The Daily Digest

World

Indonesia Announces New Measures to Improve Stock Market Transparency – The Diplomat

The global index provider MSCI has threatened to downgrade the country to “standalone market” status…
Indonesia yesterday introduced a host of additional measures to address stock market manipulation…
On October 16, MSCI announced that it had launched “a consultation on a proposal to reclassify the MSCI Indonesia Indexes…

thediplomat.com18d ago

World

Malaysia’s 2027 Budget: Fiscal Consolidation Continues Apace – The Diplomat

Unlike most of its ASEAN counterparts, Malaysia can look forward to strong growth, increased state revenue…
The Malaysian economy is coasting these days .
Growth for 2026 will be around 5 percent, with similar levels projected for 2027.

thediplomat.com18d ago

World

Ebola cases in DR Congo surpass 10,000 in fastest-growing outbreak | Ebola News | Al Jazeera

Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 10,000 as the outbreak continues to spread…
Government data released on Tuesday put confirmed cases at 10,060 and deaths at 4,887.

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

Elites, Public Reject Trump Foreign-Policy Agenda

President Donald Trump’s America First agenda has transformed U.S.
He has applied tariffs against long-standing U.S.
trading partners, taken unilateral military action in Venezuela and Iran, waived new economic sanctions on Russia, questioned the U.S.

foreignpolicy.com18d ago

World

Pope Leo to Travel to Latin America Despite Cancer Diagnosis

In the early 1990s, conditions in parts of Peru were brutal.
Poverty was widespread, and the Shining Path insurgency was terrorizing communities.
The authoritarian government tried to crush the far-left militant group, at times committing human rights abuses.

foreignpolicy.com18d ago

World

Media groups challenge India’s privacy law at top court | Freedom of the Press News | Al Jazeera

News organisations are challenging the law, arguing it could hamper investigative journalism and endanger sources.
The Indian government’s privacy law, which would require journalists to seek consent from people they write about…
A group of 21 news publishers, including companies owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani…

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

The Global Phenomenon of Age-Based Social Media Bans

The European Union issued a bold declaration last month targeting one of the world’s wealthiest, most influential industries.
“No social media under the age of 13.
No personal account under the age of 15,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during her state…

foreignpolicy.com18d ago

World

Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries, says UN weather agency | UN News

Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels reached record…
27 October 2026 Climate and Environment Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused…
The agency’s latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin indicates an average global concentration of CO 2 at 426.8 parts per million (ppm)…

news.un.org18d ago

World

What Marco Rubio’s sidestepping of New Delhi says about the US’s stance on India | World news | The Guardian

Rubio’s decision not to meet Narendra Modi last week was seen by some as a snub – but by focusing…
The fact that Rubio bypassed New Delhi and did not meet the prime minister, Narendra Modi…
Nor did his decision to travel to Jamnagar…

theguardian.com18d ago

World

UK prosecutors charge two after RAF Fairford incident | News | Al Jazeera

British Iranian Mohmed Abdulkarim and British citizen Nouman Essghir have been charged under the National Security Act.
British prosecutors say they ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠have charged two men with ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌offences under the National Security Act following an incident ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠in September…
British Iranian dual national Mohmed Abdulkarim and British citizen Nouman Essghir, both aged 24…

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

How Morocco Could Help China Sidestep Europe's EV Tariffs

In recent years, Europe’s auto industry has reeled from the influx of low-cost, high-quality Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).
Even as Brussels imposes tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, their market share only continues to grow.
As of December, more than 9 percent of all new automobiles sold in Europe were made in China…

foreignpolicy.com18d ago

World

Drone strike in Sudan’s Nyala kills at least 21, injures 40 | Conflict News | Al Jazeera

Drone hit a market in the city that serves as the de facto capital of the paramilitary RSF in Darfur…
A drone strike in Nyala, in Sudan’s Darfur region, has killed at least 21 people and injured 40 others…
A Nyala resident said the attack took place at about 8pm (18:00 GMT) on Monday at a market…

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

Ebola: 20 contacts released from quarantine in Kenya, amid vaccine ‘hope’ in DR Congo | UN News

Twenty people associated with Kenya’s first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease have been reunited with their families after being…
27 October 2026 Health Twenty people associated with Kenya’s first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease have been reunited…
The contacts were discharged on Monday, according to the UN World Health Organization ( WHO )…

news.un.org18d ago

World

India evacuates tens of thousands as ‘very severe’ Cyclone Arnab nears | Environment News | Al Jazeera

The cyclonic storm is set to make landfall on Wednesday, with 400,000 people in need of evacuation.
India is evacuating tens of thousands of people from its eastern coast as a strengthening Cyclone Arnab bears down…
The cyclone has intensified since Monday and is expected to make landfall by Wednesday morning.

