Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- A military coup in Sudan, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (pictured), deposes the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev is re-elected President of Uzbekistan.
- Ahead of Barbados becoming a republic, Sandra Mason is elected as the country's first president.
- Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny is awarded the Sakharov Prize.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Gunmen open fire against security forces in Sourou, Burkina Faso, killing five policemen. Fifteen attackers are killed in a gunfight after the attack. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- One person is killed and 15 others injured when a Pemex gas pipeline explodes in Puebla, Mexico. The Governor of Puebla, Miguel Barbosa Huerta, blames an illegal tap for the explosion. (The Canberra Times)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar
- Myanmar surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19. (ANI News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 40,993 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.51 million. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar
Law and crime
- October 2021 Tokyo attack
- A man attacks passengers on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, with acid and a knife, before setting the train on fire, wounding 17 people. A man is arrested at the scene. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Japanese general election
- Japanese citizens head to the polls to elect members of the Lower House. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party faces more opposition than in other elections due to the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. (Washington Post)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- 2021 Aden bombings
- A car bomb kills 9 people and wounds 12 others near Aden International Airport. The attack coincided with the arrival of Aden's former governor at the airport, who is unhurt. (BBC News)
- 2021 Aden bombings
- Aftermath of the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
- Three people are killed as the military opens fire at an anti-coup protest in Omdurman, bringing the total number of protesters killed since the coup to 14. (Al Jazeera)
- Mali War
- Tigray War
- The Tigray Defense Forces say that they have captured the strategic city of Dessie and are advancing toward neighboring Kombolcha in Amhara. The government denies these claims, but residents confirm that the Ethiopian National Defense Force have completely withdrawn from Dessie. (Al Jazeera)
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Over 160 buildings, including two churches, in the town of Thantlang, Chin State, have been destroyed by fires resulting from Tatmadaw shelling that occurred the previous day. (AP via Global News)
Business and economy
- Economy of Argentina
- In his speech at the G20 summit in Rome, president Alberto Fernández says that huge debts "condemn generations" and that the "current system prioritizes speculation over the development of the peoples", while also condemning the previous administration of Mauricio Macri for accepting a $46 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. (Hola News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 40,351 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.47 million. (CTV News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey surpasses eight million cases of COVID-19. (ANI News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand reports a record 160 new community cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (1 News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Philippines reports a record 423 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours due to reclassification of 373 cases previously listed as recoveries, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 43,044. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
International relations
- 2021 Jersey dispute, France–United Kingdom relations
- Last-ditch talks are held between British and French authorities as local authorities in the ports of Calais and Boulogne warn of a "disaster" if the French government goes ahead with its plan to "clog up" the English Channel and disrupt the trade and sailing of British vessels in French ports. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK could consider "formal action" under trade agreements. (The Guardian)
- 2021 G20 Rome summit
- The 16th G20 summit begins for the first time in person after the beginning of the pandemic with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing via video link. (BBC News)
- United States–European Union relations
- United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announces the removal of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union that were imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump. European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis announces that the bloc will reciprocate the action on U.S. imports, ending a trade war. (AFP via RTHK)
- Lebanon–United Arab Emirates relations
- The Emirati foreign ministry announces that it will recall its diplomats in Lebanon and ban Emirati citizens from traveling to the country "in solidarity with" Saudi Arabia, which recalled its ambassador to Lebanon over "insulting" remarks about the war in Yemen made by Lebanese information minister George Kurdahi. (AFP via Al-Ahram)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021 Uganda bombings
- Two children are killed by a bomb explosion at a village in Nakaseke District. The device looked like a jackfruit and was given to the children while they were playing. (Al Jazeera)
- 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- The CODECO and the Alliance for the Liberation of the Congo militia groups attack two villages in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 14 civilians. (AFP via The Punch)
- Afghanistan conflict
