Hundreds of thousands marched across France on October 31 as Halloween protests turned violent in Paris, and student unions vowed new school and university blockades next week.
Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took charge as India’s 29th Air Force chief on October 31, succeeding Amar Preet Singh amid a fighter shortfall and modernisation push.
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 31, minutes after walking out of Rampur jail on bail in a separate case.
Quad foreign ministers met in Atlanta on October 31, warning against economic coercion and pledging secure supply chains ahead of a leaders’ summit in Manila.
Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, director of Kaante and Kaabil, has died at 59 after a fall at his Mumbai home, prompting tributes from across Bollywood.
Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky reached Ukrainian-controlled territory on October 31 after a 19-hour journey under a rare ceasefire mediated with help from US First Lady Melania Trump.
Poland’s president cut short a trip to Senegal and flew home after the Constitutional Tribunal chief was suspended, triggering protests outside the Warsaw court.
The Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 5,000, government data show, as the Bundibugyo outbreak spreads to eight provinces and beyond.
Two foreign nationals died and two others were injured in a suspected electrocution at a Bengaluru hotel pool on Friday evening, police said, as an investigation begins.
Four people died and two were injured after a fire broke out in a shoe factory in Delhi’s Mangolpuri Industrial Area on Friday night, with police and fire officials investigating the cause.