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Scotland are one home win away from securing a place in next year's World Cup despite suffering a 3-2 defeat by Greece on Saturday, with Denmark's 2-2 draw with Belarus in the other Group C game offering a lifeline and setting up a blockbuster clash with the Danes on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Denmark top the group with 11 points after five games. Scotland, who could not find an equaliser even though they clawed back from three goals down, are second with 10 points after suffering their first defeat of the campaign.

While a first-place finish clinches an automatic spot in next year's finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Saturday's result guaranteed Scotland at least a qualifying playoff spot, according to Reuters.

At least four people have died after two boats carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the coast of Libya on Saturday, rescue workers have said, BBC reported.

Those confirmed to have died by the Libyan Red Crescent so far were all passengers in a boat carrying 26 Bangladeshi nationals.

The humanitarian group did not say whether there were further fatalities among passengers in a second boat which sank while carrying around 70 mostly Sudanese people, according to BBC.

People granted asylum in the UK will have to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently, under plans due to be announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday, BBC reported.

The major shake-up to asylum policy comes as the government seeks to reduce small boat crossings and asylum claims.

Under the plans, people who are granted asylum will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, with their refugee status regularly reviewed and those whose home countries are then deemed safe told to return, according to BBC.

At least 120 people - 100 of them police officers - have been injured in clashes during anti-government protests in Mexico City, police said, BBC reported.

Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Mexican capital on Saturday to protest against violent crime and President Claudia Sheinbaum's government.

Sheinbaum said the marches, which also took place in other cities, had been funded by right-wing politicians who oppose her government, according to BBC.

Disagreements between Donald Trump and Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene have ballooned into a public feud, signalling a breakdown in relations between the US president and one of his fiercest defenders, BBC reported.

On Friday, Trump called Greene "wacky" in social media posts and said she should be unseated in next year's elections. On Saturday, he called her a "traitor". 

Greene has in recent days questioned whether Trump was still putting "America First" and criticised his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to BBC.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki has urged the Election Commission (EC) to extend the timeline for voter registration, taking into account the enthusiasm and pressure seen in voter registration.

Speaking on the phone with the Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari today, Prime Minister Karki requested the EC for an extension, the PM's secretariat said.

The EC had set November 30 as the deadline for the registration of voter's name list.  

After the request of PM Karki, Officiating Chief Commissioner Bhandari said the EC was positive to extend the deadline by five days. 

There is a high pressure for the online registration of names in the voter list after it became possible to register names in the voters name list based on the details of national identity card. 

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Karki had also expressed her concern to the EC regarding the issues seen in the 'internet server'.

Speaker Devaraj Ghimire has described the dissolution of the parliament as an unconstitutional, illegal, and undemocratic move, stating that it must be reinstated immediately. Speaking with journalists on Friday at his private residence in Birtamod, Jhapa, Ghimire argued that reinstating the parliament is the only lawful solution to the country’s current political instability.

“The dissolution of the parliament, carried out beyond the scope of the Constitution, has pushed the country toward uncertainty,” he said. He added that the immediate need is the reinstatement of the parliament, which is the only lawful path.

Speaker Ghimire also expressed the expectation that the Supreme Court will hear the case on the reinstatement of the parliament promptly and deliver a positive verdict based on legal, practical, and national considerations. RSS

Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa has proposed December 13–14 as the dates to hold the party’s special convention to elect new leadership.

Speaking at the party’s ongoing Central Committee meeting, Thapa said that since some leaders have not agreed to hold the regular convention promptly, the party should instead go for a special convention, which will pave the way for a regular general convention within a short time.

Amid internal disputes over the timing of the convention, Thapa said that the ongoing Central Working Committee must take the decision to hold the special convention on December 13–14. For a long time, Thapa has maintained that the party should go for the general convention to choose new leadership before the national elections which has been scheduled for March 5.  

“Our convention is not just an internal matter; it is a national issue,” Thapa said. He added that it is inappropriate to invite party President Sher Bahadur Deuba to “save the party,” as doing so ultimately harms him. Thapa reminded party members that President Deuba had already instructed that the convention be conducted within the given timeframe. “He (the party president) has already stepped aside, and now it is we who must take responsibility,” Thapa said. “When we proposed holding the regular general convention, no one agreed. Therefore, we must hold a special general convention and elect a president from it. 

Thapa also urged party leaders not to complicate matters, saying that President Deuba has already eased the process. Of the 4,743 general convention representatives from the Nepali Congress’s 14th General Convention, 2,488 submitted their signatures to Acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka, demanding a special general convention. 

On national politics, Thapa said that the party must move forward by addressing public dissatisfaction while protecting the constitution and the current system. As the largest party, the Nepali Congress must lead this process, he said. Thapa’s remarks come at a time of widespread criticism that the NC is stuck in internal disputes while the country faces a deep political crisis and a vacuum of leadership.

“Regarding how to move forward now, there are three possibilities. One is that polarization will increase and violence will intensify. The second is that through elections we may return to the situation before September 8, or things may move ahead with only temporary fixes. Neither of these options allows Nepal to progress. Therefore, we must choose the third path,” Thapa said in the meeting. “The third path means addressing the current dissatisfaction, managing it, and moving forward while safeguarding the constitution and the system. This responsibility must be taken up by the Nepali Congress.” He claimed that no one except the Congress can lead this process. “No one else can do this work. The CPN–UML cannot do it. It is not in UML’s character. The UML might spread agitation instead,” he said. After the Gen-Z movement, Thapa’s plan to reform the party has met strong resistance from senior party leaders.