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

‘We Have Friends, No Enemies’: Timor-Leste’s First Year in ASEAN – The Diplomat

Dili will seek to “ensure that ASEAN’s principles work together in support of peace and the well-being of its peoples,”…
Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão addresses the 47th ASEAN Summit following a ceremony marking Timor-Leste’s accession to the Southeast Asian…
On October 26, Timor-Leste marks the first anniversary of its admission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)…

thediplomat.com18d ago

World

Myanmar Using Fake Paperwork to Conceal Shipments of Iranian Jet Fuel, Reports Claim – The Diplomat

Over the past few years, the country’s military has received hundreds of thousands of barrels of aviation fuel from Iran’s…
Myanmar’s military authorities have imported Iranian jet fuel using “sham paperwork” designed to circumvent the U.S.
sanctions on both nations, according to reports published by Reuters and a local activist group yesterday.

thediplomat.com18d ago

World

Melting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitions | Italy | The Guardian

Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings
Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings A significant…
The devices, which included Italian artillery shells and French mortar bombs…

theguardian.com18d ago

World

US, EU and 30 countries warn of famine risk in Sudan, call for aid | Sudan war News | Al Jazeera

Countries also urge Sudan’s warring parties to ‘lift all impediments on humanitarian assistance’.
The United States, the European Union and 30 countries have warned of an “alarming deterioration” in food security in Sudan…
In a joint statement released by the US State Department on Monday…

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

Sixty Christians killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region | Conflict News | Al Jazeera

Church officials say more than 20 people have been injured, while 20 homes have burned down as religious tensions flare.
At least 60 Orthodox Christians were killed in separate attacks on October 20 and 24 in Ethiopia’s Oromia region…
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s holy synod on Monday described the killings as “extremely tragic cruelty and suffering inflicted…

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

‘It’s the smell of freedom’: Belgrade cleans up after Student List triumph | Serbia | The Guardian

Binbag-wielding volunteers clear encampment used by thugs to intimidate opponents of deposed government
Binbag-wielding volunteers clear encampment used by thugs to intimidate opponents of deposed government Student List cleaned up at Serbia’s parliamentary…
So it was only fitting that the morning after a night of raucous celebrations, the movement’s supporters were gathering…

theguardian.com18d ago

World

‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the Caribbean | Commonwealth of Nations | The Guardian

Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic role…
Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic role…
The king will embark on a nine-day tour on Tuesday…

theguardian.com18d ago

World

Why has France struggled to address students’ demands? | Protests News | Al Jazeera

Protesters demand more spending on education and social services, but the government has struggled amid a fiscal crisis.
Young people in France continued their nationwide protests over the weekend…
France’s Ministry of Interior said 410,000 people protested nationwide on Saturday, including 110,000 in Paris…

aljazeera.com18d ago

World

The life and death of Jaysley Beck: how her mother turned detective – and took on the military | Sexual harassment | The Guardian

In 2021, the young soldier took her life after being sexually assaulted by a sergeant major…
Five years on, Leighann McCready is still searching for answers W hen Leighann McCready phoned her 19-year-old daughter, Jaysley Beck…
“Jays always, always answered her phone, but it was early, eight in the morning,” she says.

theguardian.com18d ago

World

Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi missiles, drones aimed at kingdom | Conflict News | Al Jazeera

The attacks come as top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Pakistan and Iran meet in Tehran to de-escalate conflict.
Iran and Mecca defence pact countries agree to further talks amid US war threats The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen…
Major-General Turki al-Maliki, the coalition spokesman, said on Tuesday that the missiles were aimed at the kingdom’s Eastern Province…

aljazeera.com18d ago

The Daily Digest by email

World