Human rights groups and legal experts contend the lethal strikes against civilians outside an active battlefield violate international law and constitute unlawful extrajudicial killings.

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Ugandan forces played a key role alongside the Somali National Army in driving al-Shabab militants out of public areas and major towns, including Mogadishu

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A survivor of military atrocities filed a criminal complaint, asking Danish authorities to investigate Myanmar junta commanders for war crimes and mass arson

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on October 30, 2026 that Israeli forces squeezing Palestinians into ever-smaller areas of Gaza while destroying civilian infrastructure raises grave concerns of ethnic cleansing.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned that Israeli threats to empty and erase entire neighborhoods in Hebron raise serious concerns of ethnic cleansing.

Following an October 24, 2026 Palestinian gunmen attack that killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Hebron, Israeli military operations forcibly displaced approximately 3,000 to 3,189 residents from the Ein Deir Baha and Al-Jaladah neighborhoods.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that Israel's ongoing forcible transfer of Palestinians within the Gaza Strip constitutes a war crime that may amount to a crime against humanity.

Israeli security forces arrested at least 13 Palestinians on October 29, 2026, including three brothers and paramedic Bashar al-Qaryouti, during West Bank raids.

Nick Koumjian, head of the U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, stated that the International Court of Justice is expected to issue a judgment regarding Myanmar's 2017 Rohingya crackdown.

U.N. Special Rapporteur Kelley Currie reported on October 30, 2026, that Myanmar's military junta is intentionally attacking civilians to terrorize them and force them into submission.

In late October 2026, a Sudanese military drone strike on a busy market in Nyala, South Darfur, killed over 100 people and injured 113 others, primarily women and children.

The October 28, 2026 Myanmar airstrike in Karen State damaged two houses, one car, one motorcycle, and a long-tail boat opposite Mae Sariang district, Thailand.

Karen State village residents evacuated about five hours prior to the October 28, 2026 airstrike following warnings from Karen Brigade 5 and Karen National Union intelligence regarding aircraft movements at Taungoo airport.

Myanmar's armed forces maintain an advantage in arms and manpower by utilizing planes supplied by China and Russia to conduct unchallenged air attacks against resistance forces.

Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian oil refineries previously paused after targeting the Ryazan refinery on October 15, 2026, and an industrial facility in Surgut on October 16, 2026.

Ukrainian drone manufacturer Fire Point reported that FP-1 drones recorded numerous hits across the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery, damaging a diesel fuel hydrotreatment unit on October 30, 2026.

A Russian missile strike on Kyiv late on October 29, 2026, killed one person, while daytime attacks on two provincial Ukrainian cities killed five people.

Monitoring channel Exilenova+ reported that at least 11 fire hotspots occurred at the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery following the October 30, 2026 Ukrainian drone strike.

A Russian drone attack killed 14 people at a crowded railway station platform in Dnipro, Ukraine, on October 29, 2026.

Ukrainian forces previously struck the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery on August 22, 2026, and on April 18, 2026, forcing a temporary suspension of primary crude distillation units.

Ethiopian government forces launched a military offensive on September 23, 2026, driving back the Tigray-led rebel alliance and retaking the Tigray regional capital.