Ukrainian forces say that they have shot down a Russian aircraft near Kostiantynivka. The aircraft crashed into a house, causing it to catch fire. No casualties are reported. The aircraft is later reported to be a S-70 Okhotnik-B and was reportedly shot down by a Russian Su-57 jet to prevent its capture by Ukraine. (Defence Blog) (Forbes) (AP) 

Sunday, October 6th, 2024 

An oil terminal in Feodosia, the largest oil facility in Crimea, is on fire following an overnight drone attack by Ukrainian forces. Russian state media reports a state of emergency has been declared in Feodosia due to a “human-made disaster”. (Pravda) 

Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv on the anniversary of the 7 October attacks. (The Times of Israel) 

American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded with this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation”. (CNN) 

Due to the threat Hurricane Milton poses to Florida, NASA has scrubbed the launch of the Europa Clipper scheduled for 10 October (with scheduled arrival at Europa in April 2030). (CBS News) 

Hamas says that an Israeli strike killed Saeed Atallah, a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades, along with three family members in a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters) 

A police officer is killed and thirteen other people are injured in Beersheba, Israel, in an incident described as a terrorist attack. The perpetrator is shot dead by security forces. (The Jerusalem Post) 

At least 26 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes allegedly targeting Hamas militants that hit a mosque and a school housing displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) 

Hezbollah claims that its attacks on Israeli soldiers trying to infiltrate Blida, Lebanon, forced the soldiers to retreat. (AFP via Barron’s) 

Israeli forces station near a UN peacekeepers‘ position, putting them at risk. The latter declined to change position. (New York Times) 

A rocket fired from Lebanon strikes a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, injuring at least six people. (The Jerusalem Post) 

At least two people, both Chinese nationals, are killed and ten others are injured when an oil tanker truck exploded near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. The separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for the explosion, stating they targeted a convoy of Chinese workers of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company. (Crisis24) 

The European Union votes 10–5 with 12 abstentions to institute tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles manufactured in China. (Reuters) 

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Indian police claim that 31 Naxalite rebels were killed in a shootout with Indian soldiers in the Abujhmad forest in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera) 

Sunday, October 6th, 2024 

The European Union votes 10–5 with 12 abstentions to institute tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles manufactured in China. (Reuters) 

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Indian police claim that 31 Naxalite rebels were killed in a shootout with Indian soldiers in the Abujhmad forest in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera) 

Ukrainian forces say that they have shot down a Russian S-70 Okhotnik-B drone near Kostiantynivka. The aircraft crashed into a house, causing it to catch fire. No casualties are reported. (AP) 

One police officer is killed and thirteen others are wounded in Beersheba, Israel, in an incident described as a terrorist attack. The perpetrator is shot dead by security forces. (The Jerusalem Post) 

At least 26 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes on a mosque and a school housing displaced Palestinians allegedly targeting Hamas militants in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. (BBC News) 

Hezbollah claims that its attacks on Israeli soldiers trying to infiltrate Khallet Shuaib in Blida, Lebanon, forced them to retreat. (Barron’s) 

A rocket fired from Lebanon strikes a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, wounding at least six people. One person is reportedly in critical condition. (The Jerusalem Post) 

At least one person is killed and several others are injured when an explosive device detonates near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, with the separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army taking responsibility. (DW) 

One person is shot dead at a mall in Kungsbacka, Sweden, with a suspect arrested by Swedish Police. (Expressen) 

One person is killed and one other person is injured after a pickup truck crashes into a bus stop in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The driver is arrested at the scene. (CTV News) 

Saturday, October 5th, 2024 

Hamas says that an Israeli strike killed Saeed Atallah, a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades, along with three family members in a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters) 

Russian forces claim that they captured the village of Bazhane Druhe in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Economic Times) 

Four people, including a child, are killed in two separate incidents while attempting to cross the English Channel in boats. (BBC News) 

Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui runs aground off the coast of Samoa before catching fire and later capsizing. All 75 crew members are evacuated onto lifeboats and rescued. It is the first loss of a New Zealand naval ship at sea since World War II. (BBC News) 

The unranked Vanderbilt Commodores upset the undefeated, AP No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 40–35, marking the first time Vanderbilt won against a top-five ranked team in its program’s history. (CNN) 

Friday,  October 4th, 2024 

The United States launches airstrikes against Houthi locations in Yemen, including in the capital Sanaa, and the port city of Al Hudaydah. (Al Jazeera) 

Extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil causes the river banks of the city of Manaus to fall to their lowest levels since 1902, severely impacting trade in the region. (Reuters) 

Hamas’ armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades confirms the death of commander Zahi Yaser Oufi in an Israeli strike in Tulkarm in the West Bank yesterday. (Reuters) 

The head of military administration of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Serhiy Dobriak reports that Russian forces are now about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city, and have destroyed or damaged 80% of the city’s critical infrastructure. (Reuters) 

Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Al Jazeera) 

The European Union threatens sanctions and a suspension of relations with Georgia if Georgia becomes a “one-party state” with no political opposition following the next parliamentary elections on October 26. (Reuters) 

The United States Department of Homeland Security reports that the Biden administration will not renew the legal status of 530,000 migrants who entered the U.S. as part of a provisional humanitarian program beginning in 2022. (Reuters) 

The Sandiganbayan court in the Philippines acquits Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, his former aide Gigi Reyes, and Janet Napoles of plunder in connection with the alleged misuse of Ponce Enrile’s Priority Development Assistance Fund during his senatorial term. (AFP via CNA) (Rappler) 

The European Court of Justice rules that all Afghan women are eligible for asylum in the European Union. (The Guardian) 

At least two people are killed and three others are injured, including one critically, in a suspected arson at a 100-year-old three-story building in the Old Montreal neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (CBC News) (CFCF-TV) 

A woman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is arrested and charged with murder following a stabbing spree that killed three people in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton between Tuesday and Thursday. (CFTO-TV) 

The left-wing New Popular Front coalition files a motion of no confidence against the new right-wing Barnier government amid ongoing political protests in France. (Reuters) 

The End