Ukraine

Middle East

01 Oct: liveuamp: Strikes across Iran and the Middle East

01 Oct: Mass funeral held in Gaza City after 105 bodies recovered from rubble

01 Oct: Netanyahu Says Flydubai Co-Pilot Underwent Islamist Radical Indoctrination

02 Oct: Gaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx ahead of winter

02 Oct: Israel’s top court allows Arab parties to run in election

02 Oct: Yemen: Deadly battles between Ansar Allah, gov’t forces

02 Oct: U.S. to send third aircraft carrier, more troops to Middle East

02 Oct: Iran’s Hormuz Leverage Is Fading, But It Isn’t Gone

02 Oct: Three reasons Middle East oil supply is nearly back to pre-Iran war levels

02 Oct: FlyDubai captain describes fight for his life after cockpit attack on Tel Aviv-bound flight

02 Oct: 12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, passengers saved plane midfall

03 Oct: Axe-wielding FlyDubai copilot had been flagged over extremism concerns, sources say

03 Oct: Iraq ‘excursion into hell’ may be over, but there’s no end in sight for today’s worsening conflicts

04 Oct: Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained

04 Oct: AFP confirms investigation of flydubai co-pilot’s Australian links

05 Oct: FlyDubai attacker intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, investigation finds

05 Oct: Turkiye, Pakistan agree Saudi Arabia military deployment under Mecca pact

05 Oct: Yemeni government forces launch major offensive to retake Houthi-held territory

05 Oct: Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim to have taken back Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Houthi rebels

06 Oct: Yemen’s government is on the attack against the Houthis. What has changed?

07 Oct: Attacks on Saudi airports claimed by Houthi rebels kill 3 people, officials say

07 Oct: Tanker Hit Multiple Times in Arabian Gulf, Casualties Reported

08 Oct: US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says

08 Oct: US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds

09 Oct: Why Trump says he’s not attacking Iran before Election Day

09 Oct: Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz surge to wartime high as Iran tries to choke off oil exports

09 Oct: Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed three Saudi nationals

10 Oct: How a series of miscalculations restarted Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

10 Oct: A US-brokered ceasefire was supposed to end the war in Gaza. A year later, progress has stalled

10 Oct: Investigators say flydubai co-pilot’s ‘drift towards terrorism’ started in Australia

11 Oct: After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping

11 Oct: At least 12 people killed, more than 300 injured in strike on Riyadh airport, Saudi officials say

11 Oct: Riyadh airport attacks another dangerous moment in already tense conflict

11 Oct: Why are Houthi missiles breaking through Saudi Arabia’s air defences?

12 Oct: Lebanon’s PM vows thorough investigation after explosives-laden truck seized at checkpoint

13 Oct: Fear strikes Yemen’s 3rd largest city Taiz as Houthi rebels encircle it in a new siege

13 Oct: Who are the Houthis and what do they want?

13 Oct: Houthi missiles intercepted over Dhahran and Haradh, debris falls in residential area

13 Oct: Houthis strike Aramco hours after Saudi-led coalition hits Sanaa oil site

14 Oct: Two container ships sink near strait of Hormuz amid surge in Iranian attacks

15 Oct: Oil tanker ‘on fire’ in Strait of Hormuz just hours after container ship sinks, claim Iran’s army

15 Oct: Houthi Militants Score Apparent Hit Against Saudi Typhoon

15 Oct: Rubio Urges Lebanon to Not Return Confiscated Explosives to Hezbollah, US Official Says

15 Oct: Hundreds of IDF investigations into killings still have no public outcome, BBC Verify finds

15 Oct: Saudi Arabia executes Bangladeshi man, woman for indecent acts inside Mecca mosque

15 Oct: Donald Trump admits US may have gone ‘too far’ killing Iran’s leaders

16 Oct: Stop ‘forced establishment’ of West Bank settlements, China tells Israel

16 Oct: Five killed in Houthi strike on presidential palace in Aden

16 Oct: Military signals building: Is the US-Iran war about to escalate?

16 Oct: Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks

18 Oct: Who is Mehrdad Akhlaghi, Iran’s new tech-focused defence minister?

19 Oct: Deepfakes, bots and distrust: How AI is shaping Israel’s election

19 Oct: Israeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by settlers on journalist and diplomats

19 Oct: Airline gives update after bomb threat forces Israel flight to land in Bulgaria

19 Oct: UN World Food Programme slashes assistance in Gaza amid funding shortfalls

19 Oct: Houthi strike on Yemen government military camp kills at least 50

20 Oct: IRGC mines set tankers ablaze as Tehran threatens expanded attacks

20 Oct; With War In Limbo, Influential Iranian Officials Openly Call For A Nuclear Bomb

20 Oct: UK to deploy Typhoon jets to help defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

20 Oct: Israel’s far right find fertile ground among first-time voters

21 Oct: Another weekend of West Bank violence embodies Israel’s defensiveness over scrutiny

21 Oct: US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as fears of escalating Houthi attacks rise

22 Oct: US has plans for major Iran strikes if Trump chooses

22 Oct: How Arab parties could hold critical balance of power in Israeli election

22 Oct: Two dead, eight injured in Saudi airport attack

23 Oct: Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in West Bank attack that also left 2 gunmen dead

24 Oct: Young Israeli voters lean right, as election puts Netanyahu to the test

24 Oct: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim new attacks on oil facilities and airports across Saudi Arabia