- Three people are killed and several injured when gunmen open fire at a wedding in Nangarhar. The Taliban are accused of being behind the attack, opening fire while music was being played. The Taliban has, however, said that the shooting was an internal dispute and that two of the attackers have been arrested. (The Guardian)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Tatmadaw forces bombard the town of Thantlang in Chin State, western Myanmar, with artillery shells, destroying dozens of homes, after clashing with local self-defence forces who captured a soldier. (Al Jazeera English)
Business and economy
- Economy of Mexico
- The National Institute of Statistics and Geography in Mexico shows that the economy shrank 0.2% in the third-quarter from the three previous months and the GDP also declined during the same period of time, both largely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
- Lockdown restrictions are further eased in Melbourne as 80% of the adult population are now fully vaccinated. Schools, non-essential retail, restaurants and gyms reopen with density limits, masks are no longer mandatory outdoors, and travel between Melbourne and regional Victoria resumes. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
- Tonga reports its first case of COVID-19 in a person who travelled from Christchurch, New Zealand to Nukuʻalofa and is now in isolation. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
- Minister of Culture and Sports Sílvia Riva tests positive for COVID-19. (Diari d'Andorra)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
- Poland surpasses three million cases of COVID-19. (U.S. News & World Report)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 1,163 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the nationwide death toll to 236,220. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
- COVID-19 pandemic in South America
- After seeing a slight increase in the number of cases and deaths, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina intensify their vaccination rollouts. Chile has reported 37,719 total deaths from COVID-19 while Argentina has reported 115,916 total deaths from COVID-19. (El País Uruguay)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
- The Kyrgyzstan Cabinet of Ministers issues a change of regulations that would require workers in the cultural, leisure, entertainment, and sport sectors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to the ongoing pandemic situation in the country. (AKIpress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11, becoming the first vaccine to be approved for children in the United States. (CNBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
International relations
- 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis, Belarus–Poland relations
- The Senate of Poland approves a plan to construct an estimated €353 million (US$407 million) wall along the country's border with Belarus, in response to an influx of migrants. (AFP via Barron's)
- Moldova–Russia relations
- Moldova and Russian energy firm Gazprom extend their supply contract, following accusations of Russia raising oil prices against Moldova. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
- Lebanon–Saudi Arabia relations
- Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Lebanon and demands for Lebanon to reciprocate the action over "insulting" remarks about the war in Yemen made by Lebanese information minister George Kurdahi. (AFP via RFI)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Afghanistan, Treatment of women by the Taliban
- Taliban-appointed chief of the Central Bank Shah Mehrabi says that gay rights will not be respected in Afghanistan because "That's against our Sharia law", but also said that, conversely, women's rights will be different than that of the 1990s. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
- Aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- U Win Htein, aide to the deposed Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is sentenced to 20 years in prison for sedition. Htein became the first politician arrested in the aftermath of the February 2021 coup to be convicted. (Deutsche Welle)
- The European Parliament sues the European Commission for failing to properly enforce the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation that is linked to the Next Generation EU recovery package, which refuses to fund member states that fail to comply with the European Union's rule of law standards. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Bangsamoro Parliament election
- President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte signed into law a bill postponing the Bangsamoro Parliament election to 2025. The interim government of Bangsamoro led by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has requested the postponement due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inability of the government to draw up an election code for the autonomous region. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Science and technology
- Solar cycle 25
- An X-class solar flare, the second of the current solar cycle, erupts. An associated coronal mass ejection may graze Earth on October 30 or 31, which could cause bright aurorae and interfere with satellite communications. (Space)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Far-right terrorism in France
- Rémy Daillet, a far-right conspiracy theorist, is charged with leading the planned "Operation Azul", a plot which involved 12 suspects, accused of plotting a series of attacks against COVID-19 vaccination centres, a masonic lodge, journalists, prominent figures and parliament. Former soldiers had been hired to train recruits for the plot. (BBC News)
- Tigray War
- Ethiopian forces carry out another airstrike on Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, targeting a compound of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. A Tigrayan spokesman denies that the airstrike hit the compound and instead says that six civilians were killed, including three children. (Yahoo! News)
