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Hôtel de Ville the day after the fire

• Two high-impact security vulnerabilities in PHP cause disruptions to many online services.
• The Hôtel de Ville in Limoges is partially destroyed by arson (damage pictured) as fuel and student protests escalate in France.
• The International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to effectively abolish the leap second over concerns about disruptions to computer systems.
• The Houthis launch a series of attacks on Saudi Arabian airports, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 370 others.

Ongoing:

• Ethiopian offensive
• Iran war
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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• Yemen offensives

Recent deaths:

• Ann Hornaday
• Deva
• María Asunción Milá
• Jack Berry
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Jack Hearn

October 23, 2026 (2026-10-23) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 drone incidents in Romania
  • A merchant ship is hit by drones of unknown origins in Romania's Black Sea water, killing a crew member and leaving three more missing. Nine people are rescued. (Turkiye Today)
• 2026 West Bank lockdown, 2026 Hebron shooting
  • The Israeli government orders the military to prepare for a complete lockdown of the West Bank. This comes after two men who allegedly planned an attack are killed. (Tagesschau)

Law and crime

• Al-Karak church shooting
  • Seven people are killed and many others are wounded in a mass shooting during a funeral procession at a church in Al-Karak, Jordan. Both the gunmen escape from the scene. (Cedar News)
• A person is killed and four other people are injured in a shooting spree at three separated locations in Trappes and La Verrière, France. A suspect is arrested. (AP)

October 22, 2026 (2026-10-22) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reports that seven oil tankers have been hit in the Strait of Hormuz. (Al Jazeera)
  • Yemeni civil war, al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
    • Al-Qaeda gunmen ambushes troops of the Yemeni Armed Forces at a mountainous area in the Shabwah Governorate, killing two soldiers and wounding several more. (Xinhua)
• Haitian conflict
  • 2026 Croix-des-Bouquets gang ambush
    • El Salvador deploys 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to assist in the search efforts for the four missing Salvadoran Air Force technicians. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Blue Nile campaign
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces recaptures two strategic areas in Sudan's Blue Nile state, including the Bukuri base in Ad-Damazin. (Sudan Tribune)

Arts and culture

• British singer Raye wins the 2026 Mercury Prize for her album This Music May Contain Hope. (Billboard)
• The European Parliament awards its 2026 Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court and its officials for their work in global justice and upholding international law. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026–27 European windstorm season
  • At least four people are killed and one other is injured by flooding caused by Storm Adam in Bouches-du-Rhône, France. (BBC News)
• 2026 Tibet earthquake
  • A M_w 7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet, with an epicenter in Nagqu, killing 16 people and wounding 32 more. (Al Jazeera)
• At least six people are killed and 25 others are injured when a bus collides with a tree in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district, Chhattisgarh, India. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• France reports the first human case of the livestock Shamonda virus in a patient who died after being hospitalized with an unrelated condition. (Reuters)

International relations

• Canada–Turkey relations, Free trade agreements of Canada, Free trade agreements of Turkey
  • Canada and Turkey open negotiations for a free trade agreement during Canadian prime minister Mark Carney's visit to Ankara. (AFP via France 24)
• 2026 United Nations Secretary-General selection
  • Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh announces her candidacy for Secretary-General of the United Nations. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• LGBTQ rights in Guatemala
  • A Guatemalan court sentences seven former police officers to prison terms of up to 60 years for offenses related to the 2024 torture and killing of a gay couple at a police station. (AFP via France 24)
• Corruption in Ecuador
  • Ecuadorian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Luisa González is arrested over allegations of money laundering in campaign financing. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• The Finnish Government grants Posiva an operating license for the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository in Eurajoki, making it the world's first licensed deep geological disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel. (AFP via France 24)

Sports

• 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  • In artistic gymnastics, Japan's Daiki Hashimoto wins his fourth consecutive men's all-around title at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, finishing ahead of China's Zhang Boheng and Japan's Shinnosuke Oka. (AFP via France 24)
• 2026-27 NFL season
  • In American football, the Chicago Bears receive an illegal forward handing penalty in a game against the New England Patriots, the first time in 16 years that the penalty has been handed out. (CBS Sports)
• 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup
  • In women's association football, FIFA announces that the United States will host the inaugural FIFA Women's Club World Cup in 2028. (ESPN)
• The Athletics Integrity Unit bans Ethiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga for six years after she tested positive for methylprednisolone and submitted false information and a forged prescription during an investigation. (AFP via France 24)

