Nine people are killed and 24 others are injured as Iran launches missiles and drones against the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan's offices in Koye, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Iran accused the group of being involved in the ongoing protests in the country.

North Ossetia–Alania, the republic which contains the only border crossing with Georgia-controlled territory, bans all Russian cars that do not have the licence plate of the republic, with the exception of tourists travelling to the region. This comes as those fleeing the draft overwhelm the border.

A mobile draft centre is built at the Torfyanovka checkpoint, the busiest checkpoint on the Finland–Russia border, in order to prevent people who are fit to serve from fleeing the country. However, as of midday, the centre is not yet open.

An Iranian drone is shot down by US forces in Erbil, Iraq.

Four Palestinians are killed and 44 others are injured when Israeli soldiers storm a refugee camp in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The brother of the 2022 Tel Aviv shooting's perpetrator is among those killed.

One person is killed and two others are injured when a gunman opens fire against Chinese people at a dental clinic in Karachi, Pakistan. All of the victims were in their 70s and had worked for the clinic for more than 40 years.

Authorities in Cameroon ban "undeclared meetings and manifestations" in Bamenda, the capital of the Northwest Region, after separatists announced a manifestation to commemorate the declaration of independence of Ambazonia, a breakaway state consisting of the English-speaking regions of Cameroon.

The Bank of England buys 65 billion pounds of bonds in a bid to stabilise the UK economy.

A restaurant fire kills 17 people and injures three others in Changchun, Jilin, China.

Over 200,000 customers are left without power throughout Florida due to Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian makes landfall near Englewood, Florida as a high-end Category 4 hurricane.

Former Guinean military leader Moussa Dadis Camara and ten others go on trial for their alleged involvement in a massacre of anti-government demonstrators in 2009.

Jonathan Dowdall and his father Patrick plead guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne in 2016.

Six people are shot and injured near several high schools and alternative schools in Oakland, California.

The Russian-installed heads of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts' occupation administrations, as well as Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic, officially request that they be annexed to Russia, following a referendum, widely seen as fraudulent, conducted in those regions of Ukraine. Donetsk People's Republic's leader Denis Pushilin has not yet submitted such a request but has gone with Pasechnik to Moscow for talks about the annexation, and is expected to send a request shortly.

Russ Kun becomes the President of Nauru, succeeding Lionel Aingimea.

Norway raises its "emergency preparedness" in response to sightings of "unidentified drones" near its offshore oil and gas facilities in the North Sea, and is coordinating with its armed forces, police, and oil and gas industry operators, according to energy minister Terje Aasland.

Kazakhstan says that around 98,000 Russian civilians have entered the country by land and air since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a military mobilization.

Three separate spills are detected in the Baltic Sea following explosions in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in what appear to be acts of sabotage.

Latvia announces a state of emergency over the influx of Russian citizens fleeing mobilization. Special measures are taken in the border regions of the country and at all ports of entry.

Leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark hold a ceremony to open the Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline that will transport natural gas from the Norwegian shelf via Denmark to Poland.

Two people are killed in a fire at a PKN Orlen plant in Płock, Poland.

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. Residents of the Tampa Bay area of Florida, United States, are ordered to evacuate.

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo formally declares an end to the country's latest outbreak of Ebola.

Russia and the Taliban sign a provisional deal for Russia to supply Afghanistan with gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat.

Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, expects the annexation to be formalised by October 4.

According to the results released by Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts overwhelmingly vote in favor of annexation, with 99.23%, 98.42%, 93.11% and 87.05% of support, respectively. Turnout exceeded 75% in each region and exceeded 97% in Donetsk Oblast. However, the voting has been widely dismissed as a sham referendum.

The state funeral of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held at the Budokan in Tokyo.