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Super Typhoon Champi
Winds 100 kt. Typhoon Champi kills a person and injures 163 others in Taiwan as the government evacuates 2,639 people from mountainous areas.
12 h agoAFP via France 24Agency record ↗
Friday, October 23, 2026
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Conflict5
The Israeli government orders the military to prepare for a complete lockdown of the West Bank. This comes after two men who allegedly planned an attack were killed.
2026 West Bank lockdownTodayTagesschau
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reports that seven oil tankers have been hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
YesterdayAl JazeeraIran on the map →
Al-Qaeda gunmen ambushes troops of the Yemeni Armed Forces at a mountainous area in the Shabwah Governorate, killing two soldiers and wounding several more.
YesterdayXinhua
El Salvador deploys 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to assist in the search efforts for the four missing Salvadoran Air Force technicians.
YesterdayAPEl Salvador on the map →
The Sudanese Armed Forces recaptures two strategic areas in Sudan's Blue Nile state, including the Bukuri base in Ad-Damazin.
YesterdaySudan TribuneSudan on the map →
Disasters9
At least six people are killed and 25 others are injured when a bus collides with a tree in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district, Chhattisgarh, India.
YesterdayXinhua
M5.7 earthquake · Sicily, Italy
Depth 4 km · green impact alert (USGS PAGER)
Live14 h agoSource ↗On the map →
A '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"'Mw 7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet, with an epicenter in Nagqu, killing 16 people and wounding 32 more.
YesterdayAl Jazeera
World & politics2
Canada and Turkey open negotiations for a free trade agreement during Canadian prime minister Mark Carney's visit to Ankara.
Canada–Turkey relations, Free trade agreements of Canada, Free trade agreements of TurkeyYesterdayAFP via France 24
Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh announces her candidacy for Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Cyber6
Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator · CVE-2026-114625
Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator SQL Injection Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-10-26.
Live24 h agoSource ↗
Collabora Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server · CVE-2026-110447
Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server OS Command Injection Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-10-26.
Live24 h agoSource ↗
Plex Media Server · CVE-2026-96656
Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-10-23.
Live4 days agoSource ↗
Plex Media Server · CVE-2026-96655
Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-11-03.
Live4 days agoSource ↗
Science & space1
The Finnish Government grants Posiva an operating license for the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository in Eurajoki, making it the world's first licensed deep geological disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel.
YesterdayAFP via France 24
Health & environment1
France reports the first human case of the livestock Shamonda virus in a patient who died after being hospitalized with an unrelated condition.
YesterdayReuters
Crime & justice4
Ecuadorian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Luisa González is arrested over allegations of money laundering in campaign financing.
Corruption in EcuadorYesterdayReuters
Seven people are killed and 34 others are wounded in a mass shooting during a funeral procession at a Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud, Karak Governorate, Jordan. All of the gunmen escape from the scene.
TodayAl Jazeera, AP
A person is killed and five other people are injured in a drive-by shooting spree at three separate locations in Trappes and La Verrière, France. A suspect is arrested.
TodayBBC News
A Guatemalan court sentences seven former police officers to prison terms of up to 60 years for offenses related to the 2024 torture and killing of a gay couple at a police station.
YesterdayAFP via France 24
Culture & sport7
Argentine football player Lionel Messi is awarded the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports for his career at FC Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.
TodayOneFootball
British singer Raye wins the 2026 Mercury Prize for her album This Music May Contain Hope.
YesterdayBillboardUnited Kingdom on the map →
The European Parliament awards its 2026 Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court and its officials for their work in global justice and upholding international law.
In artistic gymnastics, Japan's Daiki Hashimoto wins his fourth consecutive men's all-around title at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, finishing ahead of China's Zhang Boheng and Japan's Shinnosuke Oka.
YesterdayAFP via France 24Japan on the map →
In American football, the Chicago Bears receive an illegal forward handing penalty in a game against the New England Patriots, the first time in 16 years that the penalty has been handed out.
YesterdayCBS Sports
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