October 21, 2026 (2026-10-21) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • Houthi–Saudi conflict
      • October 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian airports
        • Two people are killed and eight others are injured in a Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. (BBC News)
      • Saudi Arabia–United States relations
        • The U.S. Department of State orders non-emergency employees at its embassy in Riyadh to leave the country as Houthi attacks ramp up. (Al Jazeera)
      • Two people are killed and two others are injured by debris after a suspected Houthi drone is shot down near Shaybah oil field in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. (ABS-CBN News)
  • Gaza war
    • 2025 Gaza City offensive
      • The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet say that they have killed Musa Abd Muhammad Hamouda, a Hamas Nukhba forces militant that took part in planning the killing of four IDF soldiers in September 2025. (Ynetnews)
• Haitian conflict
  • 2026 Croix-des-Bouquets gang ambush
    • Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele announces the start of a military operation to rescue four Air Force technicians. The technicians, attached to the international Gang Suppression Force, were taken hostage after gangs attacked their armored vehicle on 18 October. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war, United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • United States special envoy Steve Witkoff arrives in Saint Petersburg to talk with Russian president Vladimir Putin about potentially resolving the war with Ukraine. Putin states he would resume United States-mediated trilateral peace talks with Ukraine, on or after November 10. (Reuters) (Reuters)
    • American military veteran Stephen Hubbard, who was arrested by Russian authorities in 2022 during the Battle of Izium, is released from custody during the meeting between Putin and Witkoff. (AP) (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
  • South Africa cuts fuel levies by R3.00 (US$0.18) per litre of diesel and R1.50 ($0.09) per litre of petrol from November 4 to December 1 after fuel prices reach record highs. (AFP)
• The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) of the United Kingdom approves production from the Jackdaw gas field after energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh authorized the NSTA to grant consent, allowing operator Adura to begin supplying gas by late October. (UPI)

International relations

• Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and Turkey jointly sign the Badr Memorandum of Understanding, a major agreement to deepen their defence industry cooperation. The agreement aims to support joint military production projects and strengthen cooperation in technical training, research, and development. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Ireland's Dáil Éireann approves legislation removing the requirement for United Nations authorization before deploying more than 12 Defence Forces personnel overseas for peacekeeping missions, while retaining approval by the government and parliament. (France 24)

Law and crime

• 2026 anti-immigrant movement and xenophobia in South Africa
  • A foreign national is beaten to death by a crowd in Durban, South Africa. (BBC News)
• 2026 Italian unrest
  • Italian interior minister Matteo Piantedosi announces a crackdown on truck drivers and farmers protesting in southern Italy over the past month against high fuel prices by blocking highways and transport routes, reporting that they have identified 1,339 individuals, reported 71, and fined 242. (Ansa in Italian)
• Cross-strait relations
  • Taiwanese prosecutors indict five people for allegedly accepting money and planning to injure Huang Yihao, an anti-Chinese Communist Party comedian in New Taipei City. (AP)
• Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms
  • A district judge in New Mexico, United States, orders Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found it guilty of misleading Facebook users about privacy violations, marking its largest fine ever. (Al Jazeera)
• Over 80 Americans, British citizens, and Israelis are detained by Israeli soldiers in the Israel-occupied West Bank, including U.S. House of Representatives candidate Brad Lander. (The Guardian)
• A Tunisian military court sentences politician and businesswoman Olfa Hamdi to four years in prison on state security charges linked to social media posts, including accusations of inciting military personnel to disobey orders. (AFP via Arab News)

Politics and elections

• Gen Z protests
  • 2026 European unrest
    • Thousands of students and teachers march through Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras in Greece to protest against the rising cost of living, calling for affordable student housing and more state investment in education. (AP)
• 2026 Quebec general election, St-Pierre Plamondon ministry
  • Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is sworn in as the 34th premier of Quebec, Canada, following the Parti Québécois's victory in the general election. (The Globe and Mail)

Science and technology

• 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs
  • Leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts
    • American video game publisher Electronic Arts, which was recently bought-out by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, announces the closing of its Canadian studio BioWare. (Kotaku)
• Node.js releases three security updates to 10 different vulnerabilities, including 4 deemed high-severity, which affect how it handles DNS resolution, TLS handshakes, and Brotli decoding. (Heise Online)

