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1. Insurers have paid just 4 percent of Bhotekoshi flood claims Kathmandu Post · 28 Oct 2026

   Payouts total Rs821.39 million against Rs20.9 billion in claims nearly two months after the disaster, with the final bill expected to rise.

2. Tinubu’s burden, Atiku’s opportunity: The road to 2027, By Adnan Mukhtar Premium Times · 28 Oct 2026

   Even the governors and National Assembly candidates of the APC are doing their posters alone without attaching the picture of Tinubu to these. Go through the billboards in the North, and you’ll notice that attaching Tinubu’s picture to your poster will create enmity for you and make you unpopular.…

3. Awujale: Abiodun urges patience, promises peaceful succession process Punch · 28 Oct 2026

   Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has urged the people of Ijebuland to remain patient and support a peaceful Awujale succession process. Read More: https://punchng.com/awujale-abiodun-urges-patience-promises-peaceful-succession-process/

4. Madrid apologise to Chinese people over Mbappé’s comments Punch · 28 Oct 2026

   Real Madrid have apologised to the Chinese people over recent remarks made by their forward, Kylian Mbappé, which reportedly caused offence. Read More: https://punchng.com/madrid-apologise-to-chinese-people-over-mbappes-comments/

5. Serbian police kill attacker outside Israeli embassy Punch · 28 Oct 2026

   Serbian police have killed a knife-wielding attacker outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade in what the interior minister called a ‘terrorist attack’. Read More: https://punchng.com/serbian-police-kill-attacker-outside-israeli-embassy/

6. At least 10 dead in collision of two high-speed trains in Spain Euronews · 28 Oct 2026

   The accident occurred at 8:54 a.m. near Urda. Two carriages derailed and plunged down an embankment, while rail traffic between Madrid and Andalusia was halted in both directions.

7. 8 Most Amazing Sci-Fi Movies Ever Made, Ranked Collider · 28 Oct 2026

   Science fiction has made me deeply suspicious of people who have an immediate answer to everything. Ask whether a machine can love, whether a memory makes you human, or whether civilization deserves to survive, and somebody will confidently settle the matter in thirty seconds. I want to drag that…

8. Qatari mediators present peace deal to Iran in mediation effort, official says Jerusalem Post · 28 Oct 2026

   There were concerns ahead of Sunday's meeting in Tehran that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu could resume attacks on the Islamic Republic this week, the official added.

9. Netanyahu bloc leads as Israeli votes counted, but no majority Al-Monitor · 28 Oct 2026

   The camp of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ahead of his rival's opposition bloc but still short of a majority on Wednesday after two-thirds of the votes were counted in Israel's pivotal general election. Voters turned out in the highest numbers in decades to give their verdict on Netanyahu…

10. '44 minutes before rescuers reached her': Families view footage of foreign Itaewon victims' last moments Korea Times · 28 Oct 2026

    Families of foreign victims of the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush watched second-by-second footage of their loved ones’ final moments and said the recordings showed too few police officers at the scene and a rescue response that came too late. “Yesterday was a difficult day for me. I watched my sister’s…