The European Environment Agency reports an 8% decrease in European Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming in 2023, 37% below emissions levels in 1990. (DW) 

A team of archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 6,000 ancient Mayan structures hidden by vegetation in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche, including a city of pyramids they dubbed Valeriana. (DW) 

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov vows to retaliate harshly against Ukraine after a drone strike targeted a Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia, representing the first known drone attack in Chechnya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Reuters)

Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. (Al Jazeera) 

In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in 5 games including a comeback victory in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. (Los Angeles Times) 

Thursday, October 31st, 2024 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly condemns the United States and European nations for making “zero response” to the Russian deployment of North Korean soldiers against Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The European Commission opens an investigation into Chinese e-commerce company Temu for its sale of illegal and counterfeit products and its addictive design, which violate the EU’s Digital Services Act. (DW) 

The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several still missing. (AP) 

Botswana’s ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, concedes defeat in Wednesday’s election, ending a 58-year rule. (Reuters) 

At least six medics are killed and four others are wounded in Israeli attacks on areas in Duris and around the ancient city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

A Hezbollah missile barrage kills at least seven people and critically injures another near Metula in northern Israel. Four of the victims are foreign agricultural workers and two are Israeli Arabs. (BBC) 

Russian drones on Kherson hunted over 30 civilians. (BBC) 

The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC) 

Germany orders all three Iranian consulates in the country to close in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2020. (The Independent) 

A court in Brazil sentences two former Military Police officers to 59 and 78 years in prison respectively for the assassination of city councilor and human rights activist Marielle Franco in 2018. (DW) 

North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on a “lofted trajectory” towards the Sea of Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says it was the longest-ever launch of a North Korean ICBM at 87 minutes long, marking significant progress in range compared to previous tests. (Al Jazeera) 

Global LGBTQ federation IGLA World suspends the membership of Israel’s leading LGBTQ group The Aguda, out of solidarity for Palestinians amid the Israel–Hamas war. (Haaretz) 

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 

The United States military announces that American airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya) 

The Israeli army says that it killed the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Redwan Force Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi in a strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya) 

Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon, kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters) 

Nineteen people are killed and five are injured after a shootout triggered by a land dispute between two rival factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (PNA) (Xinhua) 

At least 140 people are killed and many others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC)

At least twelve workers are killed and another is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters)

It is reported that at least ten people were killed and 63 others were injured by gunfire in post-election protests in Mozambique last week. (Reuters) 

One person is killed while attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy. Three other bodies are found on beaches near Neufchâtel-Hardelot and Équihen-Plage, France. (Reuters) 

Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. (Reuters) 

The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to make changes to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, forming a new mission called the United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia, which is expected to begin operating on November 1. (Mirage News) 

Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP) 

Tuesday,  October 29th, 2024 

Russia claims that it has taken the cities of Selydove and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with open-source data indicating that Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace in at least one year amid signs of North Korean involvement in the war. (Reuters) 

At least six people are killed and 13 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

At least 93 Palestinians are killed and 40 others are missing in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera) 

The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera) 

Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand. (Al Jazeera) 

Eight Austrian Army soldiers and peacekeepers are injured when a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah, hits the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest) 

Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L’Alcúdia. (The Guardian) 

A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped. (BBC News) 

Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway. (Euronews) 

German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW) 

Monday,  October 28th, 2024 

British anti-Islam far-right activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for contempt of court and repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee. (Reuters) 

At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Al Jazeera) 

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC) 

At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

In the last four days, at least 34 people have been killed in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico, in cartel ambushes and clashes. Mexican police arrest 21 people, including sixteen Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals. (Revista Proceso) (

Israel’s Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera) 

The GERB-SDS coalition wins the most seats in the parliamentary election with 69 seats, with PP-DB coming in second and Revival in third. GERB’s leader Boyko Borisov promises to work with everyone except Revival to form a coalition government. (Reuters) 

In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d’Or and the Ballon d’Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN) 

Sunday, October 27th, 2024 

President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a “Russian special operation”. (Radio Free Europe)

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania wins 52 seats in the Seimas election, forming a majority with its coalition partners “For Lithuania” and the Farmers and Greens Union. (DW) (Reuters) 

Bulgarian citizens vote for a new National Assembly in the country’s seventh election in the past four years. (Euronews) 

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposes a temporary two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for several Palestinian prisoners. (Reuters) 

A man is killed and thirty others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack when an Arab Israeli man rams his truck into a bus stop north of Tel Aviv, Israel, before being fatally shot by an armed civilian. Authorities are investigating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack. (BBC News) 

The United Nations condemns the Rapid Support Forces’ targeted mass killing of civilians in Gezira State, Sudan, comparing it to earlier mass killings in Darfur. (BBC News) 

Former Bolivian president Evo Morales claims that he survived an assassination attempt. (Reuters) 

At least 40 Chadian soldiers are killed during a mass shooting by Boko Haram gunmen against a military base near Ngouboua, Chad. (Rfi) 

The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to 136 people killed and missing. (Al Jazeera) 

A man steal a SUV and rammed passers-by and group of protesters National Front for the Family, in front of Guadalajara Cathedral, leaving 16 injuries. The authorities still investigating the incident to determine the motivations or circumstances of the attack.(La Jornada) 

Japanese citizens vote for the 465 seats in the House of Representatives. (NHK) 

The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito loses its majority. (Reuters) 

Voters in Liechtenstein approve a referendum to privatize Radio Liechtenstein, the country’s state-owned radio station. (AP) 

Uruguayan citizens vote for a President in the first round of the general election. (Reuters) 

The End