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.
The threat came hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea in a speech to the UN.
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.
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.
Brain Clayton, a protester from a group called Americans take Action, was taken into custody following the incident.
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.
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.
The man, dressed in braces and a t-shirt covered in swastikas, was surrounded by protesters outside the event at the University of Florida on 19 October.
The last major illustration by Tintin creator Herge will be put up for auction on Saturday (21 October) in Liege. Herge made the drawing, that included Tintin, his dog Snowy, Captain Haddock and a host of familiar characters, as a study for a mural at the Stockel metro station in Brussels.
Playboy will feature its first ever transgender and amp;#39;playmate and amp;#39; in the upcoming November issue.The french model Ines Ray will be centerfold, a first in Playboy and amp;#39;s 64- year history.
The former US President made the comments while speaking at a George W. Bush Institute event on New York on 19 October. While never actually mentioning Trumps name, Bush rallied against bigotry and white supremacy, adding that modern politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.
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.
US President Donald Trump has a strange relationship with the military. The Commander-in-Chief regularly praises the troops, and has positioned himself their champion. However, in the past he has caused controversy with comments about the armed forces, whether it be feuding with a Gold Star family, banning transgender people from the military, or claiming Senator John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured.
South Korean and US troops have begun five days of joint naval drills amid North Koreas renewal of its threat to fire missiles near the American territory of Guam.
Tens of thousands took to the streets of Barcelona on Oct. 17 as the region refused to bow to the Spanish government and amp;#39;s demand that it renounces a symbolic declaration of independence. The Spanish government has threatened to put Catalonia, which accounts for a fifth of the economy, under direct central rule if its government does not abandon independence by Oct. 19.