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October 12

Politics and elections

Cameroonians vote to elect their president, with the incumbent Paul Biya seeking his eighth term.
Source: Reuters external link
Patrick Herminie wins the presidential election in Seychelles by obtaining more than 52% of the votes, becoming the next President of Seychelles, defeating the incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan.
Source: Reuters external link

October 11

Sports

In tennis, world 206th-ranked Monégasque player Valentin Vacherot defeats Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters semi-final, becoming the lowest-ranked finalist in Masters 1000 history and the first finalist ranked higher than 200th. He also becomes the first Monégasque to defeat a top 10 player and is set to play his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the final.
Source: The Guardian external link
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Law and crime

Six people are killed and 14 others are injured after an individual opens fire at the Leland High School homecoming gathering on a main street in Leland, Mississippi, United States. No suspect has been taken into custody.
Source: The Guardian external link
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Two people are killed and at least one other is injured in a shooting during a football celebration at a high school in Heidelberg, Mississippi, United States. A person of interest is taken into custody.
Source: WLBT external link
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British musician Ian Watkins of the band Lostprophets is killed in HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, where he was imprisoned for sexual crimes against children and animals. Two men are arrested on suspicion of the murder.
Source: BBC News external link
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Politics and elections

A unit of CAPSAT mutinies against President Andry Rajoelina and calls for all security forces to refuse orders to shoot protesters.
Source: New York Times external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Taliban launches attacks on several border posts of Pakistan along the Durand Line.
Source: The Guardian external link
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One person is killed, seven others are injured, dozens of bulldozers are destroyed, and a key route connecting Beirut to Lebanon's south is severed in Israeli strikes on Msayleh, An-Najjariyah, Lebanon.
Source: Naharnetnet external link
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At least two people are killed and four others are injured, including one critically, in a Russian strike on a church in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda external link
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October 10

Disasters and accidents

A doublet earthquake, consisting of two events measuring M 7.4 and 6.7–6.8, strikes Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines, killing eight people and injuring more than 400.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
The United States Pacific Tsunami Warning Center raises a tsunami alert for the Philippines, Indonesia, and Palau for more than two hours. Local authorities record "minor tsunamis" in Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and an inch-long wave in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
Source: BBC News external link
Multiple people are killed, multiple others are injured and at least 19 people are reported missing after an explosion at a manufacturing plant in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.
Source: WBIR-TV external link
At least 28 people are killed in floods and landslides in central and southeastern Mexico. Roads and homes are destroyed.
Source: AP external link

Health and environment

Senegal's health authorities confirm 17 deaths in a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever that started on September 21.
Source: Africanews external link

Politics and elections

Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela.
Source: Nobel Peace Prize external link
Following a vote of 124–0, the Peruvian Congress removes President Dina Boluarte from power after she fails to appear for a required defense in Congress regarding her government's inability to lower crime.
Source: AP external link
Congress president José Jerí is sworn in as the interim president following Boluarte's removal from power.
Source: DW external link
French president Emmanuel Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu as Prime Minister, four days after Lecornu handed in his resignation.
Source: France 24 external link
Komeito announces their exit from the Japanese ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The International Criminal Court rejects a request from former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to be released from detention, citing flight risk and witness tampering concerns.
Source: AP external link
One person is killed and 22 others are injured during a Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protest in Lahore, Punjab.
Source: Dawn external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas comes into effect hours after the approval of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli war cabinet. The Israel Defense Forces complete their withdrawal to the agreed-upon lines within the Gaza Strip.
Source: AP external link
The Lebanese government announces the arrest of a network affiliated to Israel which attempted to carry out assassinations and bombing attacks, mainly during a commemoration ceremony for the assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The United Nations human rights chief says three days of attacks in and near a displaced persons camp in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan, has killed at least 53 civilians.
Source: The Canadian Press external link
All the 30 surviving Pakistani Taliban insurgents involved in the attack in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Tuesday that killed 30 people, including eleven security personnel, are killed in a retribution operation.
Source: Dawn external link
At least eleven Pakistani soldiers are killed in an attack on a military post by the Pakistani Taliban in Tirah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Source: Reuters external link
At least seven police officers and six militants are killed and 13 others are injured in an attack on a police training center in Ratta Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Source: Dawn external link

International relations

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says Pakistan launched an airstrike in the country's eastern Paktia Province, while the Pakistani government says the Pakistani Taliban was allowed to use Afghanistan as a base for attacks against Pakistan.
Source: AP external link
Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar announces the country will reopen its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, after it was shut down four years ago during the fall of Kabul.
Source: DW external link
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth announces an agreement with Qatar to build a new Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho, that will host QEAF F-15QA fighter jets and pilots.
Source: CBS News external link

October 9

Armed conflicts and attacks

Four people are killed and 40 others are trapped under rubble in an Israeli strike on a building in Sabra, Gaza City, Palestine, as the ceasefire agreement proposed by US president Donald Trump awaits approval by the Israeli cabinet.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Twenty-nine people are killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Source: Wafa external link
The Israeli cabinet formally approves the ceasefire agreement, with the Israeli military given 24 hours to withdraw their troops to the agreed-upon line within Gaza. The hostage and prisoner releases are expected to begin in the coming days.
Source: AP external link
US officials announce that 200 troops will be sent to Israel to run a civil-military coordination center established by U.S. Central Command to support and monitor the ceasefire deal, joined by members of the armed forces of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.
Source: AP external link
The Pakistan Air Force carries out two airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan, targeting Pakistani Taliban leaders.
Source: Amu.tv external link
Seven Pakistani Taliban members and a major are killed in a raid and ensuing shootout in Daraban, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Inter-Services Public Relations further reports that the security forces recovered a cache of weapons and ammunition, along with stating that the killed terrorists were actively involved in multiple attacks.
Source: Daily Pioneer external link
Three tribal leaders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, are abducted and killed by Pakistani Taliban militants.
Source: Press Trust of India external link

Disasters and accidents

One person is killed in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and hundreds of people are evacuated as Typhoon Halong makes landfall in the Izu Islands.
Source: Kyodo News external link
Russian president Vladimir Putin says that Russian air defense shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in December 2024, in his first admission of responsibility for the accident.
Source: CNN external link

Politics and elections

The Ecuadorian Army deploys at least 5,000 personnel to Quito to "prevent vandalism" amid ongoing protests against President Daniel Noboa over the rise of price of diesel fuel due to end of subsidies.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announces that the United States has purchased Argentine pesos and has finalized a currency swap framework, adding that the US is prepared to provide assistance to Argentina's economy, after ending four days of meetings with Argentine economy minister Luis Caputo.
Source: AP external link
The United States Treasury Department issues sanctions against Naftna Industrija Srbije, the primary petroleum producer and supplier in Serbia, which is majority-owned by Russian state company Gazprom.
Source: AP external link

International relations

The attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago says that the United States has granted permission yesterday to the country to negotiate a gas deal with Venezuela without facing U.S. sanctions related to its relationship with Venezuela.
Source: AP external link

Arts and culture

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai wins this year's Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art".
Source: CNN external link

Sports

In tennis, Monégasque player Valentin Vacherot defeats Holger Rune at the Shanghai Masters to become the lowest-ranked player on the ATP rankings to reach a Masters 1000 semi-final in 26 years, and the first Monégasque in history to do so.
Source: ATP external link