The world, in perspective.

More than 100 subpoenas issued across 13 states as government ramps up search for alleged noncitizen voters.

<p>KARACHI: Rejecting an application seeking the addition of murder and terrorism charges, a judicial magistrate accepted the charge sheet in the Gul Plaza fire case on Wednesday, in which the police blamed the building management’s “negligence”.</p> <p>The deadly inferno, which erupted on the night of January 17 at the shopping mall and took nearly two days

Oct 28 (Reuters)&nbsp;-&nbsp;A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily block California from&nbsp;counting mail ballots&nbsp;for the&nbsp;midterm&nbsp;elections from more than 20,000 registered voters&nbsp;the department alleges are likely noncitizens.

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will attempt to roll back the years and dethrone WBC super-middleweight champion Christian Mbilli against a backdrop of security concerns in Riyadh. Alvarez returns to the ring on Saturday for the first time in 13 months, having not fought since losing his undisputed 168lb crown to Terence Crawford in September 2025. Despite boasting a

The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

The Justice Department sought an emergency order in the case.

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to require California election officials to separate out mail ballots received from roughly 20,000 people it claims are not U.S. citizens.

A Federal High Court has nullified Delta State’s 5% consumption tax on transactions already covered by the federal Value Added Tax (VAT) regime. Read More: https://punchng.com/court-rejects-deltas-5-consumption-tax-on-vat-transactions/

The Federal Government’s six-month transport allowance for workers, estimated to cost N465bn, has been rejected by the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/fgs-workers-transport-allowance-gulps-n465bn-tuc-rejects-deal/

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday criticised media reports linking major corporations, including Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc, to the government's household solar rooftop scheme, rejecting claims that the project was designed to favour large businesses.

The committee directed the State government to explore the possibility of locating the proposed project on suitable non-forest land before pursuing forest clearance

Free agent Jadon Sancho turns down a move to La Liga, Desire Doue is in talks with Paris St-Germain about a contract extension, and Everton are considering a move for Marcus Rashford.

Read the top stories for Wednesday, including the TUC’s rejection of the FG’s N70,000 allowance and the UK’s new student visa financial requirements. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-tuc-rejects-n70000-allowance-uk-hikes-student-visa-funds-other-top-stories/

Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. Russell Brand was told he “has a platform with followers in the millions” and has not been “taken apart by the media” during questioning by the prosecution today at Southwark Crown Court. Brand was being probed by barrister Riel […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students has rejected the fee increase at Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, giving the management a five-day ultimatum. Read More: https://punchng.com/nans-rejects-ado-poly-fee-hike-demands-immediate-reversal/

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed N70,000 transport allowance, demanding a permanent salary increase for w Read More: https://punchng.com/tuc-rejects-fgs-proposed-n70000-transport-allowance-demands-salary-increase/

Suhail Sajeev, the prime accused, and three co-passengers, Ninav, Ameen Sha and Joyal S., all aged 19, had approached the court after a Magistrate court had rejected their bail applications

Chris Bishop cited doubts over its benefits and potential environmental effects.

Prosecutors aimed to charge Cassidy Hutchinson over testimony about President Trump's conduct the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by his supporters.

Former president knows Ireland has no intention of joining Nato, Micheál Martin says

Residents of Serua Island want to protect their ancestral home and the culture linked to it. The island also boasts "$100 million views."

A court has overturned the Gold Coast council's approval of a $130 million, 14-storey Kirra tower, finding its design "lacks coherence and harmony" and did not justify exceeding the height limit.

Anthropic admitted that its Claude chatbot accessed voter statistics in Georgia without being instructed to do so. Also on Monday, an appeals court ruled against the Trump administration's bid to block certain votes in California. CBS News election law expert and contributor David Becker has more.

Obafemi Awolowo University has rejected claims of ethnic bias in its admission process, dismissing a viral petition alleging discrimination against Yoruba Read More: https://punchng.com/oau-rejects-ethnic-bias-claims-in-admission-process/

Department officials have rejected Anthony Albanese's claim that a $6 million grant to the Marrickville Golf Club was partly designed to fix sewerage issues. Follow live.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of President Trump, was reelected Sunday in a runoff over right-wing opponent Flávio Bolsonaro, who is refusing to concede defeat.

Andre McKechnie, 55, is serving a life sentence for murder. He took his battle for the salty, sticky, black-brown byproduct of brewing beer to the court last year. He argued being refused Vegemite breached the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act.

Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled after an evening of chaos at some polling places that followed a last-minute decision to extend voting by two hours.

