Update: Isaias came ashore near Destin as a Category 2 hurricane; at least two dead, hundreds of thousands without power
Isaias made landfall near Destin, Fla., on Oct. 9 with 105 mph winds, then weakened to a post-tropical storm.
News: October 10, 2026
The edition for Saturday, October 10, 2026. 10 items. All editions.
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World trade hit a record $35 trillion in 2025, UNCTAD says, as barriers rise for developing countries
Oct. 9, 2026 — World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025, but developing countries were held back by new technological and policy barriers, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said, according to UN News. Export controls, investment screening and supply-chain conditions are making strategic sectors such as semiconductors and AI harder to enter, it said. This year's higher trade values reflect price increases from the energy shock of the US-Iran war, and US-China trade has fallen more than 20% since 2024, UNCTAD said.
Update: Nepal's August floods killed at least 1,400; nearly 5,300 still missing, UNICEF says
Oct. 9, 2026 — This updates our Oct. 1 report on Nepal's floods. At least 1,400 people, including 84 children, were killed and nearly 5,300 are still missing after a mass of glacial ice and rock collapsed into the Bhotekoshi, Upper Trishuli and Narayani-Gandak rivers in late August, UNICEF said, according to UN News. Six weeks on, some communities in Rasuwa remain difficult to reach and receive airlifted supplies, the Red Cross federation said.
UN rights office says livestreaming a US military execution would breach the torture ban
Oct. 9, 2026 — The UN human rights office said livestreaming a planned firing-squad execution in the United States would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition of torture. Its statement followed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vow to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, sentenced to death by a military jury for killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood in 2009, UN News reported. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric called the possibility of a public execution "abhorrent."
US sanctions the International Criminal Court itself; Guterres calls it a 'serious blow'
Oct. 9, 2026 — The United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, adding to existing sanctions on 13 of its judges and prosecutors, UN News reported. Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to "dismantle the ICC, brick by brick" unless it ends what Washington regards as a threat to its citizens. The court called the step unprecedented and "an assault on the rule of law," and said it would continue its work. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the sanctions a "serious blow."
Suspected drone strike kills at least 40 in Sudan's Blue Nile state, mostly women and girls, UN says
Oct. 9, 2026 — A suspected drone strike killed at least 40 people in Sudan's Blue Nile State near the Ethiopian border, most of them women and girls, according to initial reports from the ground, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. Fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese government has escalated there in recent months, and thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent weeks, UN News reported. Dujarric called for those responsible to be held accountable.
Update: Yemen has fallen back into full-scale war, UN envoy tells the Security Council
Oct. 9, 2026 — This updates our Oct. 6 report on Yemen's war. Yemen has fallen back into full-scale war, the UN envoy told the Security Council, UN News reported. A Houthi offensive launched in September has sharply escalated the conflict; cross-border missile and drone strikes on Saudi airports and energy infrastructure continued this week; and government forces say they have recaptured the port city of Mocha. Fighting is intensifying around Taiz, more than 200,000 people have been displaced, and aid agencies warn of surging cholera and deepening hunger.
Update: Panama declares a state of emergency after the quake; 27 injured, no deaths reported
Oct. 10, 2026 — This updates our Oct. 9 report on Panama's earthquake. Panama's Cabinet approved a state of emergency on Oct. 10, The Rio Times reported. About 27 people were injured and no deaths were reported, the civil protection agency, Sinaproc, said. It had inspected more than 426 damaged homes, and 188 schools and 21 health facilities were affected, mostly in Herrera, Los Santos and Veraguas. More than 170 aftershocks were recorded, four of them above magnitude 6, the University of Panama's Geosciences Institute said.
Update: Missile hits Riyadh airport's domestic terminals; people wounded, flights halted
A missile struck the complex housing terminals 3 and 4 at King Khalid International Airport, officials said, two days after an attack Saudi authorities said killed three people.
San Diego
Update: Rachel heads for northern Baja; forecasters expect significant coastal flooding in San Diego
Rachel was expected onshore over northern Baja on the night of Oct. 10; forecasters warned of moderate to major coastal flooding.