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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]
**Afghan officials say that the [[Taliban]] destroyed highway bridges in [[Maidan Wardak Province]], cutting off road traffic between the capital [[Kabul]] and the provinces of [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]], [[Zabul Province|Zabul]] and [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar]]. Electricity was cut off in four provinces, and fighting was reported in Ghazni Province. At least ten Afghan police officers were killed. [[Afghan parliamentary election, 2018|Parliamentary elections]] are scheduled to be held in two weeks. [http://www.tampabay.com/ap/world/taliban-destroy-highway-bridges-cut-off--afghan-provinces-ap_worldabefcf4fe2c64e97bd22010bb6119c1d (AP via ''Tampa Times'')] [https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/afghan-taliban-launch-deadly-attacks-in-wardak-and-ghazni-1.778012 (Reuters via ''The National'')]
*[[2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting]]
**A 23-year-old Palestinian opens fire and kills two Israelis, seriously wounding a third inside the [[Barkan Industrial Park]] on the [[West Bank]]. The gunman, who had worked at the factory where the shooting took place, fled the scene and remains at large. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-military-west-bank-shooting-attack-wounds-3/2018/10/07/706ad5a6-c9f4-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html (''The Washington Post'')] [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-shooting/palestinian-gunman-kills-two-israelis-in-west-bank-israeli-military-idUKKCN1MH05T (Reuters)] [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5365228,00.html (Ynet News)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**The [[Indonesia]]'s disaster agency confirms the deaths of 1,944 people in the double earthquake and tsunami. 5,000 people are still missing and presumed dead. [https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/08/18/more-bodies-found-as-death-toll-from-indonesia-quake-nears-2000 (ABS-CBN News)]
*[[Hurricane Michael]]
**Six people in [[Honduras]], four in [[Nicaragua]] and three in [[El Salvador]] died after heavy floods triggered by Hurricane Michael affected [[Central America]]. Several others are injured and at least one is missing. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45806599 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*Police announce that investigative journalist [[Victoria Marinova|Viktoria Marinova]] was found murdered yesterday in a park in [[Ruse, Bulgaria]]. Marinova's latest work was on "GPgate", a scandal involving alleged corruption and abuse of [[European Union]] subsidies in Bulgaria. [https://www.thunertagblatt.ch/ausland/europa/bulgarische-journalistin-nach-bericht-ueber-korruption-ermordet/story/26303428 (''Thuner Tagblatt'')] [https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgarian-authorities-investigating-killing-of-investigative-tv-reporter/29530383.html (RFE/RL)]
*The [[Communist Party of China]] announces that [[Interpol]] president [[Meng Hongwei]] is suspected of violating the law and is "under the supervision" of a party anticorruption watchdog. Hours later, Interpol announces that it has received his resignation. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/asia/china-interpol-men-hongwei.html (''The New York Times'')] [https://twitter.com/INTERPOL_HQ/status/1049003122046259201/photo/1 (Twitter)]
*[[2018 attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat]]
**A total of 342 people have been arrested for attacking [[Hindi]]-speaking migrants in the [[India]]n state of [[Gujarat]]. The new wave of violence was prompted by the arrest of a non-Gujarati for the alleged rape of a 14-month-old baby a week prior. [https://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-police-arrests-342-for-attacking-migrants-from-up-bihar-two-cases-lodged-for-spreading-social-media-rumours-5336001.html (First Post)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Cameroonian presidential election, 2018]]
**Voters in [[Cameroon]] head to the polls. Incumbent [[President of Cameroon|President]] [[Paul Biya]] seeks a seventh term to his 36-year rule. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-election/cameroon-goes-to-the-polls-as-biya-seeks-to-extend-36-year-rule-idUSKCN1MH00D (Reuters)]
*[[Brazilian general election, 2018]]
**Brazilians elect a new [[President of Brazil|president]] (first round), [[List of current state governors in Brazil|state governors]] and parliaments. [https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/1007/1001461-brazilians-go-to-the-polls-to-elect-a-new-president/ (RTÉ)] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/brazil-bolsonaro-pulls-eve-presidential-election-181006163216965.html (Al Jazeera)]
**Far-right candidate [[Jair Bolsonaro]] falls short of a majority in the first round with 46% of the vote and will face [[Fernando Haddad]], who received 29%, in a [[Two-round system|runoff vote]] set for October 28. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/oct/08/brazil-election-2018-polls-close-after-chaotic-and-unpredictable-campaign-live (The Guardian)]
*[[Romanian constitutional referendum, 2018]]
**A referendum on changing the constitutional definition of a family is invalidated, as [[voter turnout]] announced by the Central Electoral Bureau is 20.41%, 10% under the validation threshold. [https://www.digi24.ro/referendum-familie-2018/referendum-schimbare-constitutie-redefinire-casatorie-familie-1008821 (Digi 24)]
*[[São Toméan legislative election, 2018]]
**The ruling [[Independent Democratic Action]] (ADI) under [[Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe|Prime Minister]] [[Patrice Trovoada]] loses its [[absolute majority]] in the [[National Assembly (São Tomé and Príncipe)|National Assembly]]. [http://www.africanews.com/2018/10/09/sao-tome-legislatives-ruling-adi-party-loses-absolute-majority/ (Africanews)]
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]
