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The Houthis launches missiles against the airports of Najran and Jizan, in Saudi Arabia, causing material damages and wounding three people. (Al Jazeera)

The merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into Skydance takes effect. (CNN)

After passing the jurisdiction amendments to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, the Kuvendi began the procedure to elect a president on 6 October, finishing the voting process minutes after the constitutional deadline on midnight 7 October. Justina Pula is declared the next president of Kosovo. (Kosovo Online) (Prishtina Insight)

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin". (CNN)

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says that the Israel Defense Forces has killed 4,000 militants who took part in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. (The Jewish Chronicle)

A ship sinks off the coast of Bulgaria after being struck by a drone. (Reuters)

Kenya confirms its first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebolavirus in Nairobi in a deceased male who traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)

Nairobi Hospital steps up its infection-control measures, tracing, and staff monitoring following Kenya's first imported case of Ebola. (The Star Kenya)

The Daily Mail reports that a second person has died from a pneumonic plague outbreak that contains Yersinia pestis. (Insider Paper)

The faculty of Cornell University are reportedly preparing a no-confidence vote against the university's administration, including its president, Michael Kotlikoff, over its handling of rape allegations from 2024. (CNN)

August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, is arrested at his home in Nordwalde after being charged by the country's Federal Public Prosecutor General with treason, espionage, and trading state secrets. A former aide of Hanning's is also arrested for aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage. (Deutsche Welle) (AP)

Riots break out in Liège, Belgium, following a day of student protests, resulting in damaged shops and destroyed bus shelters in the city center. (Le Soir)

The Presidential Leadership Council launches a large-scale military operation against Houthis in Yemen, with the aim to capture all Houthi-controlled territories. (Al Arabiya) (Al Jazeera) (TRT World)

Turkey and Pakistan agree to deploy troops under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement to help Saudi and Yemeni forces against the Houthis. (Al Jazeera)

A Yemeni government offensive pushes the Houthis back from the Bab al-Mandab Strait. (Reuters)

Brazil's benchmark Ibovespa index rises nearly 9% to almost 210,000 points after the first round of the presidential election, surpassing 200,000 points for the first time. (AFP via France 24)

Russian president Vladimir Putin approves the restructuring of UniCredit Bank Russia and the subsequent sale of most of the business to a United Arab Emirates-based private investor, while UniCredit retains its payments operations. (AFP via France 24) (Reuters)

A Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 aircraft carrying 32 people crashes in Ondo State, Nigeria. (DW) (Reuters)

The toll from yesterday's collision between two ships in the Congo River near Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 30 people killed and dozens missing. (AP)

The United States Air Force withdraws all of its B-1 Lancer strategic bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The U.S. Department of Defense confirms the bombers have returned to bases in the United States. (BBC News)

The International Criminal Court unseals arrest warrants for Taliban education minister Habibullah Agha and higher education minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender-based persecution in Afghanistan. (AFP via France 24)

Protesters clash with police in Pristina, Kosovo, after parliament fails to advance legislation limiting the Kosovo Specialist Chambers' powers. One police officer and 11 civilians are injured. (AP)

In Kosovo, the acting presidency of Albulena Haxhiu becomes de facto due to her having continuously served in the position for more than six months since assuming office on 4 April, violating the third paragraph of Article 90 in the constitution. The Kuvendi has two days left until the presidential election deadline by the Constitutional Court expires. (Kosovo Online) (RKS)

Voters in Quebec, Canada, elect members to the National Assembly. (CBC) (The Guardian)

The Parti Québécois is elected into a minority government while the ruling Coalition Avenir Québec face an electoral wipeout. (CBC)

Romanian president Nicușor Dan designates diplomat Luca Niculescu to form a government. Niculescu's choice is the fourth attempt by Dan to appoint a Prime Minister to succeed Ilie Bolojan, who lost a no-confidence vote last May. (Reuters)

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for 29 November after Parliament voted down two emergency housing decrees that would have restricted evictions, frozen rents, and blocked vulture-fund property buys. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, nominates Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi to the post of Defense Minister. (Gulf News)

The National Assembly of Laos approves deputy prime minister Saleumxay Kommasith as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Sonexay Siphandone, who became National Assembly president. (The Laotian Times)

The House of Peoples' Representatives of Ethiopia reelects Abiy Ahmed as Prime Minister. (Anadolu Agency)

American scientist Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and German biophysicists Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics". (Reuters)