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Turkey's Parliament Ratifies the Mecca Defence Pact With Saudi Arabia and Pakistan by 279 Votes to 119

The ten-year agreement now needs only its partners' own approvals, while Ankara insists it is defensive and that any troop deployment would need a separate vote in a chamber divided over Yemen.

Nov 6, 2026/2 min read

Members of parliament seated in rows of red chairs in the general assembly hall of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara, in an image dated 20 January 2015, a file photograph of the chamber and not of Thursday's ratification vote

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Peltola Leads Sullivan by 637 Votes in Alaska With a Quarter of Ballots Uncounted as Trump Courts Minor-Party Voters

Three days after the midterms, one Senate race is still a lead and not a result, and it will stay that way until the ranked-choice count on 18 November, with certification set for 25 November.

Nov 6, 2026/2 min read

The downtown towers of Anchorage, Alaska, standing beside the waters of Cook Inlet below snow-covered Chugach mountains, photographed on 16 May 2026, a file photograph of the city and not of the vote count

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Komyshuvakha Toll Reaches 43 as Rescuers Search for 33 More and Brussels Talks End With Postwar Funding in View

Zelensky's confirmed figure has risen from 26 to 43, while police say 33 more people may be trapped and overnight drone raids on both sides left fresh damage and a bus attack in Luhansk.

Nov 6, 2026/2 min read

A blue passenger train curving along the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region past electricity pylons, photographed on 10 August 2004, a file photograph of the region and not of the aid centre where the strike took place

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Herzog Holds Israel's Mandate Until Sunday: Eisenkot Has 67 Recommendations, but the Vetoes Come First

The president says the arithmetic looks clear but a government is another matter, and he will spend the weekend in private talks before naming a candidate with 28 days to build a coalition.

Nov 6, 2026/2 min read

The low stone roofline of the Knesset building in Jerusalem seen through a perimeter fence under a blue sky, photographed on 5 July 2018, a file photograph of the parliament and not of this week's consultations

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Republicans Demand Mississippi Preserve Affidavit Ballots as Colom's Senate Lead Edges Toward 2,000 Votes

On the third day of counting, the Senate Republicans' campaign arm asked all 82 counties to set aside affidavit ballots, Colom's lawyers pushed back, and the first tallies favoured him.

Nov 5, 2026/2 min read

The domed Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson seen across a lawn under a blue sky, photographed on 18 April 2018, a file photograph of the building and not of the vote count

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Melania Trump Hosts Russian and Ukrainian Officials at the White House to Mark the Oleshky Ceasefire

Russia's Kirill Dmitriev and Ukraine's Dmytro Lubinets sat in the same room as the first lady called for a lasting truce, five days before trilateral talks are due to open in Abu Dhabi.

Nov 5, 2026/2 min read

The north front of the White House in Washington with its portico, fountain and flower beds, photographed on 6 July 2007, a file photograph of the building and not of Thursday's event

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Mississippi Senate Race Sits at 1,145 Votes With No Recount Law as Democrats Line Up Their Leadership

Two days after the midterms, Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by a tenth of a point with affidavit ballots uncounted, Alaska is still open and Katherine Clark seeks to be majority leader.

Nov 5, 2026/3 min read

The illuminated dome and east front of the United States Capitol in Washington at dusk under a purple sky, photographed on 13 January 2006, a file photograph of the Capitol and not of the vote count in Mississippi

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Joint List and Ra'am Back Eisenkot as Herzog's Consultations Point to a 67-Seat Mandate

Thursday's second day of talks at the President's Residence left Netanyahu with 46 recommendations after United Torah Judaism named nobody, while the Arab-led parties lined up behind his rival.

Nov 5, 2026/3 min read

A polished wooden desk with a black leather chair and two cream armchairs in an office at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, photographed on 6 July 2021, a file photograph of the residence and not of this week's consultations

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Democrats Flip Five Governorships and Hold a Majority of States as Voters Reject Abortion Rollbacks and Back Voter ID

Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada changed hands, 15 states elected women, Idaho and Missouri abortion measures failed in opposite directions, and voter-ID rules passed almost everywhere.

Nov 4, 2026/3 min read

The Greek Revival Ohio Statehouse in Columbus with its columned front and drum-shaped cupola beyond a lawn and trees, photographed on 8 August 2021, a file photograph of the seat of Ohio's state government and not of election night

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Democrats Win the House and Senate With Seven Senate Flips as Trump Says He Was Not on the Ballot

As of Wednesday evening NBC counted Texas, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina flipped, Alaska and Mississippi still open, and the House heading past 255 seats.

Nov 4, 2026/3 min read

The west front of the United States Capitol in Washington seen across the reflecting pool with the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in front, photographed on 5 September 2013, a file photograph of the Capitol and not of election night

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Herzog Receives Israel's Official Results and Opens Consultations as Ra'am Says It Will Back Eisenkot

The elections committee certified the count over Likud and Shas abstentions, the president began hearing parties from smallest to largest, and the Arab party's eight seats tilted the arithmetic.

