SINGAPORE – After all the years of underachievement, unrealistic dreams, heart breaks and false dawns, the Lions celebrated their biggest accomplishment in Singapore football history as they secured a maiden Asian Cup qualification with a comeback 2-1 away win over Hong Kong at the Kai Tak Stadium on Nov 18.On the back of a remarkable perfect away record against Bangladesh, India and Hong Kong in five Group C games, the world No. 155 Lions have clinched top spot on 11 points with a game to spare.They cannot be overtaken by 148th-ranked Hong Kong, who have eight points but an inferior head-to-head record after this defeat and a 0-0 draw in Singapore in March.The raucous atmosphere created by the majority of the scarf-waving home fans in the 47,762-strong crowd – with about 2,000 Singapore supporters – made for a nervy start with 41-year-old Hong Kong goalkeeper Wang Zhenpeng dropping a 10th-minute Song Ui-young free-kick.

In Newport, Middlesbrough, six out of seven children are currently classed as living in poverty, meaning their households have an income that is 60 percent less than average.

I am not the only one who thinks Princess Beatrice should be lying low right now, rather than putting her head above the parapet, writes AMANDA PLATELL.

Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat has emphasised that recent parliamentary changes requiring foreign advisers working in Vanuatu’s security sector to be stationed at neutral venues or their respective embassies, and to obtain ministerial authorisation before accessing government premises, are “necessary…

The Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities has revealed in Parliament that he does not yet know how much revenue Vanuatu receives from the management of its airspace.

The Government of Vanuatu will officially launch the National Housing Policy 2025–2035 in Port Vila at the Seafront stage, Feiawa Park on 19 November (tomorrow).

The Vanuatu Teachers Union (VTU) will not enter into a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the government until all teachers’ back pay is paid in full.

Twenty-one custom chiefs from across Vanuatu have convened to call for an urgent review of the Land Reform Act, saying the legislation has not fully benefited indigenous landowners since its introduction.

The AA says forecourt pricing is on the 'knife edge' of returning to pre-Covid record levels.

Kate, 43, personally wrote the correspondence to coincide with the new photographic exhibition, This Is Also Motherhood, on display this week at Phillips in London.

The family of four fell violently ill at their hotel in Istanbul on November 11, just two days after arriving from Hamburg, Germany.

Keir Starmer is making what has been billed as a highly personal appearance on The Only Way is Essex alumnus's podcast Man Made.

There was a higher record level of net migration in 2023. But vastly more Britons are emigrating leaving figures down over a longer period, the Office for National Statistics figures said.

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) represents the first international treaty negotiated under the authority of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the first global public health treaty. It was adopted by the World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003 and entered into force on 27 February 2005. 183 Parties have signed this treaty, covering 90% of the world population. The Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO FCTC will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 17th to the 22nd of November 2025, bringing together Parties to advance global tobacco control policies and implementation. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

In accordance with contractual commitments, the Russian side will not only build the nuclear plant but will also supply fuel throughout the plant operation period and render assistance to Egyptian partners in training plant staff

According to Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, among other high-ranking officials, will deliver speeches

The prisoner said that he was also mobilized, despite medical contraindications

According to the document, Russia’s GDP will grow by 1.3% in 2026, and by almost 7% in three years, reaching around $3.4 trillion in nominal terms

In October, the Telegraph daily published an interview with Pein, in which he spoke about how important chess was in Russia and called for resorting to all measures to uphold sanctions against Russian chess players, even using political levers of pressure

The European Commission has cut its forecast for the bloc’s 2026 economic growth amid risks posed by US tariffs and geopolitical tensions Read Full Article at RT.com

The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday will vote to release additional investigation files related to the deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to adopt a «zero tolerance» approach to terrorism, emphasizing its founding purpose. Speaking in Moscow, he also called for reforms in the organization's working methods to adapt to the evolving global landscape. Jaishankar highlighted India's right to defend its people against terrorism.

Jan Suraaj supremo Prashant Kishor accepted full responsibility for his party's complete failure in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, admitting he could not earn voters' trust. Despite contesting 238 seats, Jan Suraaj won none, with Kishor vowing to intensify his work in Bihar and observe a silent fast as atonement.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that the 2020 Delhi riots were a pre-planned attempt to divide society communally, not a spontaneous protest. He argued accused activists are responsible for trial delays. Meanwhile, the Delhi high court directed police to update on riot investigations, noting petitions have been pending for six years without pursuing alternate legal remedies.

Bengal BJP assures Hindus and Muslims face no fear regarding voter list deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Opposition parties, including TMC and SP, question the SIR, alleging it's a 'silent, invisible rigging' by the Election Commission at BJP's behest, while BJP dismisses these claims as 'cry of the losers'.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla criticized Congress MP Imran Masood for calling suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi a «misguided youth.» Poonawalla accused the Congress of prioritizing vote bank politics over national interest, citing past instances where opposition leaders allegedly downplayed terror acts. The remarks came after a video emerged of the bomber justifying his actions.

Four Jungian archetypes explain why Bihar voted the way it did.

India is under mounting pressure from the Trump administration to reduce its energy dependence on Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

Nigeria’s military earlier denied the abduction and killing of Brigadier-General M. Uba by militants as a “fake narrative” Read Full Article at RT.com

An “adversary” has begun preparing for war, creating the conditions for “aggression,” Polish General Wieslaw Kukula claims   Read Full Article at RT.com

Reuters news agency, citing a Turkish source, reported that US special envoy Steve Witkoff plans to visit Turkey on November 19

Vladimir Zelensky announced earlier that he would visit Turkey on November 19 to «reinvigorate negotiations» on resolving the Ukraine conflict

Igor Dodon emphasized that this runs counter to the neutrality enshrined in the Moldovan Constitution and harms social programs

The total exports of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization members in 2024 amounted to about one fifth of global exports, Mikhail Mishustin said