- Nov 5
South Korea sends navy assets toward Hormuz, widening Cheonghae anti-piracy mission
South Korea will deploy a maritime patrol aircraft and a bomb-disposal team near the Strait of Hormuz, and widen its Cheonghae anti-piracy zone to waters south of Oman. Seoul says the mission is strictly non-combat and will not join the US-Iran war.
- Oct 30
Norway answers Trump's insult with an ad campaign for its scenic public toilets
Visit Norway replied to Trump's crude remarks about the country by promoting its architect-designed roadside toilets along scenic routes, asking whether they are the best in the world.
- Oct 26
Trump says he wants no one from Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub
At a Michigan rally on Sunday, 25 October 2026, Trump said he wanted no one from Norway and tied that decision to a Nobel Peace Prize he did not receive.
- Oct 22
Ilhan Omar says federal raid on her home was meant to intimidate her
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar says she will leave her Washington home after federal agents searched it on 12 October. The search seized 17 items and came amid a federal investigation into her family's immigration paperwork.
- Oct 21
Russia says it detained a German who fought for Ukraine as a sniper and deserted
The FSB said on Wednesday, 21 October, that it had arrested a German citizen accused of deserting Ukrainian forces after he was not paid. The claims cannot be independently verified, and the arrest site and the man's name have not been disclosed.
- Oct 20
Police arrest 23-year-old man over death of 29-year-old woman found in Amsterdam suitcase
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, 20 October, after a violent incident at a house in Koggenland, where police found an injured man who was taken to hospital. The woman's body had been found in a suitcase in water near the Amsteldijk on Friday, 16 October.
- Oct 17
Obama condemns federal search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as intimidation
Former president Barack Obama says the search of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home and the citizenship probe aimed at her are an attempt to intimidate a Trump critic. A senior administration official has said denaturalization and deportation are possible, weeks before the November midterms.
- Oct 14
World Hunger Index rises for first time in series dating to 2000
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest index value of any world region, and seven of the eight countries with alarming hunger levels are located there. The reports come ahead of World Food Day on 16 October.
- Oct 12
Federal agents search Ilhan Omar's home in criminal probe over citizenship
The Justice Department confirmed a court-approved search of the Minnesota Democrat's Washington home on 12 October, and more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas have followed, including to relatives.
- Oct 8
Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election over Green leader Zack Polanski
Sagal Abdi-Wali took 45% of the vote in Thursday's special election, against just under 33% for Green leader Zack Polanski, who now faces calls to stand down over his party's stance on Zionism.
- Oct 7
FBI arrests Minnesota teenager plotting 24 October mass shooting at Mall of America
Federal agents arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud in Minnesota after an undercover sting in which he bought an AK-47 rifle and ammunition to target an October arts event.
- Oct 7
Two-thirds of child migrants entering southern Europe arrived alone in 2025, UN report shows
A joint UN agency report shows 67% of the 31,100 migrant children reaching southern Europe in 2025 were unaccompanied, amid declining access to formal refugee resettlement programs.
- Sep 30
Puntland forces rescue hijacked tanker MT Honour 25 after pirates kill five crew
Puntland security forces have retaken the oil tanker MT Honour 25 and captured 16 suspected pirates off Somalia, following the deaths of five crew members from Pakistan, Myanmar, and India.
