Sunday, November 1, 2026
Every news article the Bureau published that day — 15 articles, newest first. Past days never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.
Congress in the balance: a blue wave, a blue trickle, or chaos as usual?
With voting on Tuesday, November 3, Democrats are favored to retake the House and have a real shot at the Senate. The models say wave; the map says maybe. Fifty-two million have already voted — and the money race underneath it all belongs to one man.
PoliticsThe Iran war goes to the ballot box: how Tuesday's midterms became a referendum on eight months of conflict
Two days before Americans vote, polls show the war with Iran has fused with the cost-of-living crisis to become one of the campaign's defining issues — 75 percent of voters are deeply concerned, 57 percent oppose the war, and even Republicans are distancing themselves. The question now is whether war-weariness moves votes, or only prices.
WorldWhy Rabat is celebrating the fall of a 35-year UN mission in the Moroccan Sahara
A day after Russia's veto sank the US draft and let MINURSO's mandate expire, Morocco's Royal Cabinet called the non-renewal a major step toward closing the file at the UN, said the mission's personnel should leave the southern provinces in the coming days, and Laayoune's streets filled with flags and portraits of King Mohammed VI.
WorldIsrael election: with no bloc at 61, Herzog must name a government-maker by November 11
Final results leave Netanyahu at 53 seats and Eisenkot at 48, with the Arab parties’ record 19 seats holding the balance of power. Consultations open at the President’s Residence on Wednesday; the first mandate must be handed out by November 11 — or Israel drifts back toward the polls.
SportsHamilton takes first Ferrari pole in Mexico as Antonelli stands one ninth place from history
Lewis Hamilton beat George Russell by nine-thousandths of a second for his first Ferrari pole in Mexico City — while Kimi Antonelli starts fourth needing only ninth to become Formula One's youngest champion.
SportsDakar 2026: Africa's first Olympic Games begin as Senegal opens the Youth Olympics
On Saturday night at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye declared open the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games — ending more than 130 years of Olympic history without an African edition, before some 2,700 young athletes from 205 delegations.
PoliticsJamaal Bowman: “If I had kept my mouth shut, I’d be in Congress”
On Al Jazeera’s UpFront, the former New York congressman says his outspoken support for Palestinian rights — and the AIPAC millions it drew — cost him his seat, as a new progressive wave tests the Democratic establishment days before the midterms.
PoliticsThousands march across Israel demanding a Jewish-Arab coalition to oust Netanyahu
From Habima Square to Paris Square, protesters urged opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to turn the opposition's 48 seats and the Arab parties' record 19 into a 67-seat government — as Netanyahu called the idea ‘a disaster for Israel’.
PoliticsTrump says U.S. still has 'one or two targets' to take care of in Iran — and names Pickaxe Mountain
Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday, Donald Trump said America had 'knocked out' Iran's nuclear programme but still had 'one or two sites' left to handle 'in 10 minutes' — even as he insisted negotiations to end the eight-month war were 'going fine' and that he was 'not in a hurry' for new strikes.
PoliticsRogers hands El-Sayed a mock birthday gift basket in Michigan’s final-days Senate fight
At a Sterling Heights rally on Saturday, Republican Mike Rogers wished Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a happy Halloween birthday — then pulled gag gifts from a basket, each one a jab at his rival’s record. Three days before Michigan votes, the stunt distilled a race that has turned deeply personal.
PoliticsWhat we know about the Vance letter and the latest efforts to end the US-Iran war
Tehran says the tone in Washington has "completely changed" after a personal letter from Vice President JD Vance — while both capitals still dispute what the outreach was really about, and American war plans keep moving.
PoliticsAt midnight, the mandate lapsed: MINURSO stands down after 35 years in the Moroccan Sahara
At the stroke of midnight on November 1, the United Nations mission in the Moroccan Sahara lost its legal mandate — the first time in 35 years. MINURSO told its staff to stay home, Washington pledged an orderly withdrawal, and Rabat's Royal Cabinet declared a 35-year chapter closed.
PoliticsTwice rejected: the Qatari interference claims Israel's own election referee dismissed
After the October 27 Knesset vote handed Arab lists a record 19 seats, Benjamin Netanyahu accused Qatar of secretly buying the surge and called the election “stolen”. Israel's Central Elections Committee says the vote was lawful and the count stands; Doha calls the claims a disinformation campaign. The Shin Bet has one week to report.
EconomyRare, roomy and pricey: inside Singapore's niche jumbo HDB flat market
On September 25, 2026, Singapore's Housing Board said it is reviewing the 1993 Conversion Scheme after a combined "jumbo" flat in Telok Blangah was listed at S$2.18 million — more than 40 percent above comparable sales. The listing has turned a niche corner of public housing into a national affordability debate.
PoliticsMamdani says Trump agreed to grant visa to mother of Ghanaian teen killed in Bronx shooting
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Saturday that President Donald Trump agreed, in a phone call, to grant an immediate visa to Doris Adu Gyamfi so she can travel from Ghana to say goodbye to her 15-year-old son, Javits Frimpong, shot dead on his way to school in the Bronx on Thursday.