Israeli opposition demands Netanyahu's exit as rivals clash over election results. / TRT World & Agencies

Supporters of Gadi Eisenkot react after release of first exit poll results in Israel's general election in Tel Aviv. / AFP

Netanyahu speaks to the media, next to his wife Sara (C), in West Jerusalem on October 27, 2026 / AFP

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks before President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Alico Arena on October 23, 2026, in Fort Myers, Fla. / AP Archive

Foreign Ministry says Ankara will continue defending its legitimate rights under international law. / AA Archive

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the GECF summit welcoming ceremony in Moscow on October 27, 2026. / َAA

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the meeting of the Defence Industry Executive Committee, on October 27 2026. / َAA

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets France’s Emmanuel Macron at the NATO Summit in Ankara on July 8, 2026. (AFP Archive) / AFP Archive

Flavio Bolsonaro's whereabouts remain unknown after election defeat. / Reuters Archive

Students march through Berlin in solidarity with students in France, on October 17 2026 in Berlin, Germany. / َAA

Melania Trump says a ceasefire was advanced by two days to protect civilians and speed up humanitarian aid deliveries. (AP) / AP

IAEA says that the agency continued to engage with Tehran to resolve questions concerning its nuclear programme. (Reuters) / reuters

People arrive and depart a polling location on the first day of early voting in Houston, Texas, on October 19, 2026. / AFP Archive

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry published a report saying serious violations against civilians in Gaza continued even after October's US-brokered truce. Israel rejected the findings, calling them part of a "misinformation campaign".

Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah was detained after a court ordered the closure of independent news site Mada Masr. Amnesty International called the ruling "a crushing blow to press freedom" in the country.

New Greens leader David Shoebridge told the National Press Club he would pursue a weekly tax cut worth 21 dollars plus a welfare boost, funded partly by higher returns from the resources sector.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to raise its official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.0 percent, despite earlier signalling a pause. It would mark a third straight increase and the highest level in a year.

Chinese toymaker Pop Mart reported a sharp third-quarter sales slowdown, with China revenue down 25-30% and Americas sales falling as much as 75%, as demand for its viral Labubu figures cools.

Taiwan's defence ministry said it will not lower its guard after Beijing released high-resolution satellite images of the island, citing growing concern over mainland intelligence-gathering.

A wave of coordinated cattle raids across South Sudan has killed at least 72 people, officials said, as cycles of revenge violence continue ahead of the country's first election since independence. Community leaders fear the bloodshed could further destabilise an already fragile transition.