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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*A seventeen-year-old local student, who studied at a nearby polytechnic school, detonates an explosive device inside a [[Federal Security Service]] building in [[Arkhangelsk]], [[Russia]], killing himself and wounding three FSB officers. The agency is Russia's primary state security agency and a successor to the [[KGB]]. [https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/10/31/the-terrorist-attack-on-a-federal-security-service-branch-in-arkhangelsk-what-we-know-so-far (''Meduza'')]
*[[Boko Haram insurgency]]
**[[Boko Haram]] militants kill at least 15 people in a village on the outskirts of [[Maiduguri]], in northeast [[Nigeria]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-insurgency/suspected-boko-haram-militants-kill-15-in-northeast-nigeria-residents-idUSKCN1N64EU (Reuters)]
;Arts and culture
*[[List of tallest statues]]
**Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s [[Statue of Unity]], which depicts the first [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] and winner of the highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] of the [[Republic of India]], the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], becomes the world's largest statue. The statue is located near the [[Narmada Dam]] in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]. [https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/statue-of-unity-on-the-banks-of-narmada-opens-today-see-stunning-pics-1940390 (NDTV)]
;Disasters and accidents
*A helicopter carrying senior [[Afghan National Army]] officials crashes, killing all 25 people on board in the western [[Farah Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. The [[Taliban]] claims responsibility for shooting it down, however [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] officials blame bad weather as the cause of the crash. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/afghanistan-army-helicopter-crash-senior-officials-25-dead-181031063548900.html (Al Jazeera)], [https://news.sky.com/story/twenty-five-people-killed-in-afghanistan-army-helicopter-crash-11540625 (Sky News)]
;International relations
*[[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction]]
**[[North Korea]] is set to allow inspections of its [[Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site]], which officially closed in May 2018. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/31/north-korea-set-to-allow-inspectors-into-nuclear-test-site (''The Guardian'')]
*[[Denmark–Iran relations]], [[Iran and state-sponsored terrorism]]
**Denmark calls on the [[European Union]] for new [[Sanctions against Iran|sanctions]] against [[Iran]] after Danish security services accused the Iranian [[VEVAK|intelligence service]] of plotting an assassination of an Iranian activist on Danish soil. [[Copenhagen]] also recalls its ambassador to [[Tehran]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/denmark-says-foiled-iranian-plot-kill-opposition-activist (''The Guardian'')]
;Law and crime
*[[Blasphemy law in Pakistan]]
**A [[Pakistan]]i court overturns the death sentence of [[Asia Bibi]], a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46040515 (BBC)]
*[[Killing of Jamal Khashoggi]]
**The [[Turkish]] chief Istanbul prosecutor İrfan Fidan’s office states that [[Jamal Khashoggi]] was, with [[Malice aforethought|premeditation]], [[Strangling|strangled]] and his body was [[Dismemberment|dismembered]] as soon as he entered the Saudi [[consulate]] building in [[Istanbul]]. This is the first such accusation against [[Saudi Arabia]] by any Turkish official. [https://apnews.com/7b064bec9b1448d7b2c1ec259b37503c (AP)]
*[[Legality of cannabis]], [[Cannabis in Mexico]]
**A complete ban on recreational use of [[marijuana]] is ruled unconstitutional by [[Mexico]]'s [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|Supreme Court]], putting the responsibility of regulating its consumption on [[Congress of the Union|lawmakers]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs/mexico-supreme-court-says-ban-on-recreational-marijuana-unconstitutional-idUSKCN1N638D?il=0 (Reuters)]
*The Venezuelan Intelligence Agency, [[SEBIN]], names a new director, General Manuel Cristopher, in the wake of the death of [[Fernando Albán Salazar|Fernando Albán]]. [https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-names-new-spy-chief-after-uproar-over-politician-death/4636878.html (Voice of America)]
*[[Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2018)]]
**After three prominent legal analysts ([[Geoff Shepard]], [[Benjamin Wittes]], [[Jack Goldsmith]], and Stephen Bates) filed separate lawsuits seeking its unsealing and Chief Judge [[Beryl A. Howell]], of the [[U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia]], on Oct. 11 ordered the disclosure, the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] releases a set of documents from the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] investigation as a possible "road map" for [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|the Mueller probe]], including a would-be indictment against former [[President of the United States|president]] [[Richard Nixon]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/politics/richard-nixon-watergate-national-archives-mueller/index.html (CNN)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/us-archivists-release-watergate-report-that-could-be-possible-road-map-for-mueller/2018/10/31/841cc938-dbb5-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*A seventeen-year-old local student, who studied at a nearby polytechnic school, detonates an explosive device inside a [[Federal Security Service]] building in [[Arkhangelsk]], [[Russia]], killing himself and wounding three FSB officers. The agency is Russia's primary state security agency and a successor to the [[KGB]]. [https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/10/31/the-terrorist-attack-on-a-federal-security-service-branch-in-arkhangelsk-what-we-know-so-far (''Meduza'')]
*[[Boko Haram insurgency]]
