Israel declared a "state of war" against Palestine's Hamas after the militant group launched a surprise attack,dozens were killed in a drone strike on a Syrian military academy,Syria claimed that an Israeli air strike injured two of its soldiers,the US shot down a Turkish drone operating near its troops in Syria,and two Palestinians were killed during clashes in the West Bank.In other news, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin announced the successful test of a nuclear-powered missile,US Sen. Ben Cardin blocked military aid to Egypt,and North Korea criticized the US' new strategy to counter weapons of mass destruction.Meanwhile, the UK designated $4.9B to build nuclear submarines under the AUKUS program,the UN approved sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti,and the EU initiated new talks to discuss the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv, the bloc announced plans to send an additional $5.25B in military aid to Ukraine on Monday.This came as US Pres. Joe Biden expressed concerns that ongoing political tensions in Washington could hinder its future aid packages.On Wednesday, Russia claimed that Ukraine used cluster munitions in the Bryansk region - a controversial weapon that scatters bomblets and could continue to be dangerous years later.On Thursday, Moscow faced widespread condemnation for a missile strike that hit Hroza in the Kharkiv region and reportedly killed at least 52 people.Meanwhile, following a number of Ukrainian strikes, reports emerged claiming that Russia had withdrawn the majority of its Black Sea Fleet from Crimea.

Egyptian Pres. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced plans to run for a third term,Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine was detained,Tunisian authorities arrested opposition leader Abir Moussi,and India asked Canada to withdraw 41 of its diplomats from the nation.Meanwhile, the EU reached an agreement to address irregular immigration,Pakistan ordered all illegal immigrants to leave the country,early voting began on Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum,and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a major rail link.

Kevin McCarthy was voted out as House speaker,which saw several Republicans voice support for former Pres. Donald Trump to replace him,as Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan - whom Trump endorsed - announced their bids for the speakership,and interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry instructed Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol office.In other news, Trump called the New York fraud trial against him a "disgrace" as opening statements began,after which the judge overseeing the case issued a gag order,SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself from a case involving the Jan. 6 riots,and Trump was accused of revealing US secrets to an Australian businessman.Meanwhile, founder of the bankrupt FTX crypto exchange Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly considered paying Trump not to run for president in 2024,Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to three federal gun charges,Biden approved the expansion of the border wall in Texas,and California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Laphonza Butler to replace late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

A Russian war protester was sentenced to eight and a half years in absentia,Iranian police were accused of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a hijab,jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize,and a report warned that Australia's Aboriginal children are being separated from their families at "unprecedented rates..

A man was arrested twice in one day for bringing firearms to the Wisconsin Capitol,US Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked,and Washington charged eight Chinese companies for allegedly trafficking fentanyl into the US.Meanwhile, opening statements began in Bankman-Fried's trial,and the man behind a mass shooting in a Brooklyn subway last year received 10 life sentences.

The US added 336K jobs in September,as layoffs in the country were found to have increased by nearly 200% in 2023,Biden approved an additional $9B in student debt relief,and Bangladesh received its first uranium shipment from Russia for its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.Meanwhile, over 75K Kaiser Permanente workers held strikes across the US,and thousands of doctors launched strikes across England.

The World Health Organization approved a second malaria vaccine,Bangladesh announced that over 1K people have died from dengue since January,several major US drugmakers agreed to negotiate their prices with the government,two scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research that led to the first mRNA COVID vaccines,and France closed several schools over a bedbug outbreak.

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake reportedly killed over 2K in Afghanistan,the US and Switzerland donated $8.4M to Brazil's Amazon Fund,and the deaths of over 100 dolphins in the Brazilian Amazon were tied to a historic drought.Meanwhile, the International Climate and Energy Summit was hosted in Spain,an energy think tank found that global carbon emissions plateaued in the first six months of 2023,and the EU reported that last month was the hottest September in recorded history.

FIFA announced plans to host the 2030 World Cup across three continents,and the World Anti-Doping Agency warned the Olympic Council of Asia of "consequences" for allowing North Korea to fly its flag at the Asian Games.

TikTok shut its e-commerce service in Indonesia,and nearly 300K Onewheel skateboards were recalled due to safety concerns.

Pope Francis opened a weekslong debate on the future of the Catholic Church.

The US issued its first-ever penalty related to space debris..