Tuesday, October 6, 2026

President Trump approved executing Nidal Malik Hasan by U.S. Army firing squad, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the method. Hasan, a former Army major, was sentenced to death in 2013 for the 2009 Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while he shouted "Allahu Akbar." Fox News said it would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961, while NBC News and BBC said it would be the first since World War II.

Governor Kathy Hochul declared New York's first statewide disaster emergency over measles this year, with state officials reporting 108 cases as of October 3, most outside New York City. The declaration expands the number of health professionals who can administer vaccines. Pennsylvania's outbreak, reported Monday at more than 1,000 cases, remains the state's largest in more than three decades.

President Trump said "threats" prompted the removal of 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford, with the aircraft flown back to the United States. U.S. and British officials told the New York Times and Reuters the withdrawal stemmed from the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Supreme Court heard roughly two hours of oral arguments Monday in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, weighing whether Colorado's Boulder County can sue Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy under state tort law over alleged climate-change damages, and whether the court has jurisdiction while the case remains before the Colorado Supreme Court. Some analysts said questions from Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor focused on jurisdiction. No ruling has been issued, and the outcome could affect similar suits against fossil fuel companies nationwide.

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday in Nebraska temporarily easing restrictions on tax-exempt red-dyed diesel, normally restricted to off-road and farm use, allowing broader access amid high diesel prices and deferring excise taxes. The order waives the off-road requirement so the fuel can be used in nonfarm vehicles. Experts say the move will have limited impact on costs for farmers and truckers.

The US has warned Russia that failing to disclose details about the death of a worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute violates international health obligations. Russian authorities have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation, but officials have not confirmed plague as the cause. The World Health Organization says the public health risk remains low. No additional deaths have been reported.

President Trump announced a $6.6 billion investment Tuesday to build a new shipyard, Arsenal 2, at the former Bethlehem Steel site in Sparrows Point, Maryland. Anduril Industries will invest $3.7 billion, with the Navy contracting up to $2.9 billion for production, mainly of Virginia-class submarines. The White House said the project will create over 13,000 direct and indirect jobs. Governor Wes Moore did not speak at the event.

U.S. military bases on Okinawa began a 48-hour lockdown Wednesday, termed an "operational pause," restricting troops from leaving base following the arrest of Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20. Police said he is suspected of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel.

British counterterrorism police arrested a seventh person, a 22-year-old from London, on Tuesday in connection with an incident last month at RAF Fairford, an air base used by U.S. warplanes. Six previously arrested people were released on bail. President Trump and Britain's leader have said the incident has links to Iran.

A federal court hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Liberia was abruptly canceled, with no immediate reason given. Abrego Garcia, previously mistakenly deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador, had said he would be willing to go to Costa Rica instead and planned to fight deportation to Liberia in court.

Students, teachers and parents rallied Tuesday across more than 40 French cities, according to the government, as the protest movement over teacher shortages and crumbling school buildings grew. Police fired tear gas and water cannons in Paris and Marseille. Crowds, described as mainly teenagers, called for more resources and an end to what they called police repression. Hundreds have been injured and thousands arrested since protests began in late September.

The Saudi-led coalition announced on October 4 the start of a full-scale military campaign against Yemen's Houthi rebels, stating its goal is to "eliminate" the group. The offensive follows a counteroffensive by Saudi-backed forces that pushed Houthis from areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea port of Mokha. The Houthis have struck two Saudi airports and claimed attacks on oil facilities and military bases as fighting intensifies along Yemen's western coast.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two commercial vessels were hit by drones in Bulgaria's Black Sea economic zone, with one ship sinking; a rescue effort was underway and crew members were missing. It was not immediately clear where the drones originated or who was responsible. Radev called the strikes a violation of international law. The attacks come as Russia has intensified strikes in the Black Sea amid its war against Ukraine.

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party holds the top speaker post in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt's legislature, the first time a far-right party has held that position since the Nazi era. The party won last month's state election but is struggling to form a state government, marking its first attempt to lead a German regional government.

German authorities arrested August Hanning, former head of the BND foreign intelligence service, on suspicion of passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, according to the federal prosecutor's office. Treason is also suspected. Sources now agree he led the foreign, not domestic, agency. The case is described as one of the most serious breaches in the BND's history since its founding in the mid-1950s.

Kenya's first Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had lived in Congo for seven years and fell ill about a month ago, died Monday at a Nairobi hospital after traveling via Uganda, officials said. He is the first reported fatality in Kenya from the outbreak's Bundibugyo strain. Congo has recorded more than 8,000 cases and 4,114 deaths across seven provinces, and Kenya is the fourth country to confirm a case.

Police in Delhi halted a march by opposition lawmakers heading to the Election Commission on Tuesday, detaining some, as they demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Opposition leaders allege he manipulated voter rolls to favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. About 130 million people have been removed from voter rolls in a process critics call opaque, sparking nationwide protests.

Ukraine fired close to 900 drones at Russia, Russian officials said, in one of the largest such attacks on the Moscow region in years. Russian war bloggers reported the strikes killed two people and ignited a fuel hub. Russia's defense ministry said it downed nearly 900 drones. Kyiv was bracing for an expected large retaliatory aerial attack.