Top events in Asia and Oceania October 28 - November 3.
1. The counting of votes in the Israeli elections confirmed the loss of the parliamentary majority by the Netanyahu bloc. His allies won 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, the main opposition bloc 48, and the Arab parties a record 19.
2. Trump announced his intention to end annual US military aid to Israel in the amount of $4 billion after 2026. The US president claims that he agreed on this with Netanyahu while maintaining the possibility of selling weapons to Israel, even though the current memorandum provides aid in the amount of 3.8 billion dollars annually until September 2028.
3. Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq made the first state visit of an Omani monarchy to China in the history of diplomatic relations.
4. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev did not come to the summit of the Organization of Turkish States in Ankara, despite Erdogan's personal invitation. Relations between the allies have been strained by Turkish politicians' criticism of restrictions on headscarves in Azerbaijani schools, as well as disagreements over Israel and Armenian-Turkish rapprochement.
5. In Bangladesh, protests by garment workers shut down nearly 700 factories. The workers demand to raise the monthly minimum wage from 12.5 thousand to 30 thousand taka ($245). The industry employs about 4 million people and provides more than 80% of the country's export revenue.
6. Tens of thousands of Indian opposition supporters came to New Delhi demanding the resignation of the head of the election commission, Gyanesh Kumar. The Congress leader accused authorities of manipulating voter lists, whose revisions affected more than 130 million entries since last year.
7. Fiji's parliamentary committee recommended postponing the ratification of the agreements with Australia and continuing negotiations on their terms. The legislators demanded clarification of the obligations regarding mutual defense, deployment of foreign military personnel, intelligence sharing and protection of sovereign information.