Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
The Royal Saudi Air Force launches an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, killing a child and wounding seven other people. (Al Jazeera)
October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airports
Houthis fire a missile on terminal 4 of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire and injuring multiple people. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera)
An Indian national injured in yesterday's attack on King Khalid International Airport dies from his injuries, raising the death toll to 13. (Reuters)
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker transiting in the Strait of Hormuz has been hit by an unknown projectile. (Middle East Eye)
Middle Eastern crisis Yemeni civil war Houthi–Saudi conflict October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airports Houthis fire a missile on terminal 4 of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire and injuring multiple people. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera) An Indian national injured in yesterday's attack on King Khalid International Airport dies from his injuries, raising the death toll to 13. (Reuters) The Royal Saudi Air Force launches an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, killing a child and wounding seven other people. (Al Jazeera) 2026 Iran war 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker transiting in the Strait of Hormuz has been hit by an unknown projectile. (Middle East Eye)
Sudanese civil war
War crimes in the Sudanese civil war, Egypt-Sudan relations
Airstrikes by the Egyptian Air Force on the Egypt-Sudan border targeting an artisanal gold mine in a mountainous area kill at least 72 people. (Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
Eleven people are killed and 27 others are injured when a tour bus collides with a truck at a toll road of Otoyol 5 in Akhisar, Manisa Province, Turkey. (Türkiye Today)
At least 139 people are killed, 84 more missing, and over 80 are rescued when a boat carrying migrants shipwrecks off the coast of Djibouti. (AFP via France 24)
One person is killed and around 19 others are injured, including four critically, when a passenger bus plunges down a slope and crashes into a residential complex in Valparaíso, Chile. (Teletrece in Spanish)
2026 Budhi Gandaki flood
Ten people are reported missing and at least 35 houses and six bridges are swept away in a major flash flood in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal. The exact number of casualties is unknown. (ANI via Gulf News) (Nepal Views)
Health and environment
2026 Ebola epidemic
The Kenyan health ministry reports that no Ebola cases have been reported since one patient died from the disease on October 5, with 293 tests conducted. (Reuters)
2026 Indonesia wildfires
The Indonesian forestry ministry and International Animal Rescue release eight orangutans rescued from wildfires into a protected wildforest in West Kalimantan after fires destroyed habitat near plantations. (AFP)
Law and crime
2026 anti-CEC protests
An executive magistrate's court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders, requiring them to avoid breaches of the peace for one year after their detention. (AFP via France 24)
Politics and elections
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari declares a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspends its provincial government amid disputes over the province's response to Islamist militancy. (AFP via RFI)
2027 French presidential election
Raphaël Glucksmann is elected as a candidate in the 2027 presidential election during the socialist primary, receiving more than 66% of the votes in the first round. (Le Monde)
2026 Kraków mayoral election
Independent candidate Łukasz Gibała wins the Kraków mayoral election in Poland.(Politico)
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