Solar eruptions on Oct. 6 set off a geomagnetic storm watch and aurora forecasts across most of Canada, and searches for the northern lights are trending nationwide.

Iran’s foreign minister offered to broker talks with the Houthis in a call with his Saudi counterpart, a day after the deadliest strike on a Gulf airport since the war began.

European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Oct. 15 and 16 to discuss energy prices, the 2028-2034 budget, Ukraine, Montenegro’s accession and Middle East shipping security.

The SIU found no grounds to charge a Toronto officer who fired a less-lethal shotgun at a man inside Scarborough Centenary Hospital in June.

Canada’s banking regulator says frontier AI is speeding up cyberattacks and concentrating risk in a few providers, while calling resilience a competitive advantage.

China froze assets and barred two Latin American ministers on Oct. 12, two days after Taiwan’s National Day, citing opposition to Taiwan independence.

Hurricane Simon weakened to a Category 3 storm on Oct. 11 while moving along Mexico’s Pacific coast, flooding Manzanillo as ports and airports closed.

Four Republican and three Democratic senators said Congress banned Russian energy imports in 2022 and demanded the White House reverse its diesel deal with Moscow.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao urged crypto holders to match security to their holdings after a reported $86-million hardware wallet theft linked to a Ledger reseller.