Israel looks to be in political deadlock. With 85% of votes counted, neither incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nor his key challenger Gadi Eisenkot, look set to have sufficient seats for a majority.

After his far-right coalition lost 11 seats in the election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to discredit the results by claiming there was mass voting fraud in Arab communities. Why it matters: Netanyahu appears to be trying to spook the opposition bloc out of cooperating with Arab parties to form a new government.

Israel’s election ended without a clear winner after neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Gadi Eisenkot failed to win enough seats to govern.

Israelis are waiting for final election results to confirm what is becoming clear: a lack of majority for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his opponents

Bitcoin fell below $77,000 for the first time in over a month after Binance Holdings, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said it had been hacked.

Bitcoin fell on Friday as concerns over a potential security breach at cryptocurrency exchange Binance rattled digital asset markets.

Binance halted trading Thursday after hackers allegedly linked to North Korea stole more than $6 billion, the largest crypto hack in history. Why it matters: The attack comes after a wave of high-profile cyber intrusions and data breaches during "Black October," when a series of security incidents and AI-discovered bugs triggered fears of a global crisis. Driving the news: Binance co-founder Yi He said on X that the crypto exchange had suspended...

Binance may have been hacked. The popular crypto exchange announced a "potential security issue" on Thursday, freezing withdrawals after an apparent hacker drained hot wallets of more than $5.7 billion in cryptocurrency.

Brazilian Senator ​Flavio Bolsonaro ‌said on ‌Wednesday ⁠he left ⁠the country to the ​United States ​to avoid the "politicization ⁠of the ⁠justice ⁠system in ​Brazil," claiming without ​evidence ⁠that he ⁠was the rightful president-elect despite his ⁠defeat to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The defeated Brazilian presidential candidate arrived in the U.S. after defying a judicial order to surrender his passports.

Flávio Bolsonaro released an inflammatory open letter on Wednesday claiming fraud in Sunday’s presidential election in Brazil, just hours after he arrived in the US in breach of a travel ban. Providing no evidence that the election result had been manipulated,

Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated Flavio Bolsonaro on Sunday.

North Korea's ​Defence Ministry said in a statement ‌published by state media KCNA on Friday that the South Korea-US Freedom Flag ​air defence drills were increasing ​tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea says that leader Kim Jong Un has called for rapidly expanding drone technology and observed tests of various weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures during a conference of company commanders for North Korea's Army, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 24,

South Korea said it was strengthening surveillance and maintaining readiness for additional launches, while closely sharing information with the U.S. and Japan.

Spain has begun three days of national mourning after 69 people were killed and over 100 injured in a high-speed train collision, the third deadly incident this year on the country’s rail network.

More than 50 others were injured, local emergency services said, in an incident that marked Spain's second train disaster this year.

Families are desperately searching for missing loved ones after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain

The collision occurred near the towns of Mora, Orgaz and Urda.

An aid ⁠convoy ⁠started moving overnight ⁠towards the Russian-held town of Oleshky in ​southern Ukraine, carrying food and medical supplies among ‌other items, the Russian ‌newspaper Izvestia said on Friday.

A planned six-day ceasefire brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump has brought rare quiet to the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson

Overnight, Russian forces launched 112 attack drones, 40 of the jet-powered, at Ukraine, according to the Air Force.

Humanitarian aid is poised to roll into the stricken city of Oleshky on Friday, a Ukrainian official said, as a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine stretched into a third day and military units cleared away landmines.