Armed conflicts and attacks

One person is killed and six others are injured in Russian drone strikes on a kindergarten in Kholodnohirskyi District, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

• https://kyivindependent.com/russian-air-strike-on-kharkiv-damages-kindergarden-kills-1-injures-at-least/

Disasters and accidents

At least 12 people are killed, 19 others are injured and 10 are reported missing following an explosion at a munitions factory in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzx82p1x5o

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed when a Robinson R66 helicopter crashes near Ekalaka, Montana, United States. (WIFR-LD) (HuffPost)

• https://www.wifr.com/2025/10/23/gubernational-candidate-darren-baileys-son-daughter-in-law-two-grandchildren-killed-helicopter-crash-montana/
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/4-family-members-illinois-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-killed-in-montana-helicopter-crash_n_68fa2feae4b071f32a2700ad

Disasters and accidents

Forty-six people are killed and others are injured in a collision between two buses and other vehicles on the Kampala–Gulu Highway in Uganda. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/22/bus-collision-on-highway-near-ugandas-capital-kampala-kills-63-people

Law and crime

The Fijian High Court sentences former prime minister Frank Bainimarama to a 12-month suspended prison term after being found guilty of making an unwarranted demand to a public official under the Crimes Act this month. (RNZ)

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/576663/former-fijian-pm-bainimarama-given-suspended-prison-sentence-in-second-criminal-case-local-reports-say

Law and crime

An opposition politician of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Weligama, Sri Lanka, amid an increase of shootings in the country, which have left 51 people killed and 56 injured since the beginning of the year. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-opposition-politician-shooting-gang-violence-d23f9185c8e972d8d89fe0f32dd0d36c

Politics and elections

Argentine foreign minister Gerardo Werthein submits his resignation to President Javier Milei. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-foreign-minister-resigns-local-media-reports-2025-10-22/