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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)

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)

Bosnians vote to elect the three members of the presidency and 42 members of the House of Representatives. Concurrent elections are also held in the Federation to elect 98 seats of the regional legislature and in Republika Srpska to elect the entity's president and the 83 seats of the respective legislature. (AFP)

Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, 513 members of Chamber of Deputies and 54 members in the Federal Senate. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for the fourth non-consecutive term, where his main opponent is Rio de Janeiro senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. (The Guardian)

Flávio Bolsonaro wins the first round and will face Lula da Silva in a runoff on 25 October. (AP)

Latvians vote to elect 100 seats of the Saeima amid an uptick of airspace incursions and hybrid warfare during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Preliminary results indicate that the centrist United List, led by incumbent prime minister Andris Kulbergs, won the most seats. (Reuters)

Spain's parliament rejects two government housing decrees that would have expanded protections against evictions, limited some real-estate practices, encouraged rentals through tax incentives, and allowed tenants to renew residential leases automatically. (AP)

Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his successor on 9 December. (AFP) (Swissinfo)

Japan tightens permanent residency requirements for foreign nationals, introducing above-average income and basic Japanese-language standards while raising application fees twentyfold as part of broader changes to immigration policy. (AFP)

Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva. (San Marino RTV)

Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment. (Reuters)