https://wildroot.io/c/world-news/Today’s top posts about World news, ranked by Wildroot’s own model.enThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:35:39 +0000https://bsky.app/profile/paultlevin.bsky.social/post/3mxe7xcd7x22gat://did:plc:o4kpkbkc4x5eq5kp76jl67x2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe7xcd7x22g@paultlevin.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:13:09 +0000Yesterday was Vladimir Putin’s birthday. He got two gifts: His forces killed five children in Ukraine (including three one-year-old-boys) for a total of at least 32 dead, and his friend Donald Trump called him, to congratulate, one presumes.https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/117404261426103855https://dair-community.social/users/ZekuZelalem/statuses/117404261426103855@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:07:40 +0000Eritrean soldiers fought alongside the Ethiopian army from 2020-2022 against the same Tigrayan rebels they are now suddenly allied with, committing some of the conflict's worst atrocities against Tigrayan civilians including gang rapes, massacres and ethnic cleansing (which I documented for VICE in 2021 see link) Now they are back, having switched sides. Why? Because there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. War...is...vile. vice.com/en/article/they-start…https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3mxee2xnoac2eat://did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxee2xnoac2e@youranoncentral.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:26:47 +0000Russian forces deliberately bombed civilian passenger buses in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing 30 people and injuring 18 others. The dead and wounded lay scattered across the streets as emergency medical teams raced to save lives, themselves exposed to the threat of further Russian strikes.https://universeodon.com/@somegeektoldme/117397671802183771https://universeodon.com/users/somegeektoldme/statuses/117397671802183771@somegeektoldme@universeodon.comWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 04:11:50 +0000Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the Gaza War. Casualties of the war amount to at least 881 Israeli civilians and 1,154 Israeli security forces have been killed with over 82,000 Palestinian civilians, including over 20,000 children and over 270 journalists. #FactsMatter #Gazahttps://bsky.app/profile/davetait.bsky.social/post/3mxcfmj4qgs2wat://did:plc:hqek5tdjqvkfjnq2efwoo77j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcfmj4qgs2w@davetait.bsky.socialWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 16:49:10 +0000Russia is continuing its attacks on Ukrainian book publishing, captured so well in the story from just a few days ago. "The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." (Marcus Aurelius)https://mastodon.xyz/@rms/117398922546297875https://mastodon.xyz/users/rms/statuses/117398922546297875@rms@mastodon.xyzWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:29:55 +0000[2/3] perpetrators to whitewash their crime by suggesting that the victims are mere dirt. But I have not found a good replacement term. All Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory violate international law. Israel divides them into two categories: the ones Israel has officially authorized, and the ones it has not (though in practice it winks at them anyway). I am not sure whether "illegal" here covers all of these colonies or only the ones Israel has not officially authorized. Thehttps://bsky.app/profile/zekuzelalem.bsky.social/post/3mxdy7qirqs2sat://did:plc:fl7as2spyydk2hb3btjkpt5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdy7qirqs2s@zekuzelalem.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:54:42 +0000After the Ethiopian army's push into Tigray and capture of Mekele, Eritrean soldiers have now unsurprisingly intervened on behalf of the Ethiopian rebel alliance. Ethiopia responded by attacking them with drones near the border town of Zalambessa. Reporting by my good friend Yemane Nagish.https://hoosier.social/@iryna/117403241126547184https://hoosier.social/users/iryna/statuses/117403241126547184@iryna@hoosier.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 03:48:11 +000020 dead in Pryluky, in one apartment building. 