October 3
Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
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.
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Nine News 
A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, flying from Bermuda to Boston, goes missing over the Atlantic Ocean with six people on board. Search operations are ongoing.
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News 18
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. Exit polls project the centrist United List, led by incumbent prime minister Andris Kulbergs, in first place. The right-wing Latvia First and the left-wing Progressives follow in second and third place respectively.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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Arab News
Eight people, some of them civilians, are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
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Al Jazeera
Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more.
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Hawar News Agency
October 2
Law and crime
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.
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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.
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Ynet News
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.
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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.
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AFP via France 24
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Al Jazeera
The death toll in the Rapid Support Forces drone attack on the University of Kordofan in El Obeid rises to 10.
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Arab News
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The Kyiv Independent
Eighteen people are killed as Boko Haram gunmen open fire on villagers collecting firewood in Marte, Borno State, Nigeria.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
Canadian–American actor Michael J. Fox is promoted to companion level within the Order of Canada by governor general Louise Arbour for his advocacy on Parkinson's disease and research.
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CBC
Disasters and accidents
The United States National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii's Big Island, has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean.
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The Guardian
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.
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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.
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AFP
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.
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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.
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Swissinfo
October 1
Science and technology
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.
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AFP via France 24
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.
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AFP
Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva.
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San Marino RTV
Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment.
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Reuters
International relations
Eritrea's foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia in response.
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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.
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Het Parool
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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AFP via RNZ
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.
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AP
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.
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Middle East Eye
Israeli settlers shoot and kill a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure another.
Israeli–Palestinian conflictIsraeli settler violenceIsraeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
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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.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Russo-Ukrainian war
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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.
Sudanese civil war (2023–present)Kordofan campaign (2023–present)War crimes in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
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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.
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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.
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Al Jazeera