Thursday

October 29, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Haitian conflict, El Salvador–Haiti relations

Salvadoran military intervention in Haiti

The Salvadoran government deploys 2,000 troops to Haiti in response to the kidnapping of four Salvadoran Gang Suppression Force members that occurred earlier this month. (BBC News)

Middle Eastern crisis

Houthi–Saudi conflict, Yemeni civil war

Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes against two residential buildings in Taiz, Yemen, killing 12 civilians and wounding three more. (Xinhua)

Russo–Ukrainian war

Russian attacks on civilians, Dnipro strikes

Fifteen people are killed and 14 others are injured in a Russian drone strike on Dnipro railway station in Dnipro, Ukraine. Two teenage girls are also killed in a ballistic missile strike on central Chernihiv with eight others being hospitalized. A local day of mourning is declared. (The Kyiv Independnent) (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

Non-profit fanfiction repository website Archive of Our Own is targeted in a cybersecurity incident, going offline. The Organization of Transformative Works states user information and submissions have not been compromised, and projects restoring the website in 2 to 4 weeks. (The New York Times) (People)