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King Khalid International Airport

• The Houthis launch a series of attacks on King Khalid International Airport (pictured) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, resulting in 15 deaths and the suspension of airport operations.
• South African jurist Navi Pillay is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• American software engineer Margaret Hamilton dies at the age of 90.
• Henri B. Kagan and Kensō Soai are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

Ongoing:

• Iran war
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • timeline

Recent deaths:

• Mike Ditka
• Sam McDowell
• George Ali Murad Khan
• Lyle Odelein
• George Fenton
• Louis Erlo

October 12, 2026 (2026-10-12) (Monday)

Law and crime

• A 14-year-old open fire at a school in Aubagne, France, wounding two staff members, before being detained. (France24)

October 11, 2026 (2026-10-11) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • Houthi–Saudi conflict
      • October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airports
        • Houthis launch an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire, one dead and injuring multiple people. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera)
        • An Indian national injured in yesterday's attack on King Khalid International Airport dies from his injuries, raising the death toll to 13. (Reuters)
      • The Royal Saudi Air Force launches an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, killing a child and wounding seven other people. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker transiting in the Strait of Hormuz has been hit by an unknown projectile. (Middle East Eye)
      • A drone strikes the tanker MT Petro Dolphin near Sohar, Oman, leaving two Indian sailors missing and prompting the rescue of nine others. Omani authorities conduct search-and-rescue operations for the missing crew members. (AFP via Arab News)
• Sudanese civil war
  • War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
    • Airstrikes are launched at the Egypt–Sudan border targeting an artisanal gold mine in a mountainous area, killing at least 72 people. (Sky News)
• Mexican drug war
  • Three civilians and two police officer are killed in a mass shooting in Jacona, Michoacán, Mexico, while six other people are wounded. Separately, three gunmen are killed in a shootout with police in Zamora.(Organización Editorial Mexicana
• Colombian conflict
  • Four FARC dissidents are killed and 12 rifles seized after an airstrike by the National Army of Colombia against a guerrilla camp in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia.(El Tiempo)
  • A drone strike kills a soldier in the locality of Altamira, La Vega, Cauca, Colombia.(Publimetro)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Budhi Gandaki flood
  • Ten people are reported missing and at least 35 houses and six bridges are swept away in a major flash flood in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal. The exact number of casualties is unknown. (ANI via Gulf News) (Nepal Views)
• At least 139 people are killed, 84 more missing, and over 80 are rescued when a boat carrying migrants shipwrecks off the coast of Djibouti. (AFP via France 24)
• Eleven people are killed and 27 others are injured when a tour bus collides with a truck at a toll road of Otoyol 5 in Akhisar, Manisa Province, Turkey. (Türkiye Today)
• One person is killed and around 19 others are injured, including four critically, when a passenger bus plunges down a slope and crashes into a residential complex in Valparaíso, Chile. (Teletrece in Spanish)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The Kenyan health ministry reports that no Ebola cases have been reported since one patient died from the disease on October 5, with 293 tests conducted. (Reuters)
• 2026 Indonesia wildfires
  • The Indonesian forestry ministry and International Animal Rescue release eight orangutans rescued from wildfires into a protected wildforest in West Kalimantan after fires destroyed habitat near plantations. (AFP)

Law and crime

• 2026 anti-CEC protests
  • An executive magistrate's court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders, requiring them to avoid breaches of the peace for one year after their detention. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state of emergency
  • Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari declares a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspends its provincial government amid disputes over the province's response to Islamist militancy. (AFP via RFI)
• 2027 French presidential election
  • Raphaël Glucksmann is elected as a candidate in the 2027 presidential election during the Socialist Party primary, receiving more than 66% of the votes in the first round. (AFP via RFI)

October 10, 2026 (2026-10-10) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • 2026 Ethiopian offensive
    • 2026 Eritrean incursion into Ethiopia
      • Ethiopian forces regain control of Adigrat in the Tigray Region following a withdrawal of Eritrean forces. Celebrations are reported in the city following the withdrawal. (Oman Observer) (Al Jazeera) (UA News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • Houthi–Saudi conflict
    • October 2026 King Khalid International Airport attack
      • Twelve people are killed and 309 more injured in a Houthi missile attack against Terminal 3 of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (The Wall Street Journal) (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • At least 20 people are killed and 18 others are injured in a Russian airstrike on a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Isaias has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone after making landfall near Destin, Florida, United States. (WVTM-TV) (NBC News)
  • Four people are killed during Isaias' landfall in the United States, with two deaths in Escambia County, Florida, and another two in Alabama. (The Guardian)
• 2026 Pacific hurricane season
  • Tropical storm Simon strengthens into a category 4 Pacific hurricane with 150 mph (240 kph) winds as it heads towards Mexico's coast. (AP) (The Rio Times)
• A man is killed after jumping into a tiger enclosure and being attacked at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in South Yorkshire, England. The tiger was uninjured. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Censorship in India
  • 2026 anti-CEC protests
    • Indian authorities are placing New Delhi under a security lockdown and have been detaining thousands of demonstrators to block a rally organized by the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party. (BBC News) (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
• 2026 Poland school stabbings
  • A woman carries out a mass stabbing at an adult school in Warsaw, Poland, injuring three people. The suspect is arrested. It is the third such attack in the country in a week. (AP)

