A loud explosion was reported at Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) in Mangaluru city, India on Wednesday, with thick black smoke seen rising from the site, local media reported.
The cause of the explosion & details about any damage were not immediately reported.
#Syria 🇸🇾: Syrian sources report powerful explosion at ammunition warehouse near Idlib, with footage showing fire and plumes of smoke rising from the location.
Egyptian parliament has approved military support for the kingdom of Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi drones and missile attacks.
President El-Sisi restricted involvement to defending Saudi territory and borders, while ruling out offensive operations in Yemeni territory.
Police in Ecuador are investigating the murder of Leslibeth Anahí García Farías, a 16-year-old student and TikTok influencer whose head was found in a bag on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
No one has been arrested, and the circumstances surrounding her death remain unclear.
FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed on Sunday that the agency's internet fraud crackdown operation in Nigeria resulted in the arrest of 9 persons, seizure of 53 electronic devices, while $11 million in funds potentially subject to freezing was identified across multiple countries.
Singer Chris Brown has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months, over an assault at a London nightclub in 2023. The sentence means he will avoid jail time.
Chris pleaded guilty in a British court in July for attacking music producer Abraham Diaw at Tape London nightclub in February 2023.
At least two people were killed, and 17 others injured in Voronezh, Russia following Ukrainian drone attacks.
Russian authorities reported that about 113 drones were shot down over the Voronezh region overnight, and into the morning.
"They should give us AK47 rifles, so that we can go to Enugu (the land of the infidels), on Sunday when they are worshiping and clapping, and open fire and kill the infidels...
They should give us AK47 so we can go to Jos and klll more infiddels."
- Islamic fanatic guard calls for genocide and terrorists attacks on Christians in Nigeria while leading a security drill l.
#Japan 🇯🇵: Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, known for strengthening ties between Japan and China dies at 90, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Monday, October 26.
Residents form a human chain to save driver trapped by muddy flood in Chudad Juarez, Mexico but was swept away by the current.
He was later rescued on US soil, according to local media.
US President Trump says its hard for him to miss looking at rapper Nicki Minaj ass:
"I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before, Nicki Minaj!... That's hard to miss" Trump said at a campaign rally in Michigan.
#BREAKING Brazil's President Lula da Silva beats wins run-off re-election, beating Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Flavio won the first round earlier this month.
NEW: A possible ammonia tank explosion was reported at a seafood processing facility in Newport, Oregon, United States on Sunday, with evacuations underway in the surrounding area.
#BREAKING Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Iran after he claimed that the country's intelligence suggests Iran and its proxies may launch an attack to disrupt Tuesday’s election.
“Don’t test us, you will suffer disproportionately severe blows.” Netanyahu said.
Severe muddy flash flooding hit Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on October 23–24, 2026, sweeping away multiple vehicles and trapping residents.
The disaster was triggered by heavy torrential rainfall and the subsequent overflow of a local reservoir.
#NEWS Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty, with 36.65kg of cocaine at airport Lagos, while attempting to board a flight to South Africa.
President Trump replies to Obama's criticism, says the former President "was a grossly incompetent President! He paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon."
Former President Barack Obama has blasted the President Trump's administration over the Iran war and high consumer prices at a campaign rally in Ohio in support to Democrats ahead of the US November 3rd midterm elections.
"After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, 'enough is enough", he said.
Adding, "This election is our last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration," Obama told crowds in Ohio on Saturday.
Thousands of Israelis took part in anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, October 24, 2026.
More than 100,000 people, according to organizers, took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu's government and to demand a state commission of inquiry into the security breaches that preceded the 2023 Hamas attack, as election approaches.
#BREAKING At least 12 people were injured, including six children, in a shooting near a football stadium in Tallahassee on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University, United States.
Police said preliminary investigation indicates that a fight broke out prior to the shooting.