- Aftermath of the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
- Protests continue for the fourth day in Sudan after the coup d'état. Another protestor is killed, bringing the total number of protestors killed to 11. (Reuters)
- The new leader of the Islamic State – West Africa Province has been killed during a military operation this month, two weeks after the death of the group's leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi was announced. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Facebook, Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, renames itself to Meta Platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the rename was done in order to reflect the company's diversification into other areas, such as virtual reality. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Moscow enters its strictest lockdown since June 2020, closing schools, kindergartens, and all non-essential businesses until November 7 due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. (Deutsche Welle)
- Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,159 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 235,057. The country also reports a record 40,096 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.39 million. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
- The Hungarian government announces that it will require face masks to be worn on public transport beginning on November 1 and will also allow companies to impose a vaccine mandate for their employees in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, all non-essential medical appointments will be temporarily suspended. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- Ukraine reports a record 26,071 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.85 million. (Ukrinform)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, COVID-19 vaccination in mainland China
- Beijing mandates booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for key workers, including cooks, security guards and cleaning personnel, becoming the first major Chinese city to publicly mandate booster doses. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, COVID-19 vaccination in Taiwan
- The number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan surpasses 70%. (Taipei Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, COVID-19 vaccination in mainland China
- COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announces that schools will be reopened in January after being closed for almost two years due to the pandemic, while the rest of the economy will be reopened in the same month. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- Malaysian gynaecologist John Tang Ing Chinh invents the world's first unisex condom, that can be used by both males and females, which is made from a medical grade material normally used as a dressing for injuries and wounds. (Reuters via Today)
- At least 300 Olive ridley sea turtles have washed up dead on Mexico's Pacific coast, after being tangled in illegal fishing nets in the high seas. The species is listed as vulnerable. (BBC News)
International relations
- 2021 Jersey dispute, France–United Kingdom relations
- France seizes a British trawler fishing inside its territorial waters without a licence, and fines another vessel amid tensions over post-Brexit fishing rights in the English Channel. The trawler is being held at the Port of Le Havre. The French government also says that, beginning November 2, it will impose extra customs checks on British goods entering France. French Seas Minister Annick Girardin says that "It's not war, but it is a fight". (Reuters)
- British environment minister George Eustice condemns the French seizure of the vessel, calling it "disappointing and disproportionate, and not what we would expect from a close ally and partner" and warned of an "appropriate and calibrated response". (Financial Post)
- The British government summons the French ambassador to the UK over the actions by French authorities in the English Channel. (Deutsche Welle)
- Australia–France relations
- French President Emmanuel Macron tells Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Morrison had broken the trust between the two countries and that it was up to Canberra to repair those ties with "tangible actions". France had criticized its allies after Australia opted for nuclear-powered submarines to be built with U.S. and British technology instead of a $A90 billion French diesel-electric submarine program. Macron also urged Australia to stop mining coal. (The Canberra Times)
- Moldova–Russia relations
- The European Union accuses Russia of "weaponizing" gas prices in order to "bully" Moldova after negotiations between the two countries failed following the expiration of a Moldovan contract with Gazprom. The Kremlin denied the accusations. (SwissInfo)
Law and crime
- Human rights in Cuba
- The National Assembly of People's Power passes a law aimed at reforming the country's judicial system and criminal code, consistent with the 2019 constitution. (Reuters)
- China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and Ministry of Emergency Management announce in a joint statement that cities with a population of more than three million people are not allowed to construct skyscrapers taller than 500 metres (1,600 ft) and need a special exemption in order to construct a building taller than 250 metres (820 ft). The ministries also announce that cities with a population of less than three million people are not allowed to construct skyscrapers taller than 250 metres (820 ft) and need a special exemption in order to construct a building taller than 150 metres (490 ft). (BBC News)
Sports
- India–Pakistan cricket rivalry
- Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh arrest three Kashmiri students for allegedly celebrating Pakistan's win over India in Sunday's T20 World Cup cricket game. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Donbas, Russia–Ukraine relations
- Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov warns that the delivery and Ukraine's first operational deployment of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 in Donbas may "destabilize the situation" in the region. Ukraine carried out its first strikes against separatist forces using the Bayraktar drone yesterday. (Reuters)
- Ukrainian troops regain control of the village of Staromaryivka in the so-called "grey zone" between Ukraine and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), according to DPR Foreign Minister Natalya Nikonorova. (TASS)
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Eleven people are killed and 26 more wounded as angry villagers attack residents of Nahr Al-Imam in retaliation for yesterday's Islamic State attack in the nearby village of Al-Rashad, Diyala Governorate, which killed 15 people. The victims were not however connected to the attack. (The New Arab)
- October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests
- Four policemen are killed and 263 more are injured during clashes with supporters of the banned far-right Islamic extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party in Lahore, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Papua conflict
- A report by the United Nations and the government of Papua New Guinea finds that thousands of Papuans from Indonesia have crossed into the remote border areas of western Papua New Guinea. In one of the areas, the sole police commander, Terry Dap, has asked the central government in Port Moresby to help reduce the influx of asylum seekers into Papua New Guinea. (RNZ)
- October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
- The African Union suspends Sudan in response to Monday's military coup. (DW)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Economy of Brazil
- The Central Bank of Brazil raises its interest rate by 150 basis points to 7.75 percent, its largest increase since 2002. (AFP via RFI)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Economy of Brazil
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam
- Vietnam begins to vaccinate children in Ho Chi Minh City where 1,500 teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 years old are eligible to receive the vaccine as part of an effort to reopen schools after a six-month closure. (AP)
- Vietnam surpasses 900,000 cases of COVID-19. (The Saigon Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
- Bulgaria reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,816 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 582,122. (Bulgarian News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,123 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 233,898. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tests positive for COVID-19. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
- The Therapeutic Goods Administration approves the usage of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for people over the age of 18 years old, which can be administered at least six months after the second dose. (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 drug development
- Merck & Co. signs a licensing agreement with the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool that will allow more companies to manufacture generic versions of its experimental oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment molnupiravir with a royalty-free license that will apply to 105 low- and middle-income countries. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Lebanon–Saudi Arabia relations
- Saudi Arabia summons the Lebanese ambassador over "offensive" remarks about the war in Yemen made by Lebanese information minister George Kurdahi. (Arab News)
- China–Tajikistan relations
- Tajikistan approves the construction of a new US$10 million Chinese military base near its border with Afghanistan, and in a separate statement offers to hand over a pre-existing base to China and waive future rent payments on the base in exchange for military aid. The approval comes as the Tajik government expressed concerns about the worsening security situation along the border after the Taliban took over Afghanistan a few months prior. (RFE/RL)
- Nuclear program of Iran
- Following a meeting with European officials in Brussels, Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announces that negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will resume in November. Negotiations were halted following the United States' withdrawal from the deal. (AFP via WION)
Law and crime
- Climate justice
- Men from the Kalaw Lagaw Ya Indigenous Australian community sue the Australian Government in the Federal Court over the impacts of climate change on the Torres Strait Islands. (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
- The Brazilian Senate votes to charge President Jair Bolsonaro over his controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The charges include crimes against humanity, incitement to crime, falsification of documents and the violation of social rights. Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is second only to that of the United States. (BBC News)
- Protests continue for a second consecutive day across Ecuador due to an increase in the price of gasoline, as president Guillermo Lasso orders the deployment of security forces to highways in order to maintain order. Lasso also calls on indigenous populations and civil society groups to engage in dialogue. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Next Portuguese legislative election
- The budget proposed by the Socialist minority government of Prime Minister António Costa is rejected by the Assembly of the Republic for the first time in the country's democratic history, following moves by the Left Bloc and the Communist Party to join the right-wing parties and reject the budget. It is expected that the President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will dissolve the parliament and call for early elections. (AFP via France 24)
