Washington, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Trump urges scrapping key vote threshold to end shutdown

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2025-10-31

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the "Nuclear Option" of scrapping the key 60-vote threshold required for the Senate to advance legislation, as Republicans face mounting pressure to end the US federal shutdown. The move would get rid of a longstanding rule that enables 41 of the 100 senators to block any bill from debate or vote -- a longstanding procedural check on power, relied on by both parties in the past. The filibuster effecti......

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Port Sudan, Sudan, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Sudan's RSF says arrests fighters accused of abuses in El-Fasher

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Bamako, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - US, UK withdraw non-essential embassy staff from Mali: statements

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Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire, to hold another round of peace talks

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Bamako, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - US, UK withdraw non-essential embassy staff from Mali

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Nairobi, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - 'Around 700 dead' in Tanzania election protests: opposition

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Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Pakistan says ceasefire holds after Afghan govt 'assurances'

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