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Formula 1 announces a new grand prix in Kigali, Rwanda, to run for at least 10 years starting in the early 2030s with a new track. This would be the first F1 grand prix in Africa since South Africa in 1993. (AP)

One person is killed and four others are injured after an accident on the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, United States. (BNO News)

The Clark County District Court in Nevada, United States, sentences former Crips gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. (DW)

Wednesday, October 14th, 2026

A power station in the Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine is hit in a Russian ballistic missile attack, leaving more than 1,000 residential buildings without heating. (BBC)

Singapore records its highest air pollution level of 2026 as one-hour PM_2.5 concentrations reach about 288 micrograms per cubic metre amid haze from Indonesian wildfires. (AFP)

Timor-Leste suspends in-person classes nationwide from October 15 to 17 after worsening air quality from wildfire smoke and pollutant particles transported across Southeast Asia. (AFP)

A court in New Delhi, India, remands Cockroach Janta Party spokespeople Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka in custody for five days after police detained them for entering the restricted Jantar Mantar protest site. (AFP via RFI)

The Ukrainian citizen accused of Nord Stream pipelines sabotage in 2022 faces trial at the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht in Hamburg, Germany, raising again the questions about Ukraine’s possible role in the attack. (DW)

Turkish opposition-leaning and independent news channel Halk TV goes offline as it is raided by police and new administrators are appointed by the government. (BBC)

Tuesday, October 13^th, 2026

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States, suspends all fraternity parties and social events for the remainder of the 2026–27 academic year following allegations that seven Chi Phi members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024. (BBC News)

Philippine prosecutors in the impeachment trial of vice president Sara Duterte drop three of the four impeachment charges in an attempt to speed up the trial. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approves the move. (AP)

The Hungarian National Assembly passes an amendment repealing most provisions of the anti-LGBTQ child protection law that was previously passed during former prime minister Viktor Orbán‘s tenure in 2021. (DW)

The Royal Saudi Air Force strikes a fuel depot near Sanaa, Yemen. The Houthis launch missiles upon multiple Saudi Arabian cities, including Riyadh and Dammam, in response. (BBC News)

An administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, is partially consumed by a fire after a Houthi missile is intercepted over the city by Saudi forces. (Al Jazeera)

Hezbollah spokesperson Ali Damoush announces they will pay up to US$14,000 in aid to families whose homes in Lebanon were destroyed or made uninhabitable during its war with Israel. Families in Beirut and its suburbs will receive $14,000, while the rest of Lebanon will receive $12,000. (AP)

Two merchant ships are hit by unknown drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, with one sinking. Eleven crew members are missing and 20 in total are rescued. Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev has blamed Russia and summoned its ambassador. It is the second such attack in six days. (Reuters)

Six deaths are confirmed in Florida, United States, from Hurricane Isaias. (Fox Weather)

At least seven people are killed and over 40 others are injured in a train derailment near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. (AA) (AFP via The Straits Times)

The World Health Organization reports a surge in cholera cases in Yemen over the past three weeks. (AFP via Arab News)

Indonesian authorities release 20 protected green sea turtles back into the oceans off Bali after they were seized from an empty boat abandoned by wildlife smugglers last week. (AP)

Philippine prosecutors in the impeachment trial of vice president Sara Duterte drop three of the fou

inimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. (DW)

Four people are killed and three more injured in a mass shooting at a memorial service in Katlehong, Gauteng, South Africa. (AP)

Eight people are injured in a mass stabbing at a supermarket in Incheon, South Korea. A suspect is arrested. (BBC News) (CNA)

Students in Tirana, Albania, throw bricks at the Ministry of Education building, prompting riot police to respond. (Reuters)

The Netherlands denies visas to Russian artistic gymnasts Anna Kalmykova, Viktoria Listunova, and Angelina Melnikova for the world championships in Rotterdam, while four other Russian gymnasts receive permission to enter the country. (AP)

Monday, October 12^th, 2026

Generative AI chatbot Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing costs and litigations including those linked to teen suicides. (CBS News)

One person is killed and four others are injured after an accident on the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, United States. (BNO News)

The Houthis claim to have attacked King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a ballistic missile for a third consecutive day. (Reuters)

Delta Air Lines postpones direct flights from Atlanta’s Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Riyadh following attacks by the Houthis on the country. (The Hill)

Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila announces the formation of a rebel political-military coalition named Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, which includes the March 23 Movement, Twirwaneho and the Congo River Alliance. The group, led by Kabila, says it aimed to coordinate “resistance forces” to topple the Government of President Félix Tshisekedi. (BBC)

r impeachment charges in an attempt to speed up the trial. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approves the move. (AP)

