VOA60: October 23, 2024

A South Korean lawmaker says the country has learned that about 3,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia before being deployed to Ukraine.

In Russia, leaders from Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Belarus arrive in the city of Kazan for a second day of talks involving developing nations of the BRICS group.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia as he continues a trip to Mideast nations.

And in Bangladesh, political tensions increase as a student activist group calls for the country's president to resign.
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