Paul St-Pierre Plamondon Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is sworn in as the 34th premier of Quebec following the Parti Québécois's victory in the general election.
Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war American military veteran Stephen James 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.
United States special envoy Steve Witkoff arrives in Saint Petersburg to talk with Russian president Vladimir Putin about potentially resolving the war with Ukraine.
North Sea Transition Authority 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.
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.
Articles The post-truth and the contextMost of the daily information we see on the mainstream media today is the news equivalent of fast-food.
Certificate authority 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 subequently block the certificates.
PHP2Shell A critical vulnerability in PHP allowing for remote code execution is discovered, causing many websites to temporary go offline while a security update is pushed the following day.
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.
Malaysia Malaysia's Registrar of Societies Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia 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.
Pakistan 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.
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.
2026 European unrest Police arrest a 34-year-old man for the arson attack on the Hôtel de Ville in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France.
Houthi–Saudi conflict United Kingdom says it will deploy RAF Typhoons to help Saudis defend against Houthi attacks.
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.
Libya–Turkey relations Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives approves a 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Turkey and repeals two 2020 decisions that rejected the accord.
Cairo Twelve people are killed and 30 others are injured after a bus crashes into a truck near Cairo, Egypt.
Natore District At least 14 people are killed and 20 others are injured after a bus and a truck collide head-on in Natore District, Bangladesh.
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.
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.
The death toll in the market drone attack in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan yesterday rises to 220.
2026 Alberta referendums Albertan voters reject pursuing a future independence referendum, with more than three-quarters supporting the province remaining in Canada.
Albertans vote on ten referendums, including one to decide if Alberta should seek separation from Canada.
Stabbing attack at a school A teacher and a student are injured in a stabbing attack at a school in Bistrița, Romania. The 13-year-old suspect is arrested.
Independent 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.
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.
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.
Cuba–United States relations 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.
Gaza Strip famine 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.
Andorra–European Union relations Andorra and San Marino each sign an association agreement with the European Union.
Miners Fourteen miners are killed and seven more injured when an open pit gold mine collapses in Nariño Department, Colombia.
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.
Yemeni civil war A missile attack by the Houthis kills 58 soldiers and injure over 200 at a training center in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen. There are 14 missing.
Sudanese civil war Three children are killed in an alleged Rapid Support Forces drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan.
A drone strike kills at least 73 people at a market in the disputed Abyei area between South Sudan and Sudan.