25 Oct: Israel to close all West Bank land crossings on election day

25 Oct: The bitter row over military service that could shape Israel’s future

25 Oct: Iranian president blames United States for failure of interim peace deal

26 Oct: Jordan arrests 3 church shooting suspects after ‘fierce’ firefight

26 Oct: Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for church attack

26 Oct: ‘It’s collective punishment’: nearly 2,000 Palestinians in Hebron displaced as Israeli forces take over homes

26 Oct: Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amid continuing genocide in Gaza, UN Commission of Inquiry finds

26 Oct: Russia And Iran Expand Nuclear Cooperation As International Oversight Weakens

26 Oct: Israel and the US are both going to the polls – the consequences will be global

27 Oct: Israel election: Netanyahu and Eisenkot battle to form government after deadlock

29 Oct: Ship reported on fire off Oman as Iran escalation fears mount

31 Oct: Lebanon charges 13 over confiscated Hezbollah explosives

31 Oct: A UN protection force must be urgently deployed to Palestine

31 Oct: Middle East on edge as fears mount the Iran war could restart after the midterms

Africa

01 Oct: Explosions heard in Ethiopia’s capital after drone flights banned

02 Oct: Sudan’s army says it captured RSF stronghold in North Kordofan

02 Oct: Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties as northern conflict escalates

04 Oct: Ethiopia captures Tigray capital as its regional rivals meet in Egypt

05 Oct: Nigeria military plane crashes with 32 on board

07 Oct: Witnesses spot Eritrean troops inside northern Ethiopia as tensions flare

08 Oct: Nigeria: 20 kidnapped graduates rescued after week-long search

09 Oct: Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

10 Oct: Rights Group Says Paramilitary Drone Strike in Sudan Killed 41 Near Ethiopian Border

14 Oct: Mauritius imposes curfew after police shooting sparks violent protests

17 Oct: Israeli settlers attack European delegation convoy in West Bank, beat French mayor

17 Oct: Iran denies being behind Houthi attacks as Aden airport hit

18 Oct: Spain changes Ceuta patrol rules over ships’ “innocent passage”

19 Oct: Mali’s military and armed groups committing abuses against civilians: HRW

20 Oct: Bronkhorstspruit: Residents warned not to drink tap water after hundreds fall sick near South Africa capital

21 Oct: Drone attack in disputed Sudan-South Sudan border region kills at least 153

22 Oct: Austrian and Swiss women kidnapped in Niger are freed — report

23 Oct: Hospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan’s RSF fighters, BBC finds

25 Oct: Death toll in Nigeria village raided by gunmen rises to 48, police say

26 Oct: Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years

27 Oct: Sixty Christians killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region

27 Oct: Co-ordinated cattle raids kill at least 72 people in South Sudan

28 Oct: Russia is selling Africa dependence disguised as partnership

28 Oct: Ethiopia acquires Russian fighter jets and air defence systems amid war in Tigray

30 Oct: Swiss supreme court upholds Liberian ex-rebel commander’s 20-year sentence

30 Oct: France and Chad rebuild military ties with planned air force training

31 Oct: US, Russia block rival Western Sahara resolutions

31 Oct: Drone strikes in Ethiopia kill at least 25: witnesses

31 Oct: Ethiopian PM puts ministers through military training

Ebola Outbreak

01 Oct: Live Ebola Map

01 Oct: ECDC: Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

02 Oct: An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000

02 Oct: Mobile labs speed up Ebola testing in eastern DR Congo

06 Oct: Kenya confirms first Ebola case after patient dies as Congo outbreak spreads

08 Oct: Kenya boosts Ebola preparedness after registering first case

08 Oct: Why single Ebola death in Kenya has prompted fears of wider African spread

10 Oct: Questions remain over Ebola patient who travelled across three nations undetected

10 Oct: Kenya prepared for Ebola. It still slipped through — a warning of wider cross-border spread

14 Oct: DRC Ebola outbreak passes 9,000 cases, including more than 4,000 deaths

14 Oct: Kenya confirms second Ebola case, a relative of first patient

16 Oct: Kenya confirms third Ebola case, a relative of the first patient who died

19 Oct: Ebola: Kenya cases rise to 8, spreads to 8th Congo province

21 Oct: Nigeria’s first ebola case sparks shock and urgent concern nationwide

22 Oct: DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands

22 Oct: Kenya searches for missing Ugandan contact as Ebola cases rise

22 Oct: First Ebola Patients in Nigeria and Kenya Might Have Crossed Paths at Uganda Airport

23 Oct: Swiss woman contracts Ebola in Nigeria

24 Oct: New Tumaini Ebola vaccine trial launches in Bunia as DRC struggles

26 Oct: Attackers kill nurse, injure health worker responding to DRC Ebola case

