"Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS," Musk wrote.

The government appointed its own manager of the last big news channel to be critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The authorities have now replaced leadership at five major news outlets.

October has been one of the most violent months in the strait since the beginning of the war between Iran, the United States and Israel.

North Korea’s wartime friendship with Russia grabs the headlines. But China is its true patron, propping up its despotic regime. The two did $2.7bn-worth of bilateral trade in 2025, up from $2.2bn the year before and not accounting for illicit deals kept off the books because of sanctions.

Brazil’s Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours without cutting salaries

The US military has developed strike plans ​that could include using ‌the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, also known ​as the "mother of ​all bombs", against Iranian energy ⁠infrastructure and nuclear sites ​if President Donald Trump ​orders renewed combat operations,

India’s Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge Thursday to the country’s contentious voter-roll revision, as opposition parties seek to halt the exercise and scrutinize the conduct of the top election official following days of protests and mass detentions.

By Vivian Nereim Reporting from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mohammad Nasrullah was boarding a flight to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, leading a group of pilgrims from Bangladesh. Buthaina Owaida, a Syrian woman who had moved to Saudi Arabia,