Friday,  October 7th, 2022 

Two people are killed and six others are injured, three of them critically, in a mass stabbing on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. (KTNV-TV) 

U.S. President Joe Biden announces that he will pardon anyone who was convicted on prior federal charges, or who was convicted in the District of Columbia, for marijuana possession. (CNBC) 

A United States Air Force airstrike and helicopter raid kill two senior Islamic State leaders in Qamishli, Syria, including the Islamic State’s deputy leader in Syria. CENTCOM says that no U.S. military personnel or civilians were killed or injured in the operation. (CNN) 

The military of Somalia kill 19 al-Shabaab members in a repelled attack amid ongoing operations against the jihadist terrorist organization. (allAfrica) 

Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights society Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization The Center for Civil Liberties are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (DW) 

Multiple people are injured and others trapped under rubble after an explosion at an Applegreen petrol station in the village of Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland. (BBC News)

Citizens in Lesotho head to the polls to elect the 120 members of the National Assembly. (Reuters) 

An armed intruder damages several vehicles in the parking lot of the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticizes the Danish police for not providing adequate protection for the embassy. (Tasnim) 

Belarus bans price increases as part of an effort to reduce inflation in the country. (The Moscow Times) 

Thursday, October 6th, 2022 

Russian forces shell residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, killing at least three people, injuring twelve others and causing widespread fires. (Reuters) 

Iran’s IRIB broadcasts forced confessions from two French citizens accused of espionage. This broadcast comes in the context of the Mahsa Amini protests which began in September as well as the claim by the Iranian government that the protests are an attempt by France and other countries such as the United States and Israel to overthrow the current Iranian Islamic government. (The Washington Post) 

Eighteen people are killed, including the town’s mayor, and three others injured, in a mass shooting by the Los Tequileros drug gang at the town hall in San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero, Mexico. (BBC) 

At least 36 people, including 24 children, are killed and 12 more injured by a dismissed policeman in a mass shooting, which started at a daycare centre in Na Klang district, Thailand. The perpetrator commits suicide. (AP) 

French author Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”. (Reuters) 

The Irish Dancing Commission, Ireland’s governing body for Irish dancing, appoints a former judge to investigate claims of prominent dance schools and teachers fixing competitions. (The Guardian) 

At least 15 people are killed and 20 missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the east coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. Five others are rescued. (CNA) 

Sixteen people are killed, and 20 others injured when a bus overturns in Bara District, Nepal, apparently due to speeding. (Xinhua) 

The Nigerian military says it has secured the release of the last 23 passengers taken hostage in late March. (Reuters) 

The bridge connecting Pine Island in Lee County, Florida, reopens to the public after undergoing repairs from damage caused by Hurricane Ian. (Wink News) 

Hurricane Ian’s death toll rises to 130, with 125 fatalities in the United States and five in Cuba, making it the 24th deadliest hurricane in US history. (CNN) 

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