5 children, three were just one year old. russians has been attacking civilians in Ukraine nonstop since 2022 and the amount of grief they have caused is immeasurable. No amount of time is going to allow me to forgive what they have done to my people. Murderers, every one of them. Every mother that birthed a russian soldier is a murderer to me.https://bsky.app/profile/thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social/post/3mxdksewv5s2lat://did:plc:cyy3irakdgdbhcdtd4ik6aro/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdksewv5s2l@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 03:54:35 +0000Vietnam: COVID-19 killed over 32,000 people and left 4,400 children orphaned. Children who lost their parents are rebuilding their lives at HOPE School, which provides care, education and a safe home as they cope with grief, overcome trauma and learn to move forward after loss.https://mas.to/@StephenRees/117401008072876815https://mas.to/users/StephenRees/statuses/117401008072876815@StephenRees@mas.toWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 18:20:17 +0000Today in The Conversation Canada, Jeremy Wildeman of Carleton University and Aisha Ahmad of the University of Toronto explain that while a U.S. military strike on its northern neighbour sounds like an extreme “tail-risk” scenario, Prime Minister Mark Carney and top defence officials aren’t taking any chances. With the Canadian Armed Forces expanding reserve forces to 400,000 for homeland defence, Ottawa is actively scenario-planning for the unthinkable. From Ukraine’s high-tech asymmetric warfare to Iran’s strategic denial and the grim realities of insurgency, Wildeman and Ahmad delve into precisely how a mid-sized nation can deter a superpower. theconversation.com/how-canada…https://bsky.app/profile/liselatulippe.bsky.social/post/3mxcw2ewt2k2vat://did:plc:nwohato66ne5f5jg7bdyglsd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcw2ewt2k2v@liselatulippe.bsky.socialWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:43:15 +0000The biggest losses from the war are drones. The latest report shows that 45 $30 to $50M MQ-9 Reaper drones have been destroyed in the fighting. By May, the usable fleet-which is supposed2have a minimum of 189 at all times-had already dropped to 135, AFT reported. l.smartnews.com/p-8DDuXV4I/b...https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/117400447749511782https://journa.host/users/ScottLucas/statuses/117400447749511782@ScottLucas@journa.hostWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:57:48 +0000Now and Then: The 11-Year-Old Forced to Lie About #Assad Deadly Chlorine Attack Near #Damascus (Chloe Hadjimatheou) #Douma #HasanDiab #Syria #SyriaWarCrimes (h/t The Observer) eaworldview.com/2026/10/assad-…https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mxeclwuqok2zat://did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeclwuqok2z@chadbourn.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:29 +0000Using phone calls, travel movements and location data, Der Spiegel has traced the recent drone attack on a German airport back to the elite SSD unit of the Russian military intelligence service GRU. When are the authorities going to start saying we’re at war and have been for a long time?https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa/117396999430581884https://mastodon.scot/users/bodhipaksa/statuses/117396999430581884@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scotWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 01:20:50 +0000It looks like Putin is attacking cargo ships in NATO members' territorial waters. I'm curious what his plan is. Create a supply-chain crisis by making ships stay in port? Try to convince Nato countries that it will be damaging for them if they continue to support Ukraine? Create tensions in Nato as they argue about how/whether to respond? Provoke a military response so that the Russian people rally round? Go out in a blaze of glory? All of the above?https://bsky.app/profile/angel-shalagina.bsky.social/post/3mxdtb53vtk2aat://did:plc:vw2etn54x7fz4rc7q3md4qo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdtb53vtk2a@angel-shalagina.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:26:00 +0000🕯 22 lives stolen by russia in Pryluky, Ukraine. Among them, five children 54 others were injured, including seven children. Rescuers are still searching through the rubble And in Kyiv, another russian drone struck an apartment building, killing two people and injuring four, including two childrenhttps://mas.to/@CiaoBruno/117403519641447161https://mas.to/users/CiaoBruno/statuses/117403519641447161@CiaoBruno@mas.toWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 04:59:01 +0000Yes, Hamas did terrible things on 10/7 and yes, the Israeli government has done far worse. The Hannibal Protocol, the coverup, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. newscord.org/editorials/octobe…https://bsky.app/profile/jjjcameron.bsky.social/post/3mxea2qx4cs2cat://did:plc:bjjfwpjjph5zwq5dqf4qvryp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxea2qx4cs2c@jjjcameron.