While some watch election outcomes in Michigan, Texas and other high-profile campaigns, defense planners should closely watch election results in another part of the United States. The US territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is also going to the
The bear opened a window to escape from the factory and remains at large.
There’s a drama playing out across American screens in 2026. But not the sort you might expect. There are villains and heroes, yes, high finance and political intrigue, too. There may even be a surprise ending—but we’ll have to wait until the November 3 season finale to find
“Were Starlink to be turned off,” Elon Musk wrote, “the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately.” The line appeared in a thread in which he admitted throttling Ukraine’s service and accused its military of using Starlink “for offensive drone strikes to kill people.” The
They also pledged “full implementation” of UN Security Council resolutions.
They also pledged "full implementation" of UN Security Council resolutions, including a ban on supporting revenue for North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
Police defended their actions as necessary to maintain order and prevent violence.
Indian chef Ranji Smile opened America’s first Indian restaurant in 1901 - then became a fake prince.
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 - President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, a US official and a coalition of veterans and advocacy groups said on Friday.
Thailand has prosecuted 294 people since 2020 under its lèse majesté law, with sentences going up to 50 years.
This article was first published by ProPublica and Drilled. It is republished with permission. In the spring of 2005, the United Nations convened more than 100 of the world’s top scientists in the medieval town of Oviedo, Spain. They were there to finish writing a
ATLANTA, Oct 30 - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Atlanta on Friday and demanded the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia's Sakhalin region.
From Marie biscuits and cream crackers to colourful iced gems, Lee Biscuits' snacks were household staples for generations of Singaporeans and Malaysians. After 92 years, production is coming to an end.
Some countries had called on UN member states to fully implement sanctions resolutions against Pyongyang.
SEOUL, Oct 31 - North Korea denounced a joint statement by a group of countries monitoring sanctions enforcement against Pyongyang as a \"wanton violation of its sovereignty\" born out of hostility by the US and the West, KCNA state news agency reported on Saturday.
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. Taiwan’s external security situation is bleak. China, flush with new and modern weaponry, is regularly practicing for a military operation to forcibly annex the island. There are doubts about
As Kanangwa Newlove walked through her 10-acre farm just outside Lusaka, Zambia, one day in October 2025, she felt as if her dreams were withering away in front of her. The spinach, lettuce and mustard wilted in the heat. Tomatoes shriveled on their vines. She uprooted entire
The group allegedly also hit crypto exchanges Bybit and Bitget in 2025.
Oct 30 - North Korean hackers likely behind the record $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance are among the world's most prolific crypto thieves, and the proceeds help fund the country's weapons programs, cybersecurity experts said on Friday.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct 30 - Pakistan’s military is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States, its spokesman said on Friday in his first interview since a high-level delegation visited Tehran this week.
BRASILIA, Oct 30 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, the Brazilian presidency said on Friday.
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. France’s debt crisis threatens to fuel inflation across Europe Diego Faßnacht reports that France’s fiscal stress could become a broader euro-area inflation problem if
BEIJING, Oct 30 - China's first carrier-based stealth reconnaissance and strike drone, the GJ-21, recently completed its first takeoff and landing on the Sichuan, the country's first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.
ATHENS, Oct 30 - Dockworkers went on strike across Europe and beyond on Friday, disrupting shipping and ferries as they protested against the use of their ports for arms shipments and the number of seafarers killed in wars from the Gulf to the Black Sea.
HELSINKI, Oct 30 - Finnish police said on Friday they have launched a pre-trial investigation and arrested nine people on suspicion that workers who came from China to work at a battery factory in the Nordic country were victims of human trafficking.
ZURICH, Oct 30 - Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Friday that he had discussed security challenges affecting European and Asian nations with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during a visit to Pyongyang for the formal reopening of Switzerland's diplomatic
His death has laid bare a sharp dilemma for Japanese state craft.
Indian regulators have escalated action against India's largest drugmaker, Sun Pharma, barring ophthalmic drug production at its Assam factory until it submits a satisfactory compliance report.
The orang utans fled fire and smoke, as wildfires ravaged their forest home in West Kalimantan.
The helicopter was flying from Badrinath, a prominent pilgrimage destination for Hindus located in the mountains, to Dehradun city, carrying five passengers and a pilot.
The move marks an escalation of the action against Sun Pharma, India’s biggest pharmaceutical firm.
A 42-year-old has been jailed since 2023 on multiple royal insult convictions.
No assets have been seized and the investigations are continuing.
NEW DELHI, Oct 30 - Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in the Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday, news agency ANI reported, citing an official from the state's civil aviation authority.
ANKARA, Oct 30 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev skipped a summit of Turkic states on Friday despite a personal invitation from his Turkish counterpart, highlighting growing tensions between the historic allies over domestic and regional policies.
Organised crime groups were mentioned more than 40 times in the report on the Wang Fuk Court inferno.
BEIJING, Oct 30 - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier stressed the need for China to help preserve the international order during talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, where Xi called on both countries to help forge a more equitable and stable system of
A man posing as a customer fled with the stolen watch on his left wrist, police said.
TOKYO/BANGKOK, Oct 30 - Japan is pushing a global financial crimes watchdog to remove Myanmar from its blacklist to make it easier to do business there, the latest sign that some major countries are looking to bring the pariah state's military-backed government in from the cold.
Three airlines’ ticketing operations effectively halted.
US publisher Activision said it will remove the footage entirely.
A joint rescue operation was being carried out by the district administration.
Japan-South Korea ties are on the upswing. After a recent decade of some of the tensest relations since normalization, Seoul and Tokyo appear to be setting aside their differences as they enter a new phase of closer cooperation and active diplomatic initiatives. Under Kishida
The airline said the incident is being investigated and is not affecting its systems or operations.
ATLANTA, Oct 30 - Deep rifts over the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are likely to derail unified actions or statements at a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the world's 20 largest economies in Atlanta, experts and diplomats said.
Or has US economist Stephen Roach changed his mind about Hong Kong’s survival and identity?
BEIJING, Oct 30 - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Swiss President Guy Parmelin hailed an upgraded trade agreement between the two countries on Friday, which bucks a broader global shift towards protectionism.
The cause may have been a cooking gas cylinder explosion, police say.