Sports

• 2026 Canadian Championship
  • 2026 Canadian Championship final
    • In association football, Forge FC defeats CF Montréal in a penalty shoot-out to become the first Canadian Premier League team to win a Canadian Championship. (CBC)
• 2026 U.S. Open Cup
  • 2026 U.S. Open Cup final
    • In association football, St. Louis City SC defeats Columbus Crew in a penalty shoot-out to win the U.S. Open Cup, earning the club its first trophy since beginning play in 2023. (ESPN)

October 20, 2026 (2026-10-20) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • Abyei border conflict
    • Amiet market massacre
      • The death toll in the market drone attack in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan yesterday rises to 220. (Sudans Post)
  • Blue Nile campaign
    • The Sudanese Army says that they have repelled an attack by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N) on the Blue Nile state. (Sudan Tribune)
  • War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
    • The Rapid Support Forces launches a drone strike on a power plant in Tendelti in Sudan's White Nile State, knocking out the main transition line connecting North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)

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)
• A leak of glycidyl methacrylate from a chemical tank at the terminal in Toledo, Ohio, United States, forces nearly 1,000 residents to evacuate and prompts shelter-in-place orders for more than 50,000 people in Toledo. (Associated Press) (EPA)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • Nigeria announces its first case of Ebola virus in the epidemic. The victim is a woman who had recently visited Uganda.(The Guardian)

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)
• Houthi–Saudi conflict, Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations
  • United Kingdom says it will deploy RAF Typhoons to help Saudis defend against Houthi attacks. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2026 European unrest
  • 17 October riots
    • Police arrest a 34-year-old man for the arson attack on the Hôtel de Ville in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. (BBC)
• 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)
• Pakistan arrests a man for selling fake Postage stamps in the United States that resulted in a $126 million loss to the U.S. Postal Service. (BBC News) (Dawn)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Romanian political crisis
  • The Parliament of Romania appoints Luca Niculescu as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Ilie Bolojan who resigned amid a politicial crisis. (Reuters)
• Malaysia's Registrar of Societies 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)
• PHP2Shell
  • A critical vulnerability in PHP allowing for remote code execution is discovered, causing many websites to temporarily go offline while a security update is pushed the following day. (NBC News)
• Indian certificate authority eMudhra has its private keys compromised, revealing that some of them were extremely insecure single digit numerals. Major web browser developers Mozilla, Google, and Apple subsequently block the certificates. (The Register)

October 19, 2026 (2026-10-19) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli settler violence
      • Israel Police arrest 10 people in the occupied West Bank over attacks on American photojournalist Heidi Levine and the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, France, who were travelling with European diplomats, and seize vehicles and other evidence during raids. (AFP via France 24) (Reuters)
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensives
      • 2026 Shabwah missile attack
        • A missile attack by the Houthis kills 58 soldiers, injures over 200, and leaves 14 missing at a training center in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Abyei border conflict
    • Amiet market massacre
      • A drone strike kills at least 73 people at a market in the disputed Abyei area between South Sudan and Sudan. (Reuters)
  • Rapid Support Forces atrocities in Khartoum
    • Three children are killed in an alleged Rapid Support Forces drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
  • Twelve migrants, including an infant, are killed when two separate speedboats capsize off the coast of the Lesbos and Samos islands in Greece. (AP)
• Fourteen miners are killed and seven more injured when an open pit gold mine collapses in Nariño Department, Colombia. (AP)

International relations

• Andorra–European Union relations, San Marino–European Union relations, Potential enlargement of the European Union
  • Andorra and San Marino each sign an association agreement with the European Union. (The Brussels Times)
• Gaza Strip famine, Palestine and the United Nations
  • The World Food Programme cuts monthly food aid for about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip because of funding shortages, reducing the number of recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Cuba–United States relations
  • 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft, United States embargo against Cuba
    • A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, issues a no-bail bond arrest warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier charged Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder by directing spies to infiltrate Brothers to the Rescue and ordering the attack on their planes in 1996. (Al Jazeera)
• Shakahola Forest incident
  • A Kenyan court convicts Good News International Ministries leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of murdering 190 children and an adult whose deaths were linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest. (Reuters)
• 2026 Chihuahua CIA scandal, Mexico–United States relations
  • Former Chihuahua attorney general César Jáuregui Moreno is arrested by federal agents on a treason warrant as he leaves a Chihuahua state court, which had declined to order his pretrial detention after state prosecutors arrested him two days earlier on related charges of unlawful exercise of public office. He is accused of allowing U.S. agents, reported to be Central Intelligence Agency officers, to take part in an anti-drug operation in April without federal approval. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (El Universal)
• Independent Australian MP Helen Haines is deliberately hit by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Police arrest the car's driver, while Haines is airlifted to a hospital. Haines later had both her legs amputated. (AFP) (The Guardian) (Reuters)
• A teacher and a student are injured in a stabbing attack at a school in Bistrița, Romania. The 13-year-old suspect is arrested. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Alberta referendums
  • 2026 Alberta independence referendum
  • Albertans vote on ten referendums, including one to decide if Alberta should seek separation from Canada. (Reuters)
  • Albertan voters reject pursuing a future independence referendum, with more than three-quarters supporting the province remaining in Canada. (BBC News)

