On Oct 10, Israel’s Channel 13 reported that US President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have held frequent, urgent communications about possible renewed US‑Israel strikes on Iran, citing multiple senior Israeli security officials. The officials said no final decision has been made and Netanyahu does not intend to take military action before Israel’s parliamentary election at the end of the month. The report added the Israeli military assesses the US may be inclined to resume operations agai

S&P affirms Egypt's 'B/B' rating; outlook stable.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said at a State Council briefing that as of end-September participants in China’s basic pension, unemployment and work-injury insurance stood at 1.079 billion, 251 million and 327 million respectively, and the three social insurance funds had a cumulative surplus of 11.2 trillion yuan. The ministry said it will encourage and support flexible-employment and new-form workers to join employee pension insurance, expand enterprise annuity pilots, advance implementation of the personal pension system, improve social-security transfer and continuation rules, promote nationwide interoperability of social-security services and a unified social-security card, and strengthen supervision to safeguard and preserve and increase fund value.