All news: Sunday 11 October 2026

October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airports

Houthis launch an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire, killing one person and injuring multiple people.

October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airports

An Indian national injured in yesterday's attack on King Khalid International Airport dies from his injuries, raising the total death toll to 13.

Houthi–Saudi conflict

The Royal Saudi Air Force launches an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, killing a child and wounding seven other people.

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

A drone strikes the Nicaragua-flagged tanker MT Petro Dolphin near Sohar, Oman, leaving two Indian sailors missing and prompting the rescue of nine others. Omani authorities conduct search-and-rescue operations for the missing crew members.

War crimes in the Sudanese civil war

Airstrikes are launched at the Egypt–Sudan border targeting an artisanal gold mine in a mountainous area, killing at least 72 people.

Mexican drug war

Three civilians and two police officers are killed in a mass shooting in Jacona, Michoacán, Mexico, while six other people are wounded. Separately, three gunmen are killed in a shootout with police in Zamora.

Colombian conflict

Four FARC dissidents are killed and 12 rifles seized after an airstrike by the National Army of Colombia against a guerrilla camp in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia.

Colombian conflict

A drone strike kills a soldier in La Vega, Cauca Department, Colombia.

2026 Budhi Gandaki flood

Ten people are reported missing and at least 35 houses and six bridges are swept away in a major flash flood in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal. The exact number of casualties is unknown.

2026 Djibouti migrant boat sinking

At least 139 people are killed, 84 more are missing, and over 80 are rescued when a boat carrying migrants shipwrecks off the coast of Djibouti.

Eleven people are killed and 27 others are injured when a tour bus collides with a truck at a toll road of Otoyol 5 in Akhisar, Manisa Province, Turkey.

One person is killed and around 19 others are injured, including four critically, when a passenger bus plunges down a slope and crashes into a residential complex in Valparaíso, Chile.

2026 Kraków mayoral election

Independent candidate Łukasz Gibała wins the Kraków mayoral election in Poland against government-backed Civic Platform senator Monika Piątkowska.

2026 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state of emergency

Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari declares a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspends its provincial government amid disputes over the province's response to Islamist militancy.

2027 French presidential election

Raphaël Glucksmann is elected as a candidate in the 2027 French presidential election during the Socialist Party primary, receiving more than 66% of the votes in the first round.

2026 Slovenian referendum

Slovenians vote in a referendum to decide whether to overturn the Law on Parliamentary Investigation that was adopted by the National Assembly in May 2026. Voters holded this law by a 49% to 51% vote.

2026 anti-CEC protests

An executive magistrate's court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders, requiring them to avoid breaches of the peace for one year after their detention.

2026 Ebola epidemic

The Kenyan health ministry reports that no Ebola cases have been reported since one patient died from the disease on October 5, with 293 tests conducted.

2026 Indonesia wildfires

The Indonesian forestry ministry and International Animal Rescue release eight orangutans rescued from wildfires into a protected wildforest in West Kalimantan after fires destroyed habitat near plantations.