The government extends an emergency provision that bars public gatherings, including widespread protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for an additional week. (Al Jazeera)
The government imposes tighter restrictions in Lyon, Lille, Grenoble, and Saint-Étienne. These four cities with high infection rates will become maximum alert zones effective October 10, and bars, gymnasiums, and cafés will have to close in similar measures imposed in Paris and Marseille. (BBC News)
The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." (The Guardian)
The number of confirmed cases in the Netherlands jumps by a record of more than 5,800 in the past 24 hours, according to data released by health authorities, putting pressure on the government to impose new restrictions in the country. (U.S. News and World Report)
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia says that Azerbaijani forces have shelled and severely damaged the historic Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh's city of Shusha. (Deccan Herald)
A scroll containing a handwritten poem by deceased Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong, claimed to be worth around US$300 million, is recovered in Hong Kong after having been stolen on September 10. It was found cut in half, likely because its 2.8 m (9.2 ft)-length made it difficult to display. (BBC News)
Armenia says that Azerbaijani forces have shelled and severely damaged the historic Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh's city of Shusha. (Deccan Herald)
Austria reports 1,209 new cases in the past 24 hours, clearly surpassing the previous record set in March during the first wave of pandemic, according to data sent by the Interior Ministry. (U.S. News and World Report)
COVID-19 pandemic in Austria Austria reports 1,209 new cases in the past 24 hours, clearly surpassing the previous record set in March during the first wave of pandemic, according to data sent by the Interior Ministry. (U.S. News and World Report)
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany The Robert Koch Institute reports 4,058 new cases in Germany in the past 24 hours. It is the biggest number of reported cases in a single day since April, which health minister Jens Spahn described as "alarming" and blames young people for failure to observe social distancing. (Financial Times)
COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia Indonesia reports a record jump of 4,850 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide total to 320,564. (detikHealth)
COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Iran registers 4,392 new cases, which is a record number of reported cases since the pandemic began, taking the cumulative total to 488,236 as hospitals struggle with a surge of infections. (Reuters via National Post)
COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan Wayne County, Michigan issues a mask mandate for outdoor spaces and businesses. (The Detroit News)
COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey New Jersey records 1,301 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day count since May. (Politico)
COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) COVID-19 pandemic in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will close an additional 61 schools to combat COVID-19 hotspots. (Patch.com)
COVID-19 pandemic in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will close an additional 61 schools to combat COVID-19 hotspots. (Patch.com)
COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal Portugal reports 1,278 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total to 82,534 confirmed cases and 2,050 deaths. This is the first time that the country has reported more than 1,000 cases since April. (DGS) (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia Slovenia reports 387 new cases, an all-time daily high for the second day in a row. (RTVSLO)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) COVID-19 pandemic in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will close an additional 61 schools to combat COVID-19 hotspots. (Patch.com) COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey New Jersey records 1,301 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day count since May. (Politico) COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan Wayne County, Michigan issues a mask mandate for outdoor spaces and businesses. (The Detroit News)
COVID-19 vaccine The European Union signs a deal with Johnson & Johnson to supply up to 400 million doses of its potential vaccine. (Reuters) (Fox Business)
Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot The FBI announces that 13 men from militia group Wolverine Watchmen are charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. (ABC News)
Indonesia reports a record jump of 4,850 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide total to 320,564. (detikHealth)
Iran registers 4,392 new cases, which is a record number of reported cases since the pandemic began, taking the cumulative total to 488,236 as hospitals struggle with a surge of infections. (Reuters via National Post)
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will close an additional 61 schools to combat COVID-19 hotspots. (Patch.com)
Nationwide protests and labour strikes continue across the country for a third straight day. Six hundred people have been detained so far and two students are seriously injured. (Al Jazeera)
New Jersey records 1,301 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day count since May. (Politico)
Portugal reports 1,278 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total to 82,534 confirmed cases and 2,050 deaths. This is the first time that the country has reported more than 1,000 cases since April. (DGS) (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations Three British MPs launch an investigation into the disappearances of Saudi princes Mohammed bin Nayef and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, alongside other political dissidents in the kingdom. (The New Arab)
Slovenia reports 387 new cases, an all-time daily high for the second day in a row. (RTVSLO)
