Netanyahu's rival Eisenkot says ready to form government amid election deadlock
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot said Tuesday night that exit polls showing his bloc ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition reflected a "complete lack of confidence" in Netanyahu's government, vowing to move swiftly to replace it, as the projections pointed to a parliamentary election deadlock.
Exit polls by public broadcaster Kan and commercial TV Channel 13 projected 53 seats for Eisenkot's bloc against 50 for Netanyahu's, while Channel 12 gave Eisenkot's bloc 52 seats and Netanyahu's 50. Neither bloc reached the 61 seats needed for a majority.
Iranian president says Mideast can resolve its own problems without U.S. involvement
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that countries in the Middle East are capable of resolving their own problems without U.S. involvement.
Pezeshkian made the remarks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, saying regional countries should not rely on U.S. assistance.
Saudi-led coalition says intercepted missiles launched toward Riyadh; Houthis claim attack on Saudi oil refinery
The Saudi-led coalition said Tuesday it had intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by Yemen's Houthi group toward the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Coalition spokesman Turki Al-Maliki said on social media platform X that Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed the two Houthi missiles launched toward Riyadh.
Flavio Bolsonaro heading to U.S. for "exile," says Liberal Party lawmaker
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has left Brazil and is heading to the United States to go into "exile," federal lawmaker Mauricio Marcon of Bolsonaro's Liberal Party said Tuesday in a video posted on X.
Lula won Sunday's runoff with 51.79 percent of valid votes, defeating Bolsonaro, who received 48.21 percent, according to results released by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court.
Bolsonaro, the candidate of the right-wing Liberal Party, refused to concede defeat in remarks in Brasilia late Sunday, saying he would seek to have the election annulled.
S. Korea's top court extends detention of ex-first lady
South Korea's top court on Tuesday approved a two-month extension for the detention of Kim Keon-hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, keeping her in custody by the end of this year amid legal battles over multiple corruption scandals.
The Supreme Court issued the new detention warrant, citing concerns that Kim might destroy evidence or attempt to flee if released. Kim's initial detention period was originally scheduled to expire by the end of this month.
DR Congo Ebola cases top 10,000 as outbreak spreads across Africa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said Tuesday that it has reported more than 10,000 confirmed Ebola cases since the outbreak began in May, according to data released Tuesday by the country's health authorities.
The latest report showed that the country had recorded a total of 10,060 confirmed cases, including 4,887 deaths, as of Oct. 25, with a case fatality rate of 48.6 percent. ■