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:15:05 +0000Drone-enabled counterforce strikes against strategic bombers is now something that US, Russia, China have to take seriously. Bombers are vulnerable, esp without hard shelters, and their relatively limited numbers mean that a successful strike against even one base can have a big impact.https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/117398065861695804https://mastodon.ie/users/EugeneMcParland/statuses/117398065861695804@EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ieWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 05:52:03 +0000Debates about defense innovation in Washington and Brussels often trail what is already happening on Ukraine’s front line. The Arsenal helps close that gap. Sign up for a free "Center for European Policy Analysis" newsletter: arsenal.eu/c/about-us?modal=si…https://bsky.app/profile/uniofbathipr.bsky.social/post/3mxe67lvtns2zat://did:plc:qh223c3e2c6fpxmje22qbdle/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe67lvtns2z@uniofbathipr.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +0000In this new article, Professor David Galbreath at the @uniofbath.bsky.social examines the divergence between US and Ukrainian strategic priorities over attacks on Russian infrastructure.https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/117400052745810930https://mastodon.social/users/hanse_mina/statuses/117400052745810930@hanse_mina@mastodon.socialWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 14:17:20 +0000Bank of Finland analysts report that Russian economic growth is concentrated in war-related sectors. Since early 2022, defense and security industries have been grown strong, but non-war sectors showed minimal growth. bofit.fi/en/forecasting/latest… #Ukraine #Russiahttps://bsky.app/profile/manucleardevice.bsky.social/post/3mxd5r5jkl22uat://did:plc:mzhefy4tpqx7twlk2sq46gom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd5r5jkl22u@manucleardevice.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:01:15 +00002023 was the deadliest year for Palestinians PRIOR to Oct 7. 2022 was a mass escalation. Oh and let’s not forget 75 years since the Nakbahttps://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/117400693368023573https://newsie.social/users/ZhiZhu/statuses/117400693368023573@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:15 +0000"When the soldiers were eventually evacuated, they were strapped to the floor of a cargo plane & taken to Germany. When the group arrived, ...he learned that the #military had not documented them as wounded in combat, so they would not receive medical treatment at Landstuhl... 👉“Never did I think that if I was wounded that these things would happen,” said Bearman. “Some sacred trust that I thought would never be broken was broken.”👈 newrepublic.com/post/216274/so… #Trump #Iran #War #News #US #USAhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbymartin0.bsky.social/post/3mxd664gexs2dat://did:plc:bu26nkqkp2yaw7q6ylthrqsb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd664gexs2d@abbymartin0.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:08:30 +0000Never forget what happened years before October 7: Israel’s response to Gaza’s peaceful Great March of Return was to mass murder hundreds of protesters - including the targeted killing of medics, journalists, disabled people & childrenhttps://mastodon.datamancy.net/@rss_abc_tas/117401543075855830https://mastodon.datamancy.net/ap/users/116897995528350812/statuses/117401543075855830@rss_abc_tas@mastodon.datamancy.netWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 20:36:21 +0000Three years after October 7, much of Gaza is in ruins Three years after the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on October 7, much of Gaza lies in ruins. ABC News · Tasmania abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/thr… #News #Tasmaniahttps://bsky.app/profile/starsandstripes.bsky.social/post/3mxedtiaf422fat://did:plc:y5t3tgyytllqmju25v3s4ejs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxedtiaf422f@starsandstripes.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:22:36 +0000NATO’s military buildup hasn’t stopped Moscow from attacking the alliance in the shadows, exposing a deterrence gap that won’t close until the Kremlin begins paying a price for its provocations, a new analysis argues.https://mas.to/@therightarticle/117398109142245728https://mas.to/users/therightarticle/statuses/117398109142245728@therightarticle@mas.toWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 06:03:03 +0000How ‘Never Again’ Lost Meaning in Gaza counterpunch.org/2026/10/07/ho…https://bsky.app/profile/ps9714.bsky.social/post/3mxcva3ndqs2zat://did:plc:54sd6bipe7inusth2cgvlcc4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcva3ndqs2z@ps9714.bsky.socialWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:28:33 +0000#Israel’s military campaign in #Gaza has killed 74,245 #Palestinians in three years, Gaza’s health ministry says. “There is a #ceasefire in name only,” said a senior policy fellow with the #European #Council on Foreign Relations.https://mastodon.social/@rvps2001/117404092305218017https://mastodon.social/users/rvps2001/statuses/117404092305218017@rvps2001@mastodon.