- Poland and the European Union
- The European Court of Justice (ECJ) fines Poland €1 million per day, for breaking the law by maintaining the disciplinary chamber of its Supreme Court. The ECJ says Poland has failed to comply with its order, and finds it might pose a "serious and irreparable harm to the legal order of the European Union". The fine is the highest daily penalty the ECJ has ever imposed on any EU member state. (DW)
Sports
- Homosexuality in association football
- Australian professional soccer player Josh Cavallo comes out as gay, becoming the only current openly gay top-flight male soccer player. (CNN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- 2021 Uganda bombings
- It is revealed that yesterday's explosion on a bus in Mpigi District was carried out by an ADF suicide bomber. The attacker was killed, and three other people were wounded. (France 24) (Daily Monitor)
- 2021 Uganda bombings
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Islamic State militants attack a village in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, killing 11 people and wounding several others. (Al Jazeera)
- Aftermath of the 2016 Berlin truck attack
- A man who was critically injured in the truck attack in Berlin, Germany, in 2016, dies from complications related to his injuries this month, becoming the thirteenth fatality of the attack. (BBC News)
- Aftermath of the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
- Military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says that he and his forces seized power in an attempt to avoid a civil war in Sudan, saying that "the dangers we witnessed last week could have led the country into civil war". Meanwhile, anti-coup protests occur across the country. (Reuters)
- Deposed prime minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife are released by the military. However, several government officials continue to be detained and face trial. (AFP via Gulf News)
- War in Donbas
- Ukraine confirms it has carried out its first drone strikes using the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2, destroying a pro-Russian separatist D-30 howitzer. A Ukrainian soldier is killed and another wounded by rebel artillery near Hranitne in Donetsk Oblast. (The Moscow Times)
Arts and culture
- Imperial House of Japan
- Princess Mako of Akishino marries commoner Kei Komuro, thereby nullifying her imperial title under Japanese law and becoming Mako Komuro. (AFP via France 24)
Business and economy
- 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
- A cyberattack affects gas stations across Iran, rendering government-issued electronic cards used to buy subsidized fuel unuseable and leaving motorists stranded in long queues. No group immediately claims responsibility for the attack. Iran blames an "unidentified foreign power" as being behind the attack. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed and another is missing as floods triggered by a powerful storm is affecting Catania, Sicily, Italy. Roads have been completely submerged in parts of the region. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
- Belgium reintroduces the usage of face masks at public places and will expanding the usage of COVID Safe Ticket to bars, restaurants, and fitness club beginning next week amid a rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
- Bulgaria reports a record 5,863 new cases and 243 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 575,306 and the nationwide death toll to 23,316. (Bulgarian News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 1,106 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 232,775. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland
- Switzerland recommends that people aged above 65 years old receive the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and should be done at least six months after they received their second dose. The booster dose for that age group will begin in mid-November. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
- Bahrain approves the usage of the Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 3 and 11 years old. (Khaleej Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
- British Columbia announces that beginning from January 2022, the province will offering a booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to people aged above 12 years old who have already received their second dose, becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to do so. (Vancouver Sun)
- COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- The African Union will purchase 110 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in a deal brokered by the United States, which will defer delivery of some doses intended for the U.S. in order to facilitate the deal. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
International relations
- 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis, Belarus–Poland relations
- Poland increases the number of soldiers deployed on its border with Belarus from 6,000 to "about 10,000" in order to prevent the flow of further illegal crossings by Middle Eastern migrants being flown in by the Belarusian government. The troop surge comes after two border guards were hospitalized over the weekend after a group of 70 migrants stormed a section of the border. (EU Observer)
- 2021 Myanmar protests
- The ASEAN Summit takes place virtually without the participation of Myanmar, following the bloc's decision to disinvite the country's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing for refusing to cooperate on a peace process. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
- Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, 2021 Brazilian protests, COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- A Senate committee approves a resolution to gain access to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's internet activity. The Senate also votes today on whether to indict Bolsonaro with multiple charges, including charges accusing him of mismanagement of the pandemic, charlatanism and crimes against humanity. (AP) (Reuters)