26 Oct: Swiss Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland

26 Oct: Ebola: Uganda introduces 21-day quarantine for people entering from DRC

27 Oct: Africa’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases, mainly in DR Congo

28 Oct: Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official

31 Oct: Congo’s Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts

Asia

01 Oct: Pakistan launches deadly air strikes on Afghanistan

03 Oct: Australian arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of carrying possible weapon

04 Oct: U.S. Marine arrested in Japan, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa

04 Oct: North Korea’s Kim oversees launch of missile that uses AI

06 Oct: Australian army soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory

06 Oct: UK special forces may have committed ‘serious offences’ in Afghanistan, court told

08 Oct: Indonesian government faces Kalimantan wildfires lawsuit as haze blankets region

08 Oct: South Korea recalls Ukraine ambassador in prisoner of war row

08 Oct: South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law

09 Oct: Malaysia shuts schools as toxic haze from Indonesian fires chokes Southeast Asia

09 Oct: Laos: This old CIA airfield is now a Chinese base

12 Oct: North Korea fires missiles after Seoul’s hypersonic test

14 Oct: Investigation underway after recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship

14 Oct: Turkish police take pro-opposition channel Halk TV off air and arrest 11 in Istanbul raid

15 Oct: Photos: China and North Korea open new border bridge amid deepening ties

16 Oct: Australian woman charged with poisoning colleague’s curry with snail pellets

16 Oct: Desperate to clear toxic haze, Indonesia douses its skies with dry ice

17 Oct: Kindergarten owner and staff jailed for poisoning 200 children in China

18 Oct: ‘Hybrid warfare’: Taiwan drives away 16 Chinese ships

19 Oct: Bangladesh says it was not informed of its citizens’ execution by Saudi Arabia

20 Oct: Australian MP has leg amputated after alleged attack outside electoral office

21 Oct: Australian lawmaker has both legs amputated after allegedly deliberate attack by car rammer

21 Oct: Chinese exchange student deported from Taiwan after video appearing to ‘pinch’ president

25 Oct: Sri Lanka provides medical help and repatriates 40 Iranian sailors stranded in the Indian Ocean

25 Oct: US Marine indicted over alleged murder of woman in Okinawa

26 Oct: China’s big political meeting could see Xi ‘tighten discipline’ in party

26 Oct: North Korea calls Demilitarized Military Zone mine explosion a ‘fabrication’ by South

27 Oct: Hegseth Reassures Southeast Asia of US Commitment, Pledges Stronger Defence Ties

28 Oct: Why India has soured on Trump ahead of US midterms

29 Oct: North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles into sea

29 Oct: China’s Communist Party expels 33 officials in post-Mao era record purge

29 Oct: Pakistani rights lawyer and husband sentenced to 10 years each in cricket security breach case

30 Oct: North Korea tests attack drones as Kim calls for ‘absolute superiority’

31 Oct: Why North Korea’s ‘elite’ hackers are the prime suspect in major Binance hack

Americas

01 Oct: Trump says ‘some’ munitions are low as Iran war grinds on

02 Oct: America wants to wean itself off Chinese technology. Will the pain pay off?

02 Oct: U.S. to send third aircraft carrier, more troops to Middle East

03 Oct: ‘Hull swap’ moves submarines, but not their crews, to new homeports

03 Oct: U.S. Army directs creation of Futures and Autonomous Systems Command, sets fiscal 2028 deadline for priority autonomous systems

05 Oct: Rubio Heads To NATO Allies As Russian Threat, Middle East War Shape Agenda

05 Oct: Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told

05 Oct: Lockerbie bombing trial date set as US judge warns against further delay

06 Oct: Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says

06 Oct: Trump suggests allowing Iran to “take out” LA and San Diego during campaign rally

06 Oct: Pennsylvania records largest US measles outbreak in decades

06 Oct: U.S. resident charged with offering advice, money to Tumbler Ridge killer in months before mass shooting

06 Oct: Someone may have hacked the North Korean UN mission’s voicemail

07 Oct: Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty

07 Oct: ‘We hope not’: Trump says US doesn’t believe Russian plague is a bioweapon

07 Oct: Federal appeals judges don’t reveal how they’ll rule on Saudi Arabia’s effort to end 9/11 litigation

08 Oct: US military planes worth up to $3.3 billion now lost or damaged in Iran war, Congress report says

08 Oct: Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

09 Oct: Trump’s diesel agreement with Putin accused of contradicting Russia sanctions law

09 Oct: Legal path seems narrow to challenge livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s execution, experts say

