Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s plan to stretch UK settlement waits from five years to up to 15 has split Labour, with a final decision still pending.
The Vatican confirms Pope Leo XIV submitted a Chicago mail ballot for the November 3 midterms, making him the first pontiff to vote in a US general election.
A new report says a Russian broker network places North Korean workers in factories under student visas, raising sanctions and forced-labour questions.
NASA has ended Swift’s science mission after nearly 22 years, leaving a vast gamma-ray archive as the ageing observatory prepares for atmospheric re-entry.
Astronomers say 2026 ED138, spotted beyond Pluto by the Rubin Observatory, could become the sixth dwarf planet — if infrared checks confirm its size.
The US approved a $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors to Ukraine, paid for by allies, but the missiles are not expected until the 2030s.
Police Scotland confirms very early-stage inquiries into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Balmoral stays with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in October 2026.
Tens of thousands marched across Italy on October 30 in a USB general strike over wages, living costs and military spending, with rallies in over 40 cities.
The Pentagon has cleared Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, saying stocks can cope, but President Trump alone will decide whether they are sent.
A Harris County grand jury indicted ICE officer Mario Morales on a felony assault charge over an October 10 Houston strike that seriously injured Miguel Parra-Hernandez.
Hello Sunshine cut roughly half its staff weeks after Reese Witherspoon bought it back, refocusing the company on film, television and Reese’s Book Club.
G20 ministers met in Atlanta without a family photo after Europeans refused to pose with Lavrov, exposing deep splits over Ukraine, Iran and trade.
