Armed conflicts and attacks

• Operation Southern Spear
  • It has been confirmed that the Venezuelan Armed Forces and the United States Armed Forces carried out six days ago a joint operation with airstrikes and drones against an alleged hideout belonging to the National Liberation Army in Apure, Venezuela, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens more. (El Pais)

Business and economy

• The Bangladeshi garment industry wage board agrees to increase minimum wages following five days of worker protests and clashes with police. Workers demand ৳30,000 (US$240) monthly, up from ৳12,500 (US$100), while the board has not specified the increase. (AFP)

Disasters and accidents

• A motorized cargo boat carrying a load of copra capsizes off Jomalig, Quezon, Philippines. A search and rescue operation is later launched for seven missing individuals aboard. (Inquirer.net)

Health and environment

• 2026 Southeast Asian haze
  • The Singaporean parliament amends the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act of 2014, introducing arrest powers, permitting trials in absentia, and increasing maximum fines tenfold to S$20 million (US$15 million) following widespread air pollution from Indonesian wildfires. (AFP)

Law and crime

• Philippine authorities seize a shipment of methamphetamine, whose origin is traced to Laos, at the Manila International Container Port. The shipment had arrived six days after local police in Laos found the similar contraband, supposed to be brought to the Philippines, on October 1. (Arab News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Politics and elections

• Hungary makes Communist-era secret police records publicly accessible through a database containing approximately 60,000 names linked to former state security services. Prime Minister Péter Magyar announces that additional documents will become available in February 2027. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a space telescope for studying gamma-ray bursts, re-enters Earth's atmosphere over Sumatra, ending its mission of nearly 22 years. (NASA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • A commercial vessel is hit by an unidentified object in the waters of Musandam Governorate, Oman, killing an Indian crew member, while 13 others are rescued. (Reuters)
• Communal conflicts in Nigeria
  • Unidentified attackers ambush a police convoy near Gidan-Giye village in Zamfara State, Nigeria, killing at least five police officers and three members of the Zamfara Community Protection Guard, injuring two officers, and abducting an unspecified number of personnel. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Spanish author Cristina Fernández Cubas is awarded the 2026 Cervantes Prize to honor her writing in the Spanish language. (Euronews)

Business and economy

• 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
  • The Reserve Bank of Australia raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.85%, its highest level since 2008, citing persistent inflation and rising energy costs associated with the Iran war. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• Two helicopters operated by Air Dynasty and Fishtail Air collide while landing in Solukhumbu District, Nepal, near Mount Everest, killing an Indian tourist and injuring a New Zealand national. (AFP via Times of Malta)

Law and crime

• Five suspected robbers, including two former police personnel, are killed in shootouts with police in Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines. (Daily Tribune)
• Three people are arrested for allegedly wiretapping Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto's phone. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
• Bomb hoaxes target seven flights from several European countries. (BBC News)
• The Israeli cruise ship MS Crown Iris is targeted by a false bomb threat, and is searched on Syros, Greece. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2026 United States elections
  • The United States holds midterm elections for 435 members and five non-voting delegates of the House of Representatives, 35 members of the Senate (including special elections in Florida and Ohio), 39 state and territorial governors, and numerous other state, territorial, tribal, and local officials. (The Guardian)
  • U.S. news organizations project that the Democratic Party will control the House of Representatives and the Senate in the upcoming 120th Congress, ending the Republican Party's majority in both chambers. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
  • Several states elect their first Democratic representatives in decades, including: Adam Hamilton, the first Democrat to win a Kansas Senate seat since 1932; James Talarico, the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate seat since 1988; and Gina Hinojosa, the first Democrat to become governor of Texas since 1990. (NBC News) (Axios)
  • Abdul El-Sayed defeats Mike Rogers in the United States Senate election in Michigan, making him the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Senate. (The Washington Post) (Time)
  • Keisha Lance Bottoms defeats Rick Jackson in the gubernatorial election in Georgia, becoming the first black woman to be elected governor in U.S. history. (AP)
• Spanish transport minister Óscar Puente resigns after the country experienced two train collision disasters in one year, the Adamuz derailment in January and the Toledo collision last week, which had a combined casualty toll of 115 deaths and 492 injuries. (CNN)

Sports

• 2026–27 Segunda División
  • In association football, CD Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel dies following an in-game collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono the previous day. (CNN)
• 2026 Melbourne Cup
  • In thoroughbred racing, Point Of Law, trained by Ciaron Maher, wins the 2026 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Victoria, Australia. Zahrann and Juja Kibo, also trained by Maher, finish second and third respectively. (AFP)
• 2027 AFC Asian Cup, Houthi–Saudi conflict
  • In association football, the Asian Football Confederation postpones the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia from January 2027 to January 2028, citing security concerns and travel disruptions following Houthi attacks on the country. (AFP via France 24)