A federal grand jury has issued the first charges against at least one person in Robert Muellers probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.Oct 29, 2017
Public support for US President Donald Trump fell in October to its lowest level since he took office, according to a survey published by The Wall Street Journal and NBC News.Oct 30, 2017
Catalan Parliament voted Friday to declare independence from Spain, prompting the Spanish Senate to invoke Article 155 of the constitution. This article allows the Spanish government to adopt the necessary means to force an autonomous community to comply with the general interests of SpainOct 28, 2017
Government documents have surfaced showing the FBI had substantial evidence of racketeering by Russian officials before the Obama administration approved the Uranium One deal.Oct 28, 2017
President Donald Trump on Thursday (26 October) ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the release of some information to be reviewed further over the next 180 days. Trump allowed the immediate release of the secret files by the National Archives on 26 October following a last-minute scramble to meet a deadline set by the Congress in 1992.Oct 27, 2017
Russia launched four ballistic missiles on 26 October as part of large-scale war games involving the countrys strategic forces. The nuclear capable missiles were launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in western Russia, hitting a target at the Kura military testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula thousands of kilometres away.Oct 27, 2017
Former President George HW Bush was accused this week of sexually assaulting a woman and the man now sitting in the Oval Office has more than a dozen women accusing him of sexual misconduct. But long before public allegations against presidents became more common, the legacy of alleged sexual abuse and harassment from men leading the nation stretches back to Americas earliest days, spanning leaders both iconic and obscure.Oct 26, 2017
Donald Trump and Bob Corkers ongoing feud escalated with the American president calling Corker incompetent, and the US senator naming the White House adult day care center.Oct 25, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the streets of Barcelona on Oct. 21, calling for Catalonia independence. The Spanish government is imposing direct rule in the region, something Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont called the worst attack on the institutions and people of Catalonia since the decrees of the military dictator Francisco Franco.Oct 22, 2017
The snap election is expected to be won by the incumbent President Shinzo Abe. The election is taking place on the same day as Typhoon Lan has hit the country.Oct 22, 2017
Barack Obama is urging Virginia voters to turn out for next months state elections. Former US President Obama on 19 October spoke to supporters at a rally for Democrat Ralph Northam, who is running for governor.Oct 20, 2017
