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October 3

Politics and elections

Latvians vote to elect 100 seats of the Saeima amid an uptick of airspace incursions and hybrid warfare during the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Multiple people are injured in an alleged car ramming attack in Newcastle, Australia during a Newcastle Knights grand final procession. The driver is arrested at the scene.
Source: Nine News external link

October 2

Politics and elections

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.
Source: AP external link
Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his successor on 9 December.
Source: Swissinfo external link

Disasters and accidents

The U.S. National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii's Big Island, has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean.
Source: The Guardian external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: BBC News external link
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.
Source: BBC News external link
French government ministers, including right-wing 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.
Source: Ynet News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia is planning a offensive on the Houthis in the coming weeks to take back the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Source: Reuters external link
Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Sudan's armed forces announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan town of al-Mazroub.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The death toll in the Rapid Support Forces drone attack on the University of Kordofan in El Obeid rises to 10.
Source: Arab News external link
A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for forth time in two days.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link

Business and economy

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.
Source: The New York Times external link

October 1

International relations

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.
Source: AP external link
Eritrea's foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia in response.
Source: Reuters external link
A diplomat from Egypt is told to leave Ethiopia within 48 hours after being declared as .
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Het Parool external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: CNN external link
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.
Source: Firstpost external link
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.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
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.
Source: AFP via RNZ external link

Science and technology

Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Politics and elections

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.
Source: AFP external link
Source: San Marino RTV external link
Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
Israeli settlers shoot and kill a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure another.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Kyiv Independent external link
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.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters.
Source: BBC News external link
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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Disasters and accidents

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.
Source: AP external link

September 30

Science and technology

The Tokyo District Court rules that a person's voice can receive protection under publicity rights, in Japan's first case involving alleged audio deepfake, while dismissing actor Kenjiro Tsuda's request to remove already-deleted TikTok videos.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Law and crime

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit halts Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee shortly before it was scheduled, to allow for further review of whether evidence of childhood sexual abuse was adequately considered at sentencing; the U.S. Supreme Court shortly after lifts the Sixth Circuit's stay order, allowing the execution to proceed.
Source: Reuters external link
Pike is sent to a hospital following the failed administration of two rounds of the drugs used to perform the lethal injection.
Source: BBC News external link
A Turkish court orders the closure of independent news website and its social media accounts after the justice ministry reported that had published 118 items during the previous year which the court classified as "LGBTQ propaganda".
Source: AFP via RTL Today external link
A Flydubai flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Tel Aviv, Israel, is landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, by a relief crew after the copilot violently attacked the captain in an attempted aircraft hijacking.
Source: CNN external link
Bolivian police arrest attorney general Roger Mariaca and Santa Cruz de la Sierra prosecutor Alberto Zeballos after the U.S. State Department accused them of corruption and links to drug trafficking. Police also raid prosecutors' offices in several cities.
Source: AFP external link

Politics and elections

Romania's parliament rejects prime minister-designate Siegfried Mureșan's proposed government, receiving 182 of the 233 votes required for approval, prolonging the political crisis that began after Ilie Bolojan's government fell in May.
Source: AP external link
At least 450 people are arrested and 76 people are injured after students in France protest over class overcrowding and teacher shortages.
Source: The New York Times external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

American troops complete their withdrawal from Iraq, ending their 23-year presence in the country that started with the 2003 U.S. invasion, and also the 12-year U.S. intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A helicopter crashes in Marondera, Zimbabwe, killing all six people on board, including businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife.
Source: The Citizen external link
Seven workers are killed in a gas incident inside a mining tunnel in Itogon, Benguet, Philippines.
Source: Manila Bulletin external link

Business and economy

A United States federal judge approves media conglomerate Paramount Skydance's settlement with 12 states that challenged its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds, allowing the $81 billion merger to proceed toward completion.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN News external link