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- Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
- 2026 Yemen offensives, Operation Dawn of Yemen
- The Presidential Leadership Council launches a large-scale military operation against Houthis in Yemen, with the aim to capture all Houthi-controlled territories. (TRT) (Al Arabiya) (Al Jazeera)
- A Yemeni government offensive pushes the Houthis from the Bab al-Mandab Strait. (Reuters)
- 2026 Yemen offensives, Operation Dawn of Yemen
International relations
- United Kingdom–United States relations
- 2026 RAF Fairford arrests
- The United States Air Force withdraws all of its B-1 Lancer strategic bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The US Department of Defense confirms the bombers have returned to bases in the United States. (BBC News)
- 2026 RAF Fairford arrests
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 crash
- A Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 aircraft carrying 32 people crashes in Ondo State, Nigeria. (DW)
- The death toll increases to over 30 people, with dozens still missing, of the two ships that collided yesterday on the Congo River near Lukolela, Congo. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- International Criminal Court investigation in Afghanistan
- The International Criminal Court unseals arrest warrants for Taliban education minister Habibullah Agha and higher education minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender-based persecution in Afghanistan. (AFP via France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2025–2026 Kosovo political deadlock
- In Kosovo, the acting presidency of Albulena Haxhiu becomes de facto due to her having continuously served in the position for more than six months since assuming office on 4 April, violating the third paragraph of Article 90 in the constitution. The Kuvendi, which is set to meet for amendments to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, has two days left until the presidential election deadline by the Constitutional Court expires. (Kosovo Online) (RKS)
- 2026 Quebec general election
- Voters in Quebec, Canada, elect members to the National Assembly. (CBC) (The Guardian)
- 2026 Spanish general election, 2026 Spanish housing protests
- Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for 29 November after Parliament voted down two emergency housing decrees that would have restricted evictions, frozen rents, and blocked vulture-fund property buys. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Science and technology
- American Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and Germans Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics". (Reuters)
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