“One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen said an unidentified projectile had targeted Riyadh’s international airport Terminal 4 on Sunday, causing a fire. Eleven people were wounded in addition to the fatality, the Saudi civil aviation authority said.” (10/11/26)
“A federal judge on Sunday ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt taxpayer-funded ads featuring President Trump. The ruling temporarily blocks the ads weeks before November’s midterm elections as multiple lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of taxpayer money play out in court. … The Trump administration maintains that the ads are public service announcements and that previous Republican and Democratic administrations have used taxpayer-funded advertising to promote government policies. Trump pledged to pay for the ads himself after both lawsuits were filed, though the White House told Axios there were no plans to reimburse the government for millions already spent on the ads.” (10/11/26)
“Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean. The hurricane’s center swirled parallel to the coast, closing in on the Puerto Vallarta area, where its most damaging winds and rain were expected to hit around midnight and continue through Monday morning.” (10/11/26)
“President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree on Friday to further delay voting for the Palestinian Legislative Council almost another year. Rather than take place as scheduled next month, the decree pushes the elections back to Sept. 11, 2027, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. Presidential elections, which have not taken place for more than two decades, are scheduled for the same day. The postponement leaves entrenched Palestinian leaders unchallenged and threatens to further erode the Palestinian Authority’s credibility among ordinary Palestinians and donor countries who fund it.” (10/10/26)
“Federal immigration agents left multiple people needing medical care after tear-gassing a group that was surrounding their vehicles in northeast Salem on Saturday, Oct. 10, according to the Salem Police Department. Around 9:30 a.m., agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported around 30 people gathered in a Salem parking lot to prevent the agents from leaving, the police department said in a statement. … Following ICE agents’ use of tear gas, multiple 911 calls came into the local dispatch center, reporting people with difficulty breathing and eye irritation, according to Salem Police. Both are symptoms of exposure to tear gas.” (10/10/26)
“Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and [abducted] thousands of protesters Saturday as India’s youth ‘Cockroach’ movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fuelled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government and election authorities. Police moved to break up the demonstration before it could begin, intercepting demonstrators on their way to Jantar Mantar, the designated protest site in the heart of India’s capital, chasing off some and [abducting] many others. Some demonstrators were dragged away before being bundled into police vehicles and taken to temporary detention centres. Several leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), along with opposition lawmakers and student activists, were [abducted] before arriving, effectively crippling the protest ahead of its start.” (10/10/26)
“The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday. Emily Covington, a spokesperson for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. ‘The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,’ she said. The announcement came after the television pool of five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.” (10/10/26)
“A federal judge ruled on Friday that the US justice department’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls to check them against a federal immigration database is unlawful. The ruling, by the US district judge Sparkle Sooknanan, was a setback for Donald Trump, who has pushed his administration to ramp up investigations into non-citizen voting ahead of the November midterm elections, with control of Congress at stake. The department’s list maintenance policy, adopted to comply with the president’s election integrity executive order, violated privacy laws and risked disenfranchising voters, Sooknanan said.” (10/09/26)
“Backbench MPs are seeking to roll back a court ruling they say will have ‘devastating consequences’ for victims of crime by preventing them taking legal action against the police, even when there have been grave investigative failings. The 2025 Court of Appeal judgment, which applies to England and Wales, held that police officers are immune from civil litigation both in their role as witnesses, and for conduct or statements they make when carrying out criminal investigations. Conservative Andrew Mitchell and Labour’s Jess Phillips have submitted an amendment to a bill being debated in Parliament next week seeking to counteract the ruling. Separately, the judgment could also be overturned at a Supreme Court appeal this month. The MPs are seeking to stop immunity applying, including in cases where police have fabricated evidence, been dishonest or negligent, and where there has been a reckless disclosure of confidential information relating to victims.” (10/10/26)
“Four people were killed and nearly 900,000 customers were without power after Isaias roared ashore near Destin, Florida, late Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane, packing wind gusts over 100 mph and a storm surge of up to six feet. A wind gust of 117 mph was recorded in Pensacola Beach, Florida, while nearby Santa Rosa Beach experienced a gust of 116 mph. The ferocious winds drove power outages for hundreds of thousands across Florida, Alabama and Georgia, according to poweroutage.us.” (10/10/26)
