A Muslim autonomous region in the southern Philippines is holding its first parliamentary elections MANILA, Philippines — A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines held its first parliamentary elections on Monday,

Voters in a predominantly Muslim autonomous region of the Philippines began casting ballots in the area’s first-ever parliamentary election, more than a decade after a peace deal with separatists ended four decades of conflict.

Voting began on Monday in the Philippines' Muslim-majority south ⁠under ⁠heightened security after three people were killed ⁠and 15 wounded in violence on the eve of the historic election. The vote is seen as a ​crucial test of efforts seeking to bring lasting peace and development to a region once torn by separatist conflict and extremism which peaked in the 2017 siege ‌of Marawi City by Islamic State-linked militants.

Nearly 2.4 million registered voters in the Philippines are expected to cast ballots in the Muslim-majority south's first parliamentary election, the culmination of a decade-long peace process aimed at ending separatist conflict and completing the ​transition to elected self-government.

Saudi Arabia is running out of work-arounds to keep its oil flowing, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels threatening its exports via the Red Sea.

West pipeline is crucial for shipping Saudi oil to the Red Sea, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. This latest incident risks driving oil and fuel prices even higher.View on euronews

Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.

Saudi Arabia confirms it has shut down its East-West oil pipeline following “multiple attacks” earlier this week. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi fighters have now seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast,

Indonesian authorities intensified on Monday a search for dozens of people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea previous day. At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing.

Indonesian rescuers say about 140 passengers and crew were missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea

The search for survivors of a capsized ferry in Indonesia has intensified as 17 ships and aircraft from the military, police and other agencies were deployed

Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded in waters around the vessel’s last known

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s next government remained uncertain on Monday as the national election inched toward a final result, with a thin lead for the left-wing opposition and an underwhelming performance by a hard-right anti-immigration party.

Sweden's national election results showed a narrow lead early on Monday for the centre-left opposition over the ​right-wing government, which could halt the Nordic nation's drift away from its liberal heritage.

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Sweden’s left-wing opposition is on course to retake power in what would be a rare European victory for Social Democrats, according to exit polls. The four parties on Sweden’s left are expected to win about 51 per cent of the vote against 47 per cent for the current centre-right government and the nationalist Sweden Democrats,

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney ⁠wants ⁠closer links with the European ⁠Union and is exploring whether his country could become an "associate ​member" of the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part.

Ahead of a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron next week, reports suggest Prime Minister Mark Carney is working to make Canada a European Union (EU) member. Asked about this at TIFF on Sunday,

The PM has spoken to leaders including France's Macron about letting Canadians work visa-free in the EU, The Wall Street Journal reported Canada's Prime ⁠Minister Mark Carney wants a closer ⁠relationship with the European Union and is ⁠exploring whether his country could become an "associate member" of the bloc,

Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba, who was once the world's youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday amid an acrimonious succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation.

The funeral is underway in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34

Mourners have gathered in Fort Portal, Uganda, to bury King Oyo Nyimba of the Tooro Kingdom. He ascended the throne in 1995 aged three.

The king died on Aug. 27 while receiving cancer treatment in the U.S., and his body was later transported back to Uganda