09 Oct: How Iranian Operatives Used AI To Publish Fake Stories In US Media

09 Oct: US sanctions International Criminal Court in major escalation

09 Oct: The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay

09 Oct: ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old reportedly in car

10 Oct: Off-duty ICE agent shot after allegedly attacking woman and her father outside their home: Police

10 Oct: Brazilian police kill suspect who held 13 children at knifepoint in school

10 Oct: Vehicle driven by ICE agents in Texas hits and injures man, sheriff says

11 Oct: Republican senator says Trump diesel agreement with Russia may be illegal

11 Oct: Bipartisan group of senators demands Trump kill Russian diesel deal

11 Oct: Nine people, including children, dead after mass shooting in Pennsylvania

12 Oct: Agents search Rep. Omar’s Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won’t ‘be silenced’

12 Oct: Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case

14 Oct: U.S. clamps down on N. Korean IT worker schemes affecting over 70 American firms

14 Oct: Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

15 Oct: For more parents, ‘vaccine refusal’ is becoming vaccine delay, but it’s no less dangerous

15 Oct: Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores deny US torture charges as ‘false accusations’

15 Oct: Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s execution

15 Oct: Chicago: Tip-off foiled US teen’s plot to attack Hindu temple, police say

15 Oct: Donald Trump admits US may have gone ‘too far’ killing Iran’s leaders

15 Oct: A wave of homemade, synthetic drugs sweeps US and deepens crisis

15 Oct: Poll shows Bolsonaro with slight lead over Lula ahead of Brazilian run-off

16 Oct: US in ‘denuclearisation’ talks with Russia and China: Trump

16 Oct: Teenager kills three children and teacher at primary school in Oregon

18 Oct: ‘Serious incident’ at Alberta military base causes deaths and injuries, Canada officials say

18 Oct: Canadians mourning after fire kills 4 service members at CFB Wainwright

18 Oct: Venezuela opposition renews support for Maria Corina Machado as leader

19 Oct: GOP lawmakers scramble to spare Ukraine from Trump

20 Oct: U.S. bans DeepSeek from government agency systems amid AI rift with China

20 Oct: China opposes US ban on govt agencies from using DeepSeek

20 Oct: Alberta rejects secession referendum, chooses to remain part of Canada

20 Oct: Trump walks back threat to ban Bombardier sales in the U.S.

21 Oct: Mexico charges prosecutor with treason over US involvement in drug raid

21 Oct: U.S. Embassy says Carney government brushing off ‘potential interference’ in midterms

21 Oct: US Grapples With China-Linked Critical Minerals Shortfall Left Unresolved By Trump-Xi Summit

22 Oct: Bukele says military operation launched to rescue Salvadorans held by gangs in Haiti

22 Oct: US Accuses Russia Of ‘Deliberately Reckless’ Move With Military Satellite Flyby

22 Oct: Trump ordered to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit

22 Oct: Lockerbie bombing accused loses bid to have case thrown out

24 Oct: Argentinian judge drops fraud investigation into Milei over crypto scandal

24 Oct: Iran’s lethal plots against US officials abroad reach ‘advanced stages,’ memo reveals

25 Oct: Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile

25 Oct: No risk of ammonia contamination, officials say, after fire at Oregon seafood plant prompted evacuations

25 Oct: El Salvador’s Bukele says bodies found in Haiti are not those of missing Salvadorans

26 Oct: Lula is declared winner of Brazil’s election as Bolsonaro rejects results

27 Oct: Flavio Bolsonaro and Family to Receive US Visas After Leaving Brazil, State Department Says

27 Oct: ‘Get the Flock out’: Americans respond to AI cameras in bipartisan backlash

27 Oct: FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Rep. Eric Swalwell

27 Oct: Amid Legal Uncertainty, US Lawmakers Warn Banks, Ports Over Russian Diesel Imports

27 Oct: US military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific

28 Oct: Hackers expose the identities of more than 40,000 DHS employees

28 Oct: US jury convicts Rwandan American of lying about role in genocide

28 Oct: RFK Jr. to ease access to unapproved peptides, draft policy states

28 Oct: Conservative activists O’Keefe, Higby charged with unlawful voting in Minnesota

29 Oct: DOJ escalates Alaska Senate lawsuit over dueling Sullivan candidacies

29 Oct: DEA whistleblower says agency allowed millions of fentanyl pills on the streets

29 Oct: Cyclospora outbreaks cost bagged salad retailers an estimated $374 million

29 Oct: Venezuela opposition leader María Machado calls for elections upon return

29 Oct: Man accused of Colorado demonstration attack to change plea to federal hate crime charges

30 Oct: Binance crypto exchange suspends trades over North Korea-linked hack

30 Oct: Syrian Man Sentenced For Wide-Ranging Hacking Conspiracy Conducted On Behalf Of The Bashar Al Assad Regime

30 Oct: Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by an alleged Chinese spy

30 Oct: Mark Carney: Canada has ‘learned we are overdependent on the US’

30 Oct: Judge orders 3 taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads to be pulled from TV, social media

31 Oct: US jails two Chinese nationals for spying

US Midterm Elections

02 Oct: Judge says federal law banning noncitizen voting is unconstitutional

10 Oct: Donald Trump’s dirty deal with Vladimir Putin will damage him

12 Oct: Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

15 Oct: X suspends 13,000 accounts, alleging foreign influence ahead of US midterms

16 Oct: Authorities investigate letters with ‘suspicious substances’ sent to congressional, election offices

19 Oct: Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen voters

23 Oct: DOJ sues to block election certification in Alaska if Republicans lose Senate race

