Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia told residents in several regions to take shelter overnight after unidentified drones entered or approached their airspace from the direction of Russia or Belarus, and NATO fighter jets were scrambled, Reuters reported. The alerts were lifted within hours and no injuries were reported.
The 2026 Sudan Multi-Sector Needs Assessment by the International Organization for Migration’s Displacement Tracking Matrix found that 68% of households have unmet livelihood needs, rising to 83% among displaced households, Radio Dabanga reports. Ninety-eight per cent of households reported rising prices for basic goods.
Armed drones caused 270 of the 410 child deaths and injuries UNICEF recorded in Sudan between January and September, spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva. He warned that strikes on power stations and drought are threatening food and water, with 825,000 children under five expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition this year.
The US Justice Department has charged three men, an Iranian-Iraqi dual national, an Iranian and an Iraqi, in an eight-count indictment over an alleged September plot at RAF Fairford in England, a base the US military has used in operations against Iran. Prosecutors accuse them of conspiring to provide material support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah.
Iran's top security official Mohsen Rezaei denied that Tehran is negotiating with Washington or arranging a meeting in Qatar, calling such claims "lies," Anadolu and Al Jazeera reported. He said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US meets Iran's seven conditions, which Iranian officials say include lifting sanctions and the US naval blockade.
The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a cruise missile over Riyadh on Tuesday, and a third ballistic missile over the kingdom's south. Spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki blamed Yemen's Houthis; no injuries were reported and the Houthis made no immediate comment.
UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva that armed drones caused two in three child casualties in Sudan in 2026, and that up to 15 power stations were struck in October, cutting water pumping and treatment. UNICEF expects about 825,000 children under five to suffer severe acute malnutrition this year; its Sudan response is one-third funded.