The Clark County District Court in Nevada, United States, sentences former Crips gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis to a m

American economists Robert Ernest Hall and Michael Dean Woodford are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation“. (CNN)

American visual images company Getty Images announces that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Reuters)

Two deaths are reported after hurricanes Rachel and Simon made landfall on Mexico’s coast, with Guerrero governor Evelyn Salgado and Baja California governor Marina del Pilar Ávila confirming their deaths. (Al Jazeera)

A fire destroys the historic Marché des Enfants-Rouges food market in Paris, France. (France 24)

The Council of the European Union approves the 22nd package of sanctions against Russia, targeting 1,569 individuals and entities of the country’s military and industrial complex. (EU Council)

A 14-year-old student opens fire at a middle school in Aubagne, France, injuring two staff members, before being detained. (France 24)

Pakistan‘s federal government detains hundreds of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members, including former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi and other provincial officials, after suspending the PTI-led provincial administration and imposing emergency rule. (AFP via RFI)

A cyber attack without attribution against French supermarkets results in losses worth millions of euros. (BBC News)

Ülle Madise, who was elected by the Riigikogu in September, takes office as President of Estonia, succeeding Alar Karis. (Estonian World)

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An executive magistrate’s court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders, requiring them to avoid breaches of the peace for one year after their detention. (AFP via France 24)

Houthis launch an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire, one dead and injuring multiple people. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera)

An Indian national injured in yesterday’s attack on King Khalid International Airport dies from his injuries, raising the death toll to 13. (Reuters)

The Royal Saudi Air Force launches an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, killing a child and wounding seven other people. (Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker transiting in the Strait of Hormuz has been hit by an unknown projectile. (Middle East Eye)

A drone strikes the tanker MT Petro Dolphin near Sohar, Oman, leaving two Indian sailors missing and prompting the rescue of nine others. Omani authorities conduct search-and-rescue operations for the missing crew members. (AFP via Arab News)

Airstrikes are launched at the Egypt–Sudan border targeting an artisanal gold mine in a mountainous area, killing at least 72 people. (Sky News)

Three civilians and two police officer are killed in a mass shooting in Jacona, Michoacán, Mexico, while six other people are wounded. Separately, three gunmen are killed in a shootout with police in Zamora.(Organización Editorial Mexicana)

Four FARC dissidents are killed and 12 rifles seized after an airstrike by the National Army of Colombia against a guerrilla camp in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia.(El Tiempo)

A drone strike kills a soldier in the locality of Altamira, La Vega, Cauca, Colombia.(Publimetro)

Ten people are reported missing and at least 35 houses and six bridges are swept away in a major flash flood in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal. The exact number of casualties is unknown. (ANI via Gulf News)

At least 139 people are killed, 84 more missing, and over 80 are rescued when a boat carrying migrants shipwrecks off the coast of Djibouti. (AFP via France 24)

Eleven people are killed and 27 others are injured when a tour bus collides with a truck at a toll road of Otoyol 5 in Akhisar, Manisa Province, Turkey. (Türkiye Today)

One person is killed and around 19 others are injured, including four critically, when a passenger bus plunges down a slope and crashes into a residential complex in Valparaíso, Chile. (Teletrece in Spanish)

The Kenyan health ministry reports that no Ebola cases have been reported since one patient died from the disease on October 5, with 293 tests conducted. (Reuters)

The Indonesian forestry ministry and International Animal Rescue release eight orangutans rescued from wildfires into a protected wildforest in West Kalimantan after fires destroyed habitat near plantations. (AFP)

Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari declares a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspends its provincial government amid disputes over the province’s response to Islamist militancy. (AFP via RFI)

Raphaël Glucksmann is elected as a candidate in the 2027 presidential election during the Socialist Party primary, receiving more than 66% of the votes in the first round. (AFP via RFI)

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Following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan in Kabul and Paktika on October 9th, the Afghan Armed Forces launches attacks on several border posts of Pakistan along the Durand Line and seizes several posts. (The Guardian)

Pakistan responds with retaliatory strikes, gunfire and ground raids on Afghan posts along the border. (The Guardian)

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 attacks in Msayleh, An-Najjariyah, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (Naharnetnet)

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. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Two Hamas members are killed by the Doghmush clan in an ambush in Gaza City, Palestine. A clan member is killed and 30 arrested in retaliation. (BBC News)

Fifteen people are killed after A boat capsized on Lake Volta, Ghana. (TRT Afrika)

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. (The Guardian)

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. (BBC News)

Helena Moreno is elected Mayor of New Orleans. (CNN)

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 lower 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. (The Guardian)

