Global News Updates Weekly Edition – October 4, 2026

Stay informed with the latest world, India, West Bengal, sports and entertainment news in one edition.

This issue covers the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq after more than two decades, Russia’s nuclear warning to NATO over Kaliningrad, severe flooding in Thailand, and the Flydubai cockpit attack in which Indian pilot Smit Machchhar helped save passengers.

India news includes Presidential approval for the UCC Bills of Gujarat and Assam, nationwide protests over electoral-roll revision, ISRO’s new space-tracking facility in Guwahati, the Andhra Pradesh pharma unit blast, and developments surrounding the One Nation, One Election proposal.

The West Bengal section highlights the Buxa Tiger Reserve’s tiger reintroduction programme, a major 790-gram brown sugar seizure in Siliguri, Kolkata Metro’s additional services ahead of Durga Puja, the reopening of the historic Sukna railway museum, and political and electoral developments across the state.

Sports & Entertainment features India’s 19-run victory over Pakistan to win Asian Games cricket gold, India women’s hockey gold after 44 years, Lovlina Borgohain’s Asian Games boxing gold, Yuzvendra Chahal’s first-class retirement, Digger, Drishyam 3, and Brazil’s 4–0 win over India in Kolkata.