KEY TAKEAWAYS: Cyclone Arnab began making landfall along the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts early on Wednesday, October 28, bringing sustained winds of 125 to 135 kmph and gusts reaching 150 kmph. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of a storm surge of 1.5 to …
Key takeaways Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 jack-up rig sank off the coast of Gabon on the night of October 24, 2026, after a seabed failure during pre-drilling operations. Of the 115 people on board, 110 have been safely accounted for and five remain missing, with …
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a historic fourth term, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s presidential runoff and overturning a first-round defeat that had made him the underdog. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) declared Lula mathematically elected on Sunday night, 25 …
Foreign ministers from seven European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul on Friday for the first joint session of the R4 and E3 groups, placing the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz at the centre of a new diplomatic push. The gathering, …
Key takeaways: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook misled users about data privacy. The judge called the deception systematic and long-running; Meta says it will appeal. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to …
Japan’s MMX Blasts Off to Fetch First Mars Moon Samples Key takeaways: Japan’s MMX probe is on its way to Mars’s moon Phobos, launched by H3 rocket, to collect at least 10 grams of dust and return it to Earth in 2031. Japan’s flagship H3 …
Eastern Libya Approves Turkey Maritime Deal, Scrapping 2020 Boycott Key takeaways: Libya’s eastern parliament has unanimously backed a maritime boundary agreement with Turkey, scrapping its 2020 rejection of the deal and its political boycott of Ankara — a striking reversal for the east, once Turkey’s …
A Kenyan court has found self-styled pastor Paul Mackenzie and 28 of his associates guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult, delivering the first verdict in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. The judgment, handed down at the Mombasa High Court …
Ukraine carried out one of the largest drone attacks of the four-and-a-half-year war overnight between Saturday and Sunday, sending more than a thousand drones across Russian territory and setting oil facilities in St. Petersburg ablaze. The barrage landed as the relationship between Kyiv and Washington …
Egypt has pledged to stand militarily with Saudi Arabia as Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalate drone and missile attacks on Saudi airports, oil infrastructure and civilian neighbourhoods, opening a new regional chapter in a war that has already killed at least 19 people and rattled global …