October 16, 2024 (Wednesday)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says North Korea has become directly involved in the war with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying around 3,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia, and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories.

An Israeli Air Force airstrike on a municipal building in Nabatieh, Lebanon, kills the city's mayor and five others. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemns the attack.

At least 94 people are killed and 50 others are injured as a tanker overturns and explodes in Jigawa State, Nigeria.

At least 10 Indian flights have received hoax bomb threats over the past 48 hours, leading to long delays and diversions.