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Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Armed Conflicts
Ethiopia conflict spreads beyond Tigray as renewed fighting kills civilians[Updated]19dIran parades Shahed drones as Trump hints at possible US strikes[Updated]19dGaza prepares to bury 105 Palestinians recovered from rubble20dNigeria's Oyo school kidnapping shows terrorism spreading south20dIsraeli attacks across Gaza kill at least eight civilians20dGunmen kill seven on bus in Syria as pipeline blast shuts three power plants20dMali begins school year with more than 2,400 schools closed20dSatellite images show Gaza destruction continuing despite ceasefire20dFive men arrested near RAF Fairford on suspicion of plotting terrorist attack[Updated]20dPakistan says air strikes in Afghanistan killed 22 fighters20dRussia launches heaviest attack on Ukraine's energy grid in months, causing power cuts in Kyiv20dMyanmar's military intensifies airstrikes on civilians in Rakhine as fighting with Arakan Army continues21dEstonia accuses Russia of ordering arson attack on defence firm supplying Ukraine21dUkraine's steel industry crippled as Russian strikes target the economy21dQatar rejects Israeli statements on annexing areas of Lebanon and Gaza[Updated]21dRussian Tu-95 strategic bomber crashes in Far East, killing six crew21dUN extends Gang Suppression Force mandate in Haiti21dEthiopian government forces retake Alamata as fighting in the north escalates21dSomali pirates kill five crew on hijacked tanker in first such deaths in over a decade21dSouth Korea says North Korean mines likely caused blasts in DMZ that wounded three soldiers[Updated]21d