26 Oct: Israel and the US are both going to the polls – the consequences will be global

27 Oct: Trump says US voter fraud is ‘rampant’ – evidence suggests it is extremely rare

28 Oct: Election denial has gone mainstream in the U.S. What does that mean for the midterms?

28 Oct: Hackers target US campaign finance system days before midterm elections

28 Oct: Four investigations Democrats could launch if they win control of Congress

30 Oct: Pope Leo makes history by voting in US midterms

31 Oct: ‘Atmosphere of fear’: Trump moves to curtail voting rights ahead of the midterms

31 Oct: Fake polls expose vulnerabilities in US elections ahead of midterms

31 Oct: Judge orders DOJ to stop threatening to prosecute election officials

31 Oct: Legal filing questions Trump’s claims of non-citizen voting in California

UK & Europe

01 Oct: French school protests spread as fires, blockades deepen unrest

02 Oct: Counter terror police arrest UK-Iranian national over RAF Fairford investigation

02 Oct: Putin warns Russia is prepared to use ‘all weapons,’ including nuclear, to protect Kaliningrad

02 Oct: Two Iranian men charged over alleged terror plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community

02 Oct: Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage

02 Oct: Fires break out at schools and teachers injured in France as protests spread nationwide

02 Oct: Engineer jailed for blowing up ULEZ camera with homemade bomb

02 Oct: British forces land on Danish territory near Arctic circle

02 Oct: Palestine Action activists used whips and hammers to threaten guards at arms factory, court hears

03 Oct: Latvians vote in parliamentary election amid concerns over rising cost of living and Russia

03 Oct: Dual UK-Iranian national released on bail over suspected plot against US-run military base

03 Oct: Homemade bomb part of alleged plot on Manchester’s Jewish community, court told

04 Oct: MI5 Flags China-Linked Front; Queen’s University Belfast Urges Staff To Review Collaborations

04 Oct: Somerset: Man in court after ‘explosive substances’ found

05 Oct: Denmark: Data of millions compromised in hack

05 Oct: Trump ties US bomber withdrawal to threat against British base

05 Oct: RAF Fairford base safe, No 10 says – after US removes all Air Force bombers

05 Oct: What prompted the US bombers to leave RAF Fairford?

05 Oct: Hundreds of French schools closed as students maintain protest pressure

05 Oct: Teen loses hand picking up grenade as French student protests enter ‘black week’

05 Oct: Failed asylum seeker who attempted knife attack on Israeli embassy in London jailed for life

05 Oct: Germany at risk of ‘violent conflict’ with Russia, warns intelligence chief

06 Oct: UK oil refinery broke toxic pollution limits dozens of times, documents reveal

06 Oct: Former German spy chief arrested for treason and espionage

06 Oct: Germany’s triple threat: Russia, China, far-right extremists

06 Oct: British man arrested over terror offences in connection to RAF Fairford incident

06 Oct: Alleged Iranian spies planned ‘serious violence’ against UK journalists, court hears

06 Oct: Palestine Action: Group planned ‘as much damage as possible’ – court told

07 Oct: Probe launched at military sites following allegations of sexual misconduct at Army college

07 Oct: France suspends the use of stun grenades after student protester loses hand

07 Oct: UK, Germany to Launch New Partnership to Counter Sabotage, Cyberattacks

08 Oct: Royal Navy serviceman accused of spying for foreign power

08 Oct: How NATO is prepping in the Baltic skies for a possible confrontation with Russia

08 Oct: Seventh man bailed in connection with alleged terror plot near RAF Fairford

08 Oct: Burnham meets Merz for security talks in Berlin

08 Oct: Woman dead, two injured in Poland’s second school attack in two days

08 Oct: Hawk fighter jets to resume flying at RAF Valley after crash

08 Oct: Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass offences at RAF base

08 Oct: No Safe Haven: How Iran And Russia Target Exile Enemies

09 Oct: Pair bailed after arrest over air base ‘breach’ at RAF Molesworth

09 Oct: HMS Dragon back home after seven months protecting Cyprus and patrolling near Iran

10 Oct: Three injured in third school attack in Poland in less than a week

11 Oct: Britain stands behind Zelenskyy, says Streeting after Trump’s call for new leader in Ukraine

11 Oct: Poland arrests man over plot to kill PM Donald Tusk

11 Oct: UK prime minister say it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendum

12 Oct: Staff shot at school in France – as pupil detained

12 Oct: Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack

12 Oct: Poland: Germany detains 2 in connection with Starlink fire

12 Oct: Burnham: Iran’s IRGC ‘highly likely’ to be behind RAF Fairford terror plot

12 Oct: Lurgan security alert ends and residents return home as ‘crude’ modified firework removed

12 Oct: Palestine Action activists attacked guard in factory break in, court hears

12 Oct: Canada, U.K. allies vow action after RAF Fairford terror plot

13 Oct: UK high street brands hit by cyber attack

13 Oct: Military police prevented from following evidence in SAS murder probe, inquiry hears

13 Oct: Bed bugs ground Qantas plane in Rome. What can passengers do when bugs bite?

13 Oct: Palestine Action factory break-in captured on bodycam

13 Oct: Terrorists could use AI to target UK with drones and bioweapons, MI5 chief warns

13 Oct: MI5 chief warns of threats to UK from Russia, Iran and AI

13 Oct: Handyman sacked for ‘inadvertently’ flooding pool and gym with mustard gas

14 Oct: A trial over one of the biggest acts of sabotage in decades is getting underway. Here’s a refresher

14 Oct: Men plead not guilty to terrorist charges over PSNI data breach

14 Oct: British soldier jailed for terror-linked offences after making explosives and ‘homemade cannon’

14 Oct: Britain is behind you and that will not change, Burnham tells Zelenskyy

