Thursday 1 October 2026

Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kata'ib Hezbollah, announces that the group will suspend military activities in Iraq following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, with the exception of targeting hostile aircraft violating the country's airspace.

A Russian Su-35 fighter jet shoots down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter over Voronezh Oblast, Russia, in a friendly fire incident. All three crew members are killed.

A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a dormitory at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, kills five people.

Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters.

Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan, claiming the killing of 22 Taliban fighters at two locations, while the Government of Afghanistan reports that nine women and children are killed in Kunar Province and Helmand Province by Pakistan airstrikes.

Israeli settlers shoot and kill a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure another.

Ethiopia closes its embassy in Eritrea and announces the expulsion of ten Eritrean diplomats from the country, after accusing its neighbour of financing the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

The European Commission stops payments with immediate effect to Sierra Leone, which would have been €18 million for 2026, after the nation refused to cooperate with the extradition of drugs trafficker Jos Leijdekkers.

A diplomat from Egypt is told to leave Ethiopia within 48 hours after being declared as persona non grata.

Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva.

Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment.

Egyptian police are arresting six journalists from a fact-checking and investigative media outlet, accusing them of spreading misinformation on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

British counter-terrorism police arrest a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national in Westminster, London, England, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts linked to the RAF Fairford investigation. Officers also search two properties in the area.

Former Malawian military chief Paul Valentino Phiri is arrested by Malawi's anti-corruption agency for allegedly trafficking weapons to Sudan during his tenure in June and July 2025.

Two 18-year-old former students attack a secondary school in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, with knives and pyrotechnic devices, killing the vice-principal and injuring three people. Police arrest both suspects.