A truce between Ukraine and Russia aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky was set to enter into force early on Tuesday, October 27, after being announced by US First Lady Melania Trump last week.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal to support police efforts to control anti-migrant protests, after recent violence in Durban and Soweto linked to misinformation about a Constitutional Court ruling on asylum seekers.
Four to five people were injured after a car was driven into a group in Neustadt am Rübenberge near Hanover, Germany, late on Monday night. Police fired shots at the vehicle, and the occupants fled on foot and remain at large.
PM Narendra Modi held delegation-level talks with Liechtenstein’s Hereditary Prince Alois in New Delhi on October 27, 2026, during the country’s first state visit to India, with trade, innovation and technology cooperation under the India-EFTA TEPA in focus.
Nepal’s disaster authority has put the country on high alert for October 29-31 as Cyclone Arnab, expected to make landfall in India on October 28, threatens heavy rain, strong winds, snowfall and avalanches — with five provinces expected to feel the strongest effects.
A Myanmar woman living in Denmark has filed a criminal complaint in Copenhagen against members of Myanmar’s military over alleged war crimes in Chin State, testing Danish legislation from 2025 that allows Danish authorities to examine alleged international crimes regardless of where they took place.
Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 rig sank off Gabon’s southern coast on October 24 during drilling preparations; 110 of 115 people on board are safe, five remain unaccounted for, and BW Energy has shut down MaBoMo production as a precaution.
At least 60 people were killed in two attacks in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region in the past week, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church said — 14 in Merti Woreda on October 20 and 46 in Sherka Woreda on October 24 — with more than 20 homes burned and more than 20 people hospitalised, while responsibility remains unconfirmed.
A drone strike on the Al-Markhiyat power station in Omdurman cut electricity across large parts of Khartoum on Tuesday, a day after strikes on power stations in eastern Sudan caused mass outages in four states.
King Charles and Queen Camilla tour the Caribbean from October 27 to November 4, visiting the Bahamas and Guyana before the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, as Caribbean leaders push slavery reparations onto the agenda.