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Description: Longstanding populist leader, Aleksandar Vucic, officially conceded his party’s defeat to the Student List party in Serbia’s parliamentary election. The official results claimed that Student List would have around 140 parliamentary seats, winning 2.2 million votes, while Vucic’s SNS party would retain around 105 seats in opposition, garnering support from 1.6 million voters. The difference in the polls was significant, with 52.65% of the votes for the Student List party and only 39.2% of the votes for the SNS. Vucic attributed the Student List victory to election meddling from some European states, Serbia’s independent media outlets and an American “Deep State”
Description: Before Israel’s tightly contested election on 27 Oct, the country faces division on every socio – economic platform with Israel’s security as the major priority. Prime Minister Netanyahu is faced with corruption charges, accusations of mismanaging the war in Gaza and failing to prevent the terrorist attacks on 07 Oct 2023. Among his most prominent political rivals is Gadi Eisenkot, a former Chief of Staff to the IDF, who established his Yashar party in 2025. Other rivals include former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet and Yair Lapid. The other parties on Israel’s political portfolio are the far – right Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism led by Itamar Ben Gvir and
Description: Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, officially returned to Venezuela during the government’s negotiations with the oppositional political block. Supporters expressed outpouring support for her return. Machado won the primary election against former President Nicolas Maduro in 2023 but was banned from running. She was replaced by Edmundo Gonzalez, who many proclaimed as the winner of the 2024 election. Her previous attempts to return to the country were either cut short due to logistical reasons or security warnings from the US. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, stated that her return is the direct result of the reconciliation between politi
Description: Incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva managed to oust leading right – wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential runoff. After the first voting round, Lula trailed Bolsonaro by almost 2.2 million votes. He managed to stage an election comeback by reconstructing his campaign and appealing to young, undecided Brazilians. Precedentially, Brazil’s Supreme Court extended the runoff vote by almost two hours on the requests from both candidates which raised concerns over the legitimacy of the voting procedures. Bolsonaro, the son of the jailed former presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, didn’t recognize the election result and claimed he would
Description: Yemen’s Houthis continued targeting oil facilities and airports inside Saudi Arabia, while also intensifying attacks on Yemen’s government troops. Houthi spokesperson, Yahya Saree, stated that the group targeted Saudi Aramco facilities in Riyadh, Yanbu and the Rabigh refinery while also targeting the East – West oil pipeline. King Khalid and King Fahd international airports were also targeted and a Saudi airbase in the Khamis Mushait region. Ground fighting has intensified in and around the city of Taiz, where more than 800 thousand people are besieged and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. Egypt has increased calls for resolving the war through a mediated s
Description: The French Ministry of Interior dispatched more than 70 thousand members of the police force to quell civil unrest and violent demonstrations across the country. The bulk of the protest movement was located in the capital, Paris, but also across Nice, Toulouse, Nantes, Rennes, Bordeaux and Lille. The protest were mostly non – violent at the beginning of the day with violence reported at the end of the demonstrations nationwide. Official numbers state that more than 410 thousand people attended this weekend’s protests with the Ministry of Interior reporting up to 1 thousand arrests nationwide. Impact: France is highly likely facing a prolonged po
Description: The Libyan Parliament under warlord Khalifa Haftar, approved the maritime agreement concluded with Turkey in 2019 for enhancing trade, economic and security cooperation. The so – called Mediterranean agreement stipulates on increased trade exchange between Turkey and Libya while also enhancing military cooperation across the Mediterranean sea. Turkey and Libya’s Haftar – led government signed multiple economic cooperation agreements during 2025 including an offshore oil exploration agreement in Libya’s EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone). The agreement was condemned by Cyprus, Greece, Egypt and Israel which have their own economic plans and cooperations projects that
Description: Ethiopia’s interim government representative in Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, called for TPLF fighters to surrender to the government troops and reintegrate under the provisions of the Praetoria Agreement. The call wasn’t well -received by the commander of the TPLF forces, Lt. General Fisseha Kidanu, who stated that his organization would continue opposing government troops in the region. The ENDF has intensified attacks in recent weeks, causing several thousand Ethiopians to flee across the border into Kenya. Drone attacks as well as enlarged ground presence enabled the ENDF control over larger areas in Ethiopia’s east, north and northwestern regions. Since the EN
Description: US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. The talks lasted for more than three hours where the war in Ukraine, Iran and other developments were discussed. Putin reportedly agreed to restart trilateral talks under US mediation on a technical government level. Russia’s Yuri Ushakov, stated that the talks could be held in Abu Dhabi in mid Nov and would focus on discussing post – war security guarantees for both countries. Putin reportedly offered Witkoff assistance and support in ending the US – Iran war, claiming that Russia had a longstanding partnership with Iran it could leverage to bring both sides closer to a
Description: Independent candidate Luca Niculescu was inaugurated as the country’s new Prime Minister, giving respite to the mounting political and debt crisis in Romania. His confirmation arrived after the far – right Alliance for Romania (AUR) threatened snap elections in case the third nominee for Prime Minister was also ousted. The Social Democrats (PSD) and the center – right National Liberal Party (NPL) arrived at a consensus for Niculescu after in order to avoid snap elections in the country. Niculescu would preside over the government in the next six months during which the parties would have to address the country’s budget deficit. Niculescu managed to secure suppor