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Super Typhoon Champi
Winds 145 kt. Reported 11 h ago, and tracked live on the map.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Conflict2
The Sudanese Army says that they have repelled an attack by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N) on the Blue Nile state.
Sudanese civil warYesterdaySudan Tribune
The Rapid Support Forces launches a drone strike on a power plant in Tendelti in Sudan's White Nile State, knocking out the main transition line connecting North Kordofan.
YesterdaySudan TribuneSudan on the map →
Disasters9
A leak of glycidyl methacrylate from a chemical tank at the terminal in Toledo, Ohio, United States, forces nearly 1,000 residents to evacuate and prompts shelter-in-place orders for more than 50,000 people in Toledo.
YesterdayAssociated Press, EPA
World & politics8
Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, and Indonesia jointly sign the Badr Memorandum of Understanding, a major agreement to deepen their defence industry cooperation. The agreement aims to support joint military production projects and strengthen cooperation in technical training, research, and development.
TodayReuters, Al Jazeera
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is sworn in as the 34th premier of Quebec following the Parti Québécois's victory in the general election.
TodayThe Globe and Mail
Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives approves a 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Turkey and repeals two 2020 decisions that rejected the accord.
YesterdayReutersLibya on the map →
South Korea withdraws additional embassy staff from Ukraine following a dispute over two captured North Korean soldiers who were transferred to South Korea.
YesterdayAFP via RFISouth Korea on the map →
Cyber8
A critical vulnerability in PHP allowing for remote code execution is discovered, causing many websites to temporary go offline while a security update is pushed the following day.
YesterdayNBC News
Indian certificate authority eMudhra has its private keys compromised, revealing that some of them were extremely insecure single digit numerals. Major web browser developers Mozilla, Google, and Apple subsequently block the certificates.
YesterdayThe Register
Plex Media Server · CVE-2026-96656
Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-10-23.
Live47 h agoSource ↗
Plex Media Server · CVE-2026-96655
Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-11-03.
Live47 h agoSource ↗
Plex Media Server · CVE-2026-96654
Plex Media Server Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-10-23.
Live47 h agoSource ↗
Plex Media Server · CVE-2026-96652
Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability. US agencies must fix it by 2026-11-03.
Live47 h agoSource ↗
Science & space2
JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center toward Phobos aboard an H3 rocket, aiming to collect at least 10 grams of surface material from the Martian moon and return the samples to Earth in 2031.
Japanese space programYesterdayReuters
American video game publisher Electronic Arts, which was recently bought-out by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, announces the closing of its Canadian studio BioWare.
TodayKotaku
Health & environment1
Nigeria announces its first case of Ebola virus in the epidemic.
2026 Ebola epidemicYesterdayThe Guardian
Crime & justice5
A district judge in New Mexico, United States, orders Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found it guilty of misleading Facebook users about privacy violations, marking its largest fine ever.
Lawsuits involving Meta PlatformsTodayAl Jazeera
The Mexican government launches an investigation into former attorney general of Chihuahua César Jáuregui Robles for allowing U.S. Central Intelligence Agency agents to take part in an anti-drug trafficking operation in Chihuahua earlier this year. Under Mexican law, the federal government must approve the activities of foreign forces on Mexican soil.
TodayAl Jazeera
Police arrest a 34-year-old man for the arson attack on the Hôtel de Ville in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France.
YesterdayBBCLimoges on the map →
A United States federal judge sentences a Guatemalan national to 30 years in prison for helping organize a 2022 migrant-smuggling operation in San Antonio, Texas, that left 53 migrants dead and 11 injured.
Pakistan arrests a man for selling fake Postage stamps in the United States that resulted in a $126 million loss to the U.S. Postal Service.
YesterdayBBC News, DawnPakistan on the map →
Business2
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) of the United Kingdom approves production from the Jackdaw gas field after energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh authorized the NSTA to grant consent, allowing operator Adura to begin supplying gas by late October.
TodayUPI
South Africa cuts fuel levies by R3.00 (US$0.18) per litre of diesel and R1.50 ($0.09) per litre of petrol from November 4 to December 1 after fuel prices reach record highs.
TodayAFP
Roads & skies
Crash · lanes blocked · SR14 S / SOLEDAD CANYON RD - (78-147), Los Angeles
CHP reports lanes blocked
Live17 min agoSource ↗On the map →
Crash · lanes blocked · Sr118 W / De Soto Ave Onr, Los Angeles
CHP reports lanes blocked
Live13 min agoSource ↗On the map →
Crash · lanes blocked · 0 Imperial Hwy W Onr, Los Angeles
CHP reports lanes blocked
Live3 min agoSource ↗On the map →
Crash · lanes blocked · 0 Imperial Hwy W Onr, Los Angeles
CHP reports lanes blocked
Live3 min agoSource ↗On the map →
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