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Laos has reshuffled its top leadership, replacing the prime minister with Saleumxay Kommasith, a former foreign minister and permanent representative, in a move that signals a significant political shift in the one-party state.
Reports indicate that Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev has been sensationally disqualified during a semi-final match, though the specific tournament, opponent, and reason for the disqualification have not yet been confirmed in available sources.
Australia's Rugby League World Cup campaign faces an unusual threat: not New Zealand, Tonga or Samoa, but the November 1 contract deadline that will see 11 players, including Cameron Munster, Harry Grant, Latrell Mitchell and Sam Walker, hit the open market mid-tournament.
Jaymie Graham, now the coach of North Melbourne, has shared the personal reasons behind his decision to retire from AFL football at age 25 after a 37-game career with West Coast. In a revealing interview, Graham said he and his partner Kasey had taken in his five-year-old sister Candy, and he had become a father to son Hudson, fundamentally shifting his priorities away from the game.
Six people are presumed dead after a Canadian medical transport plane vanished off the US east coast while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The US Coast Guard suspended its search on Sunday after locating a debris field near the island of Nantucket, and the aircraft's operator, Latitude Air Ambulance, said it must face "the heartbreaking reality" that all aboard have died.
Myanmar's military has launched airstrikes on camps for internally displaced people in Rakhine State, killing at least eight civilians and injuring several others, according to the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic rebel group.
A fire swept through Kingston-upon-Thames' historic Market Place in the early hours of Tuesday, destroying a range of stalls and damaging the frontages of several properties. Eight people were evacuated from nearby buildings by police, and the London Fire Brigade brought the blaze under control by 6.08am. No injuries have been reported.
The federal opposition has announced three migration policy proposals that would significantly reduce international student enrolments, including plans to abolish temporary graduate visas. The proposals, revealed by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on Tuesday, overlap with recent government changes on partner and child visas and onshore applications, but differ in their approach to post-study work rights.
Brazil's weekend elections put Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead of the presidential race, setting up a runoff against the leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, while a sweeping far-right victory in congressional races carried the former president's wife, two sons and one brother into office.
The Pentagon has announced that former US Army major Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, will be executed by firing squad — the first military execution by that method since World War Two. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on social media Monday that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made the recommendation and President Donald Trump approved it, with the secretary of the Army to set the time and place.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and outgoing home affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam have released the Coalition's detailed plan to reduce immigration levels, a year after Liberal MP Andrew Hastie quit the frontbench to warn the party needed a tougher stance on the issue. The policy is the party's most concrete response yet to a migration debate that has reshaped Australian politics and fuelled the rise of One Nation.
Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down as India women's cricket captain across all formats, with Smriti Mandhana confirmed as her successor after meeting with board officials. The transition comes less than a year after Kaur led India to their first ICC Women's World Cup title and follows a successful defence of the Asian Games gold medal.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has announced a hardline immigration policy that would cut net overseas migration by 60,000 more than Peter Dutton's 2025 proposal and go beyond even Pauline Hanson's bottom line, reducing temporary visa holders by 650,000 over four years and halving humanitarian places to 10,000 a year.
Six men arrested over an alleged terror plot near the British airbase RAF Fairford have been released on bail, as Britain tries to support the United States without being drawn directly into its war with Iran. Prime Minister Andy Burnham cited strong indications of Iranian involvement; Tehran denies any role, while US President Donald Trump says Washington knows the people behind the threat and has ordered US bombers moved out of the UK.
A gymnastics coach has been stood down from all duties after an alleged physical assault of a child at Splitz Gym in Brisbane's Sumner Park, with Queensland police confirming an investigation is underway.
Coco Gauff has condemned the racial abuse she received on social media after requesting a point replay during her China Open match against local teenager Sun Xinran. The American tennis star said the barrage of racist comments and direct messages was 'insane' and urged that disagreement about the match decision does not justify racism.
Iran is struggling to replenish its missile and drone arsenal following sustained Israeli and U.S. military strikes in 2024, 2025 and early 2026 that have caused severe damage to its production industry, according to a new analysis.
Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola death, a Kenyan citizen returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the Bundibugyo strain of the virus continues to spread across East Africa. Health Minister Aden Duale announced the patient died days after arriving in Nairobi, prompting an urgent contact-tracing operation and enhanced surveillance at points of entry.
Yemen's internationally recognised government forces have recaptured the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, while launching a new offensive on the capital Sanaa. Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to rapidly deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under a collective defence pact, following Houthi threats to Mecca and Medina.
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning after a military aircraft crashed in southern Ondo State, killing all 32 people on board. The ATR-42 plane, carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members, came down in a swamp near a naval base on Monday morning while on a routine flight from Benin City to Lagos. Tinubu ordered flags flown at half-mast and a full investigation into the accident.
Ten-year-old Rafeef dreams of learning English next year, but her journey to school in the Yemeni city of Taiz is a daily gamble with death. Her school sits on the edge of a valley known as no-man's land, the active front line between forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognised government and Iran-backed Houthi fighters. To get there, she must walk uphill with her back to sniper positions. "I'm afraid," she says. Yet every morning at 6am, she and her younger brother put on their uniforms and make the treacherous climb.
President Donald Trump has sparked outrage after suggesting at a rally in Nebraska that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego, remarks swiftly condemned as 'deranged' and 'dangerous' by California Governor Gavin Newsom and the mayors of both cities. The comments come as a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump's approval rating at a record low of 32%, with the president losing support among independent voters and Latinos ahead of the November midterm elections.
Multiple Australian news outlets are reporting that King Charles has refused to pay Prince Andrew's legal bills, according to brief notices published by the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAtoday on Monday. No further details have been given in the reports.
Western Australia's fisheries minister has ruled out allowing the incidental capture of great white sharks, as the state government boosts its shark mitigation budget by $5 million to nearly double spending on helicopter and drone patrols at Perth beaches.
Comedian Dave Hughes will no longer appear at Victorian Liberal Party events as an entertainer or guest speaker after the party told him his performances would breach the state's political donation laws, raising questions about the use of celebrities in election campaigns.
Peter Manning, the former executive producer of Four Corners and ABC news and current affairs chief who is credited with saving the landmark program from cancellation, has died at the age of 81 after a 60-year career in journalism.
Three years after the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel and the subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza, the world remains in the shadow of October 7. A ceasefire announced in October 2025 has not stopped the killing: Gaza's Ministry of Health reports more than 1,460 Palestinians have died since it took effect, bringing the overall toll past 74,000. In Israel, the trauma of the worst terror attack in the nation's history continues to shake public trust in the state.
The only health clinic in the remote Northern Territory community of Alpurrurulam has been shut down after two nurses were threatened by residents and had to be escorted from town by police. The closure leaves the 350 residents of the dry community needing to travel 180 kilometres to Camooweal in Queensland for medical care. The incident has also sparked calls for the NT government to reopen a local police station.
Norway coach Stale Solbakken has revealed a heart-to-heart conversation with Erling Haaland about the striker's heavy workload after Haaland asked to be substituted during a Nations League defeat to Portugal, raising questions about his fitness ahead of Manchester City's return to Premier League action.
Caleb Flynn, a former music pastor from Ohio who appeared on American Idol in 2013, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, while he was having an affair. The judge described his actions as marked by 'layers of deceit, manipulation and cruelty.'
The Coalition has unveiled its long-awaited migration plan, completing a three-way contest with the federal government and One Nation over how deeply to cut arrivals. One Nation is promising net negative migration for its first three years, the Coalition would temporarily halve net migration to 100,000 a year, and Labor is committed to returning to a rate of 225,000 a year by 2028.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily permitting the broader use of red-dyed diesel — typically reserved for off-road farm and construction equipment and exempt from highway fuel taxes — on public roads, in an effort to bring down record-high diesel prices that topped $6 per gallon for the first time in September.
