The world today · 28 Oct 2026
Violence killed dozens in Nigeria, South Sudan and Sudan, while DR Congo's Ebola outbreak passed 10,000 cases. Israel's election gave Netanyahu's bloc a narrow edge, and Gulf states worked on a deal to avert renewed US-Iran war.
Reports on Tuesday said nearly half of confirmed Ebola patients in DR Congo have died. On Monday a woman diagnosed in Abuja, Nigeria, with no known travel to DR Congo was flown to Switzerland, and officials are trying to determine how she was infected. Attackers in eastern DR Congo killed a nurse and injured a health worker responding to an Ebola case.
Ebola cases in DR Congo surpass 10,000 in fastest-growing outbreak…
The attackers burned homes, shops, food supplies and motorcycles in Binnari village. Separately, an inquiry found that overcrowding and poor ventilation caused the deaths of 33 detainees in a prison cell in Minna, and that the deaths were preventable.
Gunmen kill 62 in attack on Binnari village in Nigeria's Taraba state · Inquiry finds 33 detainee deaths in Nigerian cell were preventable
A resident says a Monday evening attack hit a market in the north of Nyala, killing at least 21 and injuring 40. The US, the EU and 30 countries warned of famine risk and urged the warring parties to lift all impediments to aid. A year after El-Fasher fell, at least 6,000 civilians are reported to have been killed by the RSF as it entered the city.
Drone strike kills at least 21 at market in Sudan's Nyala · US, EU and 30 countries warn of famine risk in Sudan, call for aid · One year after fall of El-Fasher, Sudan, at least 6,000 civilians…
The raids are part of a cycle of revenge attacks. The country is heading towards its first election since independence.
Co-ordinated cattle raids kill at least 72 people in South Sudan
Israelis voted in the highest numbers in decades, and exit polls had first shown no clear winner. Al Jazeera's takeaways say Likud is the largest party and Netanyahu's bloc edges past the opposition. Netanyahu called a coalition with Arab parties a disgrace, and President Herzog must choose a candidate to form the government.
Netanyahu's Likud emerges as largest party in Israeli election, bloc… · Exit polls after Israeli election indicate no clear winner · Netanyahu says coalition with Arab parties would be 'shameful'
The talks aim to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within four days of sanctions being lifted and to have the Houthis withdraw substantial forces inside Yemen. The US is aware of progress but wants a concession, possibly allowing UN weapons inspectors back into Iran. Iran said on Tuesday the US is not serious about negotiations.
Gulf states work on multipart deal to avert renewed US-Iran war · Pezeshkian says Middle East can solve its own issues without US · Putin and Qatar's Emir meet in Moscow, call for diplomacy amid…
Zelenskyy says Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles and more than 280 drones overnight, with at least 15 injured in Kyiv. A truce first planned for Oleshky has been extended across the Kherson region, and both sides say no breaches have been reported. The leaders of Norway and Finland held a call with Putin, the first direct contact between European leaders and him in more than a year.
Russia launches 16 ballistic missiles and 280 drones at Ukraine… · Russian strikes hit major bridge in Kyiv · Ceasefire extended across Ukraine's Kherson region, officials say
The cyclone is forecast to make landfall on the eastern coast on Wednesday, then move inland and north toward Nepal.
India evacuates tens of thousands as Cyclone Arnab approaches east…
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