Foreign ministers meeting in Washington demand the release of political prisoners and the restoration of fair elections, while the Dominican Republic withdraws its embassy.
The Indonesian president has bypassed a previous cap on membership to bring some of the country's most powerful business and religious figures into his administration.
On Gandhi Jayanti, CM C. Joseph Vijay launched the rebranded Vetri Payanam Thittam, extending no‑fare bus rides to most state‑run services and reaching an estimated 8.4 million women daily, as Delhi Metro tightened security ahead of protests.
President Donald Trump told reporters on 2 Oct 2026 that Iran would be hit hard if investigations confirm its role in the cockpit struggle on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
At a New Delhi press conference Mamata Banerjee accused the Election Commission of bias, predicted the Modi government’s early fall, and was confronted with an Enforcement Directorate finding that a former minister’s firm routed ₹30 lakh to her accounts, prompting senior Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury to demand that legal baggage be cleared before any alliance.
Five passengers who helped save a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight will receive bravery medals after an Indian pilot fought through stab wounds to unlock the cockpit.
With millions facing record household debts from online betting, Brazil's tight presidential election is being fought in the pockets of its poorest citizens.
The Treasury Department announced new sanctions on the Kremlin‑backed A7 payment network and placed Iran’s major automakers and railway companies on its blacklist, effective Oct. 1, 2026.
The decision clears the criminal record of a former combat medic whose manslaughter conviction for a shooting in Hebron deeply polarised Israeli society.
The State Department has approved the $24.3bn deal, but intelligence reports warn Beijing could gain access to America's crown-jewel military technology.
A landmark 60-year prison sentence for a Syrian jailer coincides with new evidence showing the 2012 abduction of the American journalist was ordered from the very top.
