Tuesday

One person is killed and eight others are injured in a large-scale Russian strike on Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)

Nineteen armed bandits, two soldiers and a vigilante are killed in a shootout in Shanono, Kano State, Nigeria. (Reuters)

The casualty toll from Hurricane Melissa in Haiti increases to 43 deaths, with 13 others still missing. Nearly 12,000 homes are flooded and at least 200 have been destroyed. (AP)

The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines, rises to 40, with search and rescue operations ongoing. (Al Jazeera)

Six people are killed when a Philippine Air Force Bell Huey helicopter crashes while conducting damage assessment for Typhoon Kalmaegi in Agusan del Sur, Caraga, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

At least eight people are killed and about a dozen others are injured when a passenger train crashes into a cargo train near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. (AP)

A UPS Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft crashes near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. (CNN)

Israel arrests and imprisons Israeli major general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi for leaking a surveillance video showing the gang rape of a Palestinian detainee in the Sde Teiman detention camp in August. (NPR)

Off-year elections are held in the United States, including one special election to a vacancy in the federal House of Representatives, two elections for the governors of Virginia and New Jersey, the next mayor of New York City, and various local elections. (NPR)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces a security plan for the state of Michoacán following the assassination of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, who was shot and killed on Saturday; the plan includes the dispatch of the National Guard, more federal personnel, and the creation of a special unit at the state's prosecution office. (AP)

Morocco declares October 31, starting next year, to be a national holiday in celebration of Friday's UN resolution backing Morocco's plan of autonomy for Western Sahara in a 50-year dispute between the country and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. (Reuters)