Proposals include reviving a Sakhalin oil venture and restoring Russian crude sales to Europe through Druzhba, along with a comprehensive peace settlement.

Armenia's parliament ratified the U.S.-backed TRIPP corridor agreement by 63 votes to 32, advancing a transit route through Syunik linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. The deal gives a U.S.-controlled venture a 74% stake while retaining Armenian jurisdiction.

Rescuers searched derailed cars near Toledo after a Renfe train hit a stationary Iryo service, killing at least 64 people, nine months after another fatal crash involving the same operators.

An attempted breach prompted the FEC to suspend electronic filings, blocking mandatory spending reports as political groups pour millions into the final stretch before the November 3 midterms.

Exit polls suggest that Ra'am and the Joint List are set to secure pivotal parliamentary seats after a record Arab turnout, but governing with Arab lawmakers may be complicated.

Odin Energetics, a venture involving Peter Thiel-backed Solugen, says its new explosive is 30% more powerful than material used on military drones as the Pentagon seeks supplies for a growing fleet.

Washington has warned Gulf Arab states of a possible short, intense military campaign against Iran after the November 3 midterms. Trump is leaning toward major strikes as U.S. forces reinforce regional missile defenses, but no final decision has been made.

Many Muslims saw their places of worship destroyed or abandoned during the sectarian violence of India’s partition in 1947. Now villagers of many faiths are coming together to revive them

Gajju Khan is smiling as he sits in an unfinished building in the northern Indian state of Punjab in the late afternoon. The 87-year-old is hopeful that before he dies he will hear the azaan, the Muslim call to prayer, echo across his village once again when the mosque is completed.

The last time he heard it here was when he was eight years old, living with his parents in Tira Maloya, a village in Chandigarh, not far from where he lives now.

Bibi Rajinder Kaur, a Sikh, donated family land to build a mosque in her village. ‘There is no deed better than giving someone a place to worship,’ she says

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A new U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report confirms that a satellite image circulating since 2024 shows China's reusable orbital spaceplane, offering a clearer view of a secretive vehicle resembling the American X-37B, TWZ reports.

Osher Gabay, personal aide to far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, called Israelis "stupid" after exit polls indicated Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc had failed to secure a parliamentary majority.

Israeli exit polls put Netanyahu's bloc at 50 seats and Eisenkot's at 52–53, both below the 61-seat majority. Arab-led parties are projected to win a record 17–18 seats, complicating coalition talks and raising the prospect of another election.

The Trump administration is considering removing sanctions on Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund as it facilitates Russian diesel shipments to the U.S., potentially signaling a shift in Washington's approach to economic pressure on Moscow.

Flávio Bolsonaro is reportedly heading to the United States via Argentina, according to people close to his family, despite a Brazilian Supreme Court order barring him from leaving the country. Authorities say there is no formal record of his departure.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla clashed at the UN General Assembly during a debate on Washington's decades-old embargo against Cuba, exchanging accusations as officials struggled to restore order.

Greens say Labour has ‘no respect for young people’ amid reports chancellor will pause equalisation of minimum wage for under-21s with that paid to older workers

Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, has not contested reports saying that, in the budget tomorrow, John Healey, the chancellor, will pause the process of equalising the lower national minimum wage paid to people under the age of 21 with the more generous national living wage that applies to older workers.

In an interview on the BBC this morning, Reynolds was asked to respond to a story suggesting the equalisation process has been put on hold because of concerns about youth unemployment.

John Healey will announce plans to increase the minimum wage by nearly 4% but slow the rise for young people after warnings that they are being priced out of jobs.

The Times has been told that the national living wage, which applies to those aged 21 and over, is expected to rise from £12.71 to around £13.20 – an increase of 3.9%.

The manifesto pledge on equalisation still applies, but it was always clear it would happen over time and we would take into account, as the minimum wage uprating each year always does, the relative strength of the labour market and other pressures …

Of course, you want not just good wages, but good work. And the way this has always been done – it is a balance of making sure the pressures on the labour market are taken into account. That is the approach you will see confirmed [in the budget].

Anyone doing a day’s work, needs to be paid the same rate for the same job. A young person’s rent and food bill is no less because they are young, so they need to receive the same wage.

Healey and Burnham are now breaking a manifesto pledge to young people that even Starmer managed to keep. Labour have no respect for young people, who appear to just be there for cheap labour for the wealthy and their corporate donors.

[It] wouldn’t be my cup of tea, but I wouldn’t ban anybody from doing so … I don’t want us to get into a world of cancel culture.

I’m not going to have run a party where we say you can’t talk about that person or that person. We have to be sensible about vetting. And we are.

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About 140,000 tonnes of Russian diesel are scheduled to reach U.S. ports in November under Trump’s sanctions exemption, with lawmakers warning banks, ports and distributors of possible investigations.

Saudi authorities have not confirmed the claimed Ras Tanura strike, while the coalition reported destroying two missiles aimed at Riyadh, alongside separate missile and drone interceptions elsewhere in the kingdom.

A CNN investigation found that Ryan Higgins, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's senior religious adviser, shared racist, anti-Muslim and homophobic posts while promoting Christian nationalist views and helping shape the Pentagon's new Office of Religious Affairs.

Russia and Ukraine say they are observing a local truce through November 1, allowing preparations for aid deliveries and civilian evacuations from Oleshky.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called Putin after consulting Kyiv, discussing peace negotiations, and agreeing to continued phone contact.