**[[Boko Haram]] militants kill at least 15 people in a village on the outskirts of [[Maiduguri]], in northeast [[Nigeria]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-insurgency/suspected-boko-haram-militants-kill-15-in-northeast-nigeria-residents-idUSKCN1N64EU (Reuters)]
;Arts and culture
*[[List of tallest statues]]
**Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s [[Statue of Unity]], which depicts the first [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] and winner of the highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] of the [[Republic of India]], the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], becomes the world's largest statue. The statue is located near the [[Narmada Dam]] in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]. [https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/statue-of-unity-on-the-banks-of-narmada-opens-today-see-stunning-pics-1940390 (NDTV)]
;Disasters and accidents
*A helicopter carrying senior [[Afghan National Army]] officials crashes, killing all 25 people on board in the western [[Farah Province]], [[Afghanistan]]. The [[Taliban]] claims responsibility for shooting it down, however [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] officials blame bad weather as the cause of the crash. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/afghanistan-army-helicopter-crash-senior-officials-25-dead-181031063548900.html (Al Jazeera)], [https://news.sky.com/story/twenty-five-people-killed-in-afghanistan-army-helicopter-crash-11540625 (Sky News)]
;International relations
*[[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction]]
**[[North Korea]] is set to allow inspections of its [[Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site]], which officially closed in May 2018. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/31/north-korea-set-to-allow-inspectors-into-nuclear-test-site (''The Guardian'')]
*[[Denmark–Iran relations]], [[Iran and state-sponsored terrorism]]
**Denmark calls on the [[European Union]] for new [[Sanctions against Iran|sanctions]] against [[Iran]] after Danish security services accused the Iranian [[VEVAK|intelligence service]] of plotting an assassination of an Iranian activist on Danish soil. [[Copenhagen]] also recalls its ambassador to [[Tehran]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/denmark-says-foiled-iranian-plot-kill-opposition-activist (''The Guardian'')]
;Law and crime
*[[Blasphemy law in Pakistan]]
**A [[Pakistan]]i court overturns the death sentence of [[Asia Bibi]], a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46040515 (BBC)]
*[[Killing of Jamal Khashoggi]]
**The [[Turkish]] chief Istanbul prosecutor İrfan Fidan’s office states that [[Jamal Khashoggi]] was, with [[Malice aforethought|premeditation]], [[Strangling|strangled]] and his body was [[Dismemberment|dismembered]] as soon as he entered the Saudi [[consulate]] building in [[Istanbul]]. This is the first such accusation against [[Saudi Arabia]] by any Turkish official. [https://apnews.com/7b064bec9b1448d7b2c1ec259b37503c (AP)]
*[[Legality of cannabis]], [[Cannabis in Mexico]]
**A complete ban on recreational use of [[marijuana]] is ruled unconstitutional by [[Mexico]]'s [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|Supreme Court]], putting the responsibility of regulating its consumption on [[Congress of the Union|lawmakers]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs/mexico-supreme-court-says-ban-on-recreational-marijuana-unconstitutional-idUSKCN1N638D?il=0 (Reuters)]
*The Venezuelan Intelligence Agency, [[SEBIN]], names a new director, General Manuel Cristopher, in the wake of the death of [[Fernando Albán Salazar|Fernando Albán]]. [https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-names-new-spy-chief-after-uproar-over-politician-death/4636878.html (Voice of America)]
*[[Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2018)]]
**After three prominent legal analysts ([[Geoff Shepard]], [[Benjamin Wittes]], [[Jack Goldsmith]], and Stephen Bates) filed separate lawsuits seeking its unsealing and Chief Judge [[Beryl A. Howell]], of the [[U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia]], on Oct. 11 ordered the disclosure, the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] releases a set of documents from the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] investigation as a possible "road map" for [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|the Mueller probe]], including a would-be indictment against former [[President of the United States|president]] [[Richard Nixon]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/politics/richard-nixon-watergate-national-archives-mueller/index.html (CNN)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/us-archivists-release-watergate-report-that-could-be-possible-road-map-for-mueller/2018/10/31/841cc938-dbb5-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
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