Law and crime

A court in Andhra Pradesh, India, sentences five people to death for the November 2015 assassination of the mayor of Chittoor and her husband. (The Times of India)

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/chittoor-mayor-husband-murder-case-andhra-court-hands-out-death-penalty-for-5-people/articleshow/124987208.cms

Politics and elections

Moldova's parliament appoints Alexandru Munteanu as prime minister following the victory of President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity in the September election. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-appoints-pro-eu-munteanu-prime-minister-2025-10-31/