https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-kherson-shumenskyi-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/og/kherson-shumenskyi-2026-10-17.pngKherson residential block, 17 October 2026Damaged apartment building in Kherson. The frame does not show people. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-centcom-gulf-oman-dhow-2026-10-062026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/centcom-gulf-oman-dhow-2026-10-06.pngField footage: Gulf of Oman dhow strikeNo still is held. The source is a U.S. Central Command post. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-nato-cold-response-2026-03-122026-03-24 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngNATO Cold Response exercise, northern NorwayNo still is held. The source is an official NATO video page. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-soyuz-plesetsk-2024-02-092024-02-09 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngSoyuz-2.1v launch from Plesetsk, 2024No still is held. The source is a ministry video page dated 9 February 2024. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-cvn-79-f-35c-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngFirst F-35C landing on CVN 79No still is held. The Navy photo is linked from DVIDS and is not rehosted. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-crs-35-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngNASA CRS-35 resupply launchNo still is held. The source is the NASA release. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-caribbean-tda-vessel-2025-09-022025-09-02 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/caribbean-drug-boat-2025-09-02.pngCaribbean drug-boat strike, 2 September 2025No still is held. The source is a White House statement. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-rivne-rescue-2026-07-292026-07-29 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/rivne-rescue-2026-07-29.pngRivne rescue, 29 July 2026No still is held. The source is a State Emergency Service report. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-mod-msta-s-2023-03-212023-03-21 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mod-msta-s-2023-03-21.pngRussian MoD: Msta-S howitzers, 21 March 2023No still is held. The source is a Russian Ministry of Defence page. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-kismayo-amisom-2013-07-152013-07-22 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/kismayo-amisom-2013-07-15.pngKismayo patrol archive, 15 July 2013No still is held. The source is a UN Audiovisual Library record. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-saps-meadowlands-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-meadowlands-2026-10-16.pngSAPS Meadowlands laboratory, 16 October 2026No still is held. The source is a South African Police Service newsroom listing. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-afp-bajo-de-masinloc-2025-08-272025-08-27 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/afp-bajo-de-masinloc-2025-08-27.pngAFP patrol east of Bajo de Masinloc, 2025No still is held. The source is an Armed Forces of the Philippines news page. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-talisman-sabre-2025-07-232025-07-24 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/talisman-sabre-2025-07-23.pngTalisman Sabre 25 capabilities videoNo still is held. The source is a DVIDS video page. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-rio-operacao-contencao-2025-08-132025-08-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/rio-contencao-2025-08-13.pngRio Operação Contenção, 13 August 2025No still is held. The source is a civil police release. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-nasa-crew-13-2026-10-012026-10-01 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/crew-13-2026-10-01.pngNASA Crew-13 launch, 1 October 2026No still is held. The source is the NASA release. https://exeindex.com/footage/footage-zaporizhzhia-aftermath-2026-03-112026-03-11 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/zaporizhzhia-2026-03-11.pngZaporizhzhia strike aftermath, 11 March 2026No still is held. The source is a National Police of Ukraine report. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-australianarmy-boxer-block2-crv-exercise-diamond-run-shoalwater-bay-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/australianarmy-boxer-block2-crv-exercise-diamond-run-shoalwater-bay-2026-10-20.webpAustralian Army Boxer Block II reconnaissance vehicles in Exercise Diamond RunText poster only. The source photos show camouflage-netted eight-wheeled Boxer armoured vehicles on a dirt track through dry eucalyptus bush, a soldier silhouetted against a bright flare at night, and a soldier with night-vision goggles and a rifle among trees at dusk. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cga-ccg-3102-dark-ship-pratas-restricted-waters-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/cga-ccg-3102-dark-ship-pratas-restricted-waters-2026-10-20.webpTaiwan coast guard photographs China Coast Guard ship 3102 off PratasText poster only. The source photo shows a CGA officer on Taichung watching the white ship on the horizon, with CGA's own Chinese labels. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cjfc-coalition-riyadh-missile-launcher-strike-video-yemen-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/cjfc-coalition-riyadh-missile-launcher-strike-video-yemen-2026-10-20.webpSaudi-led coalition video of strike on launcher of missile fired at RiyadhText poster only. The source video shows a black-and-white overhead sensor view with a crosshair over rocky desert terrain and a road, then dark explosions and smoke clouds rising from the ground, with Arabic captions and the Joint Forces emblem. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-col-ejercito-panamericana-600kg-explosive-charge-neutralized-cauca-2026-10-192026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/col-ejercito-panamericana-600kg-explosive-charge-neutralized-cauca-2026-10-19.webpColombian Army neutralizes 600 kg explosive charge under Pan-American Highway in CaucaText poster only. The source photos show a soldier in a bulky bomb-disposal suit kneeling behind a shield on a winding mountain road with a tracked robot ahead of him, a soldier crouched inside a concrete culvert under the road, and five armed soldiers standing on the highway beside three large metal gas cylinders, with green hills behind them. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-defenceaust-himars-14-regt-first-overseas-keris-woomera-indonesia-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/defenceaust-himars-14-regt-first-overseas-keris-woomera-indonesia-2026-10-20.webpAustralian Army HIMARS deploy overseas for the first time, to Exercise Keris Woomera in IndonesiaText poster only. The source photos show two olive-green HIMARS rocket launcher trucks on an airport apron next to a grey RAAF C-130J transport with its ramp down, an Australian soldier in camouflage and face covering holding a rifle in the foreground, Indonesian soldiers standing guard, and a launcher viewed from inside the aircraft's lit cargo bay. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-defenceaust-uh60m-black-hawks-helicon-luk-png-highlands-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/defenceaust-uh60m-black-hawks-helicon-luk-png-highlands-2026-10-20.webpAustralian Army UH-60M Black Hawks fly PNG highlands on first overseas deploymentText poster only. The source photos show a dark green Black Hawk helicopter parked on a grassy ridge top with misty mountain ranges behind it, a Black Hawk on a dirt highland airstrip, a wide view of a steep green ridge, and a helmeted crew member in camouflage standing in front of a crowd of local residents. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-guardiacivil-almeria-arrests-jette-police-officer-killing-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/guardiacivil-almeria-arrests-jette-police-officer-killing-2026-10-20.webpGuardia Civil video of Almería arrests over Brussels police officer's killingText poster only. The source video shows Guardia Civil officers in helmets and green uniforms entering an apartment building door beside parked cars, rooms of a flat being searched with sofa cushions and a bed base lifted, and officers walking a handcuffed man along a street, with Guardia Civil and Belgian Police logos. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-japan-js-plan-jiangkai2-ffg532-osumi-strait-2026-10-192026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/japan-js-plan-jiangkai2-ffg532-osumi-strait-2026-10-19.webpJapan's Joint Staff photographs Chinese frigate 532 heading through the Osumi StraitGrey Chinese navy frigate in side view on deep blue sea, with hull number 532 on the bow, a helicopter deck marked with a circle at the stern, radar domes and a mast flying a red Chinese flag, and white wake at the stern. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-japan-js-plan-luyang3-ddg121-fuyu-aoe901-osumi-strait-2026-10-172026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/japan-js-plan-luyang3-ddg121-fuyu-aoe901-osumi-strait-2026-10-17.webpJapan's Joint Staff photographs Chinese destroyer 121 and supply ship 901 near Osumi StraitGrey Chinese navy destroyer in side view on choppy grey-blue sea, with hull number 121 on the bow, a helicopter deck at the stern, radar domes and a tall mast flying a red Chinese flag, and white wake along its side. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mindefensa-quibdo-clan-del-golfo-illegal-mining-dredges-destroyed-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mindefensa-quibdo-clan-del-golfo-illegal-mining-dredges-destroyed-2026-10-20.webpColombian forces disable 14 illegal mining units tied to Clan del Golfo near QuibdóText poster only. The source video shows aerial footage over dense green jungle with muddy, cleared mining pits and wooden dredge rigs, Spanish captions with the operation's results, a dredge on fire at ground level, and the Ministry of Defence logo. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mod-ua-92nd-brigade-first-drone-evacuation-wounded-soldier-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mod-ua-92nd-brigade-first-drone-evacuation-wounded-soldier-2026-10-20.webpUkraine MoD video of a wounded soldier evacuated from the front by droneText poster only. The source video shows a drone operator at screens in a dugout, a bearded soldier in camouflage clipped into a harness hanging from a large multirotor drone, the drone's camera view over a dirt road, and the soldier suspended beneath the drone in flight over a field. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mod-ua-bm30-smerch-reload-vehicle-drone-strike-kherson-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mod-ua-bm30-smerch-reload-vehicle-drone-strike-kherson-2026-10-20.webpUkraine's Defence Ministry video of drone strike on Russian BM-30 Smerch and reload vehicleText poster only. The source video shows grey overhead drone views with green crosshairs over a road and a vehicle under trees, yellow ministry graphic cards of a Smerch launcher and a reload truck with dollar values, a quadcopter carrying a bomb, smoke clouds where vehicles were struck, a thermal ground view of a wrecked launcher under a metal frame, and a burning-launcher illustration. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-natomarcom-italian-f35b-long-range-missions-neptune-strike-26-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/natomarcom-italian-f35b-long-range-missions-neptune-strike-26-2026-10-20.webpItalian Navy and Air Force F-35Bs fly long-range missions in NATO's Neptune Strike 26Text poster only. The source photos show an aircraft carrier glowing orange at sunset with two Harrier jets and a grey F-35B flying low above it, an F-35B lifting off a carrier's ski-jump ramp, a deck crew member in a helmet signalling to a parked F-35B under storm clouds, and four F-35Bs flying in formation beside a carrier on dark blue sea. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nigerian-navy-ndlea-warri-joint-drug-raids-10-arrests-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/nigerian-navy-ndlea-warri-joint-drug-raids-10-arrests-2026-10-20.webpNigerian Navy and NDLEA arrest 10 suspects in joint drug raids in WarriText poster only. The source photos show officers in NDLEA jackets and Navy uniforms at roadside market stalls, a group of detained men seated on a floor, a sack and a clay pot of dried plant material, a blue drum of dark liquid, and scattered sachets on the ground, with GPS-camera date stamps. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-npu-chabany-highway-drone-strike-aftermath-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/npu-chabany-highway-drone-strike-aftermath-2026-10-20.webpBurned car on the Kyiv-Odesa highway after a drone strike near ChabanyPhoto released Oct 20, 2026 by the National Police of Ukraine: a burned-out car on the Kyiv-Odesa highway near Chabany after what Ukrainian officials say was a Russian drone strike that killed three people and injured four. Emergency workers stand in the background. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-npu-sbu-kyiv-tcc-terror-plot-suspects-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/npu-sbu-kyiv-tcc-terror-plot-suspects-2026-10-20.webpUkrainian police and SBU expose alleged plot to attack a Kyiv enlistment officeNight street photo: two police officers in black jackets marked 'ПОЛІЦІЯ' stand beside a man in a dark jacket whose face is blurred, next to a dark sedan with a blurred number plate, with lit high-rise apartment blocks behind them and a National Police of Ukraine watermark. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nzdf-adf-exercise-safe-step-eod-waiouru-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/nzdf-adf-exercise-safe-step-eod-waiouru-2026-10-20.webpNZ and Australian ammunition technicians train to clear unexploded ordnance at WaiouruText poster only. The source photos show gloved hands in camouflage sleeves fitting a detonator into olive-drab demolition charges taped together in the back of a vehicle, and technicians sweeping rough ground with handheld metal detectors. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-saps-hawks-white-river-live-pangolin-sting-five-arrests-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-hawks-white-river-live-pangolin-sting-five-arrests-2026-10-20.webpHawks seize a live pangolin and arrest five in White River stingText poster only. The source photo shows a pangolin curled into a ball of brown overlapping scales, its tail wrapped around it, on the rubber floor mat of a vehicle's rear compartment next to a blue plastic water bowl. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-saps-middelburg-n4-dagga-r12m-bribery-arrests-2026-10-192026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-middelburg-n4-dagga-r12m-bribery-arrests-2026-10-19.webpSAPS photos of 1,680 kg dagga seizure and bribery arrests on the N4 near MiddelburgText poster only. The source photos show dozens of yellow-green compressed bags piled on a road at night beside a white box truck under street lights, rows of banknotes laid out on a wooden table, a white hatchback parked at night, and a second table of banknotes. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-southcom-jtfb-ch47-chinook-los-nopos-panama-earthquake-relief-2026-10-162026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/southcom-jtfb-ch47-chinook-los-nopos-panama-earthquake-relief-2026-10-16.webpJoint Task Force-Bravo CH-47 Chinook lands at Los Ñopos in Panama quake reliefText poster only. The source photo shows a tan twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook helicopter with its rotors turning, set down on a grassy green hillside under a blue sky with white clouds, and a service member in uniform walking across the slope toward it. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-spacex-bandwagon5-liftoff-video-2026-10-202026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/spacex-bandwagon5-liftoff-video-2026-10-20.webpSpaceX video: Falcon 9 lifts off on the Bandwagon-5 rideshareText poster only (no source pixels). Links to SpaceX's official liftoff video on X of the Falcon 9 Bandwagon-5 rideshare launch. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-uscg-winslow-griesser-489lb-cocaine-go-fast-interdiction-puerto-rico-2026-10-102026-10-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/uscg-winslow-griesser-489lb-cocaine-go-fast-interdiction-puerto-rico-2026-10-10.webpCoast Guard cutter seizes 489 pounds of cocaine from go-fast boat off Puerto RicoText poster only. The source photos show a small white open boat with an outboard motor lit at night with wrapped packages on board, a black-and-white infrared aerial view of two boats side by side, and rows of blurred rectangular bricks laid out on a cutter's deck beside crew members. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-col-ejercito-eln-drone-operator-capture-pailitas-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/col-ejercito-eln-drone-operator-capture-pailitas-2026-10-19.webpColombian Army captures alleged ELN drone operator 'El Compita' in PailitasText poster only. The source video shows a night operation on a town street: soldiers in camouflage and police in yellow vests escort men whose faces are pixelated from a house to vehicles with flashing lights. A release photo shows three detainees with pixelated faces behind a table of seized items, including a pistol, grenades, a drone and an ELN flag. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-col-ejercito-uh60-black-hawk-crash-inza-injured-evacuation-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/col-ejercito-uh60-black-hawk-crash-inza-injured-evacuation-2026-10-19.webpColombian Army video of injured soldiers' evacuation after UH-60 Black Hawk crash in InzáText poster only. The source video shows a soldier in camouflage and a helmet standing in the foreground of an airfield apron, with two dark green Black Hawk helicopters, groups of soldiers and low buildings among trees behind him, and ends on the army's crest on a dark red background. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-jaxa-h3-f10-mmx-launch-broadcast-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/jaxa-h3-f10-mmx-launch-broadcast-2026-10-19.webpJAXA live broadcast: H3 flight 10 launches the MMX probe to PhobosText poster only (no source pixels). Links to JAXA's official English YouTube live broadcast of the H3 flight 10 launch of the MMX spacecraft. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-kpszsu-cockpit-air-target-destroyed-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/kpszsu-cockpit-air-target-destroyed-2026-10-19.webpUkrainian Air Force cockpit video: 'another air target destroyed'Text poster only. The source video is a wide-angle fighter-cockpit view: blue sky and the curve of the horizon over the canopy frame, a white missile smoke trail climbing away, a small brown burst in the sky ahead, and the helmeted pilot at the controls. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mindefensa-policia-cartagena-port-cocaine-panela-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mindefensa-policia-cartagena-port-cocaine-panela-2026-10-19.webpColombian police seize 7.6 tonnes of cocaine mixed with panela at Cartagena portText poster only. The source video shows long rows of white sacks on pallets in a port warehouse, police officers opening cardboard boxes packed with green packets, a hand holding an opened packet of tan powder, and captions about the panela concealment and a 70.08% cocaine concentration, ending on the Ministry of Defence logo. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nswpf-broken-hill-firearms-drugs-seized-2026-10-162026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/nswpf-broken-hill-firearms-drugs-seized-2026-10-16.webpNSW Police show improvised gun and drugs seized in Broken HillText poster only. The release photo shows items on a blue-covered table: a black pistol, a small torch, an open black safe with a keypad, zip-lock bags and wraps of white powder, an open digital scale and a cup, under a banner reading 'Man charged with firearms, drug offences in Broken Hill'. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nzdf-usv-tahi-rua-fiji-eez-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/nzdf-usv-tahi-rua-fiji-eez-2026-10-19.webpNew Zealand Navy drone boats watch maritime traffic around FijiText poster only. The source video's cover frame shows a white uncrewed surface vessel with a tall solar-panel sail and a sensor mast on open sea under a dramatic sky, titled Silent Hunter; the NZDF release photos show the vessel on a trailer and operators guiding it to shore. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-sandf-ibsamar-ix-navy-chief-visits-foreign-ships-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/sandf-ibsamar-ix-navy-chief-visits-foreign-ships-2026-10-19.webpSA Navy chief visits Indian and Brazilian warships at Exercise Ibsamar IXText poster only. The source video opens on an Exercise Ibsamar IX 2026 title card, then shows the South African Navy chief in a white uniform meeting officers aboard INS Tarkash and on its bridge, the grey Brazilian corvette BNS Barroso on the water beside a tug with a mountain behind, and officers aboard Barroso, ending on the exercise emblem. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-saps-antigang-bishop-lavis-firearms-2026-10-172026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-antigang-bishop-lavis-firearms-2026-10-17.webpSAPS Anti-Gang Unit recovers three firearms in Bishop Lavis areaText poster only. The release photos show handguns laid out with loose rounds of ammunition: a pistol and two revolvers on a white surface, a pistol and magazine on a wooden desk, and a pistol beside a row of cartridges; a fourth image is a SAPS 'Guns Off The Streets' campaign graphic. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-ukmod-aukus-maritime-big-play-pacific-san-diego-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/ukmod-aukus-maritime-big-play-pacific-san-diego-2026-10-19.webpUK MoD video: AUKUS Maritime Big Play under way off San DiegoText poster only. The source video is a montage opening on an AUKUS emblem over water, then a warship's flight deck at a harbour, a British service member at a display screen, a white aerostat being launched on shore, a red-and-yellow sensor buoy in the sea, a fire hose spraying from a deck, an uncrewed boat with a U.S. flag in spray, and fast boats leaving white wakes, ending on the words AUKUS Accelerated, Integrated to Win. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usaf-keen-sword-27-himars-ishigaki-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usaf-keen-sword-27-himars-ishigaki-2026-10-19.webpHIMARS on display as exercise Keen Sword 27 opens on IshigakiTwo soldiers in Canadian camouflage and green berets talk beside a green U.S. Army HIMARS rocket-launcher truck parked on a road, with a third service member nearby and white clouds over green hills behind. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usarmy-combined-resolve-27-01-bradley-hohenfels-2026-10-192026-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usarmy-combined-resolve-27-01-bradley-hohenfels-2026-10-19.webpU.S. Army Bradley engages a simulated enemy in Combined Resolve 27-01A tan U.S. Army M2 Bradley fighting vehicle draped in camouflage netting sits at the edge of a forest clearing with a crew member in the turret, as white smoke billows to its right and sunlight filters through autumn trees. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-ae-khor-fakkan-tug2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ae-khor-fakkan-tug-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Tug struck by two unknown projectiles off Khor Fakkan, UAE; one minor injury, UKMTO saysNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Tug struck by two unknown projectiles off Khor Fakkan, UAE; one minor injury, UKMTO says. Map from Wikimedia Commons (NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, marker added) showing Khor Fakkan as a red dot on the UAE's east coast, with the Persian Gulf, the UAE and Oman's Musandam peninsula labeled; the tug was hit at sea to the northeast. Key facts: Oct 18, 2026, exact time not yet confirmed, UKMTO says; a tug travelling southbound, name and flag not released; struck by 2 unknown projectiles northeast of Khor Fakkan; 1 minor casualty, the tug damaged but continuing on its route; authorities investigating and ships told to transit with caution. Sources: UKMTO Warning 177-26, Reuters, Anadolu, Iran International. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-ae-khor-fakkan-tug. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-au-st-albans-murder2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/au-st-albans-murder-charge-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Man charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St AlbansNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Man charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St Albans. Locator map of metropolitan Melbourne (Wikimedia Commons, Cassowary, GFDL, markers added) with a red marker on the suburb of St Albans in the north-west and grey dots for Melbourne CBD, Footscray, Broadmeadows and Werribee above Port Phillip; not a photo of the incident. Key facts for Sunday, October 18, 2026: just after 12:30 AM local time, police were called to a home on Belfort Street, St Albans; a 56-year-old St Albans man with stab wounds died in hospital; a 31-year-old St Albans man arrested at the scene is charged with murder and is due in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on October 19; police believe the two knew each other. Sources: Victoria Police, ABC News, Nine News, VicNews. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-au-st-albans-murder. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-bg-os82-bomb-threat2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/at-os82-sofia-bomb-threat-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Bomb threat diverts Austrian Airlines' Tel Aviv–Vienna flight to Sofia under fighter-jet escortNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Bomb threat diverts Austrian Airlines' Tel Aviv–Vienna flight to Sofia under fighter-jet escort. File photo, October 7, 2026, by André Gerwing (CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons): a white Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 with a red-and-white tail, registration OE-LBU, taxiing at Zurich Airport; not the OS82 aircraft. Key facts: on Sunday Oct 18 the flight landed in Sofia at about 9:43 PM local time (2:43 PM ET); the crew of A320 flight OS82 reported a bomb-threat signal near the Romanian border; a Bulgarian Air Force fighter escorted it to landing, per the transport ministry; it landed safely with 51 passengers and 6 crew, the passengers were taken off and the plane was searched; no device has been confirmed found, Bulgaria is investigating and passengers are to be rebooked. Sources: Bulgarian Transport Ministry, ORF/APA, ynet, AP. exeindex.com/terrorism. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-bg-os82-bomb-threat. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-gb-nottingham-shot2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/gb-nottingham-officer-shot-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Police officer shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre; two suspects fledNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Police officer shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre; two suspects fled. File photo from June 2026 (Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons) of an empty, tree-lined Long Row West and Angel Row in Nottingham at dusk; not from the incident. Key facts for Sunday, October 18, 2026: in Angel Row, Nottingham city centre, at about 4:50 AM UK time, an officer approached two suspects and was shot, Nottinghamshire Police say; one officer is in hospital being treated for a wound to his foot; a man and a woman fled and are wanted, and a firearm was recovered; Angel Row is closed with a large police cordon and witnesses are asked to call 101. Sources: Nottinghamshire Police via BBC, Sky News, Nottingham Post. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-gb-nottingham-shot. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-gu-champi-allclear2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/gu-guam-champi-allclear-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Guam's US bases back to All Clear after a 150-mph super typhoonNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Guam's US bases back to All Clear after a 150-mph super typhoon. NASA Terra satellite true-color image of Super Typhoon Champi southwest of Guam, Oct 17, 23:02 UTC, showing a tight eye inside a large white spiral of cloud over dark blue ocean (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Key facts: All Clear at 6 PM Sunday Oct 18 Guam time, 4 AM Eastern, per the Guam Joint Information Center; the eye passed about 10 miles south of Guam at 4:26 AM with 150-mph winds; Joint Region Marianas bases are at TCCOR 4 All Clear and Guam is at COR 4; no widespread major damage seen yet and the far south is unassessed, per the National Weather Service; the storm is 180 miles west-southwest of Andersen Air Force Base, moving west, and may reach Category 5, per the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Sources: Guam JIC, Stars and Stripes, Guam Daily Post. exeindex.com/military. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-in-gwalior-temple2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/in-gwalior-temple-truck-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Truck ploughs into Navratri crowd near Gwalior temple gate, killing at least 15News card from EXE Index. Headline: Truck ploughs into Navratri crowd near Gwalior temple gate, killing at least 15. Locator map (Wikimedia Commons, C1MM, CC BY-SA 4.0, markers added) of Madhya Pradesh, India, with a red dot on Gwalior in the north and a grey dot for Bhopal. Key facts: about 1:30 AM Sunday Oct 18 local time, 4 PM Eastern Saturday, police say; at least 15 killed per police, 16 per hospital officials, 26 or more injured; a paddy-laden truck lost control on a slope, hit stalls and devotees and struck the gate; the truck owner and driver were arrested and police suspect mechanical failure; the chief minister removed a city police chief and suspended 8 officers, and an inquiry was ordered. Sources: Hindustan Times, Times of India. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-in-gwalior-temple. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-in-shroff-firing2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/in-tiger-shroff-firing-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Shots fired at actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai; his driver is woundedNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Shots fired at actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai; his driver is wounded. File photo from December 2020, not from October 18: Tiger Shroff in a white hooded tracksuit and a black face mask, standing at night outside a gate in Juhu, Mumbai (Bollywood Hungama, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0). Key facts: about 7 PM IST on Sunday, October 18, near Pushpa Narsee Park in Juhu; assailants fired five rounds as he left the park, police say; his driver was shot in the left hand and a bystander was hurt, and both are in hospital; police say Shroff took no bullet injury, and 15 teams are hunting two suspects; an online gang post claims the attack, and police have not verified it. Sources: Mumbai Police via The Hindu, Indian Express. exeindex.com/crime. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-jp-fussa-stabbing2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/jp-fussa-stabbing-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Man stabbed to death in a street fight near Tokyo's JR Fussa Station; police hunt an acquaintanceNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Man stabbed to death in a street fight near Tokyo's JR Fussa Station; police hunt an acquaintance. File photo from December 2019 (Wikimedia Commons user 国立寺, CC BY-SA 4.0): the white JR Fussa Station building and its east exit plaza under a clear blue sky, with a glass canopy, a hedge and parked cars; not from Oct 18. Key facts: about 2:30 AM Sunday Oct 18 Japan time (1:30 PM ET Saturday) in Fussa, Tokyo; witnesses called police about a fistfight and a bloodied man walking away; a man believed to be in his 40s was stabbed in the left chest and died in hospital; police believe a man in his 50s, an acquaintance, stabbed him and fled; Tokyo police are investigating it as murder, with no arrest or names released. Sources: Jiji Press, Asahi Shimbun, FNN (Fuji TV). exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-jp-fussa-stabbing. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-pk-khuzdar-kidnap2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-khuzdar-kidnap-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Gunmen abduct 18 workers from a marble mining site near Khuzdar, PakistanNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Gunmen abduct 18 workers from a marble mining site near Khuzdar, Pakistan. Locator map adapted from Wikimedia Commons (Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped) showing Khuzdar district in red within Balochistan province, Pakistan; not a photo of the event. Key facts, as police officials told Arab News, The Express Tribune and PTI: the attack hit a marble mining site in the Naal area, about 40 kilometres from Khuzdar city, on Saturday night or early Sunday, October 17 to 18, 2026 (reports differ on the time); dozens of armed men on motorcycles and in vehicles stormed the site; 18 workers from villages in Khuzdar district were abducted and one worker was shot and wounded; no group has claimed it and police say a search is under way; on Friday, gunmen seized 20 police trainees in Mastung district. Sources: police officials via Arab News, The Express Tribune, PTI. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-pk-khuzdar-kidnap. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-ru-spb-port-drones2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ru-spb-port-drones-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Russia says it downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Leningrad region; video shows fires near St. Petersburg's portNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Russia says it downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Leningrad region; video shows fires near St. Petersburg's port. File photo from November 2024 (Vasilii Martynov, Wikimedia Commons, CC0): an aerial daytime view of St. Petersburg's port, with cranes, docks and the Gulf of Finland behind rows of apartment blocks; not from Oct 18. Key facts: overnight into Sunday Oct 18, air alert from 1:30 AM Moscow time; Leningrad region governor Alexander Drozdenko says 57 drones were shot down; debris damaged 4 parked cars in Nizino and a fire broke out; Rosaviatsia says Pulkovo airport halted arrivals and departures; monitoring channels say the port was targeted, which the Kyiv Independent cannot verify. Sources: RIA Novosti, Kyiv Independent, Komsomolskaya Pravda via Mail.ru, Mezha. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-ru-spb-port-drones. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-sa-khamis-intercept2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/sa-khamis-intercept-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis MushaitNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait. Real file photo from December 28, 2024 (NASA, International Space Station, public domain via Wikimedia Commons): the city lights of Abha and Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia at night, seen from orbit; not from October 18. Key facts: at 1:49 AM Sunday Oct 18 Riyadh time (6:49 PM ET Saturday), the Saudi Press Agency reported coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki saying two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait were intercepted and destroyed; Saudi Civil Defense sent danger alerts in Riyadh, Abha and Khamis Mushait, later lifted; no damage or casualties reported; not independently verified. Reported as stated. Sources: Saudi Press Agency, Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-sa-khamis-intercept. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-ua-odesa-highrise2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-odesa-highrise-strike-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Strike sets the roof of a 19-storey Odesa apartment block on fire; a child is among the injuredNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Strike sets the roof of a 19-storey Odesa apartment block on fire; a child is among the injured. Photo (National Police of Ukraine, npu.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0) of the upper floors of a cream-coloured high-rise with rounded balconies, white smoke rising from its damaged rooftop, emergency workers visible on the roof edge, trees at right; no injured people shown. Key facts: Sunday Oct 18, during the day local time, police say; a Russian strike hit the roof of a residential high-rise, Ukrainian officials say; two top-floor flats and a rooftop boiler room were partly destroyed; a child was injured, and the regional governor first reported two people hurt; more than 50 rescuers put out the fire and evacuated residents, the State Emergency Service says. Sources: Ukrinform, National Police of Ukraine, Kyiv Post. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-ua-odesa-highrise. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-ua-zaporizhzhia2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-zaporizhzhia-strike-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Russia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in ZaporizhzhiaNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Russia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in Zaporizhzhia. Map from Wikimedia Commons (NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, marker added) showing Zaporizhzhia as a red dot in southeastern Ukraine. Key facts: night of Oct 17-18 from 6 PM Kyiv time, still under way at 8 AM, Ukraine's Air Force says; 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile and 180 drones, 152 drones downed or jammed; in Zaporizhzhia a 27-year-old woman was killed and a 58-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were injured; hits at 20 locations, and in Zaporizhzhia 2 apartment blocks, 18 cars and a school building were damaged. Sources: Ukraine Air Force via Ukrainska Pravda, UNN, Ukrinform, hromadske, DW. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-ua-zaporizhzhia. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-18-za-malamulele2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/za-malamulele-arrests-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Three arrested over stabbing death of Limpopo comedian Skeem Mafenya, police sayNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Three arrested over stabbing death of Limpopo comedian Skeem Mafenya, police say. Map from Wikimedia Commons (Htonl, CC BY-SA 3.0, marker added) of Limpopo province, South Africa, with Malamulele marked by a red dot in the northeast and Polokwane, Botswana and Zimbabwe labeled. Key facts: on Saturday, October 17, 2026, police received a report at about 3:35 AM and arrested suspects that afternoon; in a yard at Madonsi Boltman B, Malamulele, Vhembe District; comedian Skeem Mafenya, 20, had multiple stab wounds and was certified dead; 3 suspects aged 17 to 23 are held and due in Malamulele Magistrate's Court on a murder charge; police say the motive is unknown and the investigation is continuing. Sources: SAPS, The Citizen, IOL, SABC News. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-za-malamulele. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mindefensa-armada-fac-gofast-cocaine-caribbean-2026-10-172026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mindefensa-armada-fac-gofast-cocaine-caribbean-2026-10-17.webpColombia's Navy and Air Force stop a go-fast boat with 3.5 tonnes of cocaineText poster only. The source video shows a go-fast boat at night, a Colombian Navy officer speaking on a dock with a city skyline behind, stacks of wrapped bales with printed markings, the seized boat moored, and detained men with pixelated faces. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-msb-nusret-2026-invitational-naval-exercise-2026-10-182026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/msb-nusret-2026-invitational-naval-exercise-2026-10-18.webpTurkish defence ministry video: Nusret-2026 naval exerciseText poster only. The source video shows grey warships sailing in line on blue water, a helicopter flying low over the sea, a small grey naval vessel at speed, officers watching from a ship's deck, white water columns rising from underwater detonations and a sailor saluting, with on-screen labels Karadeniz and Ege Denizi, ending on the ministry's logo card. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nasa-terra-typhoon-champi-guam-2026-10-172026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/nasa-terra-typhoon-champi-guam-2026-10-17.webpNASA Terra satellite image of Super Typhoon Champi near GuamSatellite view from above of a large typhoon: tightly wound white cloud bands spiral around a small, clear eye over the dark blue Pacific Ocean. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-npu-odesa-highrise-strike-2026-10-182026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/npu-odesa-highrise-strike-2026-10-18.webpSmoke rises from Odesa high-rise roof after Oct. 18 strike, National Police photoThe upper floors of a cream-coloured high-rise with rounded balconies under a grey sky, white smoke pouring from its damaged rooftop and emergency workers on the roof edge; trees at right and a National Police of Ukraine watermark at lower right. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-npu-poltava-strike-aftermath-2026-10-172026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/npu-poltava-strike-aftermath-2026-10-17.webpPoltava homes damaged in Oct. 17 attack, National Police photoA single-storey brick house at night with its windows and roof blown out and debris piled in the yard, National Police of Ukraine watermark at lower right. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-saps-trt-mqanduli-ak47-recovered-2026-10-172026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-trt-mqanduli-ak47-recovered-2026-10-17.webpSAPS says suspect killed, AK-47 recovered in Mqanduli operationText poster only. The source photo shows an AK-47 rifle with a curved magazine lying in grass at night. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usmc-2-5-raid-leaders-course-camp-pendleton-2026-10-092026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/usmc-2-5-raid-leaders-course-camp-pendleton-2026-10-09.webpU.S. Marines train for night raids in Camp Pendleton raid leaders courseText poster only. The source photos show a Marine squad leader in a helmet with night-vision goggles lit in deep red light beside another Marine's silhouette, and a green night-vision view of a Marine in a doorway of a training building as a glowing chem-light streaks across the frame. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-ae-khor-fakkan-tug-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-ae-khor-fakkan-tug.jpgTug struck by two unknown projectiles off Khor Fakkan, UAE; one minor injury, UKMTO saysMap: Khor Fakkan (red dot); the tug was hit at sea to its northeast https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-au-st-albans-murder-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-au-st-albans-murder.jpgMan charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St AlbansMap: St Albans, Melbourne, where the fatal stabbing happened https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-bd-chattogram-toothpicks-satire2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-toothpick-lenses-sneck.jpgThis toothpick has lenses: Bangladesh customs toothpick caseCartoon in SNECK style: inside an open shipping container lit by one hanging lamp, a stout grey badger customs inspector with big white googly eyes, a navy cap and a yellow sash squints through a magnifying glass at a pair of black sunglasses in his paw, a clipboard under his arm. At his feet sits one tiny wooden crate labeled TOOTHPICKS. Behind him the container is stacked to the ceiling with white cream jars, tubes and racks of sunglasses. The left container door is stenciled exeindex.com. On the right door hangs a small framed meadow painting with a plaque reading MEADOW, REVISITED. A googly-eyed raccoon cleaner in a teal coverall peeks around the door beside a yellow mop bucket with a sticker and a tiny pink cocktail umbrella. Caption: THIS TOOTHPICK HAS LENSES. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-cosmos-2612-not-touching-meme2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/cosmos-not-touching-v1.jpgI'm not touching you: Cosmos 2612 and ICEYE-X36Single-panel cartoon meme captioned COSMOS 2612, ONE DAY LATER: above Earth in starry low orbit, a smug grey cylindrical satellite labeled COSMOS 2612 reaches out a thin robot arm and holds a pointing finger right next to the face of a deadpan, sweating boxy satellite labeled ICEYE-X36, saying I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU. Floating nearby: a red shipping container stenciled exeindex.com, a newspaper headlined GUAM BACK TO ALL CLEAR, and a steaming mug. @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-gb-nottingham-shot-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-gb-nottingham-shot.jpgPolice officer shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre; two suspects fledFile, Jun 2026: Long Row West / Angel Row, Nottingham · not from Oct 18 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-jp-fussa-stabbing-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-jp-fussa-stabbing.jpgMan stabbed to death in a street fight near Tokyo's JR Fussa Station; police hunt an acquaintanceFile, Dec 2019: JR Fussa Station east exit; the attack was about 300 m east · not from Oct 18 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-ke-jkia-cleaner-backpacks-satire2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-jkia-carry-sneck.jpgFunny you should ask: JKIA cleaner, 52 phones and 3 dronesCartoon in SNECK style: in a dark wood-paneled airport hallway, a big sign reads HAS ANYONE ASKED YOU TO CARRY SOMETHING? A grinning googly-eyed raccoon cleaner in a teal coverall, holding a mop, points back at a restroom door while wearing a bulging black backpack with drone propellers and smartphones poking out and a luggage tag reading KCY 001J. Beside it, a yellow mop bucket has a sticker and a tiny pink cocktail umbrella. A grey owl customs officer in a navy cap and yellow sash stares at the backpack, clipboard in hand. A small wall poster reads exeindex.com. Caption: FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-pk-khuzdar-kidnap-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-pk-khuzdar-kidnap.jpgGunmen abduct 18 workers from a marble mining site near Khuzdar, PakistanMap: Khuzdar district (red) in Balochistan, Pakistan https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-ru-spb-port-drones-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-ru-spb-port-drones.jpgRussia says it downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Leningrad region; video shows fires near St. Petersburg's portFile, Nov 2024: aerial view of the Port of St. Petersburg · not from Oct 18 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-sa-khamis-intercept-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-sa-khamis-intercept.jpgSaudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis MushaitFile, Dec 2024: Abha and Khamis Mushait at night from the ISS · not from Oct 18 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-ua-odesa-highrise-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-ua-odesa-highrise.jpgStrike sets the roof of a 19-storey Odesa apartment block on fire; a child is among the injuredSmoke rises from the roof of the struck high-rise, Oct 18 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-ua-zaporizhzhia-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-ua-zaporizhzhia.jpgRussia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in ZaporizhzhiaMap: Zaporizhzhia (red dot) in southeastern Ukraine https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-us-tualatin-pumpkin-regatta-satire2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-pumpkin-pullover-sneck.jpgSir, do you know how slow you were going? Pumpkin regatta satireCartoon in SNECK style on a park lake at golden hour, dark wood docks and warm lamp posts behind. On the left, a stout grey badger police officer with big white eyes, a navy peaked cap and a yellow sash sits inside a giant hollowed-out orange pumpkin used as a boat, a small blue police light on its stem. He points a chunky radar speed gun at the other boat and holds a small ticket book. On the right, a sweaty dalmatian firefighter in a red helmet sits in another giant pumpkin boat holding a wooden paddle, looking embarrassed. Behind them float a white buoy reading exeindex.com and a tiny wooden crate stenciled TOOTHPICKS. Caption: SIR, DO YOU KNOW HOW SLOW YOU WERE GOING? https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-18-za-malamulele-feed2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-18-za-malamulele.jpgThree arrested over stabbing death of Limpopo comedian Skeem Mafenya, police sayMap: Malamulele (red dot) in Limpopo province, South Africa https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-au-nsw-disrupt2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/au-nsw-operation-disrupt-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: NSW transport police arrest 15 in 24-hour Operation Disrupt blitzNews card from EXE Index. Headline: NSW transport police arrest 15 in 24-hour Operation Disrupt blitz. File, Oct 2025, JaredMcKenzie (CC0 via Wikimedia Commons): NSW Police Force Transport Command post at Broadmeadow station, Newcastle; not from this operation. Key facts: 24 hours to 2 a.m. Oct 17 AEDT; trains, buses and shops in Newcastle, Gosford, Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes; 15 arrested on 23 charges, 26 searches, 15 bail checks; 110 people knife-scanned, 2 knives found, 39 rail fines, per police. Sources: NSW Police via The National Tribune, Newcastle Herald. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-au-nsw-disrupt. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ca-wainwright-toll-2026-10-18-v7.pngNews card: Four Canadian service members killed in the CFB Wainwright fire, PM confirmsNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Four Canadian service members killed in the CFB Wainwright fire, PM confirms. File photo from May 2014 (U.S. Army National Guard, Spc. Kristin Stoneback, public domain via DVIDS): rows of olive tents in a field camp on rolling prairie at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, Wainwright, Alberta; not from Oct 17. Key facts: the fire began Saturday Oct 17 at about 4 PM Mountain Time (6 PM ET); Prime Minister Mark Carney says four service members died and dozens are seriously wounded; National Defence says the fast-moving fire spread beyond the training area; the cause has not been released and National Defence says there is no sign of terrorism; flags are at half-mast and officials are to brief from Wainwright. Sources: Prime Minister of Canada, National Defence, CBC News, Global News. exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright-22026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ca-cfb-wainwright-fire-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Four Canadian service members killed in the CFB Wainwright fire, PM confirmsNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Deadly incident at Canada's CFB Wainwright sets off a major fire. File photo from May 2013 (Georgia National Guard, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons): a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on the tarmac at CFB Wainwright at night under a bright moon, with military trucks and tents behind; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, locals were told to avoid the area just after 5 PM Mountain Time (7 PM ET); CFB Wainwright is about 180 km southeast of Edmonton, Alberta; deaths and injuries confirmed by the defence minister, with no figures released; the fire crossed the base fence in high winds, officials say; cause not released, and the RCMP is involved in the investigation. Sources: AP, CBC News, CTV News, CBS News. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-co-cali-tres-cruces2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/co-cali-tres-cruces-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Bomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, ColombiaNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Bomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, Colombia. File photo from August 2015 (Franciscokarriere, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) of the three white crosses and antenna masts on Cerro de las Tres Cruces in Cali; not from the attack. Key facts for Saturday, October 17, 2026: on the road to Cerro de las Tres Cruces, in the Guacas sector near Montebello, at about 8:10 AM, an explosive charge on a power pole went off as police passed, and a second blast came as bomb technicians arrived; three officers were hit by shrapnel and police say they are out of danger; Mayor Alejandro Eder offers up to 20 million Colombian pesos for information, and no arrests have been reported; it is Cali's second explosive attack on police in under a week. Sources: El Espectador, Caracol Radio, Infobae. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-co-cali-tres-cruces. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-eg-saudi-defence2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/eg-saudi-defence-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Egypt's Sisi asks parliament to authorize defending Saudi Arabia if askedNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Egypt's Sisi asks parliament to authorize defending Saudi Arabia if asked. File photo from September 3, 2025 by Sgt. Angela Wilcox, U.S. Marine Corps (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): Egyptian and Saudi special operations forces train during BRIGHT STAR 25 at Ras Al Tin Naval Base, Egypt; not from this speech. Key facts: Oct 17 speech at Egyptian Military Academy graduation; calls for emergency parliament session to authorize defending Saudi Arabia if asked; "We are seeking only to defend," not attack (The National); House says plenary Sunday, Oct 18 (Egyptian outlets via Anadolu). Sources: The National, Gulf News, Dawn (Anadolu / Al-Ahram). exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-eg-saudi-defence. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-fr-limoges-town-hall2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/fr-limoges-town-hall-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Rioters set fire to Limoges' historic town hall; its bell tower collapsesNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Rioters set fire to Limoges' historic town hall; its bell tower collapses. File photo, August 20, 2015, by Juliofsanguino (CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons): the ornate stone Limoges town hall under a blue sky, its central bell tower and clock above the facade and a monumental fountain on the right; not from the Oct 17 fire. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, about 5 p.m. local, at the end of a cost-of-living march; masked people broke windows, got inside and set the 1883 building alight, per AFP; the bell tower fell and the roof collapsed except the west wing, and the prefect says the building is largely lost; no one inside was hurt, the prefect says; the city will file a complaint, and the building has been a listed historic monument since 1975. Sources: AFP via France 24, RFI, TF1 Info, France 3, ICI. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-fr-limoges-town-hall. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-fr-marseille-mairie2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/fr-marseille-mairie-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Protesters briefly storm Marseille town hall amid nationwide marchesNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Protesters briefly storm Marseille town hall amid nationwide marches. File, May 2015, DimiTalen (CC0 via Wikimedia Commons): Marseille city hall from Quai du Port; not from the Oct 17 storming. Key facts: Oct 17 during nationwide cost-of-living marches; dozens forced town hall doors, Marianne bust overturned (AFP); furniture damaged and municipal police station attacked (AFP); Interior minister 400 arrests nationwide; mayor says CRS reinforcements coming. Sources: AFP via France 24, The Guardian, Euronews. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-fr-marseille-mairie. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-gt-campo-marte2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/gt-campo-marte-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Ex-tax chief Solórzano Foppa shot dead at Guatemala City football pitchNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Ex-tax chief Solórzano Foppa shot dead at Guatemala City football pitch. File, Jun 30, 2026, Gobierno de Guatemala (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): aerial view of the Campo Marte complex in Guatemala City; not from this shooting. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, about 9:40 a.m. local (11:40 a.m. ET); football pitches at the Campo Marte sports complex, zona 5; 2 killed, Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, former SAT tax chief, and Gustavo Adolfo Aguilar Gamarro; two brothers held in zona 16, carbine and motorcycle seized, per police. Sources: AGN (PNC report), Soy502, Prensa Libre. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-gt-campo-marte. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ie-waterford-charges2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ie-waterford-arson-charges-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Two charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one familyNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Two charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one family. File photo from September 2014 (Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons) of the white Clonmel Courthouse on Nelson Street with an Irish flag and parked cars; not from the hearing. Key facts for October 17, 2026: a man, 21, and a woman, 31, appeared at a special sitting of Clonmel District Court; a petrol bomb set the family's Birchwood home in Waterford alight at about 5 AM on October 13; Philip and Kim English and sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, 9, died and two other children are critical; each faces criminal damage and two counts of assault causing serious harm; both were remanded in custody to October 20, and the Garda murder investigation continues. Sources: Irish Independent, The Irish Times, WaterfordLive, The Independent. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ie-waterford-charges. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-in-manipur-chassad2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/in-manipur-chassad-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: One killed, four wounded as gunfire hits Manipur border village of ChassadNews card from EXE Index. Headline: One killed, four wounded as gunfire hits Manipur border village of Chassad. Map from Wikimedia Commons (based on Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Kamjong district highlighted in red in Manipur, India, with an inset of India; Chassad lies near the Myanmar border. Key facts: Oct 17, firing from about 2:20 to 3:30 PM IST, police say; 1 Kuki villager killed and 4 wounded, including the village chief (police); Assam Rifles, BSF and Kamjong police deployed to the area; Kuki groups blame Naga militants, officials call it an exchange of fire (unverified). Sources: Indian Express (police), Times of India (PTI), The Hindu. exeindex.com/insurgents. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-in-manipur-chassad. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-iq-baghdad-pmf-blast2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/iq-baghdad-pmf-blast-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Ammunition blast at a PMF headquarters in Baghdad; one killed, sources tell ReutersNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Ammunition blast at a PMF headquarters in Baghdad; one killed, sources tell Reuters. Map from Wikimedia Commons (NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0, markers added) of Iraq with a red dot on Baghdad, where the Popular Mobilization Forces ammunition depot exploded; Kirkuk, Samarra, Ramadi, Najaf, Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia are labeled. Key facts: on Saturday evening, October 17, 2026, a stockpile of obsolete ammunition exploded at a PMF headquarters east of the Army Canal in Baghdad and started a fire, the PMF says; the PMF says 5 members had minor injuries, while a security source and a medical source told Reuters 1 member was killed and 4 were hurt; the PMF says preliminary Interior Ministry forensics point to an internal malfunction with no sign of an external attack; the fire is under control and Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered an investigative committee. Sources: Reuters, INA, Shafaq News, BasNews. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-iq-baghdad-pmf-blast. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-iq-komala-drones2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/iq-komala-drones-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Two drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base in Iraq's Erbil province; Komala says they came from IranNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Two drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base in Iraq's Erbil province; Komala says they came from Iran. File photo, March 2026, by Voice of America (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): a Komala fighter seen from behind, a rifle slung across his back, looking out over a valley in Iraq's Kurdistan Region; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, at a Komala base in Balisan, Erbil province; two drones struck, one hitting the base and the other a guard post; a Komala official and a Kurdistan Region security source say they were launched from Iran; no casualties reported and buildings damaged, says Komala's Ali Ranjbari; Iran's semi-official Mehr agency also reported the drone strikes. Sources: Rudaw, Reuters, Iran International. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-iq-komala-drones. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-mx-agua-prieta2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/mx-agua-prieta-dentist-suspect-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: US citizen wanted for killing a Nogales dentist shot dead in a gunfight with Sonora agentsNews card from EXE Index. Headline: US citizen wanted for killing a Nogales dentist shot dead in a gunfight with Sonora agents. File photo from September 2019 (LIMO 5, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0): Agua Prieta's old border customs house, a red-brick building dated 1918 with a clock tower, framed by tall cypress trees and utility poles under a blue sky; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17 in colonia Ejidal 2, Agua Prieta, Sonora, time not given; agents serving an arrest warrant were fired on and the suspect died as they fired back; the suspect, Ernest or Ernesto N, 30, was a US citizen with a US record; the suspect was killed and two officers were wounded, both out of danger; prosecutors say he was wanted for the Oct 15 killing of a Nogales dentist over a loose tooth. Sources: Sonora state prosecutors via Uniradio, El Universal, Infobae. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-mx-agua-prieta. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-mx-celaya-transito2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/mx-celaya-transito-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Celaya traffic officer, 27, shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle as she got into an UberNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Celaya traffic officer, 27, shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle as she got into an Uber. File photo from November 2022 (Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0): a sunlit cobbled street, calle Francisco I. Madero in central Celaya, with pastel colonial buildings, a church bell tower and a domed cathedral in the distance; not from Oct 17 and not the attack site. Key facts: about 5 to 5:30 AM Saturday Oct 17 local time (7 to 7:30 AM ET) on calle Bocanegra in colonia Gobernadores; gunmen on a motorcycle fired repeatedly as she boarded an Uber to go flag off a race; Tránsito officer María del Rosario, 27, was killed and the Uber driver was wounded; prosecutors are reviewing camera footage, no arrests are reported and the mayor says the motive is unknown. Sources: Periódico Correo, La Silla Rota, Periódico AM. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-mx-celaya-transito. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-mx-jauregui-arrest2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/mx-jauregui-arrest-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Mexico arrests ex-Chihuahua attorney general over April drug-lab raid joined by CIA officersNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Mexico arrests ex-Chihuahua attorney general over April drug-lab raid joined by CIA officers. File photo, July 2026, by Hectorvillalobs (CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons): César Jáuregui Moreno, smiling, in a striped shirt at a table with two podcast microphones during an interview; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, morning, in Chihuahua city; state agents arrested César Jáuregui on a state court warrant; accused of unlawful exercise of public office and collusion, says acting prosecutor Gilberto Loya; the case is the Apr 17-19 drug-lab raid at El Pinal, Morelos, joined by CIA officers without federal notice; he is accused, not convicted, and has defended his time as prosecutor. Sources: CNN en Español, El País, Infobae, El Diario. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-mx-jauregui-arrest. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ng-aba-uratta-station-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Two police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police stationNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Two police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police station. Map from Wikimedia Commons (Profoss after Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Abia State highlighted in red in southern Nigeria; Aba lies in the south of the state. Key facts: Oct 17, about 2:26 AM local (9:26 PM ET Oct 16), police say; 2 police officers killed and 3 people injured (Abia police); unidentified gunmen used explosives, and fire hit the building and a patrol van; no arrests yet, and Gov. Alex Otti visited the station and the injured. Sources: Abia Police Command (via The Sun), Punch, Channels TV. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ng-coas-borno2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ng-coas-borno-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Nigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attackNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Nigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attack. File photo, February 2026, by the U.S. Army (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): three generals standing against a stone wall in Abuja, Nigeria's defence chief Gen. Olufemi Oluyede on the left, AFRICOM commander Gen. Dagvin Anderson in the middle and army chief Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu on the right, all in uniform; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, at the 212 Tank Battalion in Maiduguri; Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu told troops to keep up the offensive on Boko Haram and ISWAP; he met wounded soldiers and pledged continued care, the Army says; in Tuesday's attack on the Mairari base at least 10 soldiers were killed, sources told Reuters; no official Army toll, and AFP's sources say 15 soldiers and 5 militia members. Sources: Nigerian Army via Channels TV, Business Times, Reuters, AFP. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-coas-borno. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ng-gamboru-mine2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ng-gamboru-mine-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Eight Nigerian soldiers killed as patrol vehicle hits a mine near Gamboru, BornoNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Eight Nigerian soldiers killed as patrol vehicle hits a mine near Gamboru, Borno. Locator map adapted from Wikimedia Commons (Profoss, after Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Borno State in red in northeastern Nigeria; not a photo of the event. Key facts, as defence sources and a militia member told AFP (carried by Vanguard and Daily Trust): on Saturday, October 17, 2026 (time not given), an army patrol vehicle checking on militia members clearing thickets along the highway rolled over a mine in Kinuba village, about 25 kilometres from Gamboru near the Cameroon border; the explosive was remotely detonated by cord, the militia member said; all eight soldiers aboard were killed and a militia member was wounded by shrapnel; the sources blamed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Sources: defence sources via AFP, Vanguard, Daily Trust. exeindex.com/terrorism. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-gamboru-mine. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-pk-af-kurram-clash2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-af-kurram-clash-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchange fire on the Kurram borderNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchange fire on the Kurram border. File photo from April 2006 by Abbas.Haider355, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped: the mud-brick village of Borki in Kurram, on the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, with green fields in front and snow-capped mountains behind; not from the October 17 clashes. Key facts: location Upper Kurram, Pakistan, facing Paktia, Afghanistan; Pakistani security sources claim the Afghan side fired first and the army shelled Taliban posts; casualties reported on both sides, numbers unknown, per Afghanistan International; claims unverified and firing ongoing, per Khyber News. Sources: Khyber News, 24 News HD, Afghanistan International, SAMAA TV. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-pk-af-kurram-clash. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-pk-balochistan-ibos2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-balochistan-ibos-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Pakistan says forces killed eight militants in three Balochistan operationsNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Pakistan says forces killed eight militants in three Balochistan operations. Locator map adapted from Wikimedia Commons (Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 4.0, combined and cropped) showing Quetta, Nushki and Khuzdar districts in red within Balochistan province, Pakistan; not a photo of the operations. Key facts for Saturday, October 17, 2026, as stated by Pakistan's military media wing ISPR: five militants were killed in Quetta district's Panjpai area while trying to set up a roadblock; two were killed in a raid on a hideout in Nushki district after an exchange of fire, with weapons recovered; one was killed at a hideout in Khuzdar district, where 490 kilograms of explosives were recovered; ISPR blames what it calls Fitna al Hindustan, and says clearance operations continue. Sources: ISPR via Dawn, The Express Tribune, The Nation. exeindex.com/terrorism. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-pk-balochistan-ibos. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-pk-nasirabad-police2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-nasirabad-police-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Gunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's BalochistanNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Gunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's Balochistan. Locator map from Wikimedia Commons (Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped) showing Nasirabad district in red within Balochistan province, Pakistan; not a photo of the attack. Key facts for Saturday, October 17, 2026: at Bedar Bridge in the Pat Feeder area near Dera Murad Jamali, unidentified gunmen fired on two police head constables patrolling by motorcycle; both were killed on the spot, police say; the attackers took their service weapons and fled, and no group has claimed the attack; a search operation is under way and the officers' families blocked the highway in protest. Sources: Dawn, The Express Tribune, Quetta Voice. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-pk-nasirabad-police. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-pk-pma-kakul-parade2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-pma-kakul-pop-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Pakistan Military Academy graduates four courses, with cadets from 8 countriesNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Pakistan Military Academy graduates four courses, with cadets from 8 countries. File, 2007, Muhammadoweis (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): cadets in khaki uniforms and green berets march in formation at a PMA Kakul passing-out parade, trees and mountains behind; not from the Oct 17, 2026 parade. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, per ISPR; 4 courses graduated, including the 154th PMA Long Course; cadets from 8 countries including Bangladesh, Qatar and Sri Lanka; Sword of Honour to Muhammad Junaid Jabbar; Gen. Syed Aamer Raza said cross-border aggression won't be tolerated. Sources: ISPR via Radio Pakistan, Geo News, Daily Pakistan. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-pk-pma-kakul-parade. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-pl-coalition-drill2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pl-coalition-drill-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: UK, French and German troops to rehearse a Ukraine ceasefire missionNews card from EXE Index. Headline: UK, French and German troops to rehearse a Ukraine ceasefire mission. File photo from September 2026 by U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Emilie Lenglain, public domain: British Light Dragoons soldiers checking rifles during training at Bemowo Piskie, Poland; not from the November drill. Key facts: at least 1,500 UK, French and German troops plus Polish forces, per The Times; they will rehearse moving troops, fuel and food for a possible post-ceasefire deployment; UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed the drill; it is a rehearsal, not a decision to deploy troops to Ukraine. Sources: The Times, The Independent, Kyiv Post, RBC-Ukraine. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-pl-coalition-drill. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ps-gaza-drone-strikes2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/gaza-drone-strikes-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Israeli drone strikes kill 4 in Gaza, reports sayNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Israeli drone strikes kill 4 in Gaza, reports say. File photo from February 27, 2025, by Hla.bashbash, CC BY 4.0: bomb-damaged, partly collapsed apartment buildings and rubble along Al Thawra Street in the Gaza Strip under a grey sky, no people visible; not from the October 17 strikes. Key facts: on October 17, 2026 a drone strike on a gathering in al-Tuffah, Gaza City, killed 1 and injured several, WAFA says, citing medical sources; JFeed reports 4 killed in 3 drone strikes since morning, 3 in al-Tuffah and 1 in Deir al-Balah; Ynet reports the al-Tuffah strike as an IDF drone strike. Sources: WAFA, JFeed, Ynet. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ps-gaza-drone-strikes. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ps-taybeh-diplomats2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ps-taybeh-diplomats-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Masked settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank village of TaybehNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Masked settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank village of Taybeh. File photo from November 2018 by Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0, cropped: a street corner with stone houses in Taybeh, West Bank; not from the October 17 attack. Key facts: Taybeh, east of Ramallah, during the olive harvest; masked settlers with clubs attacked a European delegation, per Ynet and WAFA; the targets were diplomats from France, Belgium and Poland, per Kan via AP; a Belgian consulate car window was smashed and a French mayor was assaulted, Belgium says; Israel Police opened a probe and the IDF condemned the attack, saying the visit wasn't coordinated. Sources: AP, Times of Israel, Ynet, WAFA. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ps-taybeh-diplomats. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ro-f16-black-sea-drones2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ro-f16-drones-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Romanian F-16s shoot down two jet-powered drones over the Black SeaNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Romanian F-16s shoot down two jet-powered drones over the Black Sea. File photo from October 2021 (U.S. Air Force, Capt. Andrew Layton, public domain via Wikimedia Commons): a grey Romanian Air Force F-16 with its landing gear down against a pale blue sky at Borcea Air Base; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, the first drone entered at 17:59 local time (10:59 AM ET); two Romanian Air Force F-16s on air policing were scrambled at 17:43 from Borcea; the targets were jet-powered Geran-family attack drones, per Romania's defense ministry; they were shot down at 18:01 and 18:05 over Romanian territorial waters southeast and east of Sulina; acting Defense Minister Radu Miruta says their roughly 450 km/h speed suggests Russian-made Geran-4s, and Foreign Minister Toiu says NATO's council will discuss it Tuesday. Sources: Romania MoD (MApN), AGERPRES, DW, Kyiv Independent. exeindex.com/military. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-sa-najran-ah6i-crash2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/sa-najran-ah6i-crash-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officersNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officers. File photo, February 2018 (Qrmoo3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons): an olive-green Saudi Arabian National Guard AH-6 light helicopter with rocket pods, parked on display at the Janadriyah festival; not the aircraft that crashed. Key facts: on Saturday, October 17, 2026 (announced October 18), an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard crashed in the Najran region inside Saudi territory; both crew members, two officers, were killed and have not been named; coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki blamed a technical malfunction; Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claims his forces shot down a Saudi helicopter near Najran, which the coalition rejects. Sources: Saudi Press Agency, Reuters, Gulf News, Khaleej Times. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-sa-najran-ah6i-crash. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-th-narathiwat-clash2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/narathiwat-clash-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Police officer killed in Narathiwat clash with suspected insurgentsNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Police officer killed in Narathiwat clash with suspected insurgents. File photo from January 7, 2010, Government of Thailand, CC BY 2.0: rows of Thai paramilitary rangers in black uniforms standing in formation on a field behind four Thai flags; not from the October 17 clash. Key facts: on October 17, 2026 at about 11:30 AM local time, forces securing Ban Tue-ngo village clashed with suspected insurgents, ISOC Region 4 says; a police senior sergeant, 51, was killed and 2 volunteer rangers were wounded and taken to hospital; Bangkok Post says 1 suspected insurgent was also killed. Sources: ISOC Region 4 via Bangkok Post, Thai PBS World. exeindex.com/insurgents. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-th-narathiwat-clash. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ua-kharkiv-poltava2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-kharkiv-poltava-strikes-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Russian missile hits Kharkiv and a drone kills one in Poltava, officials sayNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Russian missile hits Kharkiv and a drone kills one in Poltava, officials say. Map from Wikimedia Commons (NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, markers added) showing Kharkiv and Poltava as red dots in eastern and central Ukraine. Key facts: Oct 17 evening, Kharkiv hit about 8:55 PM Kyiv time (1:55 PM ET) and Poltava from about 9:30 PM; a ballistic missile on Kharkiv and a drone on private homes in Poltava, officials say; in Kharkiv 4 people hurt and 2 men hospitalized, in Poltava 1 killed and 4 injured; 4 private houses damaged in Poltava, per regional head Diakivnych. Sources: Ukrainska Pravda, UNN, RBC-Ukraine, TSN, Ukrinform. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ua-kharkiv-poltava. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ua-sumy-kabs2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-sumy-kabs-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Russia drops 8 guided bombs on Sumy; a man is killed, and a drone kills a second nearbyNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Russia drops 8 guided bombs on Sumy; a man is killed, and a drone kills a second nearby. File, April 2026, National Police of Ukraine (CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons): a 16-storey residential building in Sumy with blown-out windows and balconies after an earlier Russian drone strike, shops below; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, morning, per the Sumy regional military administration; 8 guided aerial bombs on the Sumy community, 4 on the city; a residential area on the outskirts of Sumy hit; a man, 42, killed and at least 2 people injured; later a drone fatally wounded a man, 30, elsewhere in the community. Sources: Ukrinform, Kyiv Post, Suspilne Sumy, LB.ua. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ua-sumy-kabs. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ug-kisoro-couple2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ug-kisoro-couple-shot-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Kisoro businessman and his wife shot dead at their home gate in southwest UgandaNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Kisoro businessman and his wife shot dead at their home gate in southwest Uganda. Locator map (Wikimedia Commons, NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, markers added) of southwestern Uganda with a red dot on Kisoro, in the far southwest corner beside the Rwanda and DR Congo borders, and grey dots for Mbarara and Kampala near Lake Victoria. Key facts: about 11 PM Saturday Oct 17 local time, 4 PM Eastern, police say; a businessman and his wife were killed; they were shot by unidentified gunmen at their gate while returning from their wholesale shop; no arrests as of Sunday and the motive is unknown, police say; police and UPDF soldiers were deployed to track the attackers, the deputy resident district commissioner says. Sources: Daily Monitor, Pulse Uganda, Kigezi Guardian. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ug-kisoro-couple. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ug-operation-kisasi2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/uganda-operation-kisasi-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Uganda's army chief launches 'Operation Kisasi' against violent crimeNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Uganda's army chief launches 'Operation Kisasi' against violent crime. File photo from November 25, 2024, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, CC BY 4.0, cropped: Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a bald man with a moustache in a pinstriped suit and striped tie, in an office in Tokyo; not from the October 17 announcement. Key facts: Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is Chief of Defence Forces of the UPDF; on October 17 he announced on X a special operation against "killers/robbers/rapists"; he wrote, "We won't waste time taking them to court. We will deal with them like we did LRA"; no scope, command or timeline was given, per Watchdog Uganda. Sources: @mkainerugaba on X, Watchdog Uganda. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ug-operation-kisasi. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-us-alamodome-rappel2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/us-alamodome-rappel-death-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Airman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the AlamodomeNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Airman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the Alamodome. File photo, August 20, 2026 (U.S. Air Force, A1C Amanda Yastrzab, public domain, via DVIDS): silhouette of an instructor from Detachment 2, 6th Combat Training Squadron, rappelling during training at Camp Bullis; not from the event. Key facts, Saturday, October 17, 2026: at the Alamodome in San Antonio, before UTSA played Navy in its Salute to Armed Forces game, one of four service members rappelling from the rafters slid down out of control and hit the field at about 7 PM Central; one airman died of his injuries and has not been named; his unit, 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, trains TACP airmen at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis; Nellis Air Force Base says it is under investigation; kickoff was delayed about 10 minutes. Sources: Task & Purpose, San Antonio Express-News, KSAT, ESPN, The Sun. exeindex.com/military. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-us-nyc-7av-subway2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/us-nyc-7av-53st-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Man shot dead on Midtown Manhattan subway platform; gunman at largeNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Man shot dead on Midtown Manhattan subway platform; gunman at large. File, Nov 29, 2024, IliketrainsR211T (CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons): an E train arriving at the 7th Av–53rd St northbound platform with commuters waiting; not from this shooting. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, about 12:21 p.m. ET; northbound E platform, 7th Av–53rd St station (B, D, E lines); 1 man killed, shot once in the chest, died at Bellevue; no arrest, NYPD released photos of a man it is seeking. Sources: Gothamist, CBS New York, NBC New York, amNY. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-us-nyc-7av-subway. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-17-ye-taiz-maqbanah2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ye-taiz-maqbanah-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Civilians killed in Yemen's Taiz as each side blames the otherNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Civilians killed in Yemen's Taiz as each side blames the other. Map from Wikimedia Commons (TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Taiz governorate highlighted in red in southwestern Yemen; Maqbanah district lies in its west. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, both sides' statements came out that day; Himyar al-Jabal area, Maqbanah district, west of Taiz city; Taiz authorities report 8 killed and 6 hurt, the health ministry in Sanaa reports 9 killed and 16 hurt; the government side blames Houthi shelling and the Houthis blame 4 Saudi airstrikes; neither toll nor attacker is independently confirmed, and people remain under rubble. Sources: Yemen TV, Sabq, Sawti, Ansar Allah, Hodhod. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ye-taiz-maqbanah. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-ausarmy-keris-woomera-26-hmas-choules-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/ausarmy-keris-woomera-26-hmas-choules-2026-10-17.webpAustralian Amphibious Force heads to Exercise Keris Woomera 26Text poster only. The source photos show soldiers lined up on a ship's deck and troops and a vehicle coming ashore from landing craft on a beach. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cbp-amo-p3-aew-dome-farewell-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/cbp-amo-p3-aew-dome-farewell-2026-10-17.webpCBP Air and Marine Operations bids farewell to P-3 AEW 'Dome'Text poster only. The source video shows workers on stands at the Air and Marine Operations lettering on an aircraft inside a hangar, then a P-3 with a large rotating radar dome on top flying against a blue sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-centcom-f16-f35-night-takeoffs-2026-10-082026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/centcom-f16-f35-night-takeoffs-2026-10-08.webpF-16 and F-35A jets take off at night in the CENTCOM areaFrame at 3 s: jet climbing with afterburner glow against the night sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-centcom-uss-rafael-peralta-iran-blockade-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/centcom-uss-rafael-peralta-iran-blockade-2026-10-17.webpCENTCOM photo: USS Rafael Peralta on Iran blockade patrolText poster only. The source photo shows a guided-missile destroyer silhouetted on calm water under a hazy sunset sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cjfc-coalition-houthi-intercepts-saada-launchers-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/cjfc-coalition-houthi-intercepts-saada-launchers-2026-10-17.webpSaudi-led coalition video shows intercepts and Saada launcher strikesText poster only. Source video shows grayscale overhead sensor footage of intercepts and strikes on launch sites, with Joint Forces branding. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-defence-aust-exercise-dugong-auv-jervis-bay-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/defence-aust-exercise-dugong-auv-jervis-bay-2026-10-17.webpAustralian Navy runs underwater drones in Exercise Dugong 2026Text poster only. Australian Navy runs underwater drones in Exercise Dugong 2026. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-indian-army-mountain-guardian-2026-chaubatia-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/indian-army-mountain-guardian-2026-chaubatia-2026-10-17.webpIndian Army photos close India-UAE exercise Mountain Guardian 2026Text poster only. The source photos show an Indian Army officer and a UAE officer exchanging a framed memento under a camouflage canopy, rows of troops formed up on a grass parade ground below exercise banners and pine-covered hills, and a large group photo of soldiers from both armies. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-laf-uxo-aircraft-bombs-kfra-toulin-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/laf-uxo-aircraft-bombs-kfra-toulin-2026-10-17.webpLebanese Army dismantles two unexploded aircraft bombs in south LebanonText poster only. The army's two photos show a soldier in a blast helmet with a visor crouching beside a large grey bomb casing on a rocky hillside track, and a second long casing lying in leaf litter among trees as a soldier bends over it. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nigerian-navy-delta-sentinel-refining-pits-drug-raids-2026-10-152026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/nigerian-navy-delta-sentinel-refining-pits-drug-raids-2026-10-15.webpNigerian Navy finds illegal refining pits, arrests 10 in drug raidsText poster only. The source photos show dugout pits of dark liquid in a forest, packets of seized drugs, detained suspects seated in a room and press-statement text panels. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-au-nsw-disrupt-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-au-nsw-disrupt.jpgNSW transport police arrest 15 in 24-hour Operation Disrupt blitzFile, Oct 2025: Police Transport Command post, Broadmeadow station, Newcastle · not from this operation https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright.jpgFour Canadian service members killed in the CFB Wainwright fire, PM confirmsFile, May 2013: the CFB Wainwright tarmac at night · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-co-cali-tres-cruces-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-co-cali-tres-cruces.jpgBomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, ColombiaFile, Aug 2015: Cerro de las Tres Cruces, Cali · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-cosmos-2612-iceye-x36-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/cosmos-seat-taken-v1.jpgIs this seat taken? Cosmos 2612 meets ICEYE-X36Two-panel cartoon meme in the empty-bus format. Left, captioned ME: ALONE IN ALL OF LOW EARTH ORBIT: a small smiling boxy satellite labeled ICEYE-X36 floats alone in empty starry space above Earth, a red shipping container stenciled exeindex.com drifting far off. Right, captioned COSMOS 2612: a smug grey cylindrical satellite labeled COSMOS 2612 is pressed right against the nervous, sweating ICEYE-X36 and asks IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-eg-saudi-defence-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-eg-saudi-defence.jpgEgypt's Sisi asks parliament to authorize defending Saudi Arabia if askedFile, Sep 3, 2025: Egyptian and Saudi SOF train at BRIGHT STAR 25, Ras Al Tin · not from this speech https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-fr-limoges-town-hall-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-fr-limoges-town-hall.jpgRioters set fire to Limoges' historic town hall; its bell tower collapsesFile, Aug 20, 2015: Limoges town hall and its bell tower · not from the Oct 17 fire https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-fr-marseille-mairie-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-fr-marseille-mairie.jpgProtesters briefly storm Marseille town hall amid nationwide marchesFile, May 2015: Marseille city hall from Quai du Port · not from the Oct 17 storming https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-greater-noida-ncb-labs-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/noida-laptop-work-right-v1.jpgLaptop work, right? NCB's Greater Noida rented-lab bustFour-panel cartoon meme in the Anakin and Padme format. Top left: a cheerful boxy robot tenant in a rented room says I'LL MOSTLY WORK FROM HOME, a framed painting labeled MEADOW, REVISITED on the wall. Top right: a smiling landlord with glasses holds a clipboard reading LEASE - exeindex.com and a mug printed with the logo and asks LIKE LAPTOP WORK, RIGHT? Bottom left: the robot, now in safety goggles, stares silently in front of glowing green lab flasks and a crate stenciled 379.74 KG. Bottom right: the landlord, sweating, asks again LAPTOP WORK, RIGHT? @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-gt-campo-marte-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-gt-campo-marte.jpgEx-tax chief Solórzano Foppa shot dead at Guatemala City football pitchFile, Jun 30, 2026: aerial view of the Campo Marte complex, Guatemala City · not from this shooting https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-hormuz-iphones-tehran-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/hormuz-fell-off-a-ship-tuxedo-v1.jpgIt fell off a ship: Hormuz iPhones reach TehranTwo-row cartoon meme in the plain-versus-tuxedo format. Top: a masked cartoon fisherman in a navy hoodie leans on a beat-up truck at night, holding a white phone and shrugging, next to the caption IT FELL OFF A TRUCK. Bottom: the same fisherman in a black tuxedo and bow tie sits smugly at a market stall stacked with white phone boxes, a giant red shipping container behind him, next to the caption IT FELL OFF A SHIP. Details: an exeindex.com flag on the stall, a meadow painting labeled MEADOW, REVISITED, and @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ie-waterford-charges-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ie-waterford-charges.jpgTwo charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one familyFile, Sep 2014: Clonmel Courthouse, Nelson Street · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-in-manipur-chassad-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-in-manipur-chassad.jpgOne killed, four wounded as gunfire hits Manipur border village of ChassadMap: Kamjong district (red) in Manipur, India · Chassad lies near the Myanmar border https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-iq-baghdad-pmf-blast-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-iq-baghdad-pmf-blast.jpgAmmunition blast at a PMF headquarters in Baghdad; one killed, sources tell ReutersMap: Baghdad, where the PMF ammunition depot exploded https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-iq-komala-drones-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-iq-komala-drones.jpgTwo drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base in Iraq's Erbil province; Komala says they came from IranFile, Mar 2026: a Komala fighter at a camp in Iraq's Kurdistan Region · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-kenya-uk-land-rover-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/landrover-new-plate-who-dis-v1.jpgNew plate, who dis? Kenya's UK-stolen Land RoverTwo-panel cartoon meme in the woman yelling at cat format. Left, captioned IT WAS STOLEN IN THE UK!: a frantic cartoon detective in a navy INTERPOL jacket yells and points while a colleague holds her shoulder; she holds a folder reading 260,000 CHECKED and exeindex.com. Right, captioned NEW PLATE, WHO DIS?: a smug grey boxy SUV with cartoon eyes sits at a dinner table behind a salad, its front plate reading KCY 001J, under a framed meadow painting labeled MEADOW, REVISITED. @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-mx-celaya-transito-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-mx-celaya-transito.jpgCelaya traffic officer, 27, shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle as she got into an UberFile, Nov 2022: calle Francisco I. Madero, central Celaya; the attack was in colonia Gobernadores · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-mx-jauregui-arrest-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-mx-jauregui-arrest.jpgMexico arrests ex-Chihuahua attorney general over April drug-lab raid joined by CIA officersFile, Jul 2026: César Jáuregui Moreno during an interview · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta.jpgTwo police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police stationMap: Abia State (red) in Nigeria · Aba lies in the south of the state https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ng-coas-borno-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ng-coas-borno.jpgNigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attackFile, Feb 2026: Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu (right) in Abuja with Nigeria's defence chief and AFRICOM's commander · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ng-gamboru-mine-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ng-gamboru-mine.jpgEight Nigerian soldiers killed as patrol vehicle hits a mine near Gamboru, BornoMap: Borno State (red) in northeastern Nigeria https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-pittsburgh-zoo-pelicans-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/pelicans-how-its-going-v1.jpgHow it started, how it's going: Pittsburgh Zoo pelicansTwo-panel cartoon meme in the How it started, How it's going format. Left, captioned HOW IT STARTED: two brown pelicans stand on rocks beside a small zoo pool with two penguins and a sign reading PELICANS. Right, captioned HOW IT'S GOING: the same two pelicans wear sunglasses and lounge on a pink and green pool float drifting down a wide river under a steel truss bridge with autumn trees, while a small grey boat with cartoon eyes shines a spotlight the other way. Details: a logo sticker on the float, an EXEINDEX.COM sign on the riverbank, and @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-pk-af-kurram-clash-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-pk-af-kurram-clash.jpgPakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchange fire on the Kurram borderFile, Apr 2006: Borki village, Kurram, on the Pakistan–Afghanistan border · not from the Oct 17 clashes https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-pk-balochistan-ibos-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-pk-balochistan-ibos.jpgPakistan says forces killed eight militants in three Balochistan operationsMap: Quetta, Nushki and Khuzdar districts (red) in Balochistan, Pakistan https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-pk-nasirabad-police-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-pk-nasirabad-police.jpgGunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's BalochistanMap: Nasirabad district (red) in Balochistan, Pakistan https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-pk-pma-kakul-parade-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-pk-pma-kakul-parade.jpgPakistan Military Academy graduates four courses, with cadets from 8 countriesFile, 2007: a PMA Kakul passing-out parade · not from the Oct 17, 2026 parade https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-pl-coalition-drill-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-pl-coalition-drill.jpgUK, French and German troops to rehearse a Ukraine ceasefire missionFile, Sep 2026: British Light Dragoons train at Bemowo Piskie, Poland · not from the November drill https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ps-gaza-drone-strikes-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ps-gaza-drone-strikes.jpgIsraeli drone strikes kill 4 in Gaza, reports sayFile, Feb 27, 2025: war-damaged buildings on Al Thawra Street, Gaza Strip · not from the Oct 17 strikes https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ps-taybeh-diplomats-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ps-taybeh-diplomats.jpgMasked settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank village of TaybehFile, Nov 2018: a street in Taybeh, West Bank · not from the Oct 17 attack https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ro-f16-black-sea-drones-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ro-f16-black-sea-drones.jpgRomanian F-16s shoot down two jet-powered drones over the Black SeaFile, Oct 2021: a Romanian Air Force F-16 lands at Borcea Air Base · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-sa-najran-ah6i-crash-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-sa-najran-ah6i-crash.jpgSaudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officersFeb 2018: a Saudi National Guard AH-6 at Janadriyah · not the crashed aircraft https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-th-narathiwat-clash-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-th-narathiwat-clash.jpgPolice officer killed in Narathiwat clash with suspected insurgentsFile, Jan 7, 2010: Thai paramilitary rangers in the southern border provinces · not from the Oct 17 clash https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ua-kharkiv-poltava-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ua-kharkiv-poltava.jpgRussian missile hits Kharkiv and a drone kills one in Poltava, officials sayMap: Kharkiv and Poltava (red dots) in eastern and central Ukraine https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ua-sumy-kabs-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ua-sumy-kabs.jpgRussia drops 8 guided bombs on Sumy; a man is killed, and a drone kills a second nearbyFile, Apr 2026: a Sumy high-rise after an earlier drone strike · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ug-operation-kisasi-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ug-operation-kisasi.jpgUganda's army chief launches 'Operation Kisasi' against violent crimeFile, Nov 25, 2024: Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba in Tokyo · not from the Oct 17 announcement https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-us-alamodome-rappel-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-us-alamodome-rappel.jpgAirman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the AlamodomeFile, Aug 20, 2026: Det 2, 6th CTS rappel training, Camp Bullis · not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-us-cow-mud-spa-satire2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-cow-mud-spa-sneck.jpgShe booked the 8-hour mud package: Florida cow rescueCartoon in SNECK style: a pale grey heifer lies blissfully chest-deep in a muddy mangrove canal at sunset, wearing a white towel turban marked with a logo, with cucumber slices over her googly eyes and a tiny pink cocktail umbrella beside her. Two masked, googly-eyed sheriff's deputies in campaign hats and life vests strain on a rope looped around her, sweating. A smug googly-eyed drone hovers overhead with a spotlight, and a half-sunk red shipping container reads EXEINDEX.COM. Caption: SHE BOOKED THE 8-HOUR MUD PACKAGE. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-us-nyc-7av-subway-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-us-nyc-7av-subway.jpgMan shot dead on Midtown Manhattan subway platform; gunman at largeFile, Nov 29, 2024: an E train at the 7th Av–53rd St northbound platform · not from this shooting https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-17-ye-taiz-maqbanah-feed2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-17-ye-taiz-maqbanah.jpgCivilians killed in Yemen's Taiz as each side blames the otherMap: Taiz governorate (red) in Yemen · Maqbanah lies in its west https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-abu-falah-journalist-attack2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/abu-falah-levine-2026-10-16-v7.pngNews card: Washington Post photographer beaten at West Bank olive harvest; Israel investigatingNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Washington Post photographer beaten at West Bank olive harvest; Israel investigating. File photo, March 2026: the village of Khirbet Abu Falah and its olive groves, seen from the northeast, not from this attack (Wikimedia user Yair Dov, CC BY-SA 4.0). Key facts for October 16, 2026: at 7:11 a.m. Eastern, The Washington Post reported its photographer was attacked by Israeli settlers, and its editor urged a thorough investigation. At 2:38 p.m. Eastern, ABC News reported that Israeli police opened an investigation and that Netanyahu said the facts remain unclear and those responsible will be held accountable. Sources: Washington Post, ABC News, NPR, CPJ, Times of Israel. exeindex.com/crime. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-baja-boat-sinking-ensenada2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/baja-boat-sinking-2026-10-16-v7.pngNews card: Coast Guard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Baja; about 11 missingNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Coast Guard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Baja; about 11 missing. File photo, August 2024: USS Kingsville, a Navy ship that joined the search, in Corpus Christi, Texas; not from this rescue. Timeline for October 16, 2026: about 1 a.m. Pacific, a mayday from a vessel sinking about 140 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico. 6:13 a.m., the Coast Guard reported 27 people in the water and 15 rescued. 3:41 p.m., AP reported 16 rescued and 11 believed missing. Two survivors are in critical condition; Mexico's consulate says all 16 are Mexican nationals. The Coast Guard says the route is commonly linked to smuggling but has not confirmed smuggling or the total aboard. Sources: U.S. Coast Guard, AP, NBC 7 San Diego, Uniradio Informa, Xinhua. exeindex.com/crime. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-br-bh-shootout2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/br-bh-shootout-2026-10-16-v7.pngNews card: Two suspects killed, three officers wounded in Belo Horizonte gunfightNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Two suspects killed, three officers wounded in Belo Horizonte gunfight. File photo from February 2016 by HVL, CC BY 4.0: a white Minas Gerais Military Police patrol car parked in Coronel Fabriciano, Brazil; not from the Oct 16 shootout. Key facts: about 11 PM Friday Oct 16 local time, during an anti-drug-trafficking operation; police say three men opened fire on Tático Móvel officers, who fired back; two suspects died at hospital and three officers were hurt and are stable; a.38 revolver and a 9 mm pistol were seized, per police, and a third suspect fled. Sources: g1 Minas, O Tempo, Minas Gerais Military Police. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-br-bh-shootout. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-gb-carpiuc-deported2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/carpiuc-deported-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: UK deports man jailed over Starmer-linked arson attacksNews card from EXE Index. Headline: UK deports man jailed over Starmer-linked arson attacks. File photo from July 5, 2024, Open Government Licence by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street: Keir Starmer standing in a dark suit and red tie beside a long cabinet table with a Union flag behind him; not from the October 16 deportation. Key facts: fires began on May 8, 2025 at a car Starmer once owned and two north London properties linked to him; on October 16, 2026 the Home Office said Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, has been deported from the UK and a re-entry ban applies; Carpiuc was jailed for 2 years and Roman Lavrynovych, 22, for 7 years over the arson plot. Sources: Home Office via BBC, The Telegraph, The Independent. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-gb-carpiuc-deported. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-ma-tangier-tatp2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/ma-tangier-tatp-2026-10-16-v7.pngNews card: Morocco police: Tangier ISIS suspect had TATP and a phone rigged as a bomb triggerNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Morocco police: Tangier ISIS suspect had TATP and a phone rigged as a bomb trigger. File photo from April 2015 by Magreb777, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped: a masked BCIJ officer in black tactical gear stands guard outside the bureau's headquarters in Salé, a stone building flying Morocco's flag; not from the Tangier case. Key facts: a 22-year-old ISIS-affiliated suspect, police say, arrested in Tangier on Oct 9; the lab found TATP, urea nitrate precursors and a chlorate oxidizer; a phone modified to trigger a bomb, plus nails and screws for shrapnel; the BCIJ is investigating under prosecutors, per a DGSN-DGST statement on Oct 16. Sources: DGSN-DGST statement, Morocco World News, le360, Le Matin. exeindex.com/terrorism. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-ma-tangier-tatp. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-mx-surfers-sentenced2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/ensenada-surfers-sentenced-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murdersNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murders. File photo from August 16, 2007, by matt.h.wade, CC BY-SA 2.0: hazy skyline of Ensenada, Baja California, with a tall pink hotel tower, a harbor channel lined with palm trees and hills of houses behind; not from the case. Key facts: in April 2024 Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and US friend Carter Rhoad were killed on a Baja surfing trip; on October 9, 2026 three men were convicted of aggravated homicide in a judge-only trial; on October 16 each was sentenced to 158 years and 9 months, and the defence plans to appeal. Sources: ABC News, BBC, AP. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-mx-surfers-sentenced. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-mx-trebol-arrest2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/trebol-queretaro-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Mexico arrests "El Trébol" near Querétaro airport for extradition to TexasNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Mexico arrests "El Trébol" near Querétaro airport for extradition to Texas. File photo from September 15, 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 by Josh Lim via Wikimedia Commons: the control tower and terminal of Querétaro Intercontinental Airport seen across a parking lot; not from the October 16 arrest. Key facts for October 16, 2026: FGR agents from AIC-Interpol and the SSPC detained Erick Eduardo Ríos Estrada near Querétaro airport; it is a provisional arrest for extradition, requested by a US federal court in the Southern District of Texas; authorities say he belongs to a cell moving cocaine and meth into Texas. Sources: Gabinete de Seguridad, Infobae, La Razón. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-mx-trebol-arrest. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-nagapattinam-meth-seizure2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/nagapattinam-meth-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: 135 kg of meth seized in Tamil Nadu; ruling-party official arrestedNews card from EXE Index. Headline: 135 kg of meth seized in Tamil Nadu; ruling-party official arrested. File photo from January 2010: sunrise over the Bay of Bengal from Nagapattinam beach, with waves breaking on the shore, by Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0, not from this case. Key facts for October 16, 2026: officers of India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence searched homes in Nagapattinam district and seized 135 kilograms of methamphetamine. N. Boopalan, 42, an advocate and district executive committee member of Tamil Nadu's ruling TVK party, was arrested. TVK expelled him; NDTV says the DRI has issued no official statement. Reported as stated. Sources: The Hindu, The News Minute, NDTV, Hindu Tamil Thisai. exeindex.com/crime. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-sa-jubayl-tankers2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/sa-jubayl-tankers-2026-10-16-v7.pngNews card: Two tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one dayNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Two tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one day. File photo from June 2012 by a NASA Expedition 31 crew member, public domain, brightened and cropped: the lights of Al Jubayl at night seen from the International Space Station; not from the October 16 attacks. Key facts: 68 and 78 nautical miles northeast of Al Jubayl in the Persian Gulf; at 0900 UTC an unknown projectile hit a tanker and its crew was evacuated; at 1922 UTC a tanker's master reported an RPG attack from a small boat that damaged the stern; Vanguard named the first ship as Safeen Principal and said it lost power and had an engine-room fire; all crew safe, attacker not identified. Sources: UKMTO, Rudaw, Xinhua, Al Arabiya. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-sa-jubayl-tankers. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/card-2026-10-16-us-powder-letters-congress-election-offices2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/powder-letters-2026-10-17-v7.pngNews card: Powder letters hit Congress and 26 state election offices; FBI probe widensNews card from EXE Index. Headline: Powder letters hit Congress and 26 state election offices; FBI probe widens. File photo from January 3, 2025, public domain, from the office of Rep. Hillary Scholten: members of the U.S. House stand with raised right hands in the chamber as they are sworn in for the 119th Congress; not from this incident. Key facts for October 16, 2026: NBC News reports the targets include at least 26 state election offices, at least 22 offices of congressional Democrats, and Republican Senators Collins, Cruz, Ricketts and Rounds. The sender has not been identified, and a source told NBC that all powder field-tested so far is not hazardous. Sources: NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, The Hill, MLive. exeindex.com/crime. @exeindex. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-afp-bajo-de-masinloc-maritime-patrol-2026-10-152026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/afp-bajo-de-masinloc-maritime-patrol-2026-10-15.webpPhilippine Navy patrol near Bajo de MasinlocText poster only. Philippine Navy patrol near Bajo de Masinloc. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cbp-otay-mesa-meth-tomatillos-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/cbp-otay-mesa-meth-tomatillos-2026-10-16.webpCBP shows nearly 1,600 lb of meth found in tomatillos at Otay MesaBundles of methamphetamine in plastic wrap and stacked boxes on pallets beside crates of tomatillos at a covered inspection dock. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-defence-aust-c130j-blue-mountains-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/defence-aust-c130j-blue-mountains-2026-10-16.webpRAAF C-130J flies low-level training over the Blue MountainsText poster only. Source shows a RAAF C-130J Hercules in low-level flight over forested mountains. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-gabseguridad-trebol-arrest-queretaro-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/gabseguridad-trebol-arrest-queretaro-2026-10-16.webpMexico presents "El Trébol" after Querétaro arrestText poster only. Mexico presents "El Trébol" after Querétaro arrest. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-isro-gaganyaan-cm-sm-separation-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/isro-gaganyaan-cm-sm-separation-2026-10-16.webpISRO shows Gaganyaan crew-module separation test after Oct. 16 releaseOrange conical Gaganyaan crew module suspended above a white cylindrical service-module stand labeled CM-SM SEPARATION TEST inside a test hall. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-japan-js-jasdf-y9-intel-aircraft-2026-10-142026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/japan-js-jasdf-y9-intel-aircraft-2026-10-14.webpJapan photographs Chinese Y-9 intelligence aircraft near its airspaceA grey four-engine turboprop military aircraft with a long nose radome and antennas on its fuselage flies left across a clear blue sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-japan-js-liaoning-carrier-group-2026-10-132026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/japan-js-liaoning-carrier-group-2026-10-13.webpJapan photographs China's carrier Liaoning group near OkinawaChinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, hull number 16, under way at sea with aircraft on deck, photographed by Japan's navy. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nasa-artemis-iii-terminal-count-sim-2026-10-152026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/nasa-artemis-iii-terminal-count-sim-2026-10-15.webpNASA Artemis team runs terminal countdown sim for Artemis IIIPeople at consoles in a NASA launch control firing room with large countdown and telemetry screens during an Artemis III terminal count simulation. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-saps-meadowlands-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-meadowlands-2026-10-16.pngSAPS Meadowlands laboratory, 16 October 2026No still is held. The source is a South African Police Service newsroom listing. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-saps-soweto-drug-lab-raid-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/saps-soweto-drug-lab-raid-2026-10-16.webpSAPS raid on suspected drug lab in SowetoText poster only. SAPS raid on suspected drug lab in Soweto. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-semar-sspc-fgr-durango-meth-lab-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/semar-sspc-fgr-durango-meth-lab-2026-10-16.webpMexico's Navy dismantles Durango meth lab, 1.3 tonnes seizedText poster only. The source video shows personnel in white protective suits beside sacks, drums and vats at a rural clandestine lab, with Marina, Seguridad and FGR logos. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-ukraine-mod-interceptor-drones-38th-regiment-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/ukraine-mod-interceptor-drones-38th-regiment-2026-10-16.webpUkraine MoD video: interceptor drones down Russian dronesText poster only. The source video shows first-person interceptor-drone views closing on fixed-wing drones, and operators at control screens. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usarmy-combined-resolve-abrams-hohenfels-2026-10-152026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usarmy-combined-resolve-abrams-hohenfels-2026-10-15.webpU.S. M1 Abrams tanks in Exercise Combined Resolve 27-01, GermanyU.S. M1 Abrams tank covered in camouflage netting and foliage in a grass field, two soldiers in the turret, one using binoculars. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-uscg-bertholf-vbat-drone-display-port-klang-2026-09-302026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/uscg-bertholf-vbat-drone-display-port-klang-2026-09-30.webpUSCGC Bertholf hosts a V-BAT drone briefing for Malaysian law enforcementA man in a dark polo shirt and cap speaks at a lectern with a laptop inside a ship's hangar, facing two listeners in grey camouflage uniforms seen from behind; tall grey upright units stand behind him. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-uscg-operation-river-wall-one-year-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/uscg-operation-river-wall-one-year-2026-10-16.webpU.S. Coast Guard video marks one year of Operation River Wall on the Rio GrandeText poster only. The source video is a vertical montage of U.S. Coast Guard boats with crews moving on a brown river lined with trees and palms, with large white on-screen captions. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-nsgb-small-arms-qualification-guantanamo-bay-2026-10-152026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-nsgb-small-arms-qualification-guantanamo-bay-2026-10-15.webpU.S. Navy sailors qualify on M18 pistols at Naval Station Guantanamo BayA U.S. Navy sailor in a camouflage boonie hat and a black vest reading U.S. Navy Security Forces, seen from behind, fires a pistol at a paper silhouette target on a grassy range with a dirt berm behind it. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-uss-oscar-austin-suez-canal-transit-2026-10-062026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-uss-oscar-austin-suez-canal-transit-2026-10-06.webpUSS Oscar Austin transits the Suez CanalA U.S. Navy sailor in a helmet and a vest marked U.S. Navy stands at the rail of a warship's forecastle, looking out over the calm water of the Suez Canal with sandy banks behind; a mounted gun barrel rises at the left of the frame. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-uss-theodore-roosevelt-yokosuka-arrival-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-uss-theodore-roosevelt-yokosuka-arrival-2026-10-16.webpUSS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Yokosuka ahead of Keen SwordThe aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, aircraft on its deck, berthed across the harbour at Yokosuka beside a tall red-and-white crane under a pale sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-ussf-481-falcon-9-vandenberg-launch-2026-10-152026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/ussf-481-falcon-9-vandenberg-launch-2026-10-15.webpFalcon 9 lifts off with USSF-481 from Vandenberg, Oct. 15, 2026A Falcon 9 rocket climbs diagonally across a clear blue sky, its bright engine plume trailing a long white exhaust cloud. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-abu-falah-journalist-attack-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-abu-falah-journalist-attack.jpgWashington Post photographer beaten at West Bank olive harvest; Israel investigatingFile, March 2026: Khirbet Abu Falah and its olive groves, seen from the northeast · not from this attack https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-baja-boat-sinking-ensenada-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-baja-boat-sinking-ensenada.jpgCoast Guard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Baja; about 11 missingFile, Aug. 2024: USS Kingsville (LCS 36), which joined the search, in Corpus Christi · not from this rescue https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-br-bh-shootout-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-br-bh-shootout.jpgTwo suspects killed, three officers wounded in Belo Horizonte gunfightFile, Feb 2016: a PMMG patrol car in Coronel Fabriciano, MG · not from the Oct 16 shootout https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-citation-required2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/citation-required.svgSource requiredA map pin holding a footnote mark. The caption reads: source required. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-cy-larnaca-painting-satire2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-larnaca-painting-sneck.jpgA piece with surprising depth: Larnaca painting cannabisCartoon in SNECK style: in a dim customs warehouse, two customs agents, one in a dark hooded cloak with only big white googly eyes showing and one in a charcoal helmet with a yellow sash, stand chin in hand studying a meadow painting on an easel like art critics. A plaque reads "Meadow, Revisited, oil on canvas, a study in layers", and an inspection scanner beside it shows sealed bricks hidden behind the canvas, labeled DENSITY ANOMALY. Caption: A PIECE WITH SURPRISING DEPTH. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-eu-summit-phantom-farter-meme2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/phantom-farter-pointing-v1.jpgWho is the phantom farter?Cartoon meme in the Spider-Man pointing format: three identical reporters in tan trench coats with PRESS badges and notepads point accusingly at each other in a press room with blue chairs, a podium and a PRESS ROOM sign, while green stink lines rise around their feet. Caption: WHO IS THE PHANTOM FARTER? https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-gb-carpiuc-deported-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-gb-carpiuc-deported.jpgUK deports man jailed over Starmer-linked arson attacksFile, July 5, 2024: Keir Starmer official portrait · not from the Oct 16 deportation https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-hormuz-iphone-fishing-meme2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/hormuz-iphone-expanding-brain-v2.jpgFishing for iPhones in the Strait of HormuzCartoon meme in the expanding-brain format, four rows. A masked cartoon fisherman in a tiny wooden skiff on a choppy sea holds up a fish (FISHING FOR FISH), then a sealed white phone box (FISHING FOR IPHONES), then a gold perfume bottle (FISHING FOR FRENCH PERFUME), and finally tows a giant red shipping container behind his smoking little boat (TOWING THE WHOLE CONTAINER HOME). The brain on the right grows from dim to cosmic. Details: an EXE sticker on the boat, an exeindex.com buoy flag, a floating newspaper reading F-35C LANDS ON CVN 79, and @exeindex in the corner. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-ma-tangier-tatp-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-ma-tangier-tatp.jpgMorocco police: Tangier ISIS suspect had TATP and a phone rigged as a bomb triggerFile, Apr 2015: a BCIJ officer at the bureau's HQ in Salé · not from the Tangier case https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-mx-surfers-sentenced-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-mx-surfers-sentenced.jpgThree men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murdersFile, Aug 16, 2007: Ensenada skyline; the city where the trial was held · not from the case https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-mx-trebol-arrest-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-mx-trebol-arrest.jpgMexico arrests "El Trébol" near Querétaro airport for extradition to TexasFile, Sept 15, 2019: Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · not from the Oct 16 arrest https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-nagapattinam-meth-seizure-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-nagapattinam-meth-seizure.jpg135 kg of meth seized in Tamil Nadu; ruling-party official arrestedFile, Jan 2010: Bay of Bengal at Nagapattinam beach · not from this case https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-sa-jubayl-tankers-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-sa-jubayl-tankers.jpgTwo tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one dayFile, Jun 2012: Al Jubayl at night, seen from the ISS · not from the Oct 16 attacks https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-tw-tank-median-ticket-satire2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-tank-median-ticket-sneck.jpgParking enforcement fears nothing: tank stuck on medianCartoon in SNECK style: a big olive-green army tank sits stuck on top of a crushed concrete highway median while cars wait in the lanes behind it. In front, a deadpan parking officer in a peaked cap, a dark mask with big googly eyes and a yellow sash calmly holds up a parking ticket to the tank's gun barrel, ticket book in hand. A smug googly-eyed drone hovers overhead and a roadside billboard shows a meadow painting. Caption: PARKING ENFORCEMENT FEARS NOTHING. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-us-drone-ship-chow-satire2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-drone-ship-chow-sneck.jpgZero crew, zero chow complaints: Navy drone ship deploysCartoon in SNECK style: five deadpan sailors with big googly eyes (a brass diving helmet, a dark hood, a lynx head in a sailor cap, a visor helmet and an orange mask) stand in a chow line on an aircraft carrier deck holding trays of gray mush, while a small crewless drone ship with googly eyes and a smug grin zips past in the water. Caption: ZERO CREW. ZERO CHOW COMPLAINTS. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-16-us-powder-letters-congress-election-offices-feed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/media/feed/2026-10-16-us-powder-letters-congress-election-offices.jpgPowder letters hit Congress and 26 state election offices; FBI probe widensFile, Jan 3, 2025: House members sworn in for the 119th Congress · not from this incident https://exeindex.com/media/satire-airport-opening-soon2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/airport-opening-soon.webpOpening Soon™ (Since 2011)Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a cream caped figure with an airport-building head, labeled The New Airport, says 'Any day now. No big party, though.' A sign reads Opening Soon, since 2011, and a notice reads Defects found: 20,000+. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-carrier-elevator-out-of-order2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/carrier-elevator-out-of-order.webpElevator Out of Order. Ship In Service.Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a grey armored figure with an aircraft-carrier head, labeled The Supercarrier, says 'Most advanced carrier in the world. Stairs, please.' Next to it a steel elevator door carries an Out of Order sign. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-caucus-app-partial-results2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/caucus-app-partial-results.webpResults: Recorded 100%. Reported: Vibes.Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a panicking monitor-headed figure, labeled The Results App, holds up a phone showing 0% sent, while a ballot-card-headed Waiting Voter crosses its arms and says 'Recorded: 100%. Reported: vibes.' https://exeindex.com/media/satire-chads-on-trial2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/chads-on-trial.webpThe Chad LineupAnime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: four ballot-card-headed figures in a police lineup, labeled Hanging, Dimpled, Pregnant and Swinging. A speech bubble asks 'Which one of you is a vote?' https://exeindex.com/media/satire-crime-chart-executes-data-dump2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/crime-chart-executes-data-dump.webpcrime_stats.exe Executed a Data DumpAnime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a teal monitor-headed figure, labeled The National Chart, says 'New system! Same country, about 40% less of it.' A screen reads crime_stats.exe, migrate to NIBRS, dropping the other 40%, and paper agency files lie on the floor labeled about 7,000 agencies. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-designation-404-group-not-found2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/designation-404-group-not-found.webpError 404: Group Not Found (Until Further Notice)Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a tan caped figure with a government-building head, labeled The List Office, says 'It's on. It's off. Please hold.' A screen shows a query for one unnamed group flipping between FOUND, 404 NOT FOUND and FOUND again across administrations. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-government-exe-restart2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/government-exe-restart.mp4government.exe Is Restarting (Day 43)Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: two capitol-dome-headed figures, labeled Blue Chamber and Red Chamber, point at each other saying 'after you' and 'no, after YOU' under a screen reading government.exe, restarting, Day 43, back to 1%. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-grand-opening-six-customers2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/grand-opening-six-customers.webpGrand Opening! Six Customers! Servers on Fire!Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a caped blue figure with a .gov monitor head, labeled The Website, cheers 'Grand opening! Six customers!' A screen reads enrollments today: 6, servers: on fire, and six tiny ballot-card customers wait in line. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-jet-costs-more-than-the-country2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/jet-costs-more-than-the-country.webpLifetime Cost: YesAnime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a tall caped figure in blue armor with a fighter-jet helmet, labeled The Program, points and says 'Financing available. Through 2088.' A short green figure with a little house for a head, labeled Small Ally, asks 'Can I see the maintenance plan?' Caption: Lifetime cost: yes ($1.7 trillion). https://exeindex.com/media/satire-jet-stuck-in-software-update2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/jet-stuck-in-software-update.webpPlease Do Not Turn Off Your Fighter JetAnime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a grey figure with a jet helmet, labeled The Fresh Jet, stands with arms crossed and says 'Brand new. Still updating.' A screen reads Installing update 1 of ???, please do not turn off your fighter jet, with a progress bar at 37%. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-missile-budget-overflow2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/missile-budget-overflow.mp4missile_budget.exe Has Exceeded 100%Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a missile-headed caped figure, labeled The New Missile Program, points at a screen where the budget progress bar passes 100% and turns red at 181%, reading critical breach +81%, certified to continue anyway. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-missing-stealth-jet-poster2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/missing-stealth-jet-poster.webpMISSING: One Stealth Jet. Works Exactly as Advertised.Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a grey armored figure with a jet helmet, labeled The Air Base, panics and asks 'Has anyone seen my wingman?' beside a poster reading MISSING: one (1) stealth jet, photo very stealthy. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-pentagon-audit-seven2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/pentagon-audit-seven.webpAudit #7: Define "Failed"Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a grey caped figure with a pentagon-shaped head, labeled The Building, proudly holds up a paper reading Audit #7 'F' and says 'F stands for Fantastic, right? 1,500 checkbooks!' A monitor-headed Auditor stands with arms crossed next to a stack of checkbooks. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-phantom-farter-pointing-v12026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/phantom-farter-pointing-v1.jpgWho is the phantom farter?Cartoon meme in the Spider-Man pointing format: three identical reporters in tan trench coats with PRESS badges and notepads point accusingly at each other in a press room with blue chairs, a podium and a PRESS ROOM sign, while green stink lines rise around their feet. Caption: WHO IS THE PHANTOM FARTER? https://exeindex.com/media/satire-shell-too-expensive-to-fire2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/shell-too-expensive-to-fire.webpThe Biggest Naval Guns Since WWII, Now in Display ModeAnime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: an armored figure with a warship for a head, labeled The Destroyer, says 'The biggest guns since WWII. The shells are display only.' Beside it a single golden shell in a glass case is tagged $800K, Do not touch. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-spare-part-4451-percent2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/spare-part-4451-percent.webpA $173 Part, Living Its Best LifeAnime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: a golden figure with a crowned bolt for a head and a red cape, labeled One Spare Part, raises a fist and says 'Small part. Big lifestyle.' An invoice reads cost to make $173, margin 4,451%, cost data denied, PAID. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-spreadsheets-fight-over-crime2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/memes/spreadsheets-fight-over-crime.webpTwo Spreadsheets Enter. One Revision Leaves.Anime-style cartoon in a dark brick bar: two monitor-headed figures face off, labeled First Draft and Quiet Revision. One says 'Violent crime: -1.7%'; the other says 'Same year: +4.5%'. A red VS sits between them. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cbp-laredo-world-trade-bridge-meth-salt-2026-10-122026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/cbp-laredo-world-trade-bridge-meth-salt-2026-10-12.webpCBP shows 3,395 lb of meth found in a salt shipment at LaredoStacks of white woven sacks printed with red lettering, piled on pallets and a metal cart in front of a brick wall with blue doors at a port inspection area. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-gna-salta-cocaine-seizure-2026-10-152026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/gna-salta-cocaine-seizure-2026-10-15.webpArgentine gendarmes seize 35 kg of cocaine hidden in a car in SaltaArgentine gendarmes stand behind rows of seized cocaine packages laid on a green floor, with a patrol truck, the opened SUV and a police dog; two detainees face away from the camera. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-kpszsu-ukrainian-air-force-cockpit-target-destroyed-2026-10-152026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/kpszsu-ukrainian-air-force-cockpit-target-destroyed-2026-10-15.webpUkrainian Air Force cockpit video captioned 'Target destroyed'Text poster only. The source video shows the inside of a fighter cockpit at high altitude with a white smoke trail in the blue sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-pdi-chile-afp-operation-killer-cocaine-2026-10-152026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/pdi-chile-afp-operation-killer-cocaine-2026-10-15.webpChile's PDI shows cocaine seized in Operation Killer, a plot aimed at AustraliaText poster only. The source photos show a PDI officer speaking at a podium and an officer in gloves holding one of several wrapped packages on a table behind an 'Evidencia' sign. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-ukraine-mod-borisoglebsk-airfield-strike-2026-10-152026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/ukraine-mod-borisoglebsk-airfield-strike-2026-10-15.webpUkraine MoD video of Borisoglebsk airfield strikeText poster only. Ukraine MoD video of Borisoglebsk airfield strike. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usarmy-jtfb-uh60-panama-earthquake-usar-2026-10-142026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usarmy-jtfb-uh60-panama-earthquake-usar-2026-10-14.webpU.S. Army Black Hawk retrieves rescue teams after Panama earthquakeA man in a blue shirt and a vest with a U.S. flag patch walks across an airfield toward a parked UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter under a blue sky. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-mcfaul-replenishment-oscar-v-peterson-horn-of-africa-2026-09-232026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-mcfaul-replenishment-oscar-v-peterson-horn-of-africa-2026-09-23.webpUSS McFaul comes alongside USNS Oscar V. Peterson off the Horn of AfricaThree sailors seen from behind on a warship's bridge wing, one holding a whiteboard with course and speed numbers and one looking through binoculars, watch a large grