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PoliticsOct 12Turkey Urged to End Escalating Internet CensorshipRights groups including BIRN press Turkish authorities to cease sweeping internet restrictions and call on social media companies to resist censorship orders targeting journalists, independent media and civil society groups.Balkan Insight
PoliticsOct 12TVK MLA ECR Saravanan moves Madras High Court to quash FIR in unauthorised banners caseJustice V. Lakshminarayanan allows his application to dispense with the production of a certified copy of the FIRThe Hindu
PoliticsOct 12Who’s Winning the Race for Congress?It’s Oct. 12 — 22 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.NYT US
PoliticsOct 12Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms PushParty leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.NYT US
PoliticsOct 12Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.NYT US
PoliticsOct 12In Peronism, they believe the Government has the votes to suspend the PASO and begin to look at the 2027 presidential internal electionsWithin the PJ, they are already beginning to evaluate a scenario of internal competition. With Cristina out of the race and Axel Kicillof and Sergio Massa as natural references, Gerardo Zamora and Sergio Uñac enter the discussion due to their good relationship with the former president.Clarín
PoliticsOct 12"Heaven forbid": Mike Johnson says he intends to stay on as GOP leaderHouse Speaker Mike Johnson said last week that he could start a lawn business if the GOP loses the House majority, which he told CBS News' Robert Costa was "tongue in cheek."CBS News
PoliticsOct 12"Heaven forbid": Johnson says he intends to remain GOP leader if Republicans lose majorityHouse Speaker Mike Johnson, who said he made a "tongue-in-cheek" comment last week that he could start a lawn business if the GOP loses the House majority, told CBS News' Robert Costa that he intends to stay on as a Republican leader if "heaven forbid" the GOP loses their majority in the midterm elections.CBS News
PoliticsOct 12Mozambique sets December deadline to surrender illegal weaponsMozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo says authorities will forcibly collect illegally held firearms after December when a police amnesty programme expires.Africanews [en]
PoliticsOct 12Smokescreen politics? Malaysians mock Indonesian official’s ‘we send oxygen’ haze defenceMalaysians have reacted with sarcasm and disbelief to an Indonesian official’s claim that his country provides the region’s oxygen, as toxic smoke from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan chokes neighbouring nations. Syahganda Nainggolan, head of Indonesia’s government communications agency, prompted the backlash after invoking his country’s forests when questioned on Saturday about the severe smog that has forced school closures and triggered health warnings across Malaysia and...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 12EU leaders face budget showdown as Germany leads revolt over spending plansAn Irish compromise proposal for the EU’s long-term budget has drawn fire from the net-paying countries over its size and its focus on cutting ‘modern’ priorities. The Commission and MEPs have countered, warning of the risks of a less ambitious, more rigid budget.EuroNews [en]
PoliticsOct 12Delhi braces for more protests against election chief amid crackdownOpposition parties joined by student groups are back on the streets, disrupting New Delhi with flash marches.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 12What do emergency and governor rule in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mean?Pakistan has taken control of a province governed by Imran Khan’s PTI. Here's what the move means and what happens next.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 12Hispanic Day and political reactions live | The Kings preside over the national holiday events marked by early electionsUno de los detenidos ha agredido a un policía | Sánchez, recibido entre abucheos e insultos a su llegada al desfile militarEl País
PoliticsOct 12Rajya Sabha MP moves SC alleging illegal detention, ‘secret transportation, ‘torture’ on Oct 11The MP said the act of excess and detention was not a stray one, but planned and deliberately executed to mete out physical brutalityThe Hindu
PoliticsOct 12Trump calls for Ukraine to choose a new president as relations with Zelensky hit their lowest point since Oval Office clashRelations between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump have fallen to their “lowest point” since the two clashed in the Oval Office in early 2025, The Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper based its assessment on remarks Trump made to reporters October 10, when he said Ukraine might need a new president:Meduza [en]
PoliticsOct 122027: INEC lists 19 candidates for Taraba governorship electionIncumbent Governor Agbu Kefas and his two closest rivals in the 2023 election are among the 19 contenders The post 2027: INEC lists 19 candidates for Taraba governorship election appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
PoliticsOct 12Bosnia’s New Grand Mufti Looks Forward After Election by Muslim CommunityNedzad Grabus vows progress after winning vote to become new supreme head or Grand Mufti of Bosnia's Islamic Community, a post he will hold for the next seven years.Balkan Insight
PoliticsOct 12Political strategist on how Trump's personal grievances could affect the GOPNPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with political strategist and former senior Republican congressional adviser Rina Shah about how President Trump's personal grievances and projects are affecting the chances of GOP candidates in the upcoming election.NPR News
PoliticsOct 12DOJ investigating five TV networks over White House pool coverage‘Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act’ a DOJ spokesperson claimedThe Independent World
PoliticsOct 12EU decries 'concerning' Trump-Putin deal, insists sanctions on Russia will continueThe Trump-Putin diesel deal has been badly received by EU foreign ministers, who say it undermines transatlantic unity at a time when Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine.EuroNews [en]
PoliticsOct 12Texas' 15th Congressional District provides clues to state's Latino voteThe 15th Congressional District runs from the east of San Antonio all the way down into the Rio Grande Valley. This majority-Latino district provides a window into the Latino vote in Texas.NPR News
PoliticsOct 12Repression and punishment for questioningbirgun · turkey
PoliticsOct 12Judge orders Trump to pull $20M taxpayer-funded ads after legal challengeA Manhattan judge has ordered the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads that promote his political messageThe Independent World