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October 22

Law and crime

The High Court of Fiji sentences former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to a 12-month suspended prison term after being found guilty of "unwarranted demand with menace" earlier this month.
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An opposition politician of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Weligama, Sri Lanka, amid an increase of shootings in the country in the past months.
Source: AP external link
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Disasters and accidents

Forty-six people are killed and others are injured in a collision between two buses and other vehicles on the Kampala–Gulu Highway in Uganda.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Six people are killed and several others are injured in Russian strikes on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine
Source: Euronews external link
One person is killed and six others are injured in Russian drone strikes on Kholodnohirskyi District, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
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Thirteen people are injured in Russian drone strikes on Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: RBC-Ukraine external link
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Forty-five people, including former prisoners and a child, are arrested during a series of Israeli raids in Nablus, Ramallah, Qalqilya and Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank. Homes are vandalized and the arrested are assaulted alongside their family members.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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A man opens fire outside the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade and sets fire to a tent, critically injuring a person, before being arrested. The incident is classified as a terrorist attack.
Source: Ansa external link

October 21

Arts and culture

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Law and crime

A court in Slovakia sentences 72-year-old Juraj Cintula, the perpetrator in the attempted assassination of prime minister Robert Fico in 2024, to 21 years in prison. Cintula continues to deny the accusations, saying he aimed away from vital organs.
Source: BBC News external link
A Ukrainian citizen is detained in Poland and two others are arrested in Romania for allegedly working for Russian intelligence agencies and preparing acts of sabotage on Ukrainian shipping routes.
Source: AP external link
A court in Colombia overturns a bribery conviction against former President Álvaro Uribe, who had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in August 2025. The court is still considering further appeals on a fraud charge.
Source: DW external link
Rioting takes place in Dublin, Ireland, with several thousand anti-immigration protesters attempting to storm a hotel housing asylum seekers in the city after the alleged rape of a 10 year old Irish girl by an asylum seeker.
Source: BBC News external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 39 people are killed and 60 others are injured when a tanker truck transporting gasoline crashes and explodes in Bida, Nigeria.
Source: Bangladeshi Sangbad Sangstha external link
At least 14 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when an overcrowded train full of merchants crashes into a stationary train near Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.
Source: Africanews external link

Politics and elections

The government of Greece submits an amendment to the law on the care of monuments in an attempt to ban protests at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, sparking heated debate in parliament and a call by the Syriza party to protest in opposition to the government's proposal.
Source: AP external link
Sanae Takaichi is elected as Japan's first female prime minister by the House of Representatives after her party, the Liberal Democratic Party, agreed to form a coalition government with the Japan Innovation Party.
Source: NPR external link
Peruvian President José Jerí declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima in an attempt to curb rising crime.
Source: Reuters external link

October 20

Law and crime

The damaged 19th-century Crown of Empress Eugénie is recovered on a street near the Louvre in Paris, France, following its burglary yesterday.
Source: Town and Country external link
Police arrest Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan on bribery charges amid an anti-corruption investigation in Armenia, prompting protests outside his office and the detention of at least 23 demonstrators.
Source: Reuters external link
A court in Daejeon, South Korea, sentences a teacher to life in prison for the murder of a eight-year-old student whom she stabbed at school in a murder-suicide attempt in February 2025.
Source: The Korea Herald external link
The Tatmadaw conducts a raid on the KK Park scam center in Myawaddy Township, Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, and detains over 2,000 people and seizes over 30 Starlink terminals.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Disasters and accidents

Two airport ground crew are killed when an Emirates cargo plane crash-lands and strikes a service vehicle at Hong Kong International Airport, before partially falling into the sea.
Source: RTHK external link
At least one person is killed and four others are critically injured when a tornado hits the Ermont commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France.
Source: Metro external link

Politics and elections

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Business and economy

Pizzeria chain Pizza Hut enters administration in the United Kingdom with at least 68 venues expected to close and 1,210 employees at risk of redundancy.
Source: The Independent external link
Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet formally inaugurates Techo International Airport, replacing the 70-year-old Phnom Penh International Airport as the main aviation hub for the country.
Source: Airport World external link

Science and technology

A severe outage of Amazon Web Services occurs in the United States, impacting many apps and websites.
Source: NPR external link

October 19

Sports

In association football, Morocco wins its first U-20 World Cup after defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Thieves steal part of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, before fleeing on motorbikes. Police have been unable to locate them. The stolen Crown of Empress Eugénie is later recovered, although it was damaged.
Source: BBC News external link
The Iranian government executes a person convicted of allegedly spying for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad in Qom.
Source: AP external link

International relations

U.S. president Donald Trump says that the United States will stop payments and subsidies in aid to Colombia, citing "alleged drug trafficking endorsed by its government."
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and two others are missing as Tropical Storm Fengshen makes landfall in the Philippines, causing a landslide in Mindanao and heavy flooding in Luzon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Politics and elections

Centrist candidate Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party defeats independent right-wing candidate and former president Jorge Quiroga to win the presidential election, ending 20 years of Movimiento al Socialismo rule.
Source: The Guardian external link
The Taiwanese opposition party Kuomintang elects Cheng Li-wun as the new party chairwoman, who is known for her advocacy of closer ties and peace with China.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Citizens of the breakaway territory of Northern Cyprus vote between incumbent Ersin Tatar and Tufan Erhürman to serve as President.
Source: Famagusta-Gazette external link
Erhürman wins the election with 62.76% of the vote, against Tatar, who received 35.81% of the vote.
Source: AP external link
Citizens of North Macedonia vote to elect new mayors and cabinets for the country's 80 municipalities.
Source: Sloboden Pecat external link
Thousands of Haredi Jews gather around the Israeli consulate in New York City, United States, to protest against the potential conscription of yeshiva students to the Israel Defence Forces, which has been exempt since 1977.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan, mediated by Qatar and Turkey during peace talks in Doha, comes in to effect.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Palestinian militants are accused by Israel of attacking Israeli forces at ceasefire boundaries, killing two soldiers.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
At least 44 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, with severe attacks carried out in Khan Yunis and Rafah. The Israel Defense Forces and Hamas accuse each other of breaching the ceasefire.
Source: BBC News external link
Mahmoud Talal Abdullah, a Palestinian detainee from the refugee camp in Jenin, occupied West Bank, dies in Israeli custody at the Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Ya'akov.
Source: The New Arab external link