- At least 150 people are arrested by European and U.S. authorities during a joint crackdown on traders of drugs, weapons and other illicit goods on darknet e-commerce sites. The majority of those arrested are from Germany, the U.S. and the United Kingdom. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- 2021 Galmudug clashes
- The death toll from the clashes between the Somali National Army and Sufi paramilitary group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a in Galmudug increases to 120. (Reuters)
- 2021 Galmudug clashes
- October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état, Sudanese transition to democracy
- Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other senior members of the civilian government are detained by the military in a coup d'état. The military also seizes state television and blocks internet access. Thousands of people gather in Khartoum to protest the coup. (The Guardian)
- Ten civilians are killed and 140 more are injured as mass protests occur following the coup. (BBC News)
- Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the government. (Saudi Gazette)
- 2021 Uganda bombings
- An explosion on a bus in Mpigi District kills one person and injures several others. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Expo 2020
- It is announced that around 1.5 million people have visited the Expo 2020 event in Dubai since its opening on October 1. (Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
- Petrol prices in the United Kingdom reach their highest level since April 2012, at £1.4294 per litre. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
- Six districts in Karnataka, India have vaccinated 90% of their population with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (The Times of India)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- In a near-return to normalcy, operating hours restrictions on bars and restaurants have been lifted in cities across the Greater Tokyo Area and Osaka for the first time in 11 months, also allowing these establishments to resume their alcohol sales at any time during their business hours as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases. (The Asahi Shimbun)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
- The Philippines Health Technology Assessment Council approves the administration of a third COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose to health workers in the fourth quarter of 2021, with other priority groups becoming eligible for a booster dose in 2022. (Rappler)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
- Sri Lanka reopens its primary schools after a closure of nearly five months due to the third wave of the pandemic. (NewsFirst)
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- Romania imposes a nationwide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and makes face masks mandatory in all public venues in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. The country also begins to implement a mandatory green certificate for shopping malls, restaurants, public institutions and workplaces. (See News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 37,930 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.279 million. (Emirates News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
- Spain surpasses five million cases of COVID-19. (Reuters via National Post)
- European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The European Medicines Agency approves a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for all adults over the age of 18, which can be administered at least six months after the second dose. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
- Mexico begins vaccinations for at-risk children in Mexico City. (La Prisna Latina)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Biden administration signs a presidential proclamation requiring international travelers to be fully vaccinated using any WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine and also allows "mix-and-match" doses. The proclamation also requires unvaccinated Americans and immigrants to test negative for COVID-19 one day before their departure. These rules will take effect on November 8. (Financial Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
- COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea
- Prime Minister James Marape pleads for Papua New Guineans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the situation, fueled by the Delta variant, worsens, with hospitals in Port Moresby and other cities operating at maximum capacity. Marape states that the death toll currently exceeds 300, but the actual total may be much higher. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Foreign relations of Mali
- The Malian interim government gives the country's ECOWAS representative 72 hours to leave Mali over "actions incompatible with his status", though the government added that they still maintain a "willingness to work together with ECOWAS in the transition". (AFP via The Guardian Nigeria)
- International response to the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état, Sudan–United States relations
- Hours after the coup d'état in Sudan, the United States Department of State suspends $700 million worth of aid to the country until the restoration of the civilian government. (AFP via CNA)
Law and crime
- A court in Munich, Germany, sentences an Islamic State-affiliated 30-year-old woman to 10 years in prison for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl to die from thirst in Iraq. The woman was found guilty on multiple charges, including some related to terrorism. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces that the state of emergency, which was imposed in April 2017, will be lifted. (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- COVID-19 misinformation