October 18, 2026 (2026-10-18) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reports that an oil tanker has caught on fire and exploded in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz after striking a naval mine. (Middle East Eye)
• Haitian conflict
  • El Salvador–Haiti relations
    • Armed gang members ambush Salvadoran Air Force personnel serving with Haiti's Gang Suppression Force in Port-au-Prince, using gunfire and explosives. Four Salvadoran service members remain missing after escaping their burning armored vehicle. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A truck loses control and runs over devotees outside a temple in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing at least 13 and injuring nearly 40 others. (AFP via Dawn) (The Indian Express)
• At least eight people are killed and eight others are injured after a mortar shell explosion in Zawiya, Libya. (Xinhua)
• A light aircraft crashes into a dry riverbed in Kondariotissa, Pieria, Greece. Two people are killed. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• Equatorial Guinea announces that it will expand its program combating malaria to the mainland and Annobón. The program has already heavily reduced malaria cases on Bioko Island. (The Independent)

International relations

• Cross-strait relations
  • The Taiwanese coast guard drives away 16 Chinese coast guard, research, and fishing vessels operating near Taiwan and the Pratas Island, including some that entered restricted waters. (AFP via The Hindu)
• Free trade agreements of Vietnam
  • Vietnam signs a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) that reduces or eliminates tariffs on industrial, agricultural, and fish products and covers services, intellectual property, and sustainable development. (AFP)

Politics and elections

• Water scarcity in Mexico
  • Protests continue for the second week in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, over water shortages and widespread contamination. A study in June found that at least 93% of households' water systems contained no residual chlorine, but had elevated levels of lead, mercury, nitrates, and E. coli. (Reuters) (Türkiye)
• The Iranian parliament appoints Mehrdad Akhlaghi as Minister of Defence, replacing acting minister Majid Ebn-e-Reza. (Reuters)

October 17, 2026 (2026-10-17) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations, Houthi–Saudi conflict
      • Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi states that Egypt will take all necessary steps to protect and defend Saudi Arabia should the latter so desire. (AFP via Arab News)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli settler violence
      • Masked Israeli settlers attack a group of European diplomats, including the Belgian consul general, French and Polish diplomats, and Catholic representatives visiting Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, Palestine. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Kolkata Durga Puja crowd crush
  • At least 17 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a crowd crush at a pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Hindustan Times) (Sky News)
• CFB Wainwright fire
  • An explosion and wildfire occurs at the CFB Wainwright, a Canadian Armed Forces base in Alberta. Four people are killed and dozens more injured. (CBC News) (CTV News)
• Ten tourists are killed and nine others sustain injuries after a resort catches fire in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (AA)
• Eight people are killed and eight others are injured after a minibus carrying 23 passengers plunges into a drain along the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway near Kota, Rajasthan, India. (The Times of India)
• A Piper Tomahawk II aircraft crashes near Drymen, Stirling, Scotland, killing the two people on board. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • Kenya confirms four additional cases of Bundibugyo ebolavirus, including three health workers who treated Kenya's first patient and one of his relatives, raising the national total to seven. All four are already in quarantine. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Gen Z protests
  • 2026 European unrest
    • 2026 French student protests, 17 October 2026 protests
      • Over 500,000 people take part in protests across France, according to the national trade union confederation, while clashes and riots erupt in large cities. (FranceInfo)
      • Protesters force their way into Marseille's town hall and vandalize the interior before being dispersed. (CNews)
      • In Lille, protesters storm the city hall and damage the premises prior to being removed by security forces. (Ouest-France)
      • Dozens of shops are looted across major French cities amid widespread rioting and civil unrest. (BFMTV)
      • The Hôtel de Ville in Limoges were partially destroyed by fire. (Le Parisien in French)
    • 2026 French fuel protests
      • Yellow vests activists hold mass demonstrations across France against rising fuel prices and join the student protests. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 anti-CEC protests
    • A court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder and activist Abhijeet Dipke on a peace bond, one day after police detained him while he was heading to a protest against the Election Commission of India. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Czech Senate election
  • In Czechia, opposition parties win 22 of the contested 27 seats in the Senate. The lead party of prime minister Andrej Babiš's government, ANO 2011, comes in third place. The election is the first time in the country's history where governing parties did not win a single seat in a senatorial election. (AP)
• Protests against Donald Trump
  • The fourth round of No Kings protests are held across the United States against president Donald Trump and his administration and to encourage early voting ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. (AFP) (USA Today)

