Palestinian journalist Abed Abou Shhadeh released after 5 days detention

Philippine tennis star Eala stunned after 6-3, 6-0 loss to the 102nd-ranked American in Hong Kong.

For some tourists, the contrast between Somalia's reputation and what they experience on the ground can be striking.

Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could "meet Jesus".

Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen, has not commented.

Heavy rain has flooded temporary shelters used by Palestinians displaced during Israel's war with Hamas.

In Tuesday’s US midterm elections, voters weighed in on more than 40 local measures on data centres, and sided against them in all but one. With Democrats taking control of Congress in January and new governors in Texas and Georgia calling for moratoriums, the AI building boom faces its toughest political test yet.

One month into the Yemeni government's offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthis, fighting continues to escalate along the Red Sea coast. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis is worsening, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced and the country facing the threat of catastrophe. Rula Amin, Senior Communications Advisor and spokesperson at UNHCR at Amman, in Jordan, shares further details.

Knesset has been deadlocked since the election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majorityIsrael’s president has ⁠chosen Gadi Eisenkot, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ⁠strongest rival, to ⁠try to ​form a new government, after a deadlocked election that left neither man ⁠with a clear path to power.Isaac Herzog’s office said he had informed Eisenkot, the leader of the Yashar party, on Saturday night “of his intention to task him with forming a government”. Continue reading...

With the global tide turning against him, the US president’s lame duck status could still aggravate old tensions and spark new explosionsIt was a victory for the world, too. People in the many countries that suffered pain, loss and cruel indignities at the hands of Donald Trump over the past two chaotic, fearful years celebrated a moment of glorious, shared redemption. The monster, like others of his kind, still lurks in his gilded White House lair; far-right authoritarianism still casts a dark shadow over many nations. But the power of this most destructive of presidents is shattered, his malignant spell broken. The triumphant roar of US midterm voters was a rallying cry of democratic defiance that, echoing the American revolution of 250 years ago, reverberated around the globe.For Iranians, Trump’s electoral humiliation raised hopes, perhaps misplaced, that his murderous war of choice against Tehran’s oppressive regime may soon cease. In Israel, many among the majority who voted for change last week will welcome the humbling of the foremost supporter of Benjamin Netanyahu’s as-yet-unvanquished extremist coalition. Ukrainians voiced optimism that a Democratic-controlled Congress will curb the sickening appeasement of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In Europe, the beginning of the end of the Trump era brought a sense of relief – and hope that toxic transatlantic relations can be drained of Maga poison. Continue reading...

Qatar, Bahrain, and Syria condemned Houthi militia attacks on Saudi Arabia, which included two ballistic missiles targeting Riyadh’s financial district and an Aramco facility. They reiterated the importance of Saudi security for regional stability and criticized the Houthi actions as aggressive and a violation of international law, with Bahrain calling for UN action against such attacks.

Donald Trump described the recent midterm elections as a significant setback for the US after Democrats won both chambers of Congress, resulting in major losses for the Republican Party.

Police in the northern Spanish enclave of Ceuta are introducing a new identification process for migrants as authorities move to dismantle a temporary camp.

The African National Congress came in first place in South Africa's local elections but suffered its worst-ever electoral setback, according to final results on Saturday.