Israeli strike likely hit important Iran missile base

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel's attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed.

Senior member of Myanmar's former rulers dies in prison

BANGKOK (AP) - Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar's former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, died Monday while serving a prison sentence that was considered politically motivated. He was 72.

Readers aren't happy about newspaper non-endorsements

The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry’s financial troubles the past two decades, in part because owners reason that it makes no sense to alienate some subscribers by taking a clear stand in a politically polarizing time.

Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term Monday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case involving a government minister in the Asian financial hub.

Editorials from Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and other major newspapers

Oct. 26 – The Washington Post on EPA rule requiring lead pipes gone within a decade. It is almost impossible to be against a rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency this month requiring utilities to replace all lead pipes within a decade.

Can China's Communist Party make it to 100?

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power.

Bannon spends first day out of prison stumping for Trump

NEW YORK (AP) - Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from federal prison early Tuesday and immediately resumed his full-throated support for the former president, urging Republicans to turn out in large numbers next week to defeat Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.