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Five key takeaways from Israel’s parliamentary elections
Netanyahu's Likud emerges as single largest Israeli party, bloc edges past opposition.
Netanyahu: Coalition with Arab parties would be ‘shameful’
Netanyahu has called the prospect of working with Arab parties to form a government ‘a disgrace and a shame’.
Arab parties could win 18 seats in Israeli elections, exit polls suggest
Record-breaking voter turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel hits around 80 percent, early indications show.
Exit polls trigger heated debate across Israeli political divide
Despite narrower exit poll figures, opposition leaders insisted the result was a defeat for the government.
Israel’s Eisenkot says country voted for change
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says millions of Israelis voted for change, tired of Netanyahu’s ‘lies’.
‘This is America’: US envoy scolds Cuban diplomat at UN
US envoy Mike Waltz repeatedly told Cuba’s UN team, ‘This is America’, during a heated clash at UN headquarters
Gaza’s women filmmakers turn pain into cinema as new academy launches
Gaza film festival highlights women's resilience through stories of war, loss and survival.
President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters
Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election.
No clear mandate projected in Israel election: What’s next?
President Isaac Herzog will task the candidate he deems best placed to form a government once results are in.
Smotrich dances in Israel despite far-right decline
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich celebrates despite exit polls suggesting support for his far-right party declined.
Arab towns in Israel celebrate historic Knesset gains with fireworks
Celebrations erupted in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats
‘Go home, Ben-Gvir’; Arab Bloc celebrates record turnout in Israel election
Israel’s Joint Arab List party celebrated as exit polls projected as many as 18 parliamentary seats for the Arab-bloc.
Iran war live: Pezeshkian says Middle East can solve own issues without US
Iranian president's words came at summit for gas exporting countries in Russia.
Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa
News comes one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.
Trump showcases Venezuelan oil as he seeks to rally voters in Texas
US president seeks to highlight Venezuela operation as Iran war makes affordability a key midterm issue.
Forever Wars: Why can’t America stop?
Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan. Why does the US keep going to war, and can voters stop it?
Will players in the Gulf establish a new security framework?
Officials from Riyadh, Islamabad, Ankara and Tehran met in Iran.
Dream postponed: Hebron groom caught in Israeli military lockdown
Israel's military operation in West Bank's Hebron has disrupted Palestinian life, including a postponed wedding.
US says it killed five people in strike on alleged drug boat
Latest strike brings death toll of campaign decried as extrajudicial killings to 243 people since September 2025.
Netanyahu rallies Likud voters with megaphone in shopping mall
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged voters to back his Likud party minutes before polls close.
Egypt orders closure of leading independent news site Mada Masr
Editor Lina Attalah was freed once a $53,400 fine was paid, only to learn of a one-year sentence passed in her absence.
Lebanese and Syrians expect no change in Israeli policy after election
Residents in Lebanon and Syria expect little change in Israeli policy after the election.
Exit polls following Israeli elections indicate no clear winner
The official results are due to be published on November 4, more than a week after the vote.
Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu ends brief hunger strike
Lissu, who faces treason charge carrying a possible death sentence, refused food after being denied access to lawyers.
Qatar’s Emir and Putin call for diplomacy amid US-Iran conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met in Moscow.
Israel election results live: No clear winner – first TV exit polls
High turnout in vote widely described as the most consequential in Israel's history.
US’s RFK Jr claims Arabs ‘don’t produce science’: Why he’s very, very wrong
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.
Trump says he’ll respect US midterm results if elections are ‘honest’
US President Donald Trump says he will respect the results of the November 3 midterm elections if they are ‘honest’.
Deadly tornado strikes construction site in Turkiye
Deadly tornado strikes construction site in Turkiye