The European Union signs a deal with Johnson & Johnson to supply up to 400 million doses of its potential vaccine. (Reuters) (Fox Business)
The FBI announces that 13 men from militia group Wolverine Watchmen are charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. (ABC News)
The largest Islamic mass organization Nahdlatul Ulama condemns the law as 'oppressive', and calls for judicial review. (The Jakarta Post)
The Robert Koch Institute reports 4,058 new cases in Germany in the past 24 hours. It is the biggest number of reported cases in a single day since April, which health minister Jens Spahn described as "alarming" and blames young people for failure to observe social distancing. (Financial Times)
The Taliban kills six security forces and injures another six in Imam Sahib District, Kunduz Province. (TOLOnews)
The World Health Organization reports a record one-day increase in global cases, with a total of 338,779 cases reported in the last 24 hours led by a surge of infections in Europe, where cases rise by 96,996. (Reuters)
Three British MPs launch an investigation into the disappearances of Saudi princes Mohammed bin Nayef and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, alongside other political dissidents in the kingdom. (The New Arab)
Wayne County, Michigan issues a mask mandate for outdoor spaces and businesses. (The Detroit News)
2020 Kyrgyzstani protests President Sooronbay Jeenbekov declares a state of emergency in the capital Bishkek and deploys the country's armed forces across the city following serious political unrest that came after the now-overturned 2020 elections. (CNN) Jeenbekov says that he is ready to resign once a new cabinet is approved. (Financial Times) (Nagaland Post)
In an expletive-laden interview on The Rush Limbaugh Show, U.S. President Donald Trump warns Iran, "not to fuck around" with the United States, and "if you do something bad to us, we are gonna do things to you that have never been done before". (The Hill)
Iran–United States relations In an expletive-laden interview on The Rush Limbaugh Show, U.S. President Donald Trump warns Iran, "not to fuck around" with the United States, and "if you do something bad to us, we are gonna do things to you that have never been done before". (The Hill)
President Sooronbay Jeenbekov declares a state of emergency in the capital Bishkek and deploys the country's armed forces across the city following serious political unrest that came after the now-overturned 2020 elections. (CNN)
War in Afghanistan Taliban insurgency October 2020 Afghanistan attacks The Taliban kills four Afghan soldiers and four police officers in Aliabad District, Kunduz Province. Five soldiers and two police are also injured in the attack. In Helmand Province, the Taliban kills at least three security forces and injures another three. (TOLOnews)
2020 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict." (CNN)
An attack leaves at least eight people dead at a camp for Rohingya people in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi authorities detain 12 people after multiple attacks, including arson and gunfire, occurred for several days. (Al Jazeera English)
Chancellor Angela Merkel and mayors of 11 large cities agrees on stricter controls for urban areas exceeding the government COVID-19 threshold. She said for cities with more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period, which Berlin and Frankfurt already exceed that number, tighter restrictions should be implemented immediately. (DW)
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario The government announces that bars, indoor dining, gyms, and theatres in Toronto, Ottawa, and Peel Region will close due to a rise in cases. This comes after the province recorded 939 cases. (CBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel and mayors of 11 large cities agrees on stricter controls for urban areas exceeding the government COVID-19 threshold. She said for cities with more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period, which Berlin and Frankfurt already exceed that number, tighter restrictions should be implemented immediately. (DW)
COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario The government announces that bars, indoor dining, gyms, and theatres in Toronto, Ottawa, and Peel Region will close due to a rise in cases. This comes after the province recorded 939 cases. (CBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Spain COVID-19 pandemic in the Community of Madrid The national government imposes a 15-day state of emergency in Madrid and nine surrounding cities in an attempt to bring down COVID-19 infection rates in the capital, after a court yesterday overturned a partial lockdown imposed last week. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Community of Madrid The national government imposes a 15-day state of emergency in Madrid and nine surrounding cities in an attempt to bring down COVID-19 infection rates in the capital, after a court yesterday overturned a partial lockdown imposed last week. (BBC News)
Internet censorship in Pakistan, Censorship of TikTok Pakistan announces that it would ban Chinese app TikTok after it did not take down "immoral and indecent" content on the platform. The government kept the door open for a return of TikTok, saying "it is open for engagement" and would review its decision if TikTok develops a mechanism to moderate this content. (AP)
Mali War Switzerland says it has been informed that a female Swiss hostage has been killed in Mali by jihadist group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The exact circumstances of the killing are still unclear, according to Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis. (Reuters)
Omnibus Law on Job Creation, Indonesia omnibus bill protests President Joko Widodo speaks about the controversy of Omnibus Law on Job Creation, which triggered demonstrations and riots in various regions across the country. Jokowi claims the demonstration against the Job Creation Law was motivated by "disinformation regarding the substance of this law and hoaxes on social media". (detikNews)