Petition accuses Tamil Nadu Minister N. Anand and four former AIADMK MLAs of horse-trading to secure a majority in Assembly

Pointing out that the Palace Board and the palace, barring the portion allotted to the erstwhile royal family for its residence, belong to the Government of Karnataka, he says the government has the authority to decide how the Dasara should be conducted

<p>The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected allegations made by the Afghan Taliban government regarding civilian casualties in Islamabad’s counterterrorism campaign in the neighbouring country, maintaining that Pakistan’s conduct always “reflected restraint” and the response was “proportionate to the level of threat”.</p> <p>The Afghan Taliban have repeate

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 &mdash; Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed claim...

Daiichi Life's Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger at 11.80 Australian dollars per share.

Two days before his 81st birthday, Brazil's president clinches a historic fourth term. But his opponent is refusing to accept defeat.

Critics say prime minister’s proposal would turn country into an economic pariah

<p>The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was “arming Afghans to fight the Taliban”.</p> <p>The ministry’s response came a day after Khalilzad, who <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1431125">served</a> as special representative to Afghanistan during the

MELAKA, Oct 24 &mdash; Barisan Nasional (BN) will stick to its agreement to allocate seven seats it is not contesting to...

HC judge, however, says that he has passed certain directions to the special executive magistrate (SEM) on providing all material to the student leader in the proceedings

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 &mdash; Navigation app Waze rejected on Friday Malaysia&rsquo;s allegations that it could exploit u...

Middle Eastern oil producers are offering steep discounts while Nigeria’s finance minister rejects price capping for local refineries due to low supply. Read More: https://punchng.com/middle-east-offers-oil-discounts-as-nigeria-rejects-price-capping/

In a social media post Wednesday, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe accused the Opposition of using AI to write its health care plan. NDP leader Carla Beck disputed his claims.

Hospital Superintendent says decision to provide SMA patients with a less expensive, generic version of the original molecule against SMA, in place of the imported original drug costing several lakhs of rupees for a single vial, was taken by a technical committee comprising experts in the field

Devaswom secretary Girish Kumar alleges police lapses during the festival in 2024, sees attempt to shift blame onto the Devaswom. Crime Branch reportedly submitted the probe report to the government, seeking permission to prosecute eight office-bearers of Thiruvambady Devaswom

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said it was not briefed before the announcement of the State Presidential Campaign Committee for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. The party said this on Thursday, a few hours before the scheduled inauguration of the campaign council. This was contained in a statement signed Read More: https

<p>KARACHI: A local court on Thursday rejected TV anchorperson Iqrarul Hassan’s bail plea in a cybercrime case pertaining to the alleged dissemination of anti-state content.</p> <p>Hassan was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2036758">arrested</a> last week for allegedly disseminating anti-state, false and defamatory content through his official social medi

Claims that Waze collects sensitive government information or lets others exploit user data are completely false, the company says.

Magistrate court points out there is no specific evidence currently to show the accused is facing safety threats at the facility

After spending seven days in jail, Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have been released following an order by a Special Executive Magistrate court in Delhi. The two leaders were detained after the October 13 protest at Jantar Mantar and had been held in judicial custody while police sought preventive action against them. The court e

The US president has turned his attention to France, but his comments were dismissed by French leader Macron.

Raghoo Puri said this presents member states with a fait accompli, an unfortunate situation for an organisation already facing challenges to its legitimacy

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 &mdash; The High Court today rejected a bid by the teenager acquitted of murdering his schoolmate Y...

The Nigeria Customs Service has rejected 397 applicants from its recent recruitment exercise over issues including drug abuse, fitness, and documentation. Read More: https://punchng.com/customs-rejects-397-applicants-over-drug-abuse-other-issues/

Italy rejected 2,220 asylum applications from Nigerians in 2025 out of 3,385 total requests, according to a new report from the European Council on Refugee Read More: https://punchng.com/italy-rejects-2220-nigerians-seeking-asylum/

Councillors voted 6-5 to reject the request to waive development contributions.

The Senate has rejected petrol import figures from the NMDPRA for 2022 and 2023 due to wide discrepancies with records from the NNPCL, summoning both. Read More: https://punchng.com/petrol-imports-senate-rejects-nmdpra-figures-summons-nnpcl-neiti/

Trump’s EPA can't unilaterally dismiss SpaceXAI pollution lawsuit, court rules.

Egypt on Wednesday rejected the Libyan House of Representatives’ ratification of a 2019 maritime memorandum with Türkiye, saying the move has no legal effect on Cairo and reiterating its opposition to any action that conflicts with Egypt’s declared maritime boundaries. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Cairo continued to regard the memorandum, signed by the form

In an unsigned order, the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal seeking to revive a policy ending certain medical treatments for transgender inmates.