Headlines for October 12, 2026

HeadingsOctober 12, 2026

Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport Kills One Person, a Day After Another Strike Killed 12 People

Oct 12, 2026

The Pentagon has when again raised its count of U.S. soldiers eliminated and injured in operations connected to the U.S. war on Iran. The Pentagon silently upgraded the figures without a public statement on Friday. The Defense Casualty Analysis System site now notes 21 service members eliminated, up from 18, and 865 injured, 98 more than in August.

This comes as 74 Democrats in Congress are pressing the Pentagon for responses about U.S. airstrikes in Iran that eliminated civilians. They’re concentrating on a September strike on a wedding event in Iran that eliminated 5 individuals, 3 grownups and 2 kids, and hurt about 70 others. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Democrats composed, “We are deeply alarmed by the ongoing pattern of civilian casualties arising from U.S. operations in the war in Iran, and the obvious absence of action and responsibility from the Department. Acknowledging such occurrences, accepting obligation, and gaining from them makes our forces more powerful, more efficient, and an example to the world. When we stop working to do so, it has the precise opposite result.”

In Gaza, 2 Palestinians were eliminated today as an Israeli drone struck cars in the southern city of Rafah. This follows an Israeli airstrike on Sunday that eliminated 3 Palestinians in a camping tent in the al-Mawasi location of Khan Younis, which Israel formerly designated as a so-called safe zone. On Saturday, different Israeli strikes eliminated a minimum of 5 Palestinians in Gaza. Those attacks began the very first anniversary of the U.S.-brokered so-called ceasefire contract. Palestinian authorities state Israel breached the offer more than 5,100 times in attacks that eliminated a minimum of 1,471 Palestinians and hurt almost 5,200 others. This is Nael al-Buhaisi, whose home was harmed in an Israeli strike.

Nael Al-Buhaisi: “Where would they go? They will remain in the streets. Where? There’s no shelter or anything. All empty locations are filled. All is filled with camping tents in the north, the south and in the middle, where we are living. We began living this disaster. There is no option left for human beings. There is no desire to deal with this circumstance that we remain in.”

Russian attacks on Ukraine eliminated a minimum of 6 civilians on Sunday, consisting of a strike on a supermarket in Kharkiv that left 3 individuals dead and 20 hurt. That followed Russian rocket strikes on southeastern Ukraine on Saturday that eliminated 20 individuals, consisting of 3 kids. Somewhere else, Russia bombed a power plant in the city of Kharkiv on Sunday, setting it on fire. The attack followed President Trump composed on his Truth Social account, “Effective instantly, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War in between Russia and Ukraine. Both celebrations have actually concurred.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the statement captured him off guard, calling it “news to me.” On Saturday, President Trump informed press reporters at the White House he believes “it’s time for Ukraine to get a brand-new president.” Trump’s remark followed the White House stated it had actually reached a handle the Kremlin to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel exports up until April, in order to lower fuel costs before the midterm elections. Speaking with ABC News, President Zelensky stated he would arrange elections and stop assaulting Russian energy websites if President Vladimir Putin consented to a 60-day ceasefire.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “Tell Putin: Give us 2 months, 60 days, of overall ceasefire, 60 days, and we will arrange elections. Obviously, we will be prepared for any option of our individuals. Precisely. … We are all set for ceasefire. We are all set to start from any type of actions of deescalation. We are prepared for energy ceasefire, not to attack energy, both sides.”

In India, demonstrations versus the conservative federal government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked Delhi over the weekend. Authorities apprehended countless individuals on Saturday, consisting of the 3 leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party, Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. Authorities had actually obstructed their flight from Mumbai to New Delhi to avoid a big presentation. A magistrate judge bought them launched Sunday on the condition that they not “breach peace” for one year. After their release, the leaders pledged to continue objecting, even as they implicated Modi’s federal government of waging war by itself people and producing an environment of worry. Today, Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition Congress Party, is leading a march towards the Supreme Court.
This is Neha Bora, the nationwide president of the All India Students’ Association.

Neha Bora: “So, I believe there is hope, which’s the only reason that individuals have the nerve to come down onto the streets now, since there is hope that not just can you battle versus these individuals who rule, who declare to rule with an iron fist– and they did guideline with an iron fist– not just can you combat them, you can likewise beat them in some method or kind. And this hope is transmittable, which is why it keeps spreading out in this whole nation. Worry is contagious, naturally, however hope is likewise transmittable.”