Pakistan announces that it would ban Chinese app TikTok after it did not take down "immoral and indecent" content on the platform. The government kept the door open for a return of TikTok, saying "it is open for engagement" and would review its decision if TikTok develops a mechanism to moderate this content. (AP)
President Joko Widodo speaks about the controversy of Omnibus Law on Job Creation, which triggered demonstrations and riots in various regions across the country. Jokowi claims the demonstration against the Job Creation Law was motivated by "disinformation regarding the substance of this law and hoaxes on social media". (detikNews)
The government announces that bars, indoor dining, gyms, and theatres in Toronto, Ottawa, and Peel Region will close due to a rise in cases. This comes after the province recorded 939 cases. (CBC News)
The national government imposes a 15-day state of emergency in Madrid and nine surrounding cities in an attempt to bring down COVID-19 infection rates in the capital, after a court yesterday overturned a partial lockdown imposed last week. (BBC News)
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict." (CNN)
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to a ceasefire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh effective 03:00 a.m. local time, following Russian-brokered peace talks in Moscow. However, fighting continues and both sides accuse each other of violating the agreement. (BBC News)
2020 Paris–Roubaix In road cycling, the organizers cancel the postponed 2020 edition of Paris–Roubaix, which was originally to be held in April, but then postponed to October 25, due to new restrictions that were announced in Lille to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in France. (Sky Sports)
An explosion kills at least four people in Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters)
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to a ceasefire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh effective 03:00 a.m. local time, following Russian-brokered peace talks in Moscow. However, fighting continues and both sides accuse each other of violating the agreement. (BBC News)
Cannabis in Vermont Vermont will become the 11th state to legalize marijuana for recreational use after Governor Phil Scott said that he wouldn't veto a law passed by the state legislature. (The Hill)
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal Nepal surpass 100,000 cases of COVID-19. (Times of India) COVID-19 pandemic in Oman It is announced that Oman will reintroduce a night-time ban on movement and enforce the overnight closure of shops and public places between October 11 and 24, in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This new curfew will apply from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time, and Oman's beaches will also be closed until further notice. (Arab News) COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan The number of cases in Uzbekistan exceeds 60,000. (Trend News Agency)
COVID-19 pandemic in France The reported number of new infections in France jumped by 20,339, a new record since the beginning of the pandemic, making the cumulative total at 691,977, according to data from the health ministry website. (France 24)
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy Italy registers 5,372 new cases in the past 24 hours, which it is the first time that the country reports more than 5,000 cases since late-March, prompting fears of second wave of COVID-19 that happens in other countries in Europe. (RTÉ)
COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal Nepal surpass 100,000 cases of COVID-19. (Times of India)
COVID-19 pandemic in New York A federal judge refuses to block New York governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to temporarily limit the size of religious gatherings in the virus hot spots. The district judge Kiyo Matsumoto issues the ruling after an emergency hearing in a lawsuit brought by rabbis and synagogues arguing that the restrictions were unconstitutional. (The New York Times)
COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland reports 1,080 new cases in the last 24 hours, which become the highest daily total for the number of positive tests since the Department of Health rolled out its current testing model. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Oman It is announced that Oman will reintroduce a night-time ban on movement and enforce the overnight closure of shops and public places between October 11 and 24, in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This new curfew will apply from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time, and Oman's beaches will also be closed until further notice. (Arab News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal Portugal reports 1,394 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative totals to 83,928 confirmed cases and 2,062 deaths. Ever since the end of national lockdown in May, this has been the ninth time that the country has registered some record increases in new cases, with all other eight records occurring since the beginning of September. (DGS)
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Russia reports 12,126 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 1.27 million, according to data from health authorities. This sets a new record for daily infections surpassing the previous record on May 11, when 11,656 new cases were reported. (Anadolu Agency)
COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, COVID-19 pandemic in Liechtenstein The number of new cases in Switzerland and Liechtenstein increases by 1,487 in a single day, a record since the beginning of the outbreak, according to data from Switzerland's Federal Office of Public Health. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland reports 1,080 new cases in the last 24 hours, which become the highest daily total for the number of positive tests since the Department of Health rolled out its current testing model. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan The number of cases in Uzbekistan exceeds 60,000. (Trend News Agency)