Sports

• 2026–27 La Liga
  • In association football, the match between Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Bilbao is abandoned by referee José María Sánchez Martínez due to fans throwing objects at the pitch to protest against Rayo president Raúl Martín Presa. (Reuters)
• 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season
  • In American college football, the Kentucky Wildcats football team defeats the LSU Tigers, 35–34, on a 2-point conversion in overtime, becoming the first team in FBS history to win consecutive overtime games by one point since overtime was introduced in 1996. (The Athletic via The New York Times) (The Score)
• 2026 Il Lombardia
  • In cycling, French cyclist Paul Seixas wins the 120th edition of the Giro di Lombardia in Italy, becoming the youngest person to do so. (NBC Sports) (The Guardian)

October 9, 2026 (2026-10-09) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • Casualties of the 2026 Iran war
    • The Pentagon raises the U.S. military death toll in the Iran war to 21 after reporting two noncombat deaths. (The Hill)
• Sudanese civil war
  • War crimes in the Sudanese civil war, 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • An RSF drone strike in Blue Nile State, Sudan, kills 41 displaced people. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Tropical cyclones in 2026
  • 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
    • Hurricane Isaias
      • Isaias strengthens into a category 3 Atlantic hurricane. It would later weaken to category 2, with 365,000 people in Alabama and Florida, United States, reported to be without power ahead of its landfall. (AP) (MS Now)
      • Isaias makes landfall near Destin, Florida, and weakens to a category 1 hurricane. (AP) (Reuters via The Straits Times)
  • 2026 Pacific hurricane season
    • Hurricane Rachel
      • Flooding is reported in areas of Southern California, U.S., including Long Beach and Newport Beach, and the National Hurricane Center issues a tropical storm warning for the area. The warning is the first issued for San Diego County, California, since 2023 during Hurricane Hilary. (Los Angeles Times) (KTLA) (KNSD)
    • Hurricane Simon
      • Simon strengthens into a category 2 Pacific hurricane. (AP)
• 2026 Panama earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Herrera Province, Panama. A nationwide tsunami warning is issued. (Reuters) (USA Today)
• A passenger bus collides with a truck on a road in Mkambarani, Morogoro Region, Tanzania, and catches fire, killing 28 people. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • Eight more children in Bangladesh are reported to be killed from measles, bringing the death toll past 1,155. (BSS)

International relations

• Montenegro–Russia relations
  • Montenegro expels Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk and four other Russian nationals on national security grounds after detaining them in Risan. (AFP via RFI)

Law and crime

• 2026 Musée Renoir theft
  • Six people suspected of stealing Pierre-Auguste Renoir's paintings Young Woman at the Well and Madame Colonna Romano from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France, are arrested, and the artworks are recovered. (AP) (Reuters)
• 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
  • 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)
• Shootings by U.S. immigration agents in the second Trump administration
  • Clashes erupt in New York City, United States, between protestors and police after the shooting of a Dominican Republic national with a criminal conviction by ICE agents. The man, who was in a car alongside a child, was then detained while being wounded. (Al Jazeera)
• 2026 Erie shooting
  • Eight people are killed, including the perpetrator, in a mass shooting at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP) (BBC News)
• The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil issues an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, the brother of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, on charges of lobbying the U.S. to interfere in the trial of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. (Al Jazeera)
• A man armed with a knife takes 13 children and staff members hostage at a school in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, and threatens to set it on fire, before being shot dead by police. The hostages are rescued, with two children sustaining injuries. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Next Palestinian legislative election
  • Palestinian vice president Hussein al-Sheikh announces that the Palestinian legislative election planned for November 28 will be postponed, possibly until September 2027, along with the also delayed presidential election, because of worsening conditions throughout Palestine. (Reuters)
• 2026 Czech Senate election, 2026 Czech municipal elections
  • Czechs begin voting in the first round to elect one-third of the Senate. Incumbent prime minister Andrej Babiš seeks gains of his coalition in the Senate. Municipal elections are also underway. (AP)
• The Mauritanian government of Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay resigns over power outages. However, President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani reappoints Diay, asking him to form a new government. (AFP via Arab News)
• Pope Leo XIV approves Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle's election as dean of the College of Cardinals, making him the first Asian to lead the body that elects a new pope. (Reuters)

