"Three years since the day of our catastrophe, October 7th, we bow our heads in memory of those who were murdered and those who fell in battle, and we stand by your side, our dear and beloved bereaved families."
President Herzog: "In this painful war, we have lost so many of the finest of our daughters and sons. We must remember them forever and tell their stories"
The total death toll in Gaza has risen to 74,243 since October 7, 2023, as six more Palestinians were martyred in the Zionist regime's aggression over the past 24 hours, while 26 others were wounded.
Three years after Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups attacked Israel, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said nothing can justify the atrocities of 7 October - calling for an end to the suffering of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
On October 3, a Philippine C-208 aircraft illegally intruded into the territorial airspace over China's Huangyan Dao without approval from the Chinese government. The naval and air forces dispatched by the PLA Southern Theater Command (STC) tracked and monitored the Philippine aircraft, and issued warnings to expel it in accordance with laws and regulations, Senior Captain Zhai Shichen, spokesperson for the PLA STC, said on Monday.
Intense fighting in Yemen has forced more than 184,000 people from their homes since the start of August, most of them since early September, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Monday.
The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the recent release of one of its staff members who had been arbitrarily detained in Yemen and is relieved that he has been reunited with his family.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces said on October 5 that they had secured effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after advancing rapidly along the coast with heavy Saudi air support, though fighting with Iran-backed Houthi forces continued in the area.
Yemeni pro-government forces recaptured Mokha, a Red Sea port city in western Taiz province in southwestern Yemen, from the Houthi group on Monday after "fierce fighting," Yemen's state news agency SABA reported.
Today, 5 October 2026, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court") issued a decision unsealing four warrants of arrest issued in the Afghanistan situation on 8 July 2025 and 9 September 2025 against Mr Haibatullah Akhundzada ('Mr Akhundzada') and Mr Abdul Hakim Haqqani ('Mr Haqqani'), as well as against Mr Habibullah Agha ('Mr Agha') and Mr Neda Mohammad Nadim ('Mr Nadim'). The existence of the first two warrants was made public on 8 July 2025.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has made public four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan, which amounts to a crime against humanity.
The European Union is alarmed by the continued escalation of violence in Ethiopia and heightened regional tensions, particularly between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This risks triggering a broader regional conflict, with severe consequences for peace and stability across the Horn of Africa.
Police fired tear gas at protesters outside Kosovo's parliament on the evening of October 5 as a dispute over proposed restrictions on a Hague-based war crimes court became entangled with a last-minute political standoff over electing the country's next president.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns a significant security incident and the forced offloading of humanitarian food assistance under duress during a recent river convoy operation in Ayod County, Jonglei state.
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