The Green party of England and Wales has plunged into turmoil after voting to adopt a policy equating Zionism with racism and calling for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state with equal rights for all. The decision has prompted some Jewish members to question their place in the party, with the head of Jewish Greens confirming she is considering leaving.
An investigation by The Guardian has identified seven women who say they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in far-right street patrol movements across the UK. The women describe patterns of controlling and violent behavior, including one who was attacked with a machete, and say their abusers now lead groups that patrol towns claiming to protect women while often targeting men of colour.
CCTV captured the moment a sneaker shop in the San Antonio area of Surabaya, Indonesia, was ripped apart by an explosion, with police saying five people have been hospitalised and that the blast was strongly suspected to be the result of a gas leak.
Witnesses in Ethiopia's Tigray region have described a broad campaign of forced recruitment by a new alliance of armed groups, targeting men and boys between the ages of 15 and 65, as renewed fighting between the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) threatens a fresh humanitarian crisis.
Pacific leaders used a traditional forum in low-lying Tuvalu to demand the world end its reliance on fossil fuels, telling Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Minister Chris Bowen that a global pledge to transition away from coal, oil and gas was not open for renegotiation ahead of next month's UN climate summit.
The world's highest-rated racehorse, Ka Ying Rising, finished a long head second to fellow Everest contender Ninja in a 1000-metre trial at Royal Randwick on Tuesday, but punters kept the Hong Kong superstar at $1.30 favourite for the $20 million Everest on October 17.
The AFL Players' Association has concluded that free agency is underutilised and has not materially impacted competitive balance in the AFL, flagging a potential overhaul of the system as part of negotiations for the league's next collective bargaining agreement.
The family of a 19-year-old who died after falling from his bike into floodwater in Herefordshire in February say they felt he was 'discarded' by police, with a coroner's report later identifying a shortage of specialist search officers as a factor in the response.
Police have paused the search for Erika Rodrigues Coelho, a 47-year-old Brazilian national missing near Queenstown since 18 September, and will undertake a formal review of the operation before deciding on next steps.
New guidance for Family Court judges in England will aim to significantly reduce the number of emergency care hearings held within hours or days of a baby's birth, the BBC understands, as new figures show a persistently high number of infants entering care proceedings and experts warn some may be adopted unnecessarily.
Alan Jones spent more than $85,000 renovating a teenager's family home before allegedly putting his tongue in the boy's mouth and touching his bottom at the former broadcaster's Fitzroy Falls farm, a Sydney court has heard. The 85-year-old is on trial for 19 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent against five male complainants between 2003 and 2020.
The Wallabies have received a significant boost with Len Ikitau cleared to play in Saturday's Bledisloe Cup opener at Eden Park, overcoming an ankle injury to shift back to inside centre and replace the suspended Hunter Paisami. Meanwhile, Fraser McReight has credited the tough love of former Wallabies coach and now-All Blacks coach Dave Rennie for helping him become a world-class flanker, setting up an unprecedented clash where a former Australian coach leads New Zealand.
Bangkok has declared a city-wide disaster zone after roughly 300 millimetres of rain fell in 48 hours, overwhelming the Thai capital's drainage systems and inundating large parts of the city. At least 31 people have died and thousands have been forced into shelters, according to the interior ministry.
Firefighters in southeast Queensland are bracing for two major bushfires at Murphy’s Creek and Seventeen Mile to merge within days, while storms forecast for the region bring the risk of lightning strikes igniting new fires. The blazes, in the Lockyer Valley southwest of Brisbane, have already scorched about 1600 hectares of bush and farmland as of Monday evening.
Canadian media project the sovereigntist Parti Québécois (PQ) has won enough seats in Quebec's provincial election to form a minority government, with leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon set to become premier and promising a future referendum on independence, though support for secession remains low.
Major new research has found that cases of seven types of cancer have risen sharply among younger people in England, with prostate cancer diagnoses quadrupling since 2001 and bowel, kidney and uterine cancers more than doubling, prompting warnings that lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives each year.