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October 2026
31 editions. Choose a day to read it in full.
- Saturday 31 October Poland's ambassador to Romania, Paweł Soloch, and Poland's ambassador to China, Jakub Kumoch, resign from their positions in protest of the…
- Friday 30 October Polish justice minister Waldemar Żurek requests stripping the tribunal's president and vice president Bartłomiej Sochański of their…
- Thursday 29 October Andreas Norlén, speaker of the Swedish parliament, announces a second vote to elect the next prime minister. He proposes a coalition led by…
- Wednesday 28 October Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, following his escape from Brazil and arrival in Florida, United States, after the general election…
- Tuesday 27 October Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the United States, despite orders to surrender his passports to the Federal Police…
- Monday 26 October Brazilian police orders senator Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports after Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes barred…
- Sunday 25 October The Student List wins the election with 53% of the vote, with former president Aleksandar Vučić conceding defeat.
- Saturday 24 October Party leader Marine Le Pen holds the National Rally congress in Orléans, France. Protesters, including left-wing politicians, marched in…
- Friday 23 October Russia and Ukraine confirm the ceasefire agreement for Oleshky, with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy stating that peace talks will…
- Thursday 22 October In artistic gymnastics, Japan's Daiki Hashimoto wins his fourth consecutive men's all-around title at the 2026 World Championships in…
- Wednesday 21 October United States special envoy Steve Witkoff arrives in Saint Petersburg to talk with Russian president Vladimir Putin about potentially…
- Tuesday 20 October A leak of glycidyl methacrylate from a chemical tank at a terminal in Toledo, Ohio, United States, forces nearly 1,000 residents to…
- Monday 19 October Independent Australian MP Helen Haines is deliberately hit by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Police arrest the car's…
- Sunday 18 October Protests continue for the second week in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, over water shortages and widespread contamination. A study in June…
- Saturday 17 October The fourth round of No Kings protests are held across the United States against president Donald Trump and his administration and to…
- Friday 16 October Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, who was named Prime Minister by King Mohammed VI on 29 September, takes office as her four-party coalition…
- Thursday 15 October U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Department of Defense has reversed its plan to livestream the firing squad execution of…
- Wednesday 14 October Two cargo ships, the Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride and the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged dry bulk carrier Cape Dao, sink after…
- Tuesday 13 October The Royal Saudi Air Force strikes a fuel depot near Sanaa, Yemen. The Houthis launch missiles upon multiple Saudi Arabian cities, including…
- Monday 12 October The Houthis claim to have attacked King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a ballistic missile for a third…
- Sunday 11 October Houthis launch an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia…
- Saturday 10 October Ethiopian forces regain control of Adigrat in the Tigray Region following a withdrawal of Eritrean forces. Celebrations are reported in the…
- Friday 9 October The U.S. issues sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize…
- Thursday 8 October United States secretary of defense Pete Hegseth announces the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood…
- Wednesday 7 October Bulgaria halts the search for the 12 Syrian sailors missing since yesterday after a merchant ship sank after being hit by a drone strike in…
- Tuesday 6 October Three gunmen and a police officer are killed, and another officer is wounded, in a shootout during an operation against illegal miners in…
- Monday 5 October The Presidential Leadership Council launches a large-scale military operation against Houthis in Yemen, with the aim to capture all…
- Sunday 4 October The Houthis take control of Al-Turbah, Yemen, after government troops withdrew earlier in the day. This is the first time the Houthis have…
- Saturday 3 October Ten people are injured, including some critically, in a motor vehicle hooning accident in Newcastle, Australia, during a Newcastle Knights…
- Friday 2 October Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his…
- Thursday 1 October Hundreds of prisoners begin leaving prison in England and Wales under an early release scheme by the British government to avoid…