Claimed anti-Taliban attacks in Afghanistan more than double in October
Sami Sadat’s Afghan United Front claimed 36 of the 82 attacks, a think tank’s tally shows, though the figures are the groups’ own and the movement remains split
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India and Israel alone oppose Pakistan’s UN arms control resolution
The text, tabled with Belarus, passed the First Committee by 180 votes to two, and India also opposed a line on South Asia
UK doubles wait for permanent residency to 10 years, unless you earn over £50,000
Shabana Mahmood says settlement must be earned. Care workers win a concession, while refugees who arrive on small boats could wait up to 30 years.
US midterms: Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to set aside California ballots
A one-line order on the eve of the vote leaves two lower court rulings in place and ends the Justice Department’s effort over 20,000 voters it said were likely non-citizens.
Mamdani shaves his famous beard for a Movember moustache
New York’s mayor says the new look is to raise awareness of men’s health, and that it comes with $4 million for a prostate cancer centre in Brooklyn.
Bollywood’s Imran Khan apologises after being told to leave India over voter-roll protest
The Bombay High Court told the actor, a US citizen, that overseas cardholders have no right to criticise India, and put his Leave India Notice on hold until December 7.
US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island, officials say, hours after Trump talks up a deal
Officials say it is the latest of several quiet, limited strikes in recent weeks, and that Gulf states have been told to prepare for a short, intense operation after the midterms.
Ebola deaths pass 5,300 in Africa’s outbreak as DR Congo cases reach more than 10,000, with no approved vaccine for the strain
More than half of those infected have died, the Africa CDC figures show, and trials of a vaccine that works against a different strain began only in recent weeks.
North Korea calls Binance hack claims ‘absurd’ as Kim Yo-jong denies any role in record $6.3 billion theft
Kim Jong Un’s sister said the US was trying to damage North Korea’s image, days after the FBI blamed a state-backed hacking group for the largest crypto theft on record.
Britain and France to lead 2,800 European troops in Poland to rehearse a Ukraine deployment after any peace deal
Twelve countries will test the force in Exercise Koalicja from November 9. The US is not taking part in the mission, and Putin has called such troops “legitimate targets”.
