detoxed.news

October 17

Law and crime

Over 500,000 people take part in nationwide protests across France, according to the national trade union confederation, while clashes and riots erupt in large cities.
Source: FranceInfo external link
Protesters force their way into Marseille's town hall and vandalize the interior before being dispersed.
Source: CNews external link
In Lille, protesters storm the city hall and damage the premises prior to being removed by security forces.
Source: Ouest-France external link
Dozens of shops are looted across major French cities amid widespread rioting and civil unrest.
Source: BFMTV external link
A court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder and activist Abhijeet Dipke on a peace bond, one day after police detained him while he was heading to a protest against the Election Commission of India.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 18 people are killed and 15 others are injured in a stampede at a pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Source: MillenniumPost external link
Ten tourists are killed and nine others sustain injuries after a resort catches fire in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Source: AA external link
Eight people are killed and eight others are injured after a minibus carrying 23 passengers plunges into a drain along the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway near Kota, Rajasthan, India.
Source: The Times of India external link
A Piper Tomahawk II aircraft crashes near Drymen, Stirling, Scotland, killing the two people on board.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

In Czechia, opposition parties win 22 of the contested 27 seats in the Senate. The election is the first time in the country's history where governing parties did not win a single seat in a senatorial election, with all candidates from the government of prime minister Andrej Babiš being defeated by opposition candidates.
Source: AP external link

October 16

Health and environment

Brazilian environment minister João Paulo Capobianco reports that deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell to 5,796km (2,238sqmi) in the year through July 2026, the lowest level since 1988 except for 2012.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Sports

In women's rugby union, Canada defeats England 24–21 in a WXV Global Series match in Toronto, ending the Red Roses' four-year unbeaten run at 41 matches (the longest in rugby union history) after Shoshanah Seumanutafa scores a late try.
Source: Stuff external link

International relations

Australia agrees to provide Fiji with solar-, wind-, and wave-powered Bluebottle maritime drones and training for surveillance and efforts against drug trafficking and other transnational crime, with deployment expected in 2027.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Hungarian prime minister Péter Magyar and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy agree to improve bilateral relations during a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, with Hungary lifting objections to further European Union accession talks for Ukraine following progress on ethnic Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Czechs begin voting in the second round to elect 22 senators who were not elected in the first round.
Source: Romea external link

Law and crimes

Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke is detained in Delhi, India, ahead of the party's planned march.
Source: BBC News external link
South African police rescue about 200 people from an unregistered rehabilitation centre in Mpumalanga and arrest two people while investigating alleged kidnapping and health and safety violations. Fourteen people receive medical treatment following the rescue.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Thirty people are killed and 47 people are injured in a drone strike on a cattle market in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan.
Source: Dawn external link

October 15

Science and technology

Astronomers discover the first green star, WD J1330+6435, according to a study published by RAS Techniques and Instruments.
Source: Popular Science external link
At the General Conference on Weights and Measures, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to abolish future leap seconds and make Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) continuous, starting 20 May 2027. To account for future differences between UTC and International Atomic Time, a leap hour will be observed as needed.
Source: Scientific American external link

Business and economy

The New Yalu River Bridge connecting Dandong, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea, opens following a 12-year delay.
Source: NK News external link
The European Central Bank authorizes UniCredit to raise its stake in Commerzbank above 30% without an upper limit, allowing the Italian bank to proceed toward taking control of the German lender.
Source: The Eastern Herald external link

International relations

A court in Hamburg, Germany, sentences a Danish national to eight years and six months in prison and an Afghan national to four years and six months in prison for plotting to assassinate Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, on behalf of Iran.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A roof collapses at a school in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 34 students and a teacher, and injuring 50 more people.
Source: BBC News external link
Four people are killed fighting wildfires in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia, after flames and thick smoke trapped them. Two others suffer serious burns.
Source: AFP external link
Seven people are missing after a San Marino-flagged tanker catches fire off the coast of Romania amid recent drone attacks on merchant shipping in the Black Sea. Search and rescue operations are underway to locate the missing crew members.
Source: Politico external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabia says that it has intercepted a missile intended for Medina. However, the Houthis denied launching a missile at the city.
Source: France 24 external link
The Houthis launch missiles against Al-Maashiq Palace, headquarters of the Presidential Leadership Council and official residence of President Rashad al-Alimi, in Aden, Yemen, killing five people and injuring 16. No member of the council is harmed in the attack.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

