Current events: 2026-10-02

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni civil war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • 2026 Yemen offensives, Strait of Bab al-Mandab crisis
      • Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia is planning a offensive on the Houthis in the coming weeks to take back the Bab al-Mandab Strait. (Reuters)
• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • 2026 Ethiopian offensive
    • Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale. (AFP via France 24)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • Sudan's armed forces announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan town of al-Mazroub. (Al Jazeera)
  • War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
    • The death toll in the Rapid Support Forces drone attack on the University of Kordofan in El Obeid rises to 10. (Arab News)

Business and economy

• 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
  • The G7 countries announce a plan to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil to combat rising fuel prices caused by the Iran war. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• The U.S. National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii's Big Island, has fell into the Pacific Ocean. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2026 French lycée protests
  • Mass rioting continues for a third day across France with hundreds reportedly injured and over 500 schools shut, while more than 2,000 people are arrested. (BBC News)
  • French government ministers, including right-wing education minister Édouard Geffray, accuse the far-left of inciting the youth-led unrest across the country. Intelligence agencies briefing the government during a crisis meeting on the riots accuse the left-wing La France Insoumise of actively inciting people to join the protests. (AFP via NDTV) (Ynet News)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Spanish housing protests
  • Spain's parliament rejects two government housing decrees that would have expanded protections against evictions, limited some real-estate practices, encouraged rentals through tax incentives, and allowed tenants to renew residential leases automatically. (AP)
• 2026 Swiss Federal Council election
  • Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his successor on 9 December. (AFP) (Swissinfo)

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