Saturday, October 10th, 2026

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. (TIME) (CBS News)

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 Gaza. (AP)

Roei Shalev, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre during the October 7 attacks on Israel, dies by suicide two years after the attack amid ongoing reports of severe psychological trauma among survivors. (The Jerusalem Post) (The Times of Israel)

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. (Al Jazeera)

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. (The Canadian Press)

Two unnamed high-ranking Pakistani Taliban leaders are confirmed killed in yesterday’s Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Radio Free Europe)

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. (Dawn)

At least eleven Pakistani soldiers are killed in an attack on a military post by the Pakistani Taliban in Tirah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Reuters)

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. ) (Dawn)

A doublet earthquake, consisting of two events measuring M_w 7.4 and 6.7–6.8, strikes Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines, killing eight people and injuring more than 400. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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. (BBC News)

At least 16 people are killed and multiple others are injured after an explosion at a manufacturing plant in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States. (CNN)

At least 28 people are killed in floods and landslides in central and southeastern Mexico. Roads and homes are destroyed. (AP)

Biggest crypto liquidation event in historyMore than $19 billion of crypto leverage was liquidated in roughly a day. (Coinglass)

Senegalese health authorities confirm 17 deaths in a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever that began on September 21. (Africanews)

Afghanistan 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. (AP)

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. (DW)

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. (AP)

One person is killed and 22 others are injured during a Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protest in Lahore, Punjab. (Dawn)

Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela. (CNN) (Nobel Peace Prize)

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. (AP)

Congress president José Jerí is sworn in as the interim president following Boluarte’s removal from power. (DW)

French president Emmanuel Macron re-appoints Sébastien Lecornu as Prime Minister, four days after Lecornu resigned. (France 24)

Komeito announces their exit from the Japanese ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. (Reuters)

Friday, October 9th, 2026

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. (CNN)

The United States Department of Justice indicts Attorney General of New York Letitia James on a criminal bank fraud charge by in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. (CNN)

Four people are killed and 40 others are trapped under rubble in an Israeli attack against a building in Sabra, Gaza City, Palestine, as the ceasefire agreement proposed by US president Donald Trump awaits approval by the Israeli cabinet. (The Times of Israel)

Czechs begin voting in the first round to elect one-third of the Senate. Incumbent prime minister Andrej Babiš seeks gains of his coalition in the Senate. (AP)

Twenty-nine people are killed in Israeli attacks against Gaza. (Wafa)

The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court issues an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, the brother of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, on charges of lobbying the U.S. to interfere in the trial of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. (Al Jazeera)

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Herrera Province in Panama. A tsunami warning is issued for the country. (Reuters)

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. (AP)

Pope Leo XIV approves Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle‘s election as dean of the College of Cardinals, making him the first Asian to lead the body that elects a new pope. (Reuters)

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. (AP)

The Pakistan Air Force carries out two airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan, targeting Pakistani Taliban leaders. (Amu.tv)

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. (Daily Pioneer)

Three tribal leaders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, are abducted and killed by Pakistani Taliban militants. (Press Trust of India)

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”. (CNN)

Argentine monetary crisis 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. (AP)

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. (AP)

One person is killed in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and hundreds of people are evacuated as Typhoon Halong makes landfall in the Izu Islands. (Kyodo News)

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. (AP)

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. (AP)

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. (The Independent)

Clashes erupts in New York City, United States, between protestors and police after the shooting of a man from the Dominican Republic by ICE agents. The man, who was in a car alongside a child, was then detained while being wounded. (Al Jazeera)

South African judge and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “her efforts to promote peace and international law”. (DW)

A passenger bus collides with a truck on a road in Mkambarani, Tanzania, and catches fire, killing 28 people. (AP)

Isaias strengthens into a category 3 Atlantic hurricane. (AP)

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Thursday, October 8th, 2026

United States secretary of defense Pete Hegseth announces the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcasted. (AFP via RFI) (CNN)

U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. military will not attack Iran before the midterm elections next month. (AP)

The USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego, California, U.S., at the North Island Naval Air Station following its nearly seven-month deployment in the Middle East. (Los Angeles Times)

High Court judge Nicholas Hilliard of England and Wales quashes search warrants used on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor‘s homes, finding errors in Thames Valley Police’s applications and issuing judge Mark Lucraft‘s consideration of legally protected material. (AP)

The Israel Defense Forces announce that they have killed Muhammad Muhsen Nimr Yazji, a Hamas militant who took part in holding Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Matan Angrest during an airstrike in Gaza City. (The Jerusalem Post)