Sports

• 2026–27 NHL season
  • In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers become the first team in the National Hockey League to record a natural hat trick in three consecutive games. (The Athletic via The New York Times)

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban fuel blockade
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Iran war fuel crisis

• Bab al-Mandab crisis

• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• United States–Canada trade war

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Gaza peace plan
• German political crisis
• Iran–United States peace negotiations
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations

Protests and strikes

• European unrest

• Albania
• France
• Germany

• Italy
• Portugal
• Spain

• Indian electoral controversy and protests

Weather

• 2026–2027 El Niño event

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October

• 9–10: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)
• 11: Slovenia, Referendums
• 16–17: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)

Upcoming

• 25: Bulgaria, President
• 25: Serbia, National Assembly
• 25: Brazil, President (2nd round)
• 27: Israel, Knesset

• November

• 03: United States, Senate, House of Representatives
• 05: Grenada, House of Representatives
• 07: New Zealand, House of Representatives

Sports

• American football

• 2026 NFL season
• 2026 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2026–27 UEFA Nations League
• 2026–27 UEFA Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Europa League
• 2026–27 UEFA Conference League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
• 2026–27 Premier League
• 2026–27 La Liga
• 2026–27 Serie A
• 2026–27 Bundesliga
• 2026–27 Ligue 1
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2026–27 Women's Super League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL Women's season

• Baseball

• 2026 World Series
• 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season
• 2026 KBO League season
• 2027 WBSC Premier12 qualification

• Basketball

• 2026–27 NBA season
• 2026 WNBA Finals
• 2026–27 EuroLeague
• 2026–27 EuroLeague Women

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2026–27 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

More events – current sports events

Recent deaths

October0/0September

• 21: John Anderson
• 21: Tom Skerritt
• 17: Deva
• 16: Hyron Andrews
• 15: Richard Riehle
• 13: Martina Arroyo
• 12: Sarah Dambanevana
• 12: RJ Mitte
• 12: Lucian Piane
• 10: Wilfredo Gómez
• 09: Mike Ditka
• 08: Nana Patekar
• 06: Paul Ferris
• 06: Richard Morecroft
• 06: Eva Marie Saint
• 05: Jeffrey Archer
• 05: Jim Bakker
• 05: George Fenton
• 05: Freddie Jackson
• 05: Michael Kearns
• 05: Lena Martell
• 05: Sam McDowell
• 03: Dennis Hastert
• 03: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
• 02: Marjoe Gortner
• 02: Sass Jordan
• 02: Tony Reno
• 02: Cesar Virata
• 01: Biljana Plavšić
• 01: Mary Louise Weller
• 30: Margaret Hamilton
• 30: Wicknell Chivayo
• 30: Esther Rantzen
• 30: Adrian Rurawhe
• 28: Gordon Johncock
• 28: Siti Hasmah
• 27: Dennis Haskins
• 27: Benjamin Satterley
• 27: Mighty Sparrow
• 25: Sidya Touré
• 24: Milan Panić
• 23: Bob Pettit
• 21: Angry Anderson
• 21: Terry Denton

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso

• Mali

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

• Kordofan campaign

Americas

• Haiti

• Gang war

• War on cartels
  • United States military intervention

• Colombia

• Mexico

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Republican insurgency

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Israeli invasion

• Southern Syria

• Yemen

• Houthi–Saudi conflict

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2026 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

By place

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
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