92-year-old US judge handling Maduro case dies
Alvin Hellerstein, the US judge overseeing the case against deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, has died aged 92, an official confirmed on Wednesday. As...
Netanyahu set to remain caretaker PM after inconclusive Israel election
Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to remain Israel’s caretaker prime minister after unexpectedly strong backing among Jewish voters left his opponents little apparent prospect of...
Real Madrid issues apology to China over Mbappe’s Mao remarks
Published: 11:54pm, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 12:00am, 29 Oct 2026 Real Madrid has issued an apology to China over Kylian Mbappe’s controversial remarks about the...
Hegseth pitches US-Asean defence framework but will it be a hard sell?
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday proposed a new US-Asean defence framework to guide cooperation over what he called “critically important years” ahead,...
Russia’s Putin woos African leaders at summit, slams ‘colonial’ West
President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still...
‘Not to find scapegoats’: Singapore ministers summon bosses of 10 firms over haze
Published: 10:51pm, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 10:59pm, 28 Oct 2026 In a rare move, Singapore on Wednesday summoned top executives from 10 locally registered companies...
Flavio Bolsonaro lands in Miami, declares himself rightful leader of Brazil
Published: 10:19pm, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 4:44am, 29 Oct 2026 Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Wednesday declared himself the rightful president-elect of Brazil, saying his...
Hong Kong world’s first airport to receive digital identity certification from IATA
Published: 10:00pm, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 10:24pm, 28 Oct 2026 Hong Kong International Airport has become one of the first two organisations certified under an...
Chinese astronomers find planets that somehow avoided death by red giant stars
When a star like our sun grows old, it puffs up into a red giant that can gobble up its nearest planets. But Chinese...