Armed conflicts and attacks

Six Pakistani soldiers and seven gunmen are killed in a shootout at the border with Afghanistan. (Al Arabiya)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2025/10/29/six-pakistani-soldiers-seven-militants-killed-in-clash-near-afghan-border-

Armed conflicts and attacks

The JNIM carries out its first attack in Nigeria, killing a soldier and seizing ammunition and cash in Kwara State. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/31/al-qaeda-linked-jnim-says-one-killed-in-its-first-nigeria-attack

International relations

Peace talks held in Istanbul, Turkey, between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse and achieve no clear agreement. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-failed-pakistan-minister-says-2025-10-28/

Politics and elections

In the Canadian province of Alberta, premier Danielle Smith says legislation has been passed to end the strike, invoking the notwithstanding clause to prevent court challenges of the legislation's constitutionality. (CBC) (Global News)

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teachers-back-to-work-bill-9.6955558
• https://globalnews.ca/news/11497842/alberta-passes-bill-end-teacher-strike/

Politics and elections

Centrist liberal party Democrats 66, led by Rob Jetten, takes a surprise lead according to the main exit poll, just two years after the party ranked sixth in the previous vote. (Euronews)

• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/10/29/netherlands-national-elections-2025-the-results-in-pictures

Politics and elections

Tanzanians vote to elect a president, members of the National Assembly, and ward councillors. Incumbent president Samia Suluhu Hassan runs unopposed after the High Court barred main opposition leaders from participating in the elections. (The Washington Post)

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/29/tanzania-election-president-samia-suluhu-hassan-opposition/