Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday accused the Kremlin of "weaponizing food" after it announced that it would suspend its participation in an agreement allowing grain exports to leave Ukrainian ports.
Former President Trump defended hosting a tournament from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit at his family-controlled 800-acre golf club in Miami in a brief interview with the New York Times published Sunday.
Why it matters: Trump deflected concerns about Saudi influence and its tarnished humanrights record by criticizing the U.S., claiming, "We have human rights issues in this country too."
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday she is confident in the integrity of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections.
Why it matters: Easterly's comments come after researchers at Google-owned Mandiant said last week they detected a group operating in support of the Chinese government attempting to influence and disrupt the upcoming elections.
Brazilians will decide Sunday between right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist challenger, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in what has become a nail-biter of an election.
Why it matters: Experts say Brazil's democracy — just over three decades old — is at stake.
South Korean officials said Sunday evening that at least 153 people were killed and 133 more were injured during a Halloween event in Seoul, the Associated Press reports.
The big picture: The horrifying incident appears to be one of the deadliest disasters in South Korea since the Sewol ferry capsized in 2014 and 304 were killed.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, called 911 and spoke in code to a dispatcher while an intruder was inside their San Francisco home, police said Friday.
Driving the news: Paul Pelosi told the intruder he had to use the bathroom, where his phone was charging, and made the 911 call, leaving the line open, a source told the Los Angeles Times.
Protests in Iran over the in-custody death of Mahsa Amini entered the seventh week, as the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned protesters that Saturday will be their last day taking to the streets, per Reuters.
Why it matters: Hossein Salami's warning, which uses some of the toughest language since the demonstrations began last month, is a sign that security forces may intensify their crackdown on unrest rocking the country.
During his visit to Washington earlier this week, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tried to ease the Biden administration's concerns about the expected rise of the radical right in the upcoming elections and asked U.S. officials to wait until the government is formed before jumping to conclusions, five Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The Biden administration is concerned that if opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu wins Tuesday's elections, he will form a government with extreme right-wing parties and Jewish supremacists, including Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smortich, will be made senior ministers and be part of the security cabinet.
Russia accused British navy personnel of directing Ukrainian drone attacks on ships in Crimea on Saturday and of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, per Reuters.
Driving the news: The U.K. has denied the allegations, saying the false claims are intended to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.
