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Friday, October 9th, 2026
Clashes erupts in New York City, United States, between protestors and police after the shooting of a man from the Dominican Republic by ICE agents. The man, who was in a car alongside a child, was then detained while being wounded. (Al Jazeera)
South African judge and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “her efforts to promote peace and international law”. (DW)
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
United States secretary of defense Pete Hegseth announces the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcasted. (AFP via RFI) (CNN)
U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. military will not attack Iran before the midterm elections next month. (AP)
The USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego, California, U.S., at the North Island Naval Air Station following its nearly seven-month deployment in the Middle East. (The Guardian) (Los Angeles Times)
High Court judge Nicholas Hilliard of England and Wales quashes search warrants used on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor‘s homes, finding errors in Thames Valley Police’s applications and issuing judge Mark Lucraft‘s consideration of legally protected material. (AP)
The Israel Defense Forces announce that they have killed Muhammad Muhsen Nimr Yazji, a Hamas militant who took part in holding Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Matan Angrest during an airstrike in Gaza City. (The Jerusalem Post)
Taiwan’s finance ministry reports that exports reached a record US$87.2 billion in September, while imports rose to a record $63.6 billion and the trade surplus reached a record $23.6 billion, citing demand for artificial intelligence-related hardware. (AFP) (Reuters)
South Korea recalls its ambassador to Ukraine after accusing Ukraine of breaching a non-disclosure agreement by disclosing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Russian forces launch a ballistic missile attack on two buses in the city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine, killing at least 30 people, while 18 others are wounded. (Al Jazeera)
Canadian poet Anne Carson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”. (BBC News)
The Bank of England announces that the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee, and European hedgehog will feature on the next set of pound sterling notes to be issued in the United Kingdom. It will be the first time animals have replaced people on banknotes in England, which is intended to increase awareness of British wildlife. (BBC News)
The Hungarian newspaper Népszabadság, which was shut down in 2016 during the government of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, relaunches as an online news site. (Reuters)
In the United States, Georgia governor Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
Hurricane Isaias strengthens into a category 2 Atlantic hurricane. (AP)
A 15-year-old student carries out a mass stabbing against staff members at a primary school in the village of Leszczydół-Nowiny, Wyszków County, Poland, killing one person and injuring two more. The suspect is taken into police custody. (Reuters)
The Government of Guinea-Bissau announces that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 6 will be delayed. (Reuters)
In baseball, Teruaki Satō of the Hanshin Tigers wins the Triple Crown; the last NPB Triple Crown was won by Munetaka Murakami in 2022. (Kyodo News)
Swiss and Sunderland A.F.C. footballer Granit Xhaka receives a two-year probation after admitting to obtaining a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate during the COVID-19 pandemic. (ESPN)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Houthi forces claim attacks on Abha International Airport and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia that killed three civilians and injured 36 others since yesterday. (AFP via France 24)
French chemist Henri B. Kagan from the Paris-Saclay University and Japanese organic chemist Kensō Soai from the Tokyo University of Science are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis“. (Reuters)
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum sanctions a constitutional amendment prohibiting Mexicans with dual citizenship from running for president or governor. (AA) (El Economista in Spanish)
Eritrean forces are reported to have invaded Ethiopia’s Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle. (Addis Standard) (Al Jazeera)
Tropical cyclone Isaias strengthens into a category 1 hurricane, becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of the season amidst a unusually quiet season caused by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. (AP)
In the United States, Alabama governor Kay Ivey declares a state of emergency for 40 counties ahead of Isaias. (Reuters) (WVUA-CD)
The British Antarctic Survey reports that Zavodovski Island in Antarctica has lost more than 500,000 chinstrap penguins since 2011, ending its status as the world’s largest penguin colony as warming waters reduce access to Antarctic krill. (AFP via France 24)
The Court of Appeal in London, United Kingdom, quashes the convictions of five former Barclays traders for manipulating Libor and Euribor, following a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that found legal errors had made similar convictions unsafe. (AFP)
Russian forces launch a massive ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing at least 28 people, including 20 people killed at a single apartment hit by a North Korean KN-23 missile in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, while hundreds more are wounded. (The Guardian)
Nine people are injured in a mass stabbing at a high school in Ostrołęka, Poland. The suspect, a 19-year-old student, is arrested after being injured himself. (Reuters)
Bulgaria halts the search for the 12 Syrian sailors missing since yesterday after a merchant ship sank after being hit by a drone strike in its waters. The perpetrators are still unknown. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
The Malian Armed Forces and the Russian Africa Corps retake Kidal, which was captured by the Azawad Liberation Front five months ago, after days of airstrikes and ground operations. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli settlers launch an attack in the occupied West Bank targeting Palestinians, killing a man and wounding 16 other people. (Al Jazeera)
Four women are killed in a Rapid Support Forces drone strike on homes and a mosque in Ad-Damazin, Blue Nile State, Sudan. (The Washington Post) (AP)
Guinea sets nationwide price ceilings for bottled water after a ban on single-use plastic water sachets causes shortages and higher prices, with retail packs of several bottle sizes capped at 25,000 francs (US$2.84). (AFP via France 24)
The Reserve Bank of India raises its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%, its first increase since February 2023. (AFP via France 24)
For a second consecutive day, riots occur in Liège, Belgium, following earlier student protests, prompting authorities to close the Guillemins railway station and urge local businesses to shut down. Over 100 people are arrested. (Al Jazeera)
Australia’s High Court rejects MACH Energy’s appeal to expand the Mount Pleasant coal mine in New South Wales, finding that planning authorities failed to adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions from burning exported coal overseas. (AFP via France 24)
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