Monday,  October 2nd, 2023 

Turkey launches airstrikes against about 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, killing a number of militants. (AP) 

Thirty-eight people are injured after a fire engulfs a police facility in Ismailia, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. (Al Jazeera) 

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (BBC) 

Sunday, October 1st, 2023 

A suicide bomber causes an explosion outside the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police. (Al Jazeera) 

Tuareg rebels take control of the town of Bamba, Gao Region, Mali, claiming over 80 soldiers have been killed. (BBC News) 

At least 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain. (BBC News) 

Ten people are killed and 60 more are injured after a church’s roof collapses during a baptism ceremony in Ciudad Madero, Mexico. (Al Jazeera) 

Ten people are killed and 25 more are injured after a truck carrying mostly Cuban migrants overturned between Pijijiapan and Tonalá in Chiapas, Mexico. (AFP via CNA) 

Gavin Newson announced that he chose Laphonza Butler to succeed Diane Feinstein‘s seat making her the first African-American lesbian to do so.(Politico) 

In rugby league, the Penrith Panthers defeat the Brisbane Broncos 26–24 in the 2023 NRL Grand Final, their third consecutive win. (The Guardian Australia) 

Bartosz Zmarzlik defends his motorcycle speedway world championship title. (Eurosport) 

In rallying, Toyota Gazoo win their third consecutive World Rally Championship for Manufacturers title after Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen win the Power Stage of 2023 Rally Chile. (JCN via AsiaOne) 

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