Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal faces rival claims to leadership after a judge suspended its president and deputy, sparking “coup” accusations, protests outside the Warsaw court, and a deepening clash between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki.
Former Salvadoran president Tony Saca, 61, was released on October 29, 2026, after completing a 10-year sentence for diverting and laundering more than $300 million in public funds during his 2004-2009 presidency, his lawyer said.
The US Justice Department has charged five people in the first cases from Operation Ghostbusters, alleging stolen identities were used to enrol fictitious ‘ghost students’ and divert about $2.9 million in federal student aid, with investigators flagging hundreds of thousands of potentially fraudulent aid accounts.
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez has pledged elections organised by a renewed electoral authority, while opposition leader María Corina Machado is pressing for a presidential vote in 2027 — but no date has been agreed yet.
The Electoral Court in Bloemfontein dismissed the DA’s bid to declare rival parties’ one-name lists unlawful, leaving them in place for the November 4, 2026 local government elections while a wider constitutional challenge remains postponed.
New Zealand’s Electoral Commission says nearly 3.8 million people are enrolled for the November 7 general election, a provisional rate of 93.6 per cent — below the final rates of the last two elections but well up on mid-year figures, with youth and Māori enrolment both rising.
Sweden’s parliament will vote on November 3 on whether Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist should become prime minister, after Speaker Andreas Norlén formally nominated her to break the deadlock since September’s election.
Armenia’s parliament descended into a mass brawl on Thursday as ruling-party and opposition MPs traded punches and kicks during a live session, suspending proceedings. Here is what triggered the clash and what happened next.
India’s Supreme Court said banks must compensate digital fraud victims with at least the amount lost where a failure of due diligence is established, and it will vet the RBI’s proposed KYC rules before notification.
Israel’s Central Elections Committee published the final 2026 election results on October 30: Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 of 120 Knesset seats, eight short of a majority, with the new parliament to be sworn in on November 10.