(1st UPDATE) The Central Elections Committee reports that 16.7% of eligible voters have already cast their ballots within the first three hours, the fastest early turnout rate since 1981
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets across the country to celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat late on October 25 in a historic poll that capped two years of peaceful anti-government protests
The turnout was 77.7%, the highest in more than two decades and around 7 percentage points higher than in the previous election in 2022
As the Iran war strains US military readiness and tension rises with China, the Pentagon says Hegseth’s attendance at the gathering in Cebu would reaffirm Washington’s commitment to ‘peace through strength’ in the Pacific
Intensifying hostilities between Yemen and Saudi Arabia further disrupt oil supplies and heighten the risk of a wider regional conflict, eight months since the Iran war began
The Pentagon’s latest estimate is tied to the operational costs of carrying out the war, with a projected cost of more than $29 billion to replace expended munitions used in the conflict
The outage prevents organizations from filing the Federal Election Commission’s 24-hour and 48-hour spending reports, which show how much political groups and others are spending on specific races
‘We heard a massive roar, a truly enormous thud that went on for 10 seconds, as if the train were about to derail. Through the right-hand window, we could see a wrecked train,’ says a passenger traveling with several colleagues in the rear car of one of the trains
While a caretaker government faces some constraints, experts say it retains powers, including over the war with Iran
The outcome will have implications for US-Israeli relations, which have been dominated by the joint fight against Iran, stalled Gaza peace efforts and signs of eroding US public support for Israel