Jordan carried out airstrikes Monday (October 27) evening against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in the southern Jordanian city of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force said in a statement. Syrian authorities said at least six people were killed.
NYTimes – World Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in the attack last week on a Greek Orthodox Church in southern Jordan.
NYTimes – World Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in the attack last week on a Greek Orthodox Church in southern Jordan.
NYTimes – World Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after a student-led protest movement won a parliamentary majority in Serbia's elections, ending roughly 14 years of his dominance. The opposition Student List is projected to secure a majority following nearly two years of protests. Vučić, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and denounced the movement as foreign-led, acknowledged the loss in an early speech.
BBC News – World Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected to a fourth term in a tight runoff against right-wing challenger Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, official results showed. Lula won 51.7% of the vote to Bolsonaro's 48.2%. Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would seek to have the vote annulled, following an evening of chaos at some polling places after voting was extended by two hours.
Sky News – World Jordanian authorities arrested three men after a deadly attack on a church during a funeral procession in the western village of Hammoud. The suspects were wounded in a dawn shootout with security forces. The Jordanian director of public security called the assailants Islamic extremists. The death toll was reported as eight or nine. Jordan also carried out strikes on "militant hideouts" in Syria that it said were linked to the attack; Syria gave a different account.
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