Sunday, October 18, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Deadly fire at Canada's Wainwright army base; France counts 1,800 riot arrests; Ukraine sends 1,000 drones at Russia
- Deadly fire at Canada's CFB Wainwright army base leaves multiple dead and injured; cause not yet confirmed
- Update: France wakes to looted shops and burned cars after police arrest about 1,800 in a day of riots
- Ukraine fires more than 1,000 drones at Russia, setting St. Petersburg oil terminal ablaze
- European Parliament passes first-ever resolution targeting 'Islamist entryism' and the Muslim Brotherhood
- 5 PM CTEvening Update: Carney says 4 killed in Wainwright base fire; Macron vows looters will pay as arrests near 2,400; Trump endorses Netanyahu
- Update: Carney says four Canadian service members killed, dozens hurt in Wainwright base fire
- Update: Macron says looters 'need to pay' as France's riot arrests climb to about 2,400
- Unrest spreads to Italy: Meloni condemns 'gangs of thugs' after violent protests in Milan, Bologna and Turin
- Iran says its Hormuz reopening terms still stand as Houthi-Saudi fighting escalates