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Fresh U.S. strikes hit Iranian military sites as Iran targeted Bahrain and Kuwait, while the Pentagon confirmed additional American service-member deaths tied to attacks in Iraq and Jordan.
Updated Oct. 23: The Israeli military says two soldiers and two suspected gunmen were killed in a shooting near Hebron; at least five others were wounded. Israel ordered the army to prepare a full West Bank closure.
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27 stories in this desk.A new study estimates that summer heat contributed to 50,391 deaths across 854 European cities in June–August, with about 32,619 attributed to human-caused warming. The researchers stress the figures are modelled estimates, not a count of deaths recorded directly as heat-related.
A United Nations climate fund has provisionally set aside $20 million for Nepal after catastrophic August flooding. The amount is only a small share of the government’s estimated $4.7 billion recovery need, and the allocation is not an immediate payment. The Associated Press and Reuters report that the fund’s move is a first test of its loss-and-damage mechanism.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand chief executive Kerry Gregory has resigned with immediate effect, the service’s board said Friday. The resignation follows the responsible minister’s public loss of confidence in him.
New Zealand’s Defence Force chief has resigned after disclosing an inappropriate relationship while in command. The government says the Inspector-General of Defence will examine the handling of the matter.
The European Parliament has awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court and its officials, a symbolic show of support as the court faces U.S. sanctions.
Iranian state media and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps say seven vessels were struck or hit mines near the Strait of Hormuz. The reported incidents have not been independently confirmed.
UNEP’s 2026 assessment says current national pledges cannot prevent global warming from exceeding 1.5°C. The report says deep, sustained emissions cuts could still limit the overshoot and bring temperatures back down later this century.
Saudi authorities reported deaths at a Dammam airport and an oil-field site as Washington ordered some non-emergency personnel and family members to depart.
Ukrainian officials reported casualties in an overnight strike on Kyiv; separate U.S.-mediated talks may resume, but no ceasefire has been agreed.
Bulgaria says aerial and maritime drones struck two commercial vessels in its Black Sea economic zone, sinking one and setting the other on fire.
A localized pause in fighting is allowing technicians to repair external power infrastructure serving the Russian-occupied nuclear plant.
A localized pause in fighting is allowing technicians to repair external power infrastructure serving the Russian-occupied nuclear plant.
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