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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
**[[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Defense Minister of Israel]] [[Avigdor Lieberman]] says that Israel will reduce the fishing zone off the [[Gaza Strip]] from {{convert|9|nmi}} to {{convert|6|nmi}} as a reaction to the weekly [[2018 Gaza border protests|Gaza border protests]]. Three Palestinians were killed in yesterday's protest, in which over 20,000 protestors took part. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/israel-reduce-gaza-fishing-zone-181006152457024.html (Al Jazeera)]
;Arts and culture
*At an auction in [[London]], the painting ''[[Balloon Girl|Girl with Balloon]]'' by [[Banksy]] [[self-destruct]]s through a built-in [[Paper shredder|shredder]] hidden in the frame after selling for US$1.4 million. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/banksy-artwork-girl-with-ballooon-self-destructs-moment-after-1-4-million-sale-at-sothebys-london-2018-10-06/ (NBC)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**The death toll of the [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] that struck [[Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]], rises to 1,649. More than 265 are missing. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/06/world/asia/ap-as-indonesia-earthquake-the-latest.html (''The New York Times'')]
*At least 50 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an oil [[tank truck]] collides with a vehicle on the [[Kinshasa]]—[[Matadi]] highway in [[Kisantu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. [https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/50-killed-100-burnt-in-oil-tanker-road-crash-in-dr-congo-says-official-1927923 (NDTV)]
*At least 22 people are killed and 14 injured after a minibus falls into a [[canyon|gorge]] on the [[Srinagar Jammu National Highway]] in [[India]]'s [[Jammu and Kashmir]] state. [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/22-dead-as-mini-bus-falls-into-gorge-on-jammu-srinagar-national-highway/664136.html (''Tribune of India'')]
*[[2018 Haiti earthquake]]
** A magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills at least 12 people in northern [[Haiti]]. At least 162 others are injured. [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article219628030.html (Miami Herald)]
*[[2018 Schoharie, New York limousine crash]]
**Twenty people are killed in [[Schoharie County, New York]], when a stretch limousine fails to stop at an intersection, veers into a parking lot and strikes an empty vehicle, which in turn hits two pedestrians. All 17 passengers in the limousine are killed, along with the driver and the two pedestrians. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45778366 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*[[Food Additives Amendment of 1958]]
**The U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] bans the usage of seven [[artificial flavor]]s as [[food additive]]s. Six of them cause cancer in animals when used in "much higher" doses than the conditions of their intended use. [https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/06/655135633/fda-bans-use-of-7-synthetic-food-additives-after-environmental-groups-sue?t=1538864933173 (NPR)]
*[[Foreign fighters in the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars]]
**[[Jack Letts]], a [[British people|British]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] fighter held in [[Syria]], faces deportion from [[Syria]] to [[Canada]] instead of the [[United Kingdom]]. [https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/infamous-canadian-isis-fighter-may-be-deported-from-syria-to-ottawa/ (Al-Masdar News)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/06/suspected-british-isis-fighter-could-face-repatriation-to-canada (The Guardian)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Gabonese legislative election, 2018]]
**After long delays, voters in [[Gabon]] head to the polls for the first time since the controversial [[Gabonese presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]]. [http://ewn.co.za/2018/10/04/gabon-holds-first-vote-since-violence-marred-2016-election (EWN)]
*[[Latvian parliamentary election, 2018]]
**Voters in [[Latvia]] go to the polls to vote for a new [[Saeima|parliament]]. The governing coalition loses its majority with two new parties [[Who owns the state?]] and the [[New Conservative Party (Latvia)|New Conservative Party]] becoming the second and third biggest parties behind [[Social Democratic Party "Harmony"]]. [http://www.dw.com/en/pro-russia-party-looms-large-at-latvia-elections/a-45778243 (''Deutsche Welle'')], [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-latvia-election/newcomers-winners-in-latvian-election-tough-coalition-talks-ahead-idUSKCN1MG0EI?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews (Reuters)]
*[[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination]]
**Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s nomination to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] is confirmed when a final vote takes place, with 50 senators for his confirmation and 48 against. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kavanaugh-latest-confirmation-ahead-senate-vote-saturday/story?id=58316458 (ABC News)]
* [[Romanian constitutional referendum, 2018]]
** [[Romania]]ns go to the polls to vote in a referendum on changing the [[Constitution of Romania|Constitution]] to redefine marriage as being only between a man and a woman. [http://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/06/europe/romania-marriage-referendum-intl/index.html (CNN)]
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
