Current events: 2026-10-26

Wikipedia Current Events · 2026-10-26T20:04:18-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war, Gaza genocide
  - Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    - Israel launches an airstrike against a tent for displaced people in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians, including a child, and wounding many more. (Al Jazeera)
- Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations, Houthi–Saudi conflict, Yemeni civil war
  - 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi airports
    - Egypt's parliament authorizes President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide military support to Saudi Arabia if requested amid Houthi attacks in Saudi territory. (AFP via France 24)
2026 Karak church shooting
- The three gunmen who carried out a mass shooting at a Greek Orthodox Church in Karak Governorate, Jordan, are wounded and arrested after a shootout with security forces at an abandoned building. (BBC News)
- The Jordanian Armed Forces announces that it has carried out airstrikes against positions of unspecified armed groups in southern Syria, reporting that the gunmen are linked to them. Several civilians are killed. (NBC News)
Somali Civil War
- Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War
  - The United Nations (UN) announces it will conclude its support for the Transitional Assistance Mission to support the Somali Federal Government by October 31. The UN will continue supporting Somalia through other smaller agencies. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

2026–27 European windstorm season
- Two people are killed and around 90,000 more are left without electricity after the impact of Storm Boelo in Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, and northern England. (AA)

Politics and elections

2026 European unrest
- Protests and riots are held in Bilbao, Spain, after and during a political event hosted by far-right commentator Vito Quiles. (El Constitucional)

Law and crime

A court in the United Kingdom penalizes American rapper Chris Brown to an 8-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting a music producer with a glass bottle at a nightclub in Mayfair, London, in February 2023. (BBC News) (Reuters)
A Swiss court convicts former Belarusian security officer Yuri Harauski over the 1999 abduction of businessman Anatol Krasouski, later killed, and gives him a two-year suspended sentence. He is acquitted over Yury Zacharanka's enforced disappearance. (Reuters)
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation announces they have arrested nine people as part of an international operation targeting cybercrime scam centers in Nigeria and identifies $11 million in funds across multiple countries. (OCCRP)

Privacy & Transparency