 IMF-World Bank meetings.(To Oct. 18)

LUXEMBOURG - EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss Russia's war against Ukraine, developments in the Middle East, and the security implications of further EU enlargement. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will join via videoconference. - 0600 GMT NEW DELHI - Nepal Home Minister Sudan Gurung to visit India for BIMSTEC meeting (To Oct. 14)

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council BALI – 24th anniversary of Bali bombings

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HELSINKI - Finnish foreign minister Elina Valtonen visits Singapore to meet foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan and digital development ‌and information minister Josephine Teo for talks on artificial intelligence, Russia's war in Ukraine and trade and investment cooperation ANKARA - State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Nakasone Yasutaka will visit the Republic of Türkiye as a Special Envoy of takaichi Sanae Prime Minister of Japan (To Oct 15)

GLOBAL - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction SAN JOSE, Chile – 16th anniversary of rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine.

LUXEMBOURG – EU General Affairs Council BANGKOK - Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Annual meetings. (To Oct 18)

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TALLINN - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will visit Tallinn, Estonia BANGKOK - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva holds a press conference during the IMF-World Bank Summit in Bangkok - 0300 GMT

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BANGKOK - G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors BRUSSELS - French President Emmanuel Macron and other EU liberal leaders ⁠to meet ahead of the ​European Council meeting taking place in Brussels - 0600 GMT

BRUSSELS - European Council (To Oct 16) GLOBAL - World Handwashing Day

GLOBAL - International ⁠Day of Rural Women - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 SUCRE - The President of Chile José Antonio Kast will visit Bolivia

GLOBAL - World Food Day - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 GLOBAL - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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JERUSALEM – 15th anniversary of release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of being held incommunicado by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 HONG KONG, People's Republic of China - APEC Finance Ministerial Meeting (To Oct. 21)

COPENHAGEN - Vietnamese President To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, will make ⁠a state visit to Denmark (To Oct 21) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 WINDSOR, England - Oman's Haitham bin Tariq visits United Kingdom to headline a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla (To Oct 22)

TRIPOLI – 15th anniversary of capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 ANKARA - Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney will travel to Ankara and Istanbul. (To Oct. 23)

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BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of trade ministers. (To Oct 23) SAUDI ARABIA – 15th death anniversary of Sultan ​bin Abdulaziz, who served as crown prince of the Kingdom from 2005 until his demise in 2011.

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LIBYA – 15th anniversary of declaration of Libya's Liberation. VAN, Turkey – 15th anniversary of earthquake that killed more than 600 people and injured more than 4,000 others.

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SOFIA - Bulgaria holds a presidential election. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 TOKYO - Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set ⁠to visit Japan for a four-day official trip. (Oct. 29)

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ISRAEL - Israeli Knesset Election - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 EL SALVADOR - Peru's President Keiko Fujimori is scheduled to travel to El Salvador from Oct 28 to Oct 31 at the invitation of her right-wing counterpart, Nayib Bukele ( To Oct 31)

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MANILA - ASEAN defense ministers hold an annual meeting with dialogue partners, dubbed as ADMM-Plus. OTTAWA - EU-Canada summit (To Oct 30)

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ATLANTA, United States - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a G20 foreign ministers' meeting. (To Oct 31) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 LONDON - Seven ⁠OPEC+ ​ministers meet on Sunday to set their output policy for December.

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DUBLIN - Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris, EU Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luisa Albuquerque and Evelien Witlox, the ECB's Director of the Digital Euro also speak at Irish central bank conference. - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Guam - Guamanian Legislature election.

Guam - Guamanian Governor election. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TEHRAN – 47th anniversary of U.S. embassy takeover. In 1979 Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days.

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MADRID - Presidents, heads of state gather in Madrid for the Iberoamerican Summit. (To Nov 05) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.

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NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand holds a general election MONTEVIDEO - Pope Leo visits Uruguay (To Nov 08)

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BUENOS AIRES - Pope Leo embarks on an ⁠official visit to Argentina (To Nov 11). - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 LIMA - Pope Leo visits Peru (To Nov 17).

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BRUSSELS - World Pneumonia Day. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 16th Anniversary of release of Myanmar's detained opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, From House Arrest.

MANILA - Leaders of ASEAN countries hold annual meetings in Manila (To Nov 15). - - - - - - - - -

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 GLOBAL - World Diabetes Day.

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GLOBAL - World Prematurity Day. GLOBAL - World Day ⁠of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

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ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for Tolerance. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 GLOBAL - World ⁠Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day.

VUKOVAR, Croatia – 35th Anniversary of Vukovar Massacre. SHENZHEN, China - Russian President Vladimir Putin to lead a Russian delegation at APEC Summit in Shenzhen.

SHENZHEN, China - China hosts the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen. (To Nov 19) - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

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MUMBAI, India - 18th Anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on Nov. 26, 2008 and lasted nearly three days, left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 TEHRAN, Iran – 15th Anniversary of ‌an attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian Students and ‌Protesters angry over Britain's Unilateral Sanctions.

LONDON - OPEC+ and OPEC are set to hold ministerial meetings on Sunday to decide on output policy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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