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New Zealand braces for knife-edge election: What you need to know 

05 November 2026

Days ahead of New Zealand’s election, polls show the governing centre-right National Party and the opposition centre-l...

Zelenskyy hopes Democratic Congress will bring more US help for Ukraine 

05 November 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that Democratic gains in the United States midterm ⁠electio...

Syria, Saudi Arabia sign defence cooperation deal, agree $403m in loans 

04 November 2026

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have overseen the signing of s...

What’s delaying US midterm election calls in Mississippi and Alaska? 

04 November 2026

Democrats regained control of both chambers of the United States Congress in this year’s midterm elections, with a wav...

Israel’s Herzog accepts vote results, opens talks on forming a government 

04 November 2026

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary elections and begun...

Election deniers lose races for governor in key US swing states 

04 November 2026

After Democrats’ stunning blowout in the United States midterm elections, five Republican election deniers have come u...

Democrats won Congress. But can they deliver on their promises? 

04 November 2026

Democrats rode a blue wave to victory in the United States midterm elections, winning control of both chambers of Congre...

Sudan, Ethiopia order tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions 

04 November 2026

Ethiopia has ordered six Sudanese diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours and closed Sudan’s consulate in the b...

Iran war live: Trump says war caused election wipeout but he ‘had to do it’ 

04 November 2026

People attend the 47th anniversary of the United States’ expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2026 [Majid A...

Ukraine raises death toll from Russian strike on Zaporizhia to 40 people 

04 November 2026

Ukrainian authorities have raised the death toll from a Russian attack on an aid centre in the Zaporizhia region in the ...