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Monday, October 5th, 2026
American Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and Germans Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for “their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics“. (Reuters)
The United States Air Force withdraws all of its B-1 Lancer strategic bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The Pentagon confirms the bombers have returned to bases in the United States. (BBC News)
A Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 aircraft carrying 32 people crashes near Igbokoda, Nigeria. (DW)
In Kosovo, the acting presidency of Albulena Haxhiu becomes de facto due to her having continuously served in the position for more than six months since assuming office on 4 April, violating the third paragraph of Article 90 in the constitution. The Kuvendi, which is set to meet for amendments to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, has two days left until the presidential election deadline by the Constitutional Court expires. (Kosovo Online) (RKS)
Voters in the Canadian province of Quebec go to the polls to elect members to the National Assembly. (CBC) (The Guardian)
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for 29 November after Parliament voted down on two emergency housing decrees that would have restricted evictions, frozen rents, and blocked vulture-fund property buys. (The Guardian)
Sunday, October 4th, 2026
A lab worker in Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, dies from a pneumonic plague caused by Yersinia pestis, with nearly 200 workers in quarantine. (EuroWeekly News) (Kyiv Independent)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te‘s son and family in the United States. (AFP via RFI) (The Daily Telegraph)
Ethiopian forces capture Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, after the withdrawal of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. (Al Jazeera)
The World Food Programme reports an airstrike on a United Nations truck in South Kordofan, Sudan, that killed the driver. (Al Jazeera)
Four people are killed in an American airstrike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea. (AP)
The Houthis take control of Al-Turbah, Yemen, after government troops withdrew earlier in the day. This is the first time the Houthis have held Al-Turbah since the war began. (Yemen Online) (AP)
The United States Coast Guard suspends the search for the Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 aircraft that went missing yesterday with six passengers on board after finding a debris field in the ocean south of Nantucket, Massachussetts. All six passengers, including four Canadian pilots and crew and two Bermudian passengers, are presumed dead. (CBC) (Winnipeg City News)
Nicaragua announces its immediate withdrawal from the Central American Parliament after the Organization of American States approved a resolution on Friday calling for Nicaragua to release political prisoners and restore civil liberties. (Reuters)
Two people are killed and at least 35 are injured in a mass shooting during a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, United States. (AP) (The Guardian)
Two people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting at a hunting party in Halden, Norway. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP)
An American Marine stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, is arrested by Okinawa prefectural police in connection with the alleged robbery and murder of a local woman in Naha. Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi summons U.S. ambassador to Japan George Edward Glass regarding the incident. (NPR)
Three students are arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old classmate in Yong Peng, Johor, Malaysia. (The Straits Times)
Bosnians vote to elect the three members of the presidency and 42 members of the House of Representatives. Concurrent elections are also held in the Federation to elect 98 seats of the regional legislature and in Republika Srpska to elect the entity’s president and the 83 seats of the respective legislature. (AFP)
Flávio Bolsonaro wins the first round and will face Lula da Silva in a runoff on 25 October. (AP)
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Bosnians vote to elect the three members of the presidency and 42 members of the House of Representatives. Concurrent elections are also held in the Federation to elect 98 seats of the regional legislature and in Republika Srpska to elect the entity’s president and the 83 seats of the respective legislature. (AFP)
Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, 513 members of Chamber of Deputies and 54 members in the Federal Senate. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for the fourth non-consecutive term, where his main opponent will be Flávio Bolsonaro, Senator for Rio de Janeiro and son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. (The Guardian)
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
Iraq‘s Oil Tankers Company says that they have transported 2 million barrels of oil from the country through a very large crude carrier in the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters) (Arab News)
Five people are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. Three other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have targeted defacto Hamas leader Ali al-Amoudi in a airstrike, and acknowledge that the results of the strike are under review. (The Times of Israel)
Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more. (Hawar News Agency)
Ethiopian federal forces retake control of the Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, Tigray, from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. (Los Angeles Times)
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reports that Russian forces have struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)
The remains of Samuel, the former Bulgarian tsar during the First Bulgarian Empire who died in 1014, return to Bulgaria following decades of negotiation with Greece. (Orthodox Times) (AP)
Ten people are injured, including some critically, in an motor vehicle hooning incident in Newcastle, Australia, during a Newcastle Knights procession before the NRL Grand Final. The driver is arrested at the scene. The incident is considered unintentional. (Nine News)
A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, flying from St. David’s Island, Bermuda to Boston, United States, goes missing over the Atlantic Ocean with six people on board. Search operations are ongoing. (News 18)
Latvians vote to elect 100 seats of the Saeima amid an uptick of airspace incursions and hybrid warfare during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Preliminary results indicate that the centrist United List, led by incumbent prime minister Andris Kulbergs, won the most seats. (Reuters)
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive on the Houthis in the coming weeks to take back the Bab al-Mandab Strait. (Reuters)
Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale. (AFP via France 24)
Sudan‘s armed forces announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan town of al-Mazroub. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll in the Rapid Support Forces drone attack on the University of Kordofan in El Obeid rises to 10. (AFP via Arab News)
A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for the fourth time in two days. (The Kyiv Independent)
Eighteen people are killed as Boko Haram gunmen open fire on villagers collecting firewood in Marte, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
The G7 countries announce a plan to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil to combat rising fuel prices caused by the Iran war. (The New York Times)
Argentina introduces an immigrant investor program allowing foreigners to obtain citizenship through a US$350,000 contribution to the Ministry of Economy or an $800,000 government bond, with lower additional payments required for spouses and children. (AFP)