14 Oct: Russia arrests Japanese journalist on spying charges

14 Oct: Albania’s capital burns as protests escalate

14 Oct: French student protesters are being ‘exploited’ by political forces, Macron says

15 Oct: Reading: Expelled university student jailed for bomb hoaxes

15 Oct: Hacked garda social media accounts now retaken, gardaí say

16 Oct: Teenage hitman from Norway locked up for plotting UK murder for Iran-backed gang

16 Oct: Army chief says politicians to start ‘frank conversation’ with public to prepare for war

16 Oct: Belfast: Mum tells how she and her four children escape pipe bomb attack on home

16 Oct: Norwegian teenage hitman who flew to UK to commit murder jailed

16 Oct: Russian man linked to deadly London hospitals hack arrested

16 Oct: Youths clash with police for a 3rd day in Albania’s anti-government protests

17 Oct: Looters seize on massive French protests to raid and vandalise shops

17 Oct: How great is the Russian threat against Germany?

17 Oct: Trial of German steakhouse heiress that sparked a huge spy scandal

17 Oct: No police action against wife of PM’s adviser over Palestine Action post

17 Oct: UK must protect against Russian ‘hybrid attacks’, ex-national security adviser says

18 Oct: Fuel leak spreads more than two miles along River Taff

18 Oct: Spain changes Ceuta patrol rules over ships’ “innocent passage”

19 Oct: Up to 300 schools in Northern Ireland receive threatening email which is being treated as hoax

19 Oct: Co Tyrone man admits charges connected to hoax bomb left outside Omagh police station

19 Oct: Katya Adler: France’s government under pressure after weekend of widespread violence

19 Oct: NATO’s race against time: Senior commander warns alliance must adapt faster to deter Russia

19 Oct: EU tariffs aimed at China hitting Ukraine, steel boss says

19 Oct: Paris police issue overnight curfew in 2 areas of French capital to try to prevent further disorder

19 Oct: Two Serbian Opposition Figures Targeted With Spyware, Research Group Says

19 Oct: More than 200 arrested in second day of street clashes against cost of living in Milan

19 Oct: Huntingdon train attacker admits mass stabbing but denies attempted murder

19 Oct: Four arrested after police officer shot in foot in Nottingham

19 Oct: Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion

19 Oct: Bulgaria seeks suspects in Germany after Starlink sabotage

20 Oct: Seventh day of violent clashes between Albanian protesters and police

20 Oct: Rioting in Milan caused by ‘hybrid war’ against the West, says Italian defence minister

20 Oct: Two men rearrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service in RAF Fairford incident

20 Oct: EU sets out a new Strategy for the Arctic

21 Oct: UK Teenager arrested aged 16 jailed after terror conviction

21 Oct: Fuel leak which killed fish in River Taff stopped

21 Oct: Troops deployed and curfews enforced to quell riots across France

21 Oct: Katya Adler: France divided over who to blame for riots and what to learn from them

21 Oct: Websites across the world taken down to protect systems as critical cyber-security update issued

21 Oct: UK BMJ: Attacks on water systems are attacks on health, warn experts

21 Oct: Rescuers search for French air force navigator after jet pilot dies in crash

21 Oct: Troops deployed and curfews enforced to quell riots across France

22 Oct: Macron accuses Trump and other foreign leaders of ‘stupid comments’ about France unrest

22 Oct: ‘Glaring gaps’ in military capability leave UK exposed to Russian attacks in High North, MPs warn

22 Oct: Kent: Homes evacuated as ‘suspicious package’ destroyed

22 Oct: France confirms first human case of Shamonda virus, previously found only in animals (New Shamonda virus strain – what you need to know)

22 Oct: Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK

22 Oct: Woman, 27, charged after police officer shot in Nottingham

23 Oct: Serbia’s protesting students mount serious challenge to Vučić’s power

23 Oct: An Arctic Traffic Jam Highlights Doubts Over Russia’s Northern Sea Route To China

23 Oct: Swiss government accepts shortcomings in F-35 procurement process

23 Oct: France mobilises 70,000 police and gendarmes for Saturday protests

23 Oct: Ukrainian held in Germany on suspicion of spying for Russia as Merz warns of more cases

23 Oct: Surveillance and ‘constant paranoia’: Western diplomats tell BBC of life in war-time Moscow

24 Oct: Fire breaks out at Hitler’s mountain retreat in Germany, suspect arrested

24 Oct: Scuffle breaks out in Albanian parliament as MPs clash over protests

25 Oct: At least 1,300 people arrested in mass weekend protests across France

25 Oct: Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting moved to psychiatric unit

25 Oct: Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

25 Oct: Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack was ‘state-sponsored’, former minister suggests

25 Oct: How one man became the unsung hero of the internet during a cyber-security scramble

25 Oct: British and French paratroopers take part in major wargame in Germany

26 Oct: Army officer killed by reversing Warrior with faulty alarm – inquest

27 Oct: Two men charged over alleged terror plot at RAF Fairford were being controlled by Iranian handler, court told

27 Oct: Londonderry: Suspicious package sent to hotel contained explosive device

27 Oct: Knives, knuckledusters and a ‘Gucci robbery’: police discover chats linked to Milan riots

27 Oct: Poland signs three-year defence cooperation plan with UK

28 Oct: French Senate backs ‘make rioters pay’ bill despite rights concerns

28 Oct: Hundreds of World War I munitions exposed by melting ice removed from Dolomites

28 Oct: Serbian police shoot dead assailant at Israeli Embassy

29 Oct: RAF Upper Heyford: RAF base chemical contamination worst in UK, report says

29 Oct: Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service: Fire crews praised for explosion-risk ship response (Report)

29 Oct: Eight of England’s nine water companies still failing on environment, report finds

29 Oct: Man admits asylum seeker hotel petrol bomb attack

29 Oct: Moldovan President Calls Security Meeting After Massive Data Breach

29 Oct: Serbia’s Students Demand Resignations in Police, Judiciary as They Prepare to Take Power

29 Oct: Britain sets out £298 billion defence spending plan as government forecasts nearly 60,000 new jobs and industrial growth

30 Oct: Foreign arms firms to pay benefits back into Britain

30 Oct: Switzerland seeks direct deals with U.S. defense manufacturers following F-35 pricing dispute and Patriot delivery delays

30 Oct: Prominent Russian newspaper shuts down under pressure from authorities

30 Oct: Three men who planned to bomb mosque jailed in Dublin

30 Oct: Wales: Man charged with ‘making explosive substance’ near Aberfan

30 Oct: Bomb squad called to neighbour dispute in Essex as dozens of homes evacuated

30 Oct: Shankill residents caught up in terror investigation bomb alert expected to be out of their homes overnight

30 Oct: Polish riot police deployed as deposed court chief sets off crisis

31 Oct: Man charged with explosives offences in Belfast

31 Oct: Almost 140 arrested at protest against Palestine Action ban outside US embassy in London

31 Oct: France sees third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies sweep Europe

Europe – Plague

01 Oct: Live Plague Outbreak Map

04 Oct: Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

05 Oct: Siberian Anti-Plague Institute Staff Isolated After Worker’s Death

06 Oct: Checklists, masks and mystery: What we know about the plague scare in Russia

06 Oct: The death of a Russian plague researcher, explained by a microbiologist

06 Oct: Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague death

08 Oct: At the center of Russia’s plague scare, residents ‘don’t trust’ officials – but have little other choice

08 Oct: Pneumonic plague, by the numbers

18 Oct: The Guardian view on plague in Russia: what is most worrying is the lack of information

Technology – Military

02 Oct: U.S. Navy awards Raytheon SM-6 contract worth up to $24.4 billion to expand missile production for strike and defense missions

02 Oct: Royal Navy’s sixth attack submarine HMS Agamemnon debuts in home port

03 Oct: U.S. Coast Guard orders six Lockheed Martin C-130Js, expanding aircraft program to 25

03 Oct: Northrop Grumman’s YFQ-48 (Talon Blue) Flies for the First Time

06 Oct: Macron observes test of new nuclear-capable missile without warhead

06 Oct: $3.7 billion investment, 3,100 jobs announced by Anduril Industries for new Baltimore County shipyard

07 Oct: General Dynamics Land Systems and Primordial Labs to Bring Natural Language Control to Ground Combat Vehicles

07 Oct: Wearable drone detector unveiled for individual soldiers

09 Oct: Lockheed Martin unveils PAC-3 Edge to take on hypersonic threats, eyes U.S. Army deployment by 2031

12 Oct: BAE Systems unveils next-generation directed energy and kinetic defense systems at AUSA

12 Oct: Heaviside unveils five-pound TYR loitering munition designed to defeat main battle tanks

13 Oct: Airbus U740 Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft takes off for its maiden flight in Europe

14 Oct: Ensuring US military readiness in the face of water, power, and fuel shortages

14 Oct: US Army CIO Gabe Chiulli Targets Months-Long Software Delays With Gatekeeper

15 Oct: Anduril’s New Steelfin Missiles Put a Different Spin on Interceptor Design

15 Oct: Trophylab: Hundreds Of Foreign Companies Access Research On Russian Weapons Captured In Ukraine

16 Oct: Sikorsky Packs a Four-Drone VTOL Operation Into One Box

19 Oct: Radar Screening Obscuration Tech Moves Closer to Warfighter Hands

20 Oct: Pentagon, BAE Systems Sign Agreement to Increase APKWS Production

20 Oct: US Navy Carrier Remote-Controls MQ-25A Stingray Over 2,100 Miles Away

21 Oct: U.S. Air Force projects larger F-35 role in expanded fighter fleet of 1,509 combat-coded aircraft by 2035

21 Oct: British drone downs attack drones with guided rockets

24 Oct: Pentagon, Lockheed Martin Reach 10-Year Framework Agreement for 850 F-35s

27 Oct: DIA Releases Clearest Image of China’s Reusable Spaceplane with Service Module Attached

29 Oct: Finland orders RGW 110 anti-tank weapons to replace APILAS, with deliveries from 2027

29 Oct: U.S. Army selects Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Edge for Future Interceptor development program

30 Oct: China Claims GJ-21 Naval UCAV has Flown from Type 076 Sichuan LHD

Technology –Biological / Medical

01 Oct: COVID-19 immunity may help protect against other bat coronaviruses

01 Oct: Blood Gene Signatures Reveal How Severe COVID-19 Differs in Children from RSV and Tuberculosis

06 Oct: MRead completes MineReader RDX handheld detector trials at CSIRO facility

06 Oct: UMBC-led team reveals how a common hospital pathogen senses iron—opening a new avenue for fighting antibiotic resistance

