Saturday

October 24, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Unknown gunmen open fire against a group of medics in Bafwasende, Democratic Republic of the Congo, while responding to an Ebola case amid the ongoing emergency, killing a nurse and injuring a health worker. (AP)

Middle Eastern crisis

Houthi–Saudi conflict, Yemeni civil war

Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes against a residential building and a cement factory in Hamdan district, Yemen, killing ten people and wounding many more. (Tempo)

Gaza war

2026 West Bank lockdown

The Israeli military raids 15 cities in the occupied West Bank, arresting several Palestinians, forcing over 2,000 from their homes, and destroying a three-storey building in Hebron. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian bandit conflict

Unknown gunmen attack a village in Taraba State, Nigeria, killing at least ten people. Locals place the death toll at 20, while Amnesty International claims at least 40. (Al Jazeera)

2026 Karak church shooting

Two people succumb to their injuries sustained the day before during a mass shooting at a Greek Orthodox Church in Karak Governorate, Jordan, bringing the toll to nine killed and 40 injured. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed and another is injured when a passenger train collides with a minibus in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)

Five people are killed in a fire at the market place of Sorsogon City, Philippines. (PNA)

Two people are killed and over 2,000 others are displaced by flooding in Chaco and Corrientes, Argentina. (AA)

2026 Pacific typhoon season

At least one person is killed and 527 others are injured as Typhoon Champi swept near Taiwan. (DW)