Current events: 2026-10-01

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • 2026 Ethiopian offensive
    • Eritrea–Ethiopia relations
      • Eritrea's foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia over renewed fighting in the Tigray region. (Reuters) (Al Arabiya)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
    • Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kata'ib Hezbollah, announces that the group will suspend military activities in Iraq following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, with the exception of targeting hostile aircraft violating the country's airspace. (Middle East Eye)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli settler violence, Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
    • Israeli settlers shoot and murder a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure two others. The Israeli military says that it is investigating the incident. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war, Kordofan campaign
  • War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
    • Five people are killed in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a dormitory at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid, North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)
• 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
  • Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan, claiming the killing of 22 fighters at two locations, while the Government of Afghanistan reports that nine women and children are killed in Kunar Province and Helmand Province by Pakistan airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashes off the coast of Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, California, United States, killing two and injuring two others with one person still missing. (AP)

International relations

• The European Commission stops payments with immediate effect to Sierra Leone, that would be €18 million for 2026, after the nations refused to cooperate with the extradition of drugs trafficker Jos Leijdekkers. (Het Parool)

Law and crime

• Sentencing Act 2026
  • Hundreds of prisoners begin leaving prison in England and Wales under an early release scheme by the British government to avoid overcapacity in prisons. More than 4,500 "low-risk" prisoners are expected to be released in the coming weeks. (BBC News)
• Former Malawian military chief Paul Valentino Phiri is arrested by Malawi's anti-corruption agency for allegedly trafficking weapons to Sudan during his tenure in June and July 2025. (Al-Monitor)

Politics and elections

• Immigration to Japan
  • Japan tightens permanent residency requirements for foreign nationals, introducing above-average income and basic Japanese-language standards while raising application fees twentyfold as part of broader changes to immigration policy. (AFP)
• Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva. (San Marino RTV)
• Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• SpaceX Crew-13
  • The SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station launches, carrying two NASA astronauts, one Roscosmos cosmonaut, and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AFP via France 24)

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