Saturday November 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
- Israel Defense Forces Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who served as Military Advocate General, resigns after leaking a surveillance video to the media showing the gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman detention camp in August last year. (BBC)
- 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- The Pakistani government partially reopens the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow Afghan refugees to flee home, while all remaining restrictions on cross-border movement stay banned, following an agreement to maintain a ceasefire. (AP)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- The United States threatens to carry out attacks in Nigeria due to continuous attacks against Christians by Boko Haram and ISWAP. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Four people are killed and three injured in an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle in Kfar Reman, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, officially opens to the public following long delays. (AP)
- Pope Leo XIV of the Catholic Church declares Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, one of 38, and a co-patron of Catholic education. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 23 people are killed and 11 others are injured in a fire and explosion at a Waldo's store in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. (CNN)
- A landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 21 people and leaves 30 others missing in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. (AP)
- A crowd crush at a Hindu temple in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India, kills nine people. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and two others are injured in an avalanche on the Vertainspitze mountain in the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol, Italy. (Bluewin)
Law and crime
- 2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing
- Eleven people are injured, including nine in life-threatening conditions, in a mass stabbing attack on a London North Eastern Railway passenger train in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. Two suspects are arrested. (BBC News)
- Two people are killed and six others are injured, including two suspects, in a shootout in Vorizia, Crete, Greece. Police say that it was caused by a long-standing feud between two local families. (AP)
- Smoking in the Maldives
- In the Maldives, people born since 2007 are permanently banned from buying or using tobacco, making it the first country in the world to impose a lifelong smoking ban from a certain age. (NOS)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Tanzanian general election
- Incumbent Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party is declared the winner of the general election with 97% of the vote, amidst protests by the opposition. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2025 Major League Baseball season
- 2025 World Series
- In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5–4 to win the World Series. (ESPN)
- 2025 World Series