October 8, 2026 (2026-10-08) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
      • 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)
    • U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. military will not attack Iran before the midterm elections next month. (AP)
  • Gaza war
    • Gaza war hostage crisis
      • 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)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • 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)
• Mexican drug war
  • Infighting in the Sinaloa Cartel
    • Twelve people, including a 2-year-old, are killed and 16 more injured during a shootout between different factions of the Sinaloa Cartel at El Castillo Penitentiary Centre in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The incident is believed to have been an assassination attempt on Eduardo Jonathan Martínez Larios, a leader of Los Chapitos who was reportedly amongst the dead. (Mexico News Daily)

Arts and culture

• 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • 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)

Business and economy

• AI boom, Semiconductor industry in Taiwan
  • The Taiwanese 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)
• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Isaias
    • 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)
• Severe rainfall in Chile, particularly in Santiago, caused flooding, river overflowing, mudslides, and power outages, killing one person, injuring six others and damaging over 2,000 homes. (NBC News)

International relations

• South Korea–Ukraine relations, North Korean involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war
  • 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)

Law and crime

• 2009 Fort Hood shooting, Capital punishment in the United States
  • 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 broadcast. (AFP via RFI) (CNN)
• 2026 Poland school stabbings
  • 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)
• Relationship of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein
  • 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)

Politics and elections

• Next Guinea-Bissau general election
  • The Government of Guinea-Bissau announces that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 6 will be delayed. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season
  • In baseball, Teruaki Satō of the Hanshin Tigers wins the Triple Crown. (Kyodo News)
• 2026 WNBA season
  • In women's basketball, Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson wins a record fifth WNBA Most Valuable Player, becoming the first player in league history to win the award for three years in a row. (ESPN)
• 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)

October 7, 2026 (2026-10-07) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensives
      • 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)
  • Israeli settler violence
    • Israeli settlers launch an attack in the occupied West Bank targeting Palestinians, killing a man and wounding 16 other people. (Al Jazeera)
• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • 2026 Ethiopian offensive
    • 2026 Eritrean invasion of Ethiopia
      • Eritrean forces are reported to have invaded Ethiopia's Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle. (Addis Standard) (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • 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)
  • Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • 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)
• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali offensives
    • 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • War crimes in the Sudanese civil war, 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • 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)

Business and economy

• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Isaias
    • 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)

Health and environment

• Climate change in Antarctica
  • 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)
• Climate change in Australia, Mining in Australia
  • 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)

Law and crime

• Elections in Mexico
  • Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum sanctions a constitutional amendment prohibiting Mexicans with dual citizenship from running for president or governor. (AA) (El Economista in Spanish)
• International spillover of the 2026 French lycée protests
  • 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) (RTBF)
• Libor scandal
  • 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)
• School attacks in Poland
  • 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)

Science and technology

• 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)
• The Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and University of Exeter in West Country, England, reports that approximately 180,000 Aldabrachelys gigantea tortoises are living on the islands of Seychelles. (The Guardian) (University of Exeter News)

October 6, 2026 (2026-10-06) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensives
      • The Houthis launches missiles against the airports of Najran and Jizan, in Saudi Arabia, causing material damages and wounding three people. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that the military has killed 4,000 militants who took part in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. (The Jewish Chronicle)
• Somali Civil War
  • Piracy off the coast of Somalia
    • Four Indonesian seamen return home after Puntland maritime police rescued 17 crew members from the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25. Somali pirates had held the crew for more than five months and killed five members. (AFP)
• Peruvian security crisis
  • Three gunmen and a police officer are killed, and another officer is wounded, in a shootout during an operation against illegal miners in Inambari District, Tambopata province, Madre de Dios, Peru. Authorities seize 15 AKM rifles, a pistol, and five grenades. (Evidencia de Perú in Spanish) (Infobae in Spanish)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
    • Two merchant ships are hit by drones of unknown origins off the coast of Bulgaria. One of the ships has sunk, leaving the crew missing. (Reuters)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • At least ten soldiers are killed by Islamic State gunmen during an attack at a military base in Kukawa, Borno State, Nigeria. Over 25 attackers are also killed in the shootout. (AP)

Business and economy

• Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount
  • The merger between American media conglomerates Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into Skydance takes effect. (AFP) (CNN)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • Kenya confirms its first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebolavirus in Nairobi in a deceased male who traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
  • The Nairobi Hospital steps up its infection-control measures, tracing, and staff monitoring following Kenya's first imported case of Ebola. (The Star Kenya)
• Indonesia halts a program to clear millions of hectares of forest for rice cultivation after achieving rice self-sufficiency, and plans instead to increase yields on existing farmland through improved agricultural methods. (AFP via CNA)

