Current events: 2026-10-20

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Disasters and accidents

• At least 14 people are killed and 20 others are injured after a bus and a truck collide head-on in Natore District, Bangladesh. (Xinhua)
• Twelve people are killed and 30 others are injured after a bus crashes into a truck near Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Libya–Turkey relations
  • Libya (GNA)–Turkey maritime deal
    • Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives approves a 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Turkey and repeals two 2020 decisions that rejected the accord. (Reuters)
• South Korea–Ukraine relations
  • South Korea withdraws additional embassy staff from Ukraine following a dispute over two captured North Korean soldiers who were transferred to South Korea. (AFP via RFI)
• Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations
  • United Kingdom says it will deploy RAF Typhoons to help Saudis defend against Houthi attacks. (Reuters)(BBC)

Law and crime

• 2022 San Antonio migrant deaths
  • A United States federal judge sentences a Guatemalan national to 30 years in prison for helping organize a 2022 migrant-smuggling operation in San Antonio, Texas, that left 53 migrants dead and 11 injured. (AFP via France 24)
• The U.S. state of Florida executes William Reaves Jr. for the 1986 murder of Richard Raczkoski. (USA Today)

Politics and elections

• Malaysia's {{ill|Registrar of Societies|ms|Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia}} deregisters the opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional, citing internal disputes and breaches of the constitution, preventing its component parties from contesting forthcoming elections under a common coalition banner. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Japanese space program
  • JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center toward Phobos aboard an H3 rocket, aiming to collect at least 10 grams of surface material from the Martian moon and return the samples to Earth in 2031. (Reuters)

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