- Facebook and Alphabet Inc., which owns Youtube, announce that they have removed a video of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS after the video was found to have violated their respective company's policies about the vaccines. (AP) (Reuters)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2021 NFL season
- Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst announces that defensive coordinator Joe Barry and wide receiver Davante Adams have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team's matchup against the undefeated Arizona Cardinals on Thursday Night Football. Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy also tests positive for COVID-19. (AP) (NFL.com)
- 2021 NFL season
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Ongoing events
Business
- 2021 global supply chain crisis
- COVID-19 recession
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- Pandora Papers leak
- United Kingdom fuel supply crisis
- United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis
Disasters
- Climate crisis
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
- 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2021 Pacific typhoon season
- Madagascar food crisis
- Water crisis in Iran
- Yemeni famine
- 2021 La Palma eruption
Politics
- Belarus−European Union border crisis
- Brazilian protests
- Colombian tax reform protests
- Eswatini protests
- Haitian protests
- Indian farmers' protests
- Insulate Britain protests
- Jersey dispute
- Libyan peace process
- Malaysian political crisis
- Myanmar protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Nigerian protests
- Persian Gulf crisis
- Peruvian crisis
- Romanian political crisis
- Russian election protests
- Striketober
- Tigrayan peace process
- Thai protests
- Tunisian political crisis
- United States racial unrest
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
Recent
- October
- 17: Cape Verde, President
- 24: Uzbekistan, President
- 31: Japan, House of Representatives
Upcoming
Recently concluded
- Belarus: Maria Kalesnikava
- France: Nicolas Sarkozy
- India: Shashi Tharoor
- Indonesia: Juliari Batubara
- Russia: Lyubov Sobol
- Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
- United States: Lev Parnas, R. Kelly, Robert Durst
Ongoing
- Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
- Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
- Canada: Raj Grewal
- France: Brussels ISIL
- Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah
- Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
- Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
- Malta: Yorgen Fenech
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
- United States: Elizabeth Holmes
Upcoming
- Indonesia: Azis Syamsuddin, Alex Noerdin
- Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
- Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
- United States: Allen Weisselberg, Ghislaine Maxwell, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Jussie Smollett
- Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
- ICC: Ali Kushayb
- Association football
- Women's association football
- American football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Canadian football
- Golf
- Ice hockey
- Motorsport
- Rugby union
- Tennis
- Other sports seasons
October
- 31: Catherine Tizard
- 30: Alan Davidson
- 30: Bert Newton
- 29: Clément Mouamba
- 29: Iran Darroudi
- 29: Ashley Mallett
- 26: Mort Sahl
- 26: Walter Smith
- 26: Roh Tae-woo
- 25: Alfredo Diez Nieto
- 25: Fofi Gennimata
- 24: Arnold Hano
- 24: James Michael Tyler
- 24: John Traynor
- 24: Erna de Vries
- 22: Jay Black
- 22: Peter Scolari
- 22: George Butler
- 22: Udo Zimmermann
- 21: Yasin Abu Bakr
- 21: Martha Henry
- 21: Bernard Haitink
- 21: Halyna Hutchins
- 20: Jerry Pinkney
- 19: Leslie Bricusse
- 18: Colin Powell
- 18: Edita Gruberová
- 18: Bandula Warnapura
- 18: Sean Wainui
- 17: Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai
- 16: Leo Boivin
- 16: Betty Lynn
- 16: Alan Hawkshaw
- 15: Joanna Cameron
- 15: David Amess
- 15: Gerd Ruge
- 14: Diane Weyermann
- 14: Lee Wan-koo
- 13: Ray Fosse
- 13: Gary Paulsen
- 13: Patrick Walker
- 13: Viktor Bryukhanov
- 13: Agnes Tirop
- 12: Raúl Baduel
- 12: Brian Goldner
- 12: Paddy Moloney
- 11: Emiliano Aguirre
- 11: Deon Estus
- 11: Stewart Murray Wilson
- 10: Granville Adams
- 10: David Kennedy
- 10: Megan Rice
- 10: Ruthie Tompson
- 10: Luis de Pablo
- 10: Abdul Qadeer Khan
- 9: Abolhassan Banisadr
- 9: Farooq Feroze Khan
- 8: Raymond T. Odierno
- 7: James Brokenshire
- 4: Alan Kalter
- 4: Eddie Robinson
- 3: Todd Akin
- 3: Jorge Medina
- 3: Bernard Tapie
- 3: Lars Vilks
- 2: Matt Holmes
- 2: John Wes Townley
Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia and Sudan
- Ghana
- Maghreb and Sahel regions
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Boko Haram insurgency (incl. Lake Chad region)
- Communal conflicts in Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- War in Darfur
- South Kordofan conflict
- Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
Americas
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Paraguay
Asia-Pacific
- Afghanistan
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Ukraine
- Ireland and the UK
- Turkey
Global
Middle East
- Egypt
- Iran and the Persian Gulf
- Iraq
- Iraq and Syria (map)
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Syria
- Syria
- Yemen and Saudi Arabia
2021 events and developments by topic
Arts
Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Home video – Literature – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US, Italy, Scotland) – Video games
Politics and government
Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Sustainable energy research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight
Environment and environmental sciences
Birding/Ornithology – Climate change
Transportation
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain
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