The United Kingdom declares a severe drought in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex, and West Sussex after prolonged low rainfall left more than 80% of England in drought and major reservoirs below 20% capacity.
Source: AFP external link

Sports

In baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS to advance to the 2026 World Series, their first since 1982.
Source: ESPN external link

Law and crime

Three children and a teacher are killed in a mass school shooting at the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, United States. Two other people are wounded. The perpetrator, a 16-year-old male, is shot and killed by a bystander.
Source: The Guardian external link
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Department of Defense has reversed its plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, scheduled for December 3.
Source: AP external link
Argentine police arrest at least 25 people after clashes during a university funding protest in Buenos Aires, while eight police officers are injured.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Northern Irish politician and former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse and rape. The offences occurred between 1985 and 2008.
Source: BBC News external link

October 14

Law and crime

The Ukrainian citizen accused of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022 faces trial at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany,
Source: UPI external link
A court in New Delhi, India, remands Cockroach Janta Party spokespeople Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka in custody for five days after police detained them for entering the restricted Jantar Mantar protest site.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Turkish opposition-leaning and independent news channel Halk TV goes offline as it is raided by police and new administrators are appointed by the government.
Source: BBC News external link
President Claudia Sheinbaum signs a decree banning violent content on social media to protect minors under the age of 18.
Source: Expansión external link
Costa Rica inaugurates CACCO, a maximum-security prison modeled after El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, aimed at holding 20% of the country's current prison population, as the homicide rate reached a record high in 2023.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Colombia opens an embassy in Jerusalem and restores its free trade agreement with Israel.
Source: Reuters external link

Science and technology

The oldest known shipwreck in the world (c. 2700–2400 BC) is excavated in Kekova, Turkey.
Source: CNN external link

Health and environment

Singapore records its highest air pollution level of 2026 as one-hour PM concentrations reach about 288 micrograms per cubic metre amid haze from Indonesian wildfires.
Source: AFP external link
Timor-Leste suspends in-person classes nationwide from October 15 to 17 due to worsening air quality from wildfire smoke and pollutant particles across Southeast Asia.
Source: AFP external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and four others are missing after torrential rainfall triggers widespread flooding across Istanbul, Turkey.
Source: ABC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthis claim to have shot down a Royal Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft over Saada Governorate, Yemen. Saudi authorities did not comment on the claim.
Source: AFP via AA external link
The Saudi Civil Defense reports that debris from intercepted Houthi cruise missiles injured four people, including a child, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and damaged 15 homes.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
Two cargo ships, the Singapore-flagged container ship and the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged dry bulk carrier , sink after both are attacked by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz while trying to navigate through what Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps called an "illegal and dangerous route." At least one crew member is killed in the attacks.
Source: Reuters external link
A Russian ballistic missile attack strikes a power station in the Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine, leaving more than 1,000 residential buildings without heating.
Source: BBC News external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have re-captured the Bir Kelekel area of West Darfur, Sudan, from Rapid Support Forces, according to West Darfur state governor Bahr al-Din Adam Karama.
Source: AA external link
Rioters attack government buildings, banks, businesses and other sites as anti-government protests erupt in Tirana, Albania. At least 23 police officers and six others are injured during the unrest, while 35 people are detained. President Bajram Begaj condemns the violence and appeals for calm across the nation.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

Over 300,000 public sector workers in Ireland, including teachers, health workers, and other civil servants, start a general strike, the first in the country since 2009, to protest against a deadlock in pay negotiations.
Source: Reuters external link