**[[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Defense Minister of Israel]] [[Avigdor Lieberman]] says that Israel will reduce the fishing zone off the [[Gaza Strip]] from {{convert|9|nmi}} to {{convert|6|nmi}} as a reaction to the weekly [[2018 Gaza border protests|Gaza border protests]]. Three Palestinians were killed in yesterday's protest, in which over 20,000 protestors took part. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/israel-reduce-gaza-fishing-zone-181006152457024.html (Al Jazeera)]
;Arts and culture
*At an auction in [[London]], the painting ''[[Balloon Girl|Girl with Balloon]]'' by [[Banksy]] [[self-destruct]]s through a built-in [[Paper shredder|shredder]] hidden in the frame after selling for US$1.4 million. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/banksy-artwork-girl-with-ballooon-self-destructs-moment-after-1-4-million-sale-at-sothebys-london-2018-10-06/ (NBC)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**The death toll of the [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] that struck [[Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]], rises to 1,649. More than 265 are missing. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/06/world/asia/ap-as-indonesia-earthquake-the-latest.html (''The New York Times'')]
*At least 50 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an oil [[tank truck]] collides with a vehicle on the [[Kinshasa]]—[[Matadi]] highway in [[Kisantu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. [https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/50-killed-100-burnt-in-oil-tanker-road-crash-in-dr-congo-says-official-1927923 (NDTV)]
*At least 22 people are killed and 14 injured after a minibus falls into a [[canyon|gorge]] on the [[Srinagar Jammu National Highway]] in [[India]]'s [[Jammu and Kashmir]] state. [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/22-dead-as-mini-bus-falls-into-gorge-on-jammu-srinagar-national-highway/664136.html (''Tribune of India'')]
*[[2018 Haiti earthquake]]
** A magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills at least 12 people in northern [[Haiti]]. At least 162 others are injured. [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article219628030.html (Miami Herald)]
*[[2018 Schoharie, New York limousine crash]]
**Twenty people are killed in [[Schoharie County, New York]], when a stretch limousine fails to stop at an intersection, veers into a parking lot and strikes an empty vehicle, which in turn hits two pedestrians. All 17 passengers in the limousine are killed, along with the driver and the two pedestrians. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45778366 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*[[Food Additives Amendment of 1958]]
**The U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] bans the usage of seven [[artificial flavor]]s as [[food additive]]s. Six of them cause cancer in animals when used in "much higher" doses than the conditions of their intended use. [https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/06/655135633/fda-bans-use-of-7-synthetic-food-additives-after-environmental-groups-sue?t=1538864933173 (NPR)]
*[[Foreign fighters in the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars]]
**[[Jack Letts]], a [[British people|British]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] fighter held in [[Syria]], faces deportion from [[Syria]] to [[Canada]] instead of the [[United Kingdom]]. [https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/infamous-canadian-isis-fighter-may-be-deported-from-syria-to-ottawa/ (Al-Masdar News)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/06/suspected-british-isis-fighter-could-face-repatriation-to-canada (The Guardian)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Gabonese legislative election, 2018]]
**After long delays, voters in [[Gabon]] head to the polls for the first time since the controversial [[Gabonese presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]]. [http://ewn.co.za/2018/10/04/gabon-holds-first-vote-since-violence-marred-2016-election (EWN)]
*[[Latvian parliamentary election, 2018]]
**Voters in [[Latvia]] go to the polls to vote for a new [[Saeima|parliament]]. The governing coalition loses its majority with two new parties [[Who owns the state?]] and the [[New Conservative Party (Latvia)|New Conservative Party]] becoming the second and third biggest parties behind [[Social Democratic Party "Harmony"]]. [http://www.dw.com/en/pro-russia-party-looms-large-at-latvia-elections/a-45778243 (''Deutsche Welle'')], [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-latvia-election/newcomers-winners-in-latvian-election-tough-coalition-talks-ahead-idUSKCN1MG0EI?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews (Reuters)]
*[[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination]]
**Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s nomination to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] is confirmed when a final vote takes place, with 50 senators for his confirmation and 48 against. [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kavanaugh-latest-confirmation-ahead-senate-vote-saturday/story?id=58316458 (ABC News)]
* [[Romanian constitutional referendum, 2018]]
** [[Romania]]ns go to the polls to vote in a referendum on changing the [[Constitution of Romania|Constitution]] to redefine marriage as being only between a man and a woman. [http://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/06/europe/romania-marriage-referendum-intl/index.html (CNN)]
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