Voyager program NASA says it has received the first message from interstellar space from its "Voyager" 2 spacecraft.
Politics of Romania The Romanian Parliament elects Ludovic Orban as Prime Minister after Viorica Dăncilă was ousted on 10 October by a vote of no-confidence.
2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election Members of the UK House of Commons vote to elect a new Speaker of the House, replacing the retiring John Bercow. The Labour Party's Sir Lindsay Hoyle defeats Chris Bryant in the fourth and final ballot.
United States House of Representatives U.S. House Republicans are reportedly having "active and serious" discussions about assigning Ohio Representative Jim Jordan to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence so that the Republican Party can more effectively challenge the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
U.S. House Intelligence Committee The U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs release the transcripts of the first two closed-door depositions in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The testimonies are that of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and former Ambassador to Brazil Michael McKinley. Yovanovitch said she felt threatened by President Trump, while McKinley said that he resigned from his position because he was concerned about "the engagement of our missions to procure negative political information for domestic purposes," something he says he had never observed the State Department try to take part in throughout his career, with the exception of the Trump administration.
Tax returns of Donald Trump The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rules that Mazars, a global audit, accounting and consulting group, must turn over eight years of U.S. President Donald Trump's tax returns in its possession to New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
Japan–South Korea relations South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold a 11-minute conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at ASEAN summit in Bangkok.
Left the climate accord The United States notifies the United Nations of its formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
Iran–United States relations On the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chairman Ali Akbar Salehi announces his government has doubled the amount of advanced centrifuges limited by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and are working on a prototype that is fifty times faster than those allowed. He blames the United States's withdrawal from the agreement last year for these actions.
Niagara Parks Commission The Niagara Parks Commission says the wreckage of the Niagara Scow, stuck in the rapids above Niagara Falls since 1918 before being moved downstream about 164 feet due to a strong storm, is being monitored as it moves closer to the edge of the falls, but that the scow could be stuck in its new position for "days or years."
Sinai insurgency Egypt military kill over 80 Islamic State militants in central and North Sinai over the month.
2019 Iraqi protests The Iraqi government cuts off internet access in much of the country, including a total blackout in Baghdad, amid continued civil unrest.
At least five people are killed, and up to 30 wounded, when security forces fire live rounds at protestors trying to scale a barricade near Ahrar Bridge in Baghdad.