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Six Indian trekkers missing in Nepal's Dolpa after heavy Himalayan snowfall
Two women and four men lost contact on the route to Shey-Phoksundo Lake. Guides blame snowfall that Hiru links to Cyclone Arnab — a claim that needs care.
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Indian opposition fills Ramlila Maidan demanding election chief resign over voter roll purge
More than 130 million names have been removed since last year. Rahul Gandhi led the INDIA bloc rally; police deployed drones and 200 cameras.
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Iranian deputy speaker says the door to nuclear talks with the US is closed
Ali Nikzad said Tehran has no new proposal and will not negotiate under pressure. Al Jazeera's same-day report describes Qatari mediation still under way.
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Israeli protesters press opposition, not Netanyahu, to form a Jewish-Arab government
Rallies in five cities urged Gadi Eisenkot to deal with Arab parties after an election left Netanyahu's bloc on 53 seats and his opponents on a combined 67.
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Sri Lankan woman stranded in the Cook Islands for three years, unable to get a transit visa home
Ruchira Ranasingha says she has offered to travel 'handcuffed, bound and gagged'. New Zealand and Australia have both refused her transit, leaving no route out.
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World Bank says India lifted 496 million out of extreme poverty in 12 years
Extreme poverty fell from 27.1% to 2.6% between 2011 and 2023. But youth unemployment rose and real earnings were broadly unchanged over the same stretch.
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FBI blames North Korea for $6.3 billion Binance theft, the largest crypto heist on record
Investigators say the TraderTraitor unit emptied Binance wallets across 10 blockchains in about 20 minutes. Roughly $3 billion has been frozen.
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Police use water cannon as German 'Gen Z' protests spread to 34 cities
Organisers expected more than 160,000 marchers and later said 120,000 came. Police used water cannon in Cologne and Hamburg after the Halloween-timed rallies.
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Greenland opens international airport at Ilulissat to widen its tourism economy
Greenland's new international airport at Ilulissat opens to boost tourism and diversify the economy beyond fishing.
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Novaya Gazeta shuts down after 33 years, saying Russian authorities forced it to stop
The newspaper co-founded with Gorbachev's Nobel money will switch off its servers on November 9 after its licence was revoked and its premises taken.
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Oman rescues 25 crew from burning tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
The Panamanian-flagged RITI was evacuated off Musandam. Iran said four oil tankers using 'unauthorised routes' were halted, two of them after striking mines.
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Riot police deployed at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal after its head is suspended
Bogdan Swieczkowski was suspended over a dispute that has paralysed the court. Police entered the Warsaw building and detained three people as crowds gathered.
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Sri Lankan Air Force peacekeepers free three hostages in Central African Republic
Three Mi-17 helicopters and a negotiation team took part in the 19 October MINUSCA operation, freeing three civilians held for more than eight months.
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Syria flash floods kill children in Raqqa and Deir Az Zor as bridge collapses
Storms across northern and eastern Syria drowned children in flooded ground, collapsed a bridge on the Raqqa-Aleppo road and left several people missing.
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Four killed as Italian EUFOR helicopter crashes in Bosnia
A CH-47 Chinook of the EU peacekeeping force came down in Bosnia's Brcko District on Thursday, killing two Italian soldiers and two Red Cross volunteers.
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Australia's mushroom murderer loses appeal and is resentenced to life without parole
Victoria's Court of Appeal dismissed Erin Patterson's challenge to her convictions and stripped the 33-year non-parole period from her life sentence.
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Three killed as two helicopters collide in mid-air over Oregon farmland
A flight instructor, a student pilot and a second helicopter's sole occupant died near McMinnville Municipal Airport. The NTSB is leading the inquiry.
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Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86
The Shakespearean actor who became Captain Picard and Professor X died at his Los Angeles home on 28 October after Alzheimer's and Lewy body dementia.
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More than 43 million Americans have voted early, five days out from the midterms
Hiru puts early turnout above 43 million before the 3 November midterms. Al Jazeera's five-days-out survey gives Democrats an 8.2-point polling lead.
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Helicopter carrying five pilgrims crashes in India's Uttarakhand
The aircraft lost contact after taking off from Badrinath on Friday. Rescue teams have reached the Chamoli district site amid heavy rain.
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Cyclone Arnab's death toll is being reported three different ways a day after landfall
Andhra Pradesh officials say six died; the Times of India says nine; Al Jazeera still carried three. Some 15,000 electricity poles were brought down.
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Israel's count closes with Netanyahu on 53, Eisenkot on 48 and Arab parties at a record 19
Neither bloc reaches the 61 needed to govern. The Arab parties' record 19 seats make them decisive — and Likud has accused them of electoral fraud.
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Ten killed as oxygen cylinder explodes in ambulance at Pakistani medical centre
Staff, patients and relatives were among the dead in Tharparkar, Sindh. The blast happened as patients were being moved to another hospital, police said.
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Sri Lankan station masters write to Spanish envoy over Toledo rail disaster
The Railway Station Masters' Association wrote to Spain's ambassador, calling the Toledo deaths a grief shared by the international railway community.