- — Ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot, opponent of Netanyahu, tapped to form government
- The former military chief has 28 days to build a coalition, with a possible extension of up to 14 more. If he fails, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to get his chance.
- — Israeli president taps ex-general Eisenkot, opponent of Netanyahu, to form government
- The former military chief has 28 days to build a coalition, with a possible extension of up to 14 more. If he fails, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to get his chance.
- — New Zealand’s election results are too close to call
- Both Christopher Luxon of the National Party and Chris Hipkins of the opposition Labour Party admitted it was not yet clear who New Zealand's next leader would be.
- — Despite midterm rebuke of Trump, allies see U.S. turning further away
- U.S. allies are not celebrating Trump's midterm defeat, viewing the election results instead as another worrisome sign of a fickle electorate and unreliable partner.
- — Why Bolsonaro says U.S. took him in: Trump ‘convinced’ Brazil is no longer a democracy
- After losing an election, sneaking to Miami and proclaiming himself rightful president, Flávio Bolsonaro says in an interview that the U.S. is a refuge where “institutions still work.”
- — Tanzanian opposition leader found guilty of ‘incitement,’ handed 4-year sentence
- Tundu Lissu was acquitted of treason charges in a trial that rights groups said was meant to silence opposition to Tanzania’s government.
- — Kenya cult leader handed 200-year sentence for 191 murders
- Paul Nthenge Mackenzie encouraged his followers to starve themselves to death.
- — Poised for breakout moment in Latin America, Pope Leo faces test of health
- Just weeks after cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV, who has arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, will navigate the region’s tide of secularism, deep polarization — and high altitudes.
- — Midterms give Ukrainians cautious hope for aid, even as Trump talks deals with Putin
- Officials in Kyiv hope Democrats will restore funding that eroded under the Trump administration. But they also know foreign policy is still in the hands of the president.
- — London police say there could be ‘many more’ potential Russell Brand victims
- London’s Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said police were investigating “two more rape allegations” against the actor and comedian.
- — In Ukraine, drones are death. Now they are rescuers, too.
- The new technology is making previously impossible evacuations possible, but they aren’t without risk.
- — Poised for breakout moment in Latin America, Pope Leo also faces test of health
- Just weeks after his cancer surgery, Leo will navigate the tide of secularism, deep polarization — and high altitudes.
- — Trump says he and Putin are close to a deal about Ukraine and ‘all of Europe’
- President Donald Trump excluded Kyiv from talks on Thursday in which he met with a Putin envoy to discuss Ukraine and Europe’s future.
- — Paraguay’s president out after bank implosion freezes millions of accounts
- Santiago Peña faced rising ire after the collapse of a bank to which he had been connected.
- — Nike is hit with religious ban in Libya because its name is a Greek goddess
- Dar al-Ifta, Libya’s highest Islamic religious authority, said in its fatwa that wearing Nike’s swoosh logo amounts to “promoting symbols associated with polytheism.”
- — Multiple bears may have been involved in fatal attack, Canadian authorities say
- Local media identified the victims of the attack in British Columbia as Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 20.
- — Hong Kong sentences Joshua Wong, face of democracy protests, to 10 more years
- Wong, who has had several stints in prison after his protests, had been set to be released early next year.
- — Bomb scares disrupt multiple flights across Europe
- The European Union’s transport commissioner said it was “too early to draw conclusions on whether the incidents are linked.”
- — Israel’s largely ceremonial president faces choice that could shape its future
- Isaac Herzog is set to make a high-stakes call: who gets first shot at forming a coalition after Israel’s inconclusive election.
- — Russia detains Japanese journalist, alleging espionage
- The arrest comes as bilateral relations have sharply deteriorated over the war in Ukraine and the territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands.
- — These common infections can cause cancer. Here’s what can lower your risk.
- Recent research indicates that infectious diseases cause around 12 percent of new cancer cases.
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