New Zealand votes in a general election on November 7 with opinion polls pointing to another close contest between the ruling centre-right National-led coalition and opposition parties, the largest of which is the centre-left Labour Party.

Australia’s 188-year-old department store chain, David Jones, was placed into voluntary administration on Thursday after ​negotiations with landlord Scentre Group (SCG.AX), opens new tab over outstanding ‌rental payments broke down, media reported.

Democrats vowed on Wednesday to use their resounding midterm victory to rein in President Donald Trump, setting up two years of possible deadlock in Washington, as Trump spent his ​first post-election appearance showing off his under-construction White House ballroom.

An opposition party organiser was killed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province late on ​Monday.

Conservative US Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic toward a challenge by Catholic groups to a Colorado law barring anti-LGBT discrimination at publicly funded preschools in a case ​that could further bolster the rights of religious people and institutions.

US President Donald Trump said he had made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

At least seven flights and a cruise ship in Europe received bomb threats on Tuesday, causing disruption at airports although no devices were discovered.

Iran and the United States are still far from a deal to end their war.

Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente said ​on Tuesday he would ‌resign after two deadly train crashes in less ​than a year, without ​specifying when he will ⁠leave his post.

An Indian national was ‌killed and a New Zealander injured after two helicopters collided as they prepared to land ​in Nepal’s Mount Everest region, authorities said.

US President raised doubts about whether he would follow through on a threatened resumption of military ​strikes against Iran.

Cyclone Murasu began making landfall along India’s eastern coast early ​on Tuesday, the country’s weather department ‌said, the second storm to hit the region in a week as authorities evacuated thousands ​of people to safety.