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October 6

International relations

Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel begin in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to negotiate field conditions for the release of the remaining hostages in return for an undetermined number of Palestinian prisoners.
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Australia and Papua New Guinea sign a defense treaty, granting Australia access to Papuan military facilities and requiring mutual defense in case of foreign aggression.
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New Zealand announces that it has paid a NZ$6 million compensation to Samoa over the sinking of the HMNZS off the coast of Upolu in October 2024.
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Politics and elections

French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after 27 days of being in office. With only 14 hours between the appointment of ministers and his resignation, Lecornu becomes the shortest-serving Prime Minister of France.
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Youth-led protests against president Andry Rajoelina resume across Madagascar, with clashes with riot police taking place in multiple cities, including the capital Antananarivo.
Source: Reuters external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine says it has struck one of Russia's main factories producing explosives and ammunition as well as an oil terminal in Crimea.
Source: Reuters external link
Clashes erupt between Syrian government troops and Kurdish militias affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo.
Source: Alarabiya English external link

Law and crime

United States federal judge Karin Immergut temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops from California and Texas to Portland, Oregon, saying there is no evidence that the city requires any federal military intervention.
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The United States Treasury issues sanctions against a dozen Mexican companies, including those in the pharmaceutical, real estate, chemical, and cleaning sectors, and eight people who manage them for allegedly supplying drug precursors to the faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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A man opens fire inside an appeals courts in Tirana, Albania, killing the presiding judge and injuring two others in the courtroom. Police later arrest the suspect. ´
The International Criminal Court convicts Janjaweed commander Ali Kushayb of war crimes in Darfur, including rape, murder, and persecution. Kushayb is the first militia leader to be convicted for these war crimes. His sentence will be determined in a later hearing.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

The U.S. National Weather Service upgrades the rating of the tornado near Enderlin, North Dakota, on June 20 this year, to EF5, the most recent tornado to attain the highest rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
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Three people are killed after an 80-year-old residential structure collapses in Veraval, Gir Somnath district, India.
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Science and technology

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi are jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries relating to peripheral immune tolerance.
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October 5

Politics and elections

French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu announces his first batch of minister appointments, including former finance minister Bruno Le Maire as armed forces minister, while facing a potential no-confidence vote in parliament.
Source: AP external link
Indonesia lifts its temporary suspension of TikTok's operating license after the platform provided government-requested data on live streaming activity during the recent protests.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Syrians vote to elect 121 of the 210 members of the People's Assembly in the first election held since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Elections are postponed in the Al-Hasakah, Raqqa, and Suwayda governorates due to security reasons.
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Disasters and accidents

Over 550 people are trapped by a blizzard on the eastern slope of Mount Everest in Tibet.
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More than 60 people are killed in landslides in India and Nepal after days of heavy rain.
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At least nine people are killed and five others are critically injured in a fire inside of an intensive care unit at a hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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American mining company Freeport-McMoRan confirms that all seven workers missing after a mudflow at the Grasberg mine in Central Papua, Indonesia, have died as recovery teams find the remaining bodies and investigations continue.
Source: Reuters external link
At least three Croatian mountaineers are killed in an avalanche on Tosc Mountain in northwestern Slovenia.
Source: AP external link

Sports

In auto racing, McLaren win their second consecutive Formula One World Constructors' Championship after their drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri place third and fourth, respectively, at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Law and crime

U.S. president Donald Trump authorizes the deployment of 300 National Guard personnel to Chicago, Illinois.
Source: BBC News external link
Ecuador enforces a state of emergency in ten provinces amid ongoing Indigenous-led protests against the government's removal of a fuel subsidy that increased diesel prices.
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Five people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting at a local establishment in Commodore, Linstead, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica.
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A court in Mexico formally indicts footballer Omar Bravo with the aggravated child sexual abuse of a teenage girl following his arrest in Zapopan, Jalisco, yesterday afternoon.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 24 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least five people are killed in Lviv, Ukraine, during an overnight Russian attack involving 53 ballistic and cruise missiles and 496 drones.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Eswatini announces that it will receive eleven more third country nationals deported from the United States.
Source: Reuters external link

October 4

Arts and culture

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities formally opens the tomb of Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings to the public after 20 years of renovations following its excavation in 1989.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, installs Reverend Yehiel Curry as its presiding bishop, making him the first Black bishop to lead the denomination. Curry succeeds Reverend Elizabeth Eaton, the first woman to lead the organization.
Source: CBS News external link

Disasters and accidents

At least two people are killed and another is severely injured in northern France as Storm Amy makes landfall.
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A man is killed in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and hundreds of thousands are without power as Storm Amy brings high winds to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Source: Sky News external link
At least ten people are killed and two others are reported missing when heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Source: India TV external link

Law and crime

Iran executes six prisoners accused and convicted of carrying out attacks inside Iran for the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz on behalf of Israel.
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A mosque with two people inside is set on fire in a suspected hate crime in Peacehaven, East Sussex, England.
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Lithuania temporarily suspends air traffic at Vilnius Airport after unidentified balloons are detected in its airspace.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 70 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Puntland Security Forces kill over ten Islamic State militants and capture another in a major operation targeting wells used by ISIS as bases to carry out attacks in the Cal Miskaad Mountains in Bari region of Puntland. Three soldiers are killed and six others are injured in the operation.
Source: Hiiraan Online external link
At least seven people are killed and injured and several prisoners escape in an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency prison by militant group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somali government reports that no civilian or security officers were killed, and that all seven attackers were killed.
Source: Hiiraan Online external link
One person is killed and at least 30 people are injured in Russian drone strikes on two passenger trains at a rail station in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: The Independent external link
A Russian Buyan-class corvette is allegedly attacked near Lake Onega, in Karelia, Russia. The ship sustains damage to the right side of its power plant compartment.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link

Politics and elections

Protestors attempt to storm the Orbeliani Palace and clash with police in Tbilisi, Georgia, during the local elections.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Violent protests that killed at least ten people in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, end as a peace agreement is reached with a civil rights alliance.
Source: MSN external link
The second and final day of the election to elect the members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies takes place.
Source: TVN24 external link
Former prime minister Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party wins the election with about 35% of the vote but falls short of a majority, prompting him to begin coalition talks with smaller right-wing parties.
Source: BBC News external link
Sanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister-designate. She is the first female leader of the LDP and, should she be confirmed by the Diet, the first female prime minister of Japan.
Source: Kyodo News external link
Peter Mutharika is sworn in for his second non-consecutive term as President of Malawi following his victory in last month's national election.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In motorcycle speedway, Australia wins the 2025 Speedway of Nations, defeating Poland in the grand final at the MotoArena Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavia–Pomerania, Poland.
Source: FIM Speedway external link