The former governor, Naji Issa, submitted his resignation to the two legislative chambers in August without publicly explaining his reasons.

Dozens of Santas gathered at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue to celebrate their graduation. The 55 new recruits are preparing to spread Christmas cheer across Brazil.

Iranians on Wednesday struck a defiant tone, celebrating U.S. voters’ rebuke of President Donald Trump in the midterm elections while many in the Middle East waited to see how the results could affect the Iran war

Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Tuesday called on Iran and the United States to engage in dialogue and reach an agreement to resolve their ongoing conflict, warning against further military escalation in the region.

The World Travel Market global report says tourists are likely to spend 23.9 billion nights on vacation in 2026, with total visitor spending of $7.8 trillion.

Bodycam footage from a police officer killed in the attack captures the moments before a Russian bomb strikes a shelter in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, killing at least 37 people.

Pix of the Day, 4th November, 2026 – Across the world

where families are expected to say goodbye to their loved ones with massive music-fuelled feasts, despite the costs.

Senegal’s National Assembly, which is dominated by the opposition, rejected a key budget bill Tuesday, a text that was seen as crucial to restoring public finances as the country finalises an IMF bailout.

South Africans voted on Wednesday in a closely watched local government election, with parties battling for control of major cities in a contest expected to offer a measure of the national mood before the next national polls.

Experts say only about 10 per cent of South Africa’s exports to the US are currently subject to AGOA, representing about 1 per cent of it total global exports.

The agreement to expand cooperation in “various fields” was approved by Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Maha-man Lamine Zeine during a visit to Benghazi.

Okowa won 183 votes in the General Assembly and 13 in the Security Council. She is a professor of public international law at Queen Mary University of London and has served on the UN’s International Law Commission since 2021.

El Salvador sent more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti, the government said Wednesday, to support a mission to rescue four soldiers serving in a UN-backed force missing after an ambush.

Housing protesters have returned to Lisbon’s historic Rossio Square, setting up around 100 tents following a court ruling. The demonstration comes as Portugal’s government faces growing pressure over housing.

Russian strikes on a humanitarian aid site in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region have killed 33 people, with more than 50 still missing, on Monday 2 November. Survivors and rescuers are being treated for severe injuries.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, won the race for governor in the southern state of Georgia on Tuesday, making her the first Black woman elected to the top office in any US state, media projections showed.

President Donald Trump had rare praise for rival Democrats Tuesday after their stunning US midterm elections victory and admitted the Iran war may have played a part in the defeat of his Republican Party.

Supporters erupted in celebration in Austin as Democrat James Talarico was projected to win a US Senate seat in Texas, a state where his party has not won a Senate election since 1988.

US-bound air passengers must sign a statement that they have not travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak, under new rules coming into force on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday for local government elections, with voters set to choose their municipal representatives amid growing concerns over unemployment, crime, water shortages and the delivery of basic services.

The head of the UN’s MONUSCO peacekeeping mission to Congo met with the DRC’s former president Joseph Kabila on Tuesday and other leaders of his new coalition.

The transatlantic slave trade was a ‘monstrous injustice,’ Britain’s King Charles III said on Tuesday in a speech to Commonwealth leaders. But he stopped short of an apology.

As voters in Johannesburg ready for Wednesday’s local elections, basic services are top of their concerns. South Africa’s economic capital and largest city, Johannesburg has seen nearly two weeks of disruption to its water supply, with severe outages and low pressure in parts of the city.

The Spanish player had a cardiac arrest after he was struck in the chest when challenging the ball.

A centuries-old Cape Winelands tradition is now on the global culinary map. Mosbolletjies is a traditional brioche made with grape must.
Now a recipe for the bread created by a South African baker has won him the title of Bread Sommelier.

The unearthing of his 3,000 year-old tomb and all its treasures is seen as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.

Voters across the United States are going to the polls on Tuesday and Washington is bracing for a major upheaval. President Trump’s Republican Party currently holds both chambers of Congress. But poll watchers are predicting a Democratic wave that could see that all change.

Pix of the Day, 3rd November, 2026 – Across the world

Dakar is hoping to secure a $2.2 billion three-year IMF bailout programme aimed at stabilising its public finances.

Africa is no longer simply a continent catching up with the rest of the world. In mobile banking, product simplicity and the ability to combine tradition with technology, it is ahead of many markets considered developed, Marta Mróz-Sipiora of Asseco Poland tells Euronews.

Dakar mash-up combines Swiss and Senegalese wrestling traditions on the sidelines of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

The president of the International Criminal Court accused the Trump administration of trying to obstruct international justice by imposing penalties on the tribunal and vowed that it would not succeed.

It says it killed 500 soldiers and wounded 800 others during a counteroffensive near the historic town of Aksum on Saturday.

Ugandan authorities on Monday arrested former deputy military chief Peter Elwelu over allegations of planning to destabilize parts of the country.

It said 189 journalists and other media workers lost their lives in 2024 to 2025, 20 per cent more than during the previous 2-year period.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged Malian authorities for transparency on the whereabouts of prominent lawyer and politician Mountaga Tall, six months after his abduction.