Presidential race in Bulgaria heads to run-off after record low turnout
The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a run-off, according to election...
Venezuela opposition leader Machado returns home after fraught year in exile
Published: 3:31am, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 4:16am, 26 Oct 2026 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned home on Sunday after nearly a year away,...
Trump ‘not trying to meddle’ in Alaska election results by suing over Senate race: Blanche
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s lawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses...
France’s Le Pen vows to restore ‘rule of law’ at presidential campaign launch
Published: 2:01am, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 2:51am, 26 Oct 2026 Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron next year, vowed in...
Netanyahu warns Iran may try to disrupt Israel election: ‘don’t test us’
Published: 1:29am, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 9:25am, 26 Oct 2026 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran and its allies might try to disrupt Tuesday’s...
Storms batter northern Europe, hitting power supplies, flights and phones
Storms battered northern Europe on Sunday cutting power to more than 150,000 homes, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and silencing phone networks....
Philippines plan ‘appropriate legal action’ against Thomas Markle
Philippine police are investigating a laptop found alongside images of child abuse at the former home of Meghan Markle’s estranged father, with “full results”...
HK Express passenger injured after power bank overheats on flight to Jeju
Published: 10:46pm, 25 Oct 2026Updated: 11:00pm, 25 Oct 2026 A traveller was injured after a power bank overheated and emitted smoke aboard a HK...
Eye on China: Japan reopens taboo debate over nuclear-powered submarines
With China flexing its naval power across the Pacific and bilateral tensions running high, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is weighing a move long...