06 Oct: Vanillin provides a sweet solution for chronic wound healing

08 Oct: Value-aligned messages increased COVID-19 vaccination intentions, study finds

08 Oct: Distinct Malaria Parasites “Hidden in Plain Sight” May Contribute to Human Disease Protection

09 Oct: Light-Activated Cotton Fabric Wipes Out Hospital Germs Without Chemicals

09 Oct: How the benefits of vaccination extend beyond protection from infection

09 Oct: Could a vaccine adjuvant help prepare for future pandemics?

11 Oct: Very severe long COVID linked to differences in lung and mouth microbiomes

15 Oct: A Spatial Map of the Lung Reveals the Cellular Mechanisms Driving Damage and Fibrosis in Severe COVID-19

16 Oct: AP gets exclusive look at ‘StarGate,’ Ukraine’s first aerial drone to evacuate wounded soldiers

20 Oct: University of Surrey: £4 million awarded to develop vaccines that protect livestock and tackle growing biosecurity threat

20 Oct: Sea cucumber-inspired gel could help heal damaged tissue in humans

20 Oct: Scientific Triumph, Equity Failure: Faster, Fairer COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out Could Have Saved Millions of Lives, UN University Publication Reveals

20 Oct: Estonian Biobank Survey Uses Self-Reported Side Effects to Explore Causes of Side Effects of Medicines and Vaccines

21 Oct: Vaccination rarely changes persistent post-COVID smell and taste symptoms

21 Oct: A Smart Adhesive Patch That Sticks Securely and Releases Gently Without Damaging Skin

21 Oct: Scientists create white blood cell with memory of how to fight off winter flu bugs

21 Oct: Scientists discover migration-mediated mechanism enabling bacteria-virus coexistence

21 Oct: Laboratory Study Shows Needle-Free mRNA Vaccine Protects Against COVID and Flu

21 Oct: Migratory birds spread avian influenza to Greenland’s polar bears

21 Oct: Scientists Reveal How Deadly Andes Hantavirus Attaches to Human Cells

21 Oct: Two-in-one tool tracks viral RNA inside live infected cells in real time

21 Oct: Candida auris: A harbinger of further dangerous fungal species?

22 Oct: New antifungal compound targets resistant fungi without kidney toxicity

22 Oct: Childhood measles vaccination rates fall worldwide post COVID-19

22 Oct: Mosquito bites are more complicated than they appear—getting a closer look might lead to better disease prevention

27 Oct: Avian influenza threatens vulture populations worldwide

27 Oct: Unveiling bacterial community structure and antibiotic resistance genes in coastal water of Manila Bay, Philippines using metagenomic and qPCR approaches

27 Oct: Deadly parasite: How fox tapeworm warns of pandemic X (WHO Neglected Tropical Diseases)

27 Oct: Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of severe dengue

29 Oct: New AI tool helps scientists identify bacteria hidden in soil

29 Oct: Amino acid boosts last-resort antibiotic’s effectiveness

29 Oct: Resistant bacteria are favoured in hospital sewers – responsible antibiotics identified

30 Oct: RNA-protein interactions could lead to new coronavirus drug targets

Technology – Nuclear

02 Oct: Hinkley Point B becomes second AGR plant transferred for decommissioning

06 Oct: MARVEL reactor gets federal safety approval as its primary vessel arrives in Idaho

16 Oct: US in ‘denuclearisation’ talks with Russia and China: Trump

19 Oct: AEP, Amazon and X-energy planning 12-SMR plant

19 Oct: Aldermaston: Concerns over scrutiny of AWE redevelopment plans

19 Oct: Rosatom signs floating nuclear power deal for Indonesia

20 Oct; With War In Limbo, Influential Iranian Officials Openly Call For A Nuclear Bomb

26 Oct: Detecting radioactivity from the air – more accurately than ever

28 Oct: Plan for multibillion-pound Sizewell nuclear plant a ‘terrible deal’ for UK taxpayers, MPs say

Technology – AI

02 Oct: Open-weight AI models are more vulnerable to manipulation and can lack oversight. Here’s what to know.

04 Oct: Trump gives spy chief new title: AI czar

05 Oct: Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told

06 Oct: OpenAI executive flew to Australia to apologise over Medicare hack. Here are the key takeaways

09 Oct: How Iranian Operatives Used AI To Publish Fake Stories In US Media

09 Oct: Anthropic bars “abusive or cruel” behavior toward its Claude AI model0#

10 Oct: Anthropic’s Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case

19 Oct: Deepfakes, bots and distrust: How AI is shaping Israel’s election

20 Oct: U.S. bans DeepSeek from government agency systems amid AI rift with China

20 Oct: China opposes US ban on govt agencies from using DeepSeek

21 Oct: Google faces exodus after AI workers resign over tech giant’s military contracts

21 Oct: Websites shut down globally after AI finds cybersecurity flaw affecting 70% of the internet

22 Oct: Race to update services’ computer systems after cyber-security flaw found

23 Oct: The biggest-ever internet security threat has been known for 22 years. AI made it a crisis in 2 days

24 Oct: UK £100M AI Biosecurity Lab: OpenAI & Anthropic Join [2026]

26 Oct: Russia And Iran Expand Nuclear Cooperation As International Oversight Weakens

27 Oct: From bioweapons to blackmail, here’s what’s in Anthropic’s nearly 100-page list of risks, including ‘risks to humanity’

30 Oct: Why AI could threaten much of the world’s digital infrastructure

Technology – Other

20 Oct: Breaking through the ‘fog of war’ to find peace