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World 2026 Uttarakhand helicopter crash
Six people are killed when their helicopter crashes near Joshimath, Uttarakhand, India.
Earlier this week
- Five children and two adults are killed, five other people are injured, and four are missing after flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in eastern Syria.World · 30 Oct
- The Salvadoran government deploys 2,000 troops to Haiti in response to the kidnapping of four Salvadoran Gang Suppression Force members that occurred earlier this month.World · 29 Oct
- Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes against two residential buildings in Taiz, Yemen, killing 12 civilians and wounding three more.World · 29 Oct
- 14 people are killed and 14 more are injured in a Russian drone strike on a train station in Dnipro, Ukraine.World · 29 Oct
- Four people are killed and eleven more are injured after an Italian Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook crashes near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.World · 29 Oct
- An oxygen cylinder explodes inside an ambulance parked at a medical facility in Tharparkar, Sindh Province, Pakistan, killing ten people.World · 29 Oct
- Three people are killed and five more injured during the collapse of a hoodoo at Göreme's Open Air Museum in the Nevşehir District, Turkey. It is suspected to be caused by heavy rainfall over the preceding days.World · 29 Oct
- Saudi Arabia launches an airstrike at a market in Al Hazm, Al-Jawf Governorate, Yemen, killing 14 civilians and wounding ten more.World · 28 Oct
- Eight women and children are reported to be injured in a airstrike in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan.World · 28 Oct
- At least 69 people are killed and 179 injured during a collision between two high speed trains carrying a total of 544 passengers between Los Yébenes and Urda, in the Province of Toledo, Spain.World · 28 Oct
- At least three people are killed as Cyclone Arnab makes landfall in Andhra Pradesh, India.World · 28 Oct
- A bus transporting local tourists overturns in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica, killing three people and injuring 39 others, including seven seriously.World · 28 Oct
- The United States imposes sanctions on the Rwandan ministry of defence over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, alleging that Rwanda is backing the M23 rebels to fight against Congolese forces.World · 28 Oct
- The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for an end to the American embargo against Cuba by 130 votes to 17, with 25 abstentions, the measure's lowest support since 1995.World · 28 Oct
- The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says that vessels belonging to South Korean shipping company Sinokor would face legal action beginning on 1 November.World · 27 Oct
- Three people, including a child, are killed in an Israeli airstrike against a tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.World · 27 Oct
- A bomb explodes near a bridge in Cúcuta, Colombia, at the border with Venezuela, injuring four police officers.World · 27 Oct
- The United States launches an airstrike against an alleged drug boat in the Pacific Ocean, killing five people.World · 27 Oct
- The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church reports that at least 60 Christians have been killed in attacks in Oromia, Ethiopia, over the last week.World · 27 Oct
- The casualty toll from the massacre by unknown gunmen four days ago in Taraba State, Nigeria, increases to 62 people killed and 52 more wounded.World · 27 Oct
- The casualty toll from yesterday's drone strike at a market in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, increases to over 100 people killed and 112 more injured.World · 27 Oct
- Indian authorities order nearly 100,000 people to evacuate parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha as Cyclone Arnab approaches, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting landfall as a very severe cyclonic storm.World · 27 Oct
- Four people are killed, two are missing and several homes are destroyed during floods in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.World · 27 Oct
- A construction site is hit by a tornado in Kepez, Antalya, Turkey, killing four workers and injuring another.World · 27 Oct
- Senior officials representing the members of the Mecca Defence Alliance, including Pakistani military chief Asim Munir, Saudi defense minister Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, and Turkish intelligence director İbrahim Kalın, meet with Iranian leadership, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, in Tehran to discuss efforts to de-escalate the 2026 Iran war and the Yemeni civil war.World · 26 Oct
- Israel launches an airstrike against a tent for displaced people in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians, including a child, and wounding many more.World · 26 Oct
- The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed four Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.World · 26 Oct
- Egypt's parliament authorizes President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide military support to Saudi Arabia if requested amid Houthi attacks in Saudi territory.World · 26 Oct
- The United Nations (UN) announces it will conclude its support for the Transitional Assistance Mission to support the Somali federal government by October 31. The UN will continue supporting Somalia through other smaller agencies.World · 26 Oct
- Twenty-one people are killed and 40 more injured in a drone strike in Nyala, Sudan.World · 26 Oct
- More drone strikes by the Rapid Support Forces are reported across power stations in southeast Sudan, cutting power across the region.World · 26 Oct