Karl Deisseroth American Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and Germans Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics".
2026 Spanish general election Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for 29 November after Parliament voted down two emergency housing decrees that would have restricted evictions, frozen rents, and blocked vulture-fund property buys.
2025–2026 Kosovo political deadlock In Kosovo, the acting presidency of Albulena Haxhiu becomes "de facto" due to her having continuously served in the position for more than six months since assuming office on 4 April, violating the third paragraph of Article 90 in the constitution. The Kuvendi, which is set to meet for amendments to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, has two days left until the presidential election deadline by the Constitutional Court expires.
International Criminal Court investigation in Afghanistan The International Criminal Court unseals arrest warrants for Taliban education minister Habibullah Agha and higher education minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender-based persecution in Afghanistan.
2026 Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 crash A Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 aircraft carrying 32 people crashes in Ondo State, Nigeria.
United Kingdom–United States relations The United States Air Force withdraws all of its B-1 Lancer strategic bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The US Department of Defense confirms the bombers have returned to bases in the United States.
Mecca Joint Defence Agreement At an emergency meeting of Strategic Political and Defense Committee of the Makkah Alliance for Defense, the committee decided to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The committee decided to appoint Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood (Ret.) of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as the first Secretary-General for a three-year term.
Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Yemen's internationally recognized government launches a major, massive military operation against Houthis militants to liberate all Houthi-controlled territories.
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2026 Brazilian general election Flávio Bolsonaro wins the first round and will face Lula da Silva in a runoff on 25 October.
Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, 513 members of Chamber of Deputies and 54 members in the Federal Senate. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for the fourth non-consecutive term, where his main opponent is Rio de Janeiro senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
2026 Bosnian general election Bosnians vote to elect the three members of the presidency and 42 members of the House of Representatives. Concurrent elections are also held in the Federation to elect 98 seats of the regional legislature and in Republika Srpska to elect the entity's president and the 83 seats of the respective legislature.
Yong Peng Three students are arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old classmate in Yong Peng, Johor, Malaysia.
United States An American Marine stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, is arrested by Okinawa prefectural police in connection with the alleged robbery and murder of a local woman in Naha. Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi summons U.S. ambassador to Japan George Edward Glass regarding the incident.
Hunting Two people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting at a hunting party in Halden, Norway. The perpetrator is arrested.
Chinese espionage in the United States The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te's son and family in the United States.
2026 Vienna, Georgia, shooting Two people are killed and at least 35 are injured in a mass shooting during a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, United States.
Nicaragua Nicaragua announces its immediate withdrawal from the Central American Parliament after the Organization of American States approved a resolution on Friday calling for Nicaragua to release political prisoners and restore civil liberties.
Russia A lab worker in Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, dies from a pneumonic plague caused by "Yersinia pestis", with nearly 200 workers in quarantine.
United States The United States Coast Guard suspends the search for the Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100 aircraft that went missing yesterday with six passengers on board after finding a debris field in the ocean south of Nantucket, Massachussetts. All six passengers, including four Canadian pilots and crew and two Bermudian passengers, are presumed dead.
Yemeni civil war The Houthis take control of Al-Turbah, Yemen, after government troops withdrew earlier in the day. This is the first time the Houthis have held Al-Turbah since the war began.
War on cartels Four people are killed in an American airstrike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.
Sudanese civil war The World Food Programme reports an airstrike on a United Nations truck in South Kordofan, Sudan, that killed the driver.
Ethiopian civil conflict A drone strikes a displacement camp in Sheraro, Tigray Region, killing at least eight people, including a child, and seriously injuring six others.
Ethiopian forces capture Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, after the withdrawal of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
2026 Latvian parliamentary election Latvians vote to elect 100 seats of the Saeima amid an uptick of airspace incursions and hybrid warfare during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Preliminary results indicate that the centrist United List, led by incumbent prime minister Andris Kulbergs, won the most seats.
Latitude Air Ambulance A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, flying from St. David's Island, Bermuda, to Boston, United States, goes missing over the Atlantic Ocean with six people on board, including four Canadian crew and two Bermudian passengers.
Hoon Ten people are injured, including some critically, in a motor vehicle hooning accident in Newcastle, Australia, during a Newcastle Knights procession before the NRL Grand Final. The driver is arrested at the scene.
Gold mine Five workers are killed and ten more are rescued after the collapse of a gold mine in Chah Ab District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan.
Samuil The remains of Samuil, the former Bulgarian tsar during the First Bulgarian Empire who died in 1014, return to Bulgaria following decades of negotiation with Greece.
Russo-Ukrainian war Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reports that Russian forces have struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ethiopian civil conflict Ethiopian federal forces retake control of the Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, Tigray, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Middle Eastern crisis Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more.
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have targeted "de facto" Hamas leader Ali al-Amoudi in a airstrike, and acknowledge that the results of the strike are under review.
Five people are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. Three other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes.
Iraq's Oil Tankers Company says that they have transported 2 million barrels of oil from the country through a very large crude carrier in the Strait of Hormuz.