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October 5

Science and technology

American Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and Germans Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics".
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

The United States Air Force withdraws all of its B-1 Lancer strategic bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The US Department of Defense confirms the bombers have returned to bases in the United States.
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts

The Presidential Leadership Council launches a large-scale military operation against Houthis in Yemen, with the aim to capture all Houthi-controlled territories.
Source: Al Arabiya external link
A Yemeni government offensive pushes the Houthis from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Source: Reuters external link
At an emergency meeting of Strategic Political and Defense Committee of the Makkah Alliance for Defense, the committee decided to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The committee decided to appoint Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood (Ret.) of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as the first Secretary-General for a three-year term.
Source: Saudi Press Agency external link

Disasters and accidents

A Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 aircraft carrying 32 people crashes in Ondo State, Nigeria.
Source: DW external link

Law and crime

Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Politics and elections

In Kosovo, the acting presidency of Albulena Haxhiu becomes due to her having continuously served in the position for more than six months since assuming office on 4 April, violating the third paragraph of Article 90 in the constitution. The Kuvendi, which is set to meet for amendments to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, has two days left until the presidential election deadline by the Constitutional Court expires.
Source: RKS external link
Voters in Quebec, Canada, elect members to the National Assembly.
Source: The Guardian external link
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for 29 November after Parliament voted down two emergency housing decrees that would have restricted evictions, frozen rents, and blocked vulture-fund property buys.
Source: The Guardian external link

October 4

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ethiopian forces capture Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, after the withdrawal of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A drone strikes a displacement camp in Sheraro, Tigray Region, killing at least eight people, including a child, and seriously injuring six others.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The World Food Programme reports an airstrike on a United Nations truck in South Kordofan, Sudan, that killed the driver.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Four people are killed in an American airstrike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.
Source: AP external link
The Houthis take control of Al-Turbah, Yemen, after government troops withdrew earlier in the day. This is the first time the Houthis have held Al-Turbah since the war began.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

The United States Coast Guard suspends the search for the Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 aircraft that went missing yesterday with six passengers on board after finding a debris field in the ocean south of Nantucket, Massachussetts. All six passengers, including four Canadian pilots and crew and two Bermudian passengers, are presumed dead.
Source: Winnipeg City News external link
The death toll increases to over 30 people, with dozens still missing, of the two ships that collided yesterday on the Congo River near Lukolela, Congo.
Source: NOS external link
A lab worker in Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, dies from a pneumonic plague caused by , with nearly 200 workers in quarantine.
Source: Kyiv Independent external link

International relations

Nicaragua announces its immediate withdrawal from the Central American Parliament after the Organization of American States approved a resolution on Friday calling for Nicaragua to release political prisoners and restore civil liberties.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Bosnians vote to elect the three members of the presidency and 42 members of the House of Representatives. Concurrent elections are also held in the Federation to elect 98 seats of the regional legislature and in Republika Srpska to elect the entity's president and the 83 seats of the respective legislature.
Source: AFP external link
Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, 513 members of Chamber of Deputies and 54 members in the Federal Senate. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for the fourth non-consecutive term, where his main opponent is Rio de Janeiro senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Source: The Guardian external link
Flávio Bolsonaro wins the first round and will face Lula da Silva in a runoff on 25 October.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Two people are killed and at least 35 are injured in a mass shooting during a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, United States.
Source: The Guardian external link
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te's son and family in the United States.
Source: The Daily Telegraph external link
Two people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting at a hunting party in Halden, Norway. The perpetrator is arrested.
Source: AP external link
An American Marine stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, is arrested by Okinawa prefectural police in connection with the alleged robbery and murder of a local woman in Naha. Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi summons U.S. ambassador to Japan George Edward Glass regarding the incident.
Source: NPR external link
Three students are arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old classmate in Yong Peng, Johor, Malaysia.
Source: The Straits Times external link

October 3

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.
Source: Reuters external link
Five people are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. Three other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have targeted Hamas leader Ali al-Amoudi in a airstrike, and acknowledge that the results of the strike are under review.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more.
Source: Hawar News Agency external link
Source: Los Angeles Times external link
Source: Kyiv Independent external link

Science and technology

Scientists identify a new lizard species, , in Arequipa, Peru.
Source: Gulf News external link

Disasters and accidents

Five workers are killed and ten more are rescued after the collapse of a gold mine in Chah Ab District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan.
Source: AP external link
Ten people are injured, including some critically, in a motor vehicle hooning accident in Newcastle, Australia, during a Newcastle Knights procession before the NRL Grand Final. The driver is arrested at the scene.
Source: Nine News external link
A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, flying from St. David's Island, Bermuda, to Boston, United States, goes missing over the Atlantic Ocean with six people on board, including four Canadian crew and two Bermudian passengers.
Source: News 18 external link

Arts and culture

The remains of Samuil, the former Bulgarian tsar during the First Bulgarian Empire who died in 1014, return to Bulgaria following decades of negotiation with Greece.
Source: Orthodox Times external link

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. Preliminary results indicate that the centrist United List, led by incumbent prime minister Andris Kulbergs, won the most seats.
Source: Reuters external link

October 2

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
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.
Source: AFP 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 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 an 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 the fourth time in two days.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
Eighteen people are killed as Boko Haram gunmen open fire on villagers collecting firewood in Marte, Borno State, Nigeria.
Source: Reuters external link

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

Twenty people are killed and five others are injured after a four-vehicle crash in Plateau, Nigeria.
Source: Xinhua external link
The United States 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