Taiwan’s finance ministry reports that exports reached a record US$87.2 billion in September, while imports rose to a record $63.6 billion and the trade surplus reached a record $23.6 billion, citing demand for artificial intelligence-related hardware. (AFP) (Reuters)

South Korea recalls its ambassador to Ukraine after accusing Ukraine of breaching a non-disclosure agreement by disclosing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Russian forces launch a ballistic missile attack on two buses in the city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine, killing at least 30 people, while 18 others are wounded. (Al Jazeera)

Canadian poet Anne Carson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms ‌for contemporary literature”. (BBC News)

The Bank of England announces that the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee, and European hedgehog will feature on the next set of pound sterling notes to be issued in the United Kingdom. It will be the first time animals have replaced people on banknotes in England, which is intended to increase awareness of British wildlife. (BBC News)

The Hungarian newspaper Népszabadság, which was shut down in 2016 during the government of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, relaunches as an online news site. (Reuters)

In the United States, Georgia governor Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias. (Fox 5 Atlanta)

Hurricane Isaias strengthens into a category 2 Atlantic hurricane. (AP)

A 15-year-old student carries out a mass stabbing against staff members at a primary school in the village of Leszczydół-Nowiny, Wyszków County, Poland, killing one person and injuring two more. The suspect is taken into police custody. (Reuters)

The Government of Guinea-Bissau announces that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 6 will be delayed. (Reuters)

In baseball, Teruaki Satō of the Hanshin Tigers wins the Triple Crown; the last NPB Triple Crown was won by Munetaka Murakami in 2022. (Kyodo News)

Swiss and Sunderland A.F.C. footballer Granit Xhaka receives a two-year probation after admitting to obtaining a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate during the COVID-19 pandemic. (ESPN)

Wednesday, October 7^th, 2026

Houthi forces claim attacks on Abha International Airport and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia that killed three civilians and injured 36 others since yesterday. (AFP via France 24)

French chemist Henri B. Kagan from the Paris-Saclay University and Japanese organic chemist Kensō Soai from the Tokyo University of Science are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis“. (Reuters)

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum sanctions a constitutional amendment prohibiting Mexicans with dual citizenship from running for president or governor. (AA) (El Economista in Spanish)

Eritrean forces are reported to have invaded Ethiopia’s Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle. (Addis Standard) (Al Jazeera)

Tropical cyclone Isaias strengthens into a category 1 hurricane, becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of the season amidst a unusually quiet season caused by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. (AP)

In the United States, Alabama governor Kay Ivey declares a state of emergency for 40 counties ahead of Isaias. (Reuters) (WVUA-CD)

The British Antarctic Survey reports that Zavodovski Island in Antarctica has lost more than 500,000 chinstrap penguins since 2011, ending its status as the world’s largest penguin colony as warming waters reduce access to Antarctic krill. (AFP via France 24)

The Court of Appeal in London, United Kingdom, quashes the convictions of five former Barclays traders for manipulating Libor and Euribor, following a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that found legal errors had made similar convictions unsafe. (AFP)

Russian forces launch a massive ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing at least 28 people, including 20 people killed at a single apartment hit by a North Korean KN-23 missile in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, while hundreds more are wounded. (The Guardian)

Nine people are injured in a mass stabbing at a high school in Ostrołęka, Poland. The suspect, a 19-year-old student, is arrested after being injured himself. (Reuters)

Bulgaria halts the search for the 12 Syrian sailors missing since yesterday after a merchant ship sank after being hit by a drone strike in its waters. The perpetrators are still unknown. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

The Malian Armed Forces and the Russian Africa Corps retake Kidal, which was captured by the Azawad Liberation Front five months ago, after days of airstrikes and ground operations. (Al Jazeera)

Israeli settlers launch an attack in the occupied West Bank targeting Palestinians, killing a man and wounding 16 other people. (Al Jazeera)

Four women are killed in a Rapid Support Forces drone strike on homes and a mosque in Ad-Damazin, Blue Nile State, Sudan. (The Washington Post) (AP)

Guinea sets nationwide price ceilings for bottled water after a ban on single-use plastic water sachets causes shortages and higher prices, with retail packs of several bottle sizes capped at 25,000 francs (US$2.84). (AFP via France 24)

The Reserve Bank of India raises its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%, its first increase since February 2023. (AFP via France 24)

For a second consecutive day, riots occur in Liège, Belgium, following earlier student protests, prompting authorities to close the Guillemins railway station and urge local businesses to shut down. Over 100 people are arrested. (Al Jazeera)

Australia’s High Court rejects MACH Energy’s appeal to expand the Mount Pleasant coal mine in New South Wales, finding that planning authorities failed to adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions from burning exported coal overseas. (AFP via France 24)

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