As tensions soar in the African horn, Egypt prepares to deploy troops to SomaliaAn Egyptian military delegation visited the Somali capital on 20 September and met Somali Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, five days after Egyptian officers met senior Somali commanders in Mogadishu to discuss defence cooperation, military training and capacity-building for the Somali National Army. Such meetings come as Egypt steps up cooperation with Somalia, following the 2025 elevation of relations between the two countries to a strategic partnership.
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-prepares-deploy-troops-somaliaSANDF deployed in Durban CBD after violent protestsPolice were over-stretched yesterday as angry protesters were spread across the city. They were demanding the repatriation of undocumented foreign nationals and the halting of asylum applications. Yesterday, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli requested the deployment of the army as the police found themselves outnumbered.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sandf-deployed-in-durban-cbd-after-violent-protests/ Hundreds of thousands march worldwide against Israel’s genocide in Gaza The Global Alliance for Palestine said the mobilisation involved at least 325 events worldwide, including 176 in Europe alone. Organisers estimated that around 250,000 people joined the London march. Demonstrators carried signs demanding the “end” of Israel’s genocide and declaring “Free Palestine” as they marched towards the British parliament. Marchers observed a two-minute silence for the more than 74,370 Palestinians Israel has killed in Gaza since October 2023. Its attacks have wounded at least 175,371 others.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/global-protests-demand-end-israels-genocide-and-apartheidHundreds of doctors demand World Medical Association suspend IsraelIt was part of a protest against the continued membership of the Israeli association in the WMA, “despite them breaching almost every ethical principle in the WMA’s Code of Medical Ethics”, the IMA Out! coalition that organised the demonstration said in a statement.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/hundreds-of-doctors-demand-world-medical-association-suspend-israelhttps://archive.ph/vpPodOil Slick Expands Near Sochi After Tanker Fire, Greenpeace SaysGreenpeace said the slick extended along the route taken by the Aframax Rio after the attack. Around midday Wednesday, the tanker was near Lazarevskoye, about 50 kilometers from the site of the fire. By Thursday, it was near Tuapse. Environmentalists believe the vessel may be under tow to Novorossiysk.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/09/oil-slick-expands-near-sochi-after-tanker-fire-greenpeace-says-a93918https://archive.ph/PuD26 Germany warns EU that €159B budget cuts are not enough On Saturday, the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU, which is steering the talks, proposed cutting around 8% from the bloc’s total budget from 2028 to 2034 in a bid to assuage a German-led camp demanding reductions of several hundred billions euros. But Dublin’s hopes of facilitating a deal were immediately dashed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, one the key players in the negotiations as his country contributes to approximately one-quarter of the bloc’s common budget.
https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-warns-eu-e159b-budget-cuts-not-enough/https://archive.ph/7AqDFVenezuela: Qatari Fund to Unblock Access to IDB LoansAccording to specialized outlet Bitácora Económica, Qatar is preparing to establish a specialized rescue fund to settle Venezuela’s estimated US $2.5 billion debt with the IDB. Under the proposed mechanism, the Qatari fund would immediately clear Venezuela’s overdue principal and interest payments, while issuing a new, long-term loan with favorable interest rates for the South American nation.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-qatari-fund-to-unblock-access-to-idb-loans/Argentina's Supreme Court suspends repeal of Milei's land lawUnder the original 2011 law, foreign ownership of rural land could not exceed 15 percent nationally, with separate limits also applying at provincial and municipal levels. But shortly after coming to power in 2023, Milei repealed the restrictions through Emergency Decree 70/2023.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/supreme-court-restores-limits-on-foreign-land-ownership-in-ruling.phtmlhttps://archive.ph/jqLOQNew Brazil Congress poses risk to environmental legislation, campaign group saysBrazil's next Congress is likely to pose a greater obstacle to legislation to protect the environment after elections this month, according to a study by climate advocacy group Observatorio do Clima, which found that almost 70% of elected lawmakers have little or no commitment to environmental issues.
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/new-brazil-congress-poses-risk-environmental-legislation-campaign-group-says-2026-10-08/Malaysian Firms Linked to Myanmar Military Aviation Supply Chain: JFMJFM’s findings, based on leaked documents and commercial trade records, were announced during Myanmar coup president Min Aung Hlaing’s controversial official visit to Malaysia on October 7-8 at the invitation of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The rights group said three Malaysia-based aerospace procurement and services companies—FJ Global Aeroparts (M) Sdn Bhd, Asia AeroTechnic Sdn Bhd (AAT), and Skyways Technics Asia Sdn Bhd—supplied or sought to supply parts to the regime military and its brokers, or in one case was approached to perform repairs, between 2023 and this year.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/malaysian-firms-linked-to-myanmar-military-aviation-supply-chain-jfm.html‘Cockroach’ leader among thousands detained in Delhi protest crackdownThe Cockroach movement, as well as opposition parties, civil society and student groups, have alleged that the process of “purifying” India’s voter roll was done to entrench the power of Narendra Modi‘s government, and have called for India’s chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, who oversaw the exercise, to resign.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/10/cockroach-party-rally-delhi-protests-chief-election-officer-resignsAnger In Japan Grows After US Marine Is Arrested Over The Killing Of A Woman In OkinawaThe arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman in Okinawa has drawn condemnation from Japan’s leaders and renewed protests against the heavy American military presence on the southern island. The alleged killing could complicate Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to strengthen Japanese military defense on the island and to work more closely with the U.S. military to deter China in the region.
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/2605740/anger-in-japan-grows-after-us-marine-is-arrested-over-the-killing-of-a-woman-in-okinawa.html