Nov 4, 2026/3 min read

The President's Lounge at the Israeli President's Residence in Jerusalem, with two armchairs before Israeli flags and the presidential emblem, green sofas and a patterned rug, photographed on 16 January 2019, a file photograph of the room and not of this week's consultations

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Talarico Beats Paxton 55% to 43% and Hinojosa Unseats Abbott in Texas Democrats' First Statewide Wins Since 1994

A former teacher and seminarian takes the Senate seat John Cornyn held for 24 years, and a Democratic state representative ends Greg Abbott's run for a fourth term in the Governor's Mansion.

Nov 4, 2026/2 min read

An elevated view of the pink granite Texas State Capitol and its dome in Austin under a blue sky, photographed on 2 January 2010, a file photograph illustrative of Texas state politics and not of election night

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Zelensky Says the Komyshuvakha Aid Centre Toll Has Reached 40 as Russia Hits Power in Nine Regions

Search teams are still working at a bombed school in the Zaporizhzhia region while overnight strikes cut power across Ukraine and left Kyiv without running water for most of a day.

Nov 4, 2026/3 min read

Granite boulders and autumn scrub on the bank of the Dnipro river at Khortytsia island in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, with apartment blocks and power lines on the far shore, photographed on 15 October 2021, a file photograph illustrative of the Zaporizhzhia region and not of Komyshuvakha, the strike or anyone affected

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Israel's Opposition Meets in Herzliya to Back Eisenkot as Likud Weighs Voting Against Certifying the Result

Five party leaders with 48 seats sit down together for the first time since the vote, the election chief refuses Likud's delay request, and Herzog starts consultations on Wednesday.

Nov 3, 2026/3 min read

The floodlit front of the Knesset building in Jerusalem at night with its row of flagpoles and empty forecourt, photographed in 2026, a file photograph of the parliament building and not of Tuesday's opposition meeting in Herzliya

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Russian Strike on a Kharkiv Hospital Injures 62 as Ukrainian Drones Hit the Yaroslavl Refinery Overnight

About 200 patients are being moved out of a damaged Kharkiv medical facility, Russia says 856 drones were shot down overnight, and Washington has set trilateral talks for 10 November.

Nov 3, 2026/3 min read

The lit towers, columns and red and white chimney of the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, against a dusk sky, photographed on 11 May 2021, a file photograph of the refinery and not of Tuesday's drone strike or of the Kharkiv attack

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Election Day Arrives With 53 Million Votes Already Cast and the Senate Rated a Toss-Up

Polls are open across the United States. Here is the early-vote picture, the Senate and House maps, the governor races and the poll-closing clock to watch tonight.

Nov 3, 2026/3 min read

A white sandwich board reading Vote Here with an American flag on a street outside the polling place at Woodbury City Hall in Minnesota, photographed on 3 November 2020, a file photograph of a polling place sign and not of today's vote

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Midterm Eve: A Record 54 Million Have Voted Early as Trump Speaks at the Lincoln Memorial and Democrats Rally

On the last day before Americans pick a new Congress, the early vote has passed 2022's total, the president spoke at the Lincoln Memorial and Senate hopefuls made their closing cases.

Nov 2, 2026/3 min read

Two white cardboard voting booths marked Vote with American flags on a folding table in a Minnesota polling place on election day, photographed on 7 November 2023, a file photograph of a US polling place and not of the 2026 midterms

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Russian Bombs Kill 26 at a Village Aid Centre in Zaporizhzhia as Witkoff Sets Abu Dhabi Talks for 10 November

Guided bombs hit a closed school where Komyshuvakha residents collect weekly aid, then the shelter where survivors and rescuers took cover; 27 people are missing and the region mourns on Tuesday.

Nov 2, 2026/3 min read

A single-storey brick house with white window frames and a small yard in the village of Komyshuvakha in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, photographed on 15 May 2011, a file photograph of the village and not of the school hit on Monday or of any victim

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Golan's Democrats Complete the Opposition's Backing of Eisenkot as Herzog Prepares Wednesday Consultations

All four Zionist parties outside Netanyahu's camp now say they will recommend Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister, while the president signals he wants a deal that avoids a sixth election.

Nov 2, 2026/3 min read

An aerial view of the Knesset building in Jerusalem with its flat roofed parliament set in gardens beside the roads of Givat Ram, photographed on 18 July 1995, a file photograph of the parliament and not of this week's consultations

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Georgia's Early Vote Ends at a Record 2.8 Million as the National Total Passes All of 2022

Three weeks of in-person early voting closed Friday with 34 percent of Georgia's registered voters already counted, and the national early vote has passed the whole of the last midterm.

Oct 31, 2026/3 min read

The west front of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta with its gold dome, columns and lawn under a clear sky, photographed on 16 July 2016, a file photograph of the state capitol and not of any polling place