**Afghan officials say that the [[Taliban]] destroyed highway bridges in [[Maidan Wardak Province]], cutting off road traffic between the capital [[Kabul]] and the provinces of [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]], [[Zabul Province|Zabul]] and [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar]]. Electricity was cut off in four provinces, and fighting was reported in Ghazni Province. At least ten Afghan police officers were killed. [[Afghan parliamentary election, 2018|Parliamentary elections]] are scheduled to be held in two weeks. [http://www.tampabay.com/ap/world/taliban-destroy-highway-bridges-cut-off--afghan-provinces-ap_worldabefcf4fe2c64e97bd22010bb6119c1d (AP via ''Tampa Times'')] [https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/afghan-taliban-launch-deadly-attacks-in-wardak-and-ghazni-1.778012 (Reuters via ''The National'')]
*[[2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting]]
**A 23-year-old Palestinian opens fire and kills two Israelis, seriously wounding a third inside the [[Barkan Industrial Park]] on the [[West Bank]]. The gunman, who had worked at the factory where the shooting took place, fled the scene and remains at large. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-military-west-bank-shooting-attack-wounds-3/2018/10/07/706ad5a6-c9f4-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html (''The Washington Post'')] [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-shooting/palestinian-gunman-kills-two-israelis-in-west-bank-israeli-military-idUKKCN1MH05T (Reuters)] [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5365228,00.html (Ynet News)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**The [[Indonesia]]'s disaster agency confirms the deaths of 1,944 people in the double earthquake and tsunami. 5,000 people are still missing and presumed dead. [https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/08/18/more-bodies-found-as-death-toll-from-indonesia-quake-nears-2000 (ABS-CBN News)]
*[[Hurricane Michael]]
**Six people in [[Honduras]], four in [[Nicaragua]] and three in [[El Salvador]] died after heavy floods triggered by Hurricane Michael affected [[Central America]]. Several others are injured and at least one is missing. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45806599 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*Police announce that investigative journalist [[Victoria Marinova|Viktoria Marinova]] was found murdered yesterday in a park in [[Ruse, Bulgaria]]. Marinova's latest work was on "GPgate", a scandal involving alleged corruption and abuse of [[European Union]] subsidies in Bulgaria. [https://www.thunertagblatt.ch/ausland/europa/bulgarische-journalistin-nach-bericht-ueber-korruption-ermordet/story/26303428 (''Thuner Tagblatt'')] [https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgarian-authorities-investigating-killing-of-investigative-tv-reporter/29530383.html (RFE/RL)]
*The [[Communist Party of China]] announces that [[Interpol]] president [[Meng Hongwei]] is suspected of violating the law and is "under the supervision" of a party anticorruption watchdog. Hours later, Interpol announces that it has received his resignation. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/asia/china-interpol-men-hongwei.html (''The New York Times'')] [https://twitter.com/INTERPOL_HQ/status/1049003122046259201/photo/1 (Twitter)]
*[[2018 attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat]]
**A total of 342 people have been arrested for attacking [[Hindi]]-speaking migrants in the [[India]]n state of [[Gujarat]]. The new wave of violence was prompted by the arrest of a non-Gujarati for the alleged rape of a 14-month-old baby a week prior. [https://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-police-arrests-342-for-attacking-migrants-from-up-bihar-two-cases-lodged-for-spreading-social-media-rumours-5336001.html (First Post)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Cameroonian presidential election, 2018]]
**Voters in [[Cameroon]] head to the polls. Incumbent [[President of Cameroon|President]] [[Paul Biya]] seeks a seventh term to his 36-year rule. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-election/cameroon-goes-to-the-polls-as-biya-seeks-to-extend-36-year-rule-idUSKCN1MH00D (Reuters)]
*[[Brazilian general election, 2018]]
**Brazilians elect a new [[President of Brazil|president]] (first round), [[List of current state governors in Brazil|state governors]] and parliaments. [https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/1007/1001461-brazilians-go-to-the-polls-to-elect-a-new-president/ (RTÉ)] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/brazil-bolsonaro-pulls-eve-presidential-election-181006163216965.html (Al Jazeera)]
**Far-right candidate [[Jair Bolsonaro]] falls short of a majority in the first round with 46% of the vote and will face [[Fernando Haddad]], who received 29%, in a [[Two-round system|runoff vote]] set for October 28. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/oct/08/brazil-election-2018-polls-close-after-chaotic-and-unpredictable-campaign-live (The Guardian)]
*[[Romanian constitutional referendum, 2018]]
**A referendum on changing the constitutional definition of a family is invalidated, as [[voter turnout]] announced by the Central Electoral Bureau is 20.41%, 10% under the validation threshold. [https://www.digi24.ro/referendum-familie-2018/referendum-schimbare-constitutie-redefinire-casatorie-familie-1008821 (Digi 24)]
*[[São Toméan legislative election, 2018]]
**The ruling [[Independent Democratic Action]] (ADI) under [[Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe|Prime Minister]] [[Patrice Trovoada]] loses its [[absolute majority]] in the [[National Assembly (São Tomé and Príncipe)|National Assembly]]. [http://www.africanews.com/2018/10/09/sao-tome-legislatives-ruling-adi-party-loses-absolute-majority/ (Africanews)]
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