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South Korea plans to expand anti-piracy operations closer to Hormuz Strait
05 November 2026South Korea plans to expand its anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia to waters closer to the Strait of Hormuz, t...
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in jail
05 November 2026News|Courts Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who has been in prison since 2020, has been jailed for an addi...
Has India’s democracy failed its Muslims? Jailed scholar triggers debate
05 November 2026Has the world’s largest democracy failed the world’s largest minority – its nearly 200 million Muslims? That quest...
New Zealand braces for knife-edge election: What you need to know
05 November 2026Days 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 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that Democratic gains in the United States midterm electio...
What’s delaying US midterm election calls in Mississippi and Alaska?
04 November 2026Democrats regained control of both chambers of the United States Congress in this year’s midterm elections, with a wav...
Syria, Saudi Arabia sign defence cooperation deal, agree $403m in loans
04 November 2026Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have overseen the signing of s...
Israel’s Herzog accepts vote results, opens talks on forming a government
04 November 2026Israel’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 2026After 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 2026Democrats rode a blue wave to victory in the United States midterm elections, winning control of both chambers of Congre...