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- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- One person is killed and eight others are injured in a large-scale Russian strike on Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
- Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Nigerian bandit conflict
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
- The casualty toll from Hurricane Melissa in Haiti increases to 43 deaths, with 13 others still missing. Nearly 12,000 homes are flooded and at least 200 have been destroyed. (AP)
- 2025 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines, rises to 40, with search and rescue operations ongoing. (Al Jazeera)
- Six people are killed when a Philippine Air Force Bell Huey helicopter crashes while conducting damage assessment for Typhoon Kalmaegi in Agusan del Sur, Caraga, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- 2025 Chhattisgarh train collision
- At least eight people are killed and about a dozen others are injured when a passenger train crashes into a cargo train near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. (AP)
- UPS Airlines Flight 2976
- A UPS Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft crashes near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Gaza war
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
- Israel arrests and imprisons Israeli major general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi for leaking a surveillance video showing the gang rape of a Palestinian detainee in the Sde Teiman detention camp in August. (NPR)
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
Politics and elections
- 2025 United States elections
- Off-year elections are held in the United States, including one special election to a vacancy in the federal House of Representatives, two elections for the governors of Virginia and New Jersey, the next mayor of New York City, and various local elections. (NPR)
- Mexican Drug War
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces a security plan for the state of Michoacán following the assassination of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, who was shot and killed on Saturday; the plan includes the dispatch of the National Guard, more federal personnel, and the creation of a special unit at the state's prosecution office. (AP)
- Western Sahara conflict
- Morocco declares October 31, starting next year, to be a national holiday in celebration of Friday's UN resolution backing Morocco's plan of autonomy for Western Sahara in a 50-year dispute between the country and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Tesla Inc. orders a recall of over 6,000 Cybertrucks, approximately 12% of all vehicles sold due to a detachment issue with its off-road lightbar, an optional add-on for the vehicle. (Anadolu Ajansi)
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