Twenty people are killed and five others are injured after a four-vehicle crash in Plateau, Nigeria. (Xinhua)
The United States National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii‘s Big Island, has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean. (The Guardian)
Mass rioting continues for a third day across France with hundreds reportedly injured and over 735 schools shut, while more than 2,000 people are arrested. (BBC News)
Riot police clash with protesters in Paris, Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille as justice minister Gérald Darmanin says protests had “gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public order disturbance” and urges an immediate end to violence. (BBC News)
French government ministers, including education minister Édouard Geffray, accuse the far-left of inciting the youth-led unrest across the country. Intelligence agencies briefing the government during a crisis meeting on the riots accuse the left-wing La France Insoumise of actively inciting people to join the protests. (AFP via NDTV) (Ynet News)
Spain‘s parliament rejects two government housing decrees that would have expanded protections against evictions, limited some real-estate practices, encouraged rentals through tax incentives, and allowed tenants to renew residential leases automatically. (AP)
Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his successor on 9 December. (AFP) (Swissinfo)
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kata’ib Hezbollah, announces that the group will suspend military activities in Iraq following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, with the exception of targeting hostile aircraft violating the country’s airspace. (Middle East Eye)
Israeli settlers shoot and kill a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure another. (Reuters)
A Russian Su-35 fighter jet shoots down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter over Voronezh Oblast, Russia, in a friendly fire incident. All three crew members are killed. (Kyiv Independent)
A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a dormitory at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, kills five people. (Sudan Tribune)
Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia‘s capital of Addis Ababa, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force‘ headquarters. (BBC News)
Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan, claiming the killing of 22 Taliban fighters at two locations, while the Government of Afghanistan reports that nine women and children are killed in Kunar Province and Helmand Province by Pakistan airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashes off the coast of Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, California, United States, killing two people, injuring two others, and leaving one missing. (AP)
Ethiopia closes its embassy in Eritrea and announces the expulsion of ten Eritrean diplomats from the country, after accusing its neighbour of financing the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. (AP)
Eritrea‘s foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia in response. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Reuters)
A diplomat from Egypt is told to leave Ethiopia within 48 hours after being declared as persona non grata. (Reuters)
The European Commission stops payments with immediate effect to Sierra Leone, which would have been €18 million for 2026, after the nation refused to cooperate with the extradition of drugs trafficker Jos Leijdekkers. (Het Parool)
Egyptian police are arresting six journalists from a fact-checking and investigative media outlet, accusing them of spreading misinformation on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. (Reuters)
British counter-terrorism police arrest a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national in Westminster, London, England, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts linked to the RAF Fairford investigation. Officers also search two properties in the area. (CNN)
Hundreds of prisoners begin leaving prison in England and Wales under an early release scheme by the British government to avoid overcapacity in prisons. More than 4,500 “low-risk” prisoners are expected to be released in the coming weeks. (BBC News) (Firstpost)
Former Malawian military chief Paul Valentino Phiri is arrested by Malawi’s anti-corruption agency for allegedly trafficking weapons to Sudan during his tenure in June and July 2025. (Al-Monitor)
Two 18-year-old former students attack a secondary school in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, with knives and pyrotechnic devices, killing the vice-principal and injuring three people. Police arrest both suspects. (AFP via RNZ)
Japan tightens permanent residency requirements for foreign nationals, introducing above-average income and basic Japanese-language standards while raising application fees twentyfold as part of broader changes to immigration policy. (AFP)
Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva. (San Marino RTV)
Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment. (Reuters)
The SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station launches, carrying two NASA astronauts, one Roscosmos cosmonaut, and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AFP via France 24)
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Thursday, October 1st, 2026
Eritrea‘s foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia over renewed fighting in the Tigray region. (Reuters) (Al Arabiya)
Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kata’ib Hezbollah, announces that the group will suspend military activities in Iraq following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, with the exception of targeting hostile aircraft violating the country’s airspace. (Middle East Eye)
Israeli settlers shoot and murder a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure two others. The Israeli military says that it is investigating the incident. (Reuters)
Five people are killed in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a dormitory at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid, North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)
Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan, claiming the killing of 22 fighters at two locations, while the Government of Afghanistan reports that nine women and children are killed in Kunar Province and Helmand Province by Pakistan airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashes off the coast of Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, California, United States, killing two and injuring two others with one person still missing. (AP)
The European Commission stops payments with immediate effect to Sierra Leone, that would be €18 million for 2026, after the nations refused to cooperate with the extradition of drugs trafficker Jos Leijdekkers. (Het Parool)
Hundreds of prisoners begin leaving prison in England and Wales under an early release scheme by the British government to avoid overcapacity in prisons. More than 4,500 “low-risk” prisoners are expected to be released in the coming weeks. (BBC News)
Former Malawian military chief Paul Valentino Phiri is arrested by Malawi’s anti-corruption agency for allegedly trafficking weapons to Sudan during his tenure in June and July 2025. (Al-Monitor)
Japan tightens permanent residency requirements for foreign nationals, introducing above-average income and basic Japanese-language standards while raising application fees twentyfold as part of broader changes to immigration policy. (AFP)
Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva. (San Marino RTV)
Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment. (Reuters)
SpaceX Crew-13 The SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station launches, carrying two NASA astronauts, one Roscosmos cosmonaut, and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AFP via France 24)
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