Law and crime

• Spillover of the 2026 French lycée protests
  • Riots break out in Liège, Belgium, following a day of student protests, resulting in damaged shops and destroyed bus shelters in the city center. (AA) (Le Soir)
• A student is killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a middle school in Istanbul, Turkey. The suspect, a 15-year-old girl, is arrested. (Turkiye Today)
• August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, is arrested at his home in Nordwalde, North Rhine-Westphalia, after being charged by the country's Federal Public Prosecutor General with treason, espionage, and trading state secrets. A former aide of Hanning's is also arrested for aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage. (AP) (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Haitian general election, Haitian crisis
  • Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council postpones presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 13, citing technical, operational, and security requirements. (AFP)
• 2026 Kosovan presidential election
  • The Kuvendi begins the procedure to elect a president on 6 October, finishing the voting process minutes after the constitutional deadline on midnight 7 October. Justina Pula is declared the next president of Kosovo. (AFP via Gulf News) (Kosovo Online)
• 2026 Latvian parliamentary election
  • Latvian president Edgars Rinkēvičs asks Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs to form the new Government. Kulbergs' party, the United List, won the plurality in the October 3 parliamentary elections. (LSM)

Science and technology

• 2026 in archosaur paleontology
  • The Royal Society Open Science reports the discovery of the Herugavialis cairensis crocodile species in the Mokattam Formation rocks that were used to build the Great Sphinx Giza pyramid in Egypt. (CNN) (Phys.org)
• OpenAI bulk release of mathematical papers
  • OpenAI releases 377 results on open problems in mathematics in areas such as algebra, number theory, combinatorics and theoretical computer science. (The New York Times)
• Belgian physicist Francis Halzen from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin". (CNN)

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban fuel blockade
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Iran war fuel crisis

• Bab al-Mandab crisis

• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• United States–Canada trade war

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Ceuta migrant crisis
• Gaza peace plan
• German political crisis
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests
• French lycée protests
• Spanish housing protests

Weather

• 2026–2027 El Niño event
• Atlantic hurricane season

• Hurricane Isaias

• Pacific hurricane season

• Hurricane Simon

• Pacific typhoon season

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October

• 03: Latvia, Saeima
• 04: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency,
  ———House of Representatives
• 04: Brazil, President (1st round), Federal Senate,
  ———Chamber of Deputies
• 06: Kosovo, President (indirect)
• 9–10: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)

Upcoming

• 16–17: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)
• 25: Bulgaria, President
• 25: Serbia, National Assembly
• 25: Brazil, President (2nd round)

Sports

• American football

• 2026 NFL season
• 2026 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2026–27 UEFA Nations League
• 2026–27 UEFA Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Europa League
• 2026–27 UEFA Conference League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
• 2026–27 Premier League
• 2026–27 La Liga
• 2026–27 Serie A
• 2026–27 Bundesliga
• 2026–27 Ligue 1
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2026–27 Women's Super League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL Women's season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball postseason
• 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season
• 2026 KBO League season

• Basketball

• 2026 WNBA playoffs
• 2026–27 EuroLeague

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2026–27 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

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Recent deaths

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• 09: Mike Ditka
• 08: Nana Patekar
• 06: Richard Morecroft
• 06: Eva Marie Saint
• 05: Jeffrey Archer
• 05: Jim Bakker
• 05: George Fenton
• 05: Freddie Jackson
• 05: Lena Martell
• 03: Dennis Hastert
• 03: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
• 02: Marjoe Gortner
• 02: Sass Jordan
• 02: Cesar Virata
• 01: Biljana Plavšić
• 01: Mary Louise Weller
• 30: Margaret Hamilton
• 30: Wicknell Chivayo
• 30: Esther Rantzen
• 30: Adrian Rurawhe
• 28: Gordon Johncock
• 28: Siti Hasmah
• 27: Dennis Haskins
• 27: Benjamin Satterley
• 27: Mighty Sparrow
• 25: Sidya Touré
• 24: Milan Panić
• 23: Bob Pettit
• 21: Angry Anderson
• 21: Terry Denton
• 20: Presley Gerber
• 20: Chad Gilbert
• 19: Sandro Mazzola
• 19: Nathaniel Waena
• 18: Stephanie Cole
• 18: Richard Harrison
• 17: Jon Kyl
• 17: Duncan Sheik
• 16: Randy Pedersen
• 15: Dakila Cua
• 15: Annie Dillard
• 15: Gerrit Graham
• 15: Bonnie Greer
• 14: Pete Byrne
• 14: Bob Mackie
• 14: Peter Max
• 14: Luděk Mikloško
• 14: Catherine Ringer
• 13: Cheetah Chrome
• 13: Mary Gaudron
• 12: George Chuvalo
• 11: Princess Astrid of Norway
• 11: Emma Bonino
• 11: Jeremy Thomas

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See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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