Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat as student-led list wins snap election on record turnout
Aleksandar Vucic admitted his party lost Sunday's snap parliamentary election to the Student List, which he said will take 135 to 140 of 250 seats.
Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil, projections show, after overtaking Flávio Bolsonaro in a dramatic count
Lula won Brazil's run-off against Flávio Bolsonaro, according to the electoral tribunal (TSE). Update, October 26: Bolsonaro says he will seek the annulment of the vote; see our follow-up story.
El Niño rains have now affected more than 28,000 people in Ecuador, with three deaths since the red alert began
Ecuador's risk management agency counts 629 adverse events in 23 provinces since August 29. The number of people affected has grown by roughly 9,000 in under two weeks.
María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after ten months abroad, reappearing at a church in Barquisimeto
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader announced on Sunday, October 25, that she was back in Venezuela, after at least seven failed attempts to return.
Quito’s ‘VaQnas’ case reaches the National Assembly: lawmakers set to vote Tuesday on probing alleged forced payments by city workers
Ecuador's Assembly is expected to vote on October 27 on investigating claims that Quito municipal employees were pressured to fund political activity linked to Mayor Pabel Muñoz, who rejects the accusations.
Ecuador’s exporters urge the Constitutional Court to fast-track trade deals with the US, Canada and the UAE
Fedexpor says only 53% of Ecuador's non-oil exports enjoy trade-agreement coverage, against more than 85% in Colombia, Peru and Chile. The US deal now also needs National Assembly approval.
Serbia votes in snap election as Vucic’s party faces a student movement born from the Novi Sad tragedy
Polls open until 8 p.m. local time in a parliamentary vote that pits the ruling Serbian Progressive Party against the Students' List. Surveys point to a tight race.
Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missile aimed at Riyadh as the capital’s airport reopens under fresh threats
The Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed a ballistic missile and a drone aimed at Riyadh and ten more missiles over the south, hours after King Khalid International Airport resumed flights.
Brazil votes in razor-thin run-off as Lula seeks a fourth term against Flávio Bolsonaro
More than 158 million Brazilians are called to the polls on Sunday. Final surveys give Flávio Bolsonaro a one-to-two-point edge over Lula, inside the margin of error.
Kim Jong Un crosses into China over newly opened Yalu River bridge on one-day visit to Dandong
North Korea's leader visited the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday, days after the long-delayed New Yalu River Bridge opened, and was greeted by senior official Wang Huning on behalf of Xi Jinping.