The Justice Department is checking out whether the 5 significant television networks that comprise the White House television press swimming pool broke federal antitrust law last month. In September, news departments at ABC CBS CNN NBC and Fox News briefly stopped their shared rotation of White House protection after CNN was pulled from an arranged task. The networks apparently learnt about the probe on Friday, when the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division corresponded requiring records of internal interactions. Last month, CNNMS NOW and Politico took legal action against over their restriction from the White House. A Trump-appointed federal judge provided a short-lived order needing the White House to restore their gain access to, with a judgment on a possible longer-lasting injunction anticipated on Tuesday.

A federal judge provided a momentary order on Friday obstructing the deportation of Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old male shot by an ICE representative on Thursday in the Marble Hill area of New York City. The order likewise forbids federal representatives from moving him to any center outside the Southern or Eastern Districts of New York or the District of New Jersey– unless the court authorizes it. Belgal lagged the wheel of his vehicle when he was shot, with his 5-year-old child in the rear seats, as plainclothes ICE representatives approached the automobile with weapons drawn.

On Saturday, numerous individuals, consisting of households and kids, rallied in Herald Square to object ICE and to require responsibility. Demonstrators marched to require an end to ICE operations in New York City and justice for immigrant households. This is a protester, Tanya Nuñez.

Tanya Nuñez: “We require responsibility. We require justice for Oscar and all victims of ICE fear. 2, determine and detain the ICE representatives associated with the shooting! That ought to have occurred on Thursday. We require these ICE representatives are jailed. That is not enough.”

In Houston, ICE representatives struck and hurt a male with their automobile on Saturday after he ranged from them on foot. An ICE representative stated representatives were attempting to stop a car bring José Mendoza Cervantes, the individual the operation was targeting, and Miguel Parra Hernández. In the video footage, the ICE lorry can be seen running over Parra Hernández. According to his legal representative, he has 2 damaged legs and was arranged to go through surgical treatment on Sunday.

Throughout a rally in Tennessee on Saturday, President Trump consistently misnamed Michigan’s Democratic Senate prospect Abdul El‑Sayed as “Mohammed,” calling him a “jihadist.”

President Donald Trump: “Like Mohammed El-Sayed– I call him Mohammed. Someone stated, ‘His name isn’t Mohammed; it’s Abdul.’ I stated, ‘To me, it’s Mohammed.’ I’m the president. I can call him whatever the hell I desire. To me, he’s Mohammed, and he’s an extreme jihadist.”

Abdul El-Sayed reacted to the attacks by stating, “He understands my name is Abdul. He states it every day. He’s not simply assaulting me. He’s assaulting everybody.”

In Tennessee, Christa Pike was released from a medical facility on Saturday and returned to death row at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville. Pike made it through 2 dosages of pentobarbital suggested to eliminate her at a messed up execution effort on September 30. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has actually held off executions through completion of the year, pending an examination; he has actually not reacted to calls from Christa Pike’s attorneys to commute her sentence from death to life in jail. If he takes no action before leaving workplace on January 16, the choice will be up to the victor of Tennessee’s gubernatorial race in November. Democrat Jerri Green has actually required a moratorium on executions, while Republican prospect and existing U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn composed, “The response is easy: revive the electrical chair and provide justice for these victims promptly.”

The Trump administration put sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, simply hours after a previous ICC judge, Navi Pillay, was granted the Nobel Peace Prize. The court condemned the sanctions and advised its 125 member states to come to its defense. The U.S. has actually currently approved 17 ICC judges and authorities. Click on this link to see our interview about Navi Pillay, the brand-new Nobel Peace Prize winner.

President Trump designated conservative analyst Katie Zacharia to work as White House press secretary, changing Karoline Leavitt. Zacharia has actually spread out anti-abortion disinformation, consisting of a conspiracy theory connecting the abortion tablet mifepristone to Nazi Germany. In a November 2025 post on X, Zacharia wrongly declared mifepristone is “linked to the maker of the fatal gas Zyklon B.” Zacharia is a previous Department of Homeland Security representative and existing advisor to Trump Media & & Technology Group.