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:24:39 +0000No Safe Haven: How #Iran And #Russia Target Exile Enemies 🇨🇳🇮🇷🇷🇺 "China, Iran, Russia are among the top 10 perpetrators of transnational repression according to our data. China by far outstrips all other governments," head of research and analysis at Washington-based Freedom House told RFE/RL. "Of those three, Russia is by far the most violent in terms of assassinations and assaults." rferl.org/a/iran-russia-target…https://bsky.app/profile/kathylove.bsky.social/post/3mxe4mr7alk2pat://did:plc:h4ogrx64uc2lajjqxsbdi7d5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe4mr7alk2p@kathylove.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:13:34 +0000Well worth reading David’s trenchant and realistic take on current UK/EU talks. They are not a high priority for the EU, which will naturally protect its and its members’ interests, so while there is no animosity toward the UK, the UK should not expect either immediate attention or any special deal.https://mastodon.datamancy.net/@rss_cgtn_world/117397420478452409https://mastodon.datamancy.net/ap/users/116899913483622357/statuses/117397420478452409@rss_cgtn_world@mastodon.datamancy.netWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 03:07:55 +0000Lithuanian parliament backs lifting nuclear weapons ban Lithuania's parliament has backed a constitutional amendment that would remove a ban on the… CGTN · China news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-06/… #News #Chinahttps://bsky.app/profile/ukraineworld.bsky.social/post/3mxeb3ahvx22fat://did:plc:ebhncaruvmfkvumsygog2qpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeb3ahvx22f@ukraineworld.bsky.socialWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:33:15 +0000Kyiv: 3 people have been killed and 14 injured in the capital since the beginning of October 8. 8 of those injured are currently receiving treatment in city hospitals. 2 of them are in serious condition.https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117398958860953629https://mastodon.me.uk/users/PoliceStateUK/statuses/117398958860953629@PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.ukWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:39:09 +0000“But #Russia consistently chooses terror and sinking civilian vessels instead of normal maritime navigation. Pressure is needed to restore global food security.” #Politics #Ukraine #NATO arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/1…https://mastodon.scot/@tompearce49/117404258030420345https://mastodon.scot/users/tompearce49/statuses/117404258030420345@tompearce49@mastodon.scotWorld newsThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:06:48 +0000A position with which I agree unequivocally: "Khem Rogaly, the co-director of the organisation, and also a co-author, said: “The billions of pounds Britain wastes on global military deployments every year symbolise its destructive, outdated foreign policy. “Britain should end its support for these attempts at global policing. Instead, it should focus its military resources on defence and its public investment on health, housing and the climate emergency.”" theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/o…https://mastodon.world/@ifeanyiuddin/117398092567071548https://mastodon.world/users/ifeanyiuddin/statuses/117398092567071548@ifeanyiuddin@mastodon.worldWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 05:58:50 +0000Surely, it cannot be that difficult for Russia to properly explain the circumstances of Darya Shipilova's death?https://spore.social/@antidotezine/117401692763904361https://spore.social/users/antidotezine/statuses/117401692763904361@antidotezine@spore.socialWorld newsWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:14:25 +0000New on The Fire These Times dot com: human-made transcript of a March 2026 conversation Elia @ayoub had with Justin Salhani and Lina Mounzer about the situation on the ground in Lebanon at the outset of the US/Israeli war's return there. thefirethesetimes.com/2026/03/… It's a good conversation to revisit six months later. None of the violence, occupation, desperation, or resistance they discuss has stopped.