The Rapid Support Forces say that they have captured El Fasher, the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in North Darfur.
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October 26, 2025 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
One person is killed and 13 others are injured, including two seriously, in a Russian drone strike on a minibus in Mykolaivka, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
Two people are killed, including an elderly woman, and another is injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on an apartment building in Russian-controlled Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
A man plants an explosive near propane gas cylinders at a gas station in Georgetown, Guyana, killing a child and wounding four other people. The attacks is described as a terrorist incident, while the perpetrators are unknown.
Three people are killed in two Israeli airstrikes in An-Naqoura and Baalbek, Lebanon. Separately, an Israeli drone drops a grenade near UNIFIL forces in Kfar Kila, without casualties.
Arts and culture
Patriarch Daniel consecrates the newly-constructed National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, as the country's largest cathedral with the capacity for 5,000 worshippers and the patriarchal seat of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Disasters and accidents
Thirteen people are killed and five others are injured when a bus crashes in Kano State, Nigeria.
At least 13 people are killed and 29 others are injured when a bus collides with a car and plunges off of a bridge into a stream in Puerto IguazĂş, Misiones, Argentina.
In separate incidents, an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet of the United States Navy, both operating off of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, crash in the South China Sea. All crew of both craft are rescued.
Fourteen people are killed when a fire engulfs dwellings in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
International relations
Timor-Leste becomes the eleventh member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Venezuelan vice president Delcy RodrĂguez issues a statement accusing Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of military provocations as both countries carry out joint military exercises in the Caribbean Sea.
Law and crime
Cameroonian opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma says that police have detained more than 30 politicians and activists linked to his campaign or who endorsed his candidacy against incumbent Paul Biya during last week's election.
Two suspects are arrested in connection to the robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, last week.
Four protestors are killed and several policemen are injured during clashes in Douala, as pro-opposition protestors rejects Biya's re-election.
Politics and elections
Argentines vote in the midterms to elect a half of the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the Senate.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey and moving them to Iraq as part of ongoing peace talks with the Turkish government.
The ruling La Libertad Avanza party of President Javier Milei wins the election with over 40% of the votes.
The Historic Pact party nominates Senator Iván Cepeda as its candidate for president in next year's election.
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