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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were named the 2026 medicine Nobel laureates for work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, The Guardian reported on October 5.
G7 leaders agreed on 2 October 2026 to release up to 100 million barrels over four months and avoid energy export restrictions between member countries.
Monitoring findings reported on 1 October 2026 put Switzerland’s glacier ice loss at 5.5% for the year and 19.4% since 2021, following summer heat and limited winter snowfall.
US and coalition forces completed their departure from Iraq on September 30, 2026, ending the mission there while counter-Islamic State operations continue in Syria.
King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on September 29, 2026 and tasked her with forming a government after her party led parliamentary election results.
A Thai government update on September 28, 2026, put the flood’s impact at roughly 329,000 households as rain eased and drainage work continued.
Police arrested five men near RAF Fairford on September 27, 2026, after a report of suspicious vehicles. Residents were evacuated while specialists examined the vans.
Aleksandar Vučić resigned on September 27, 2026 to campaign for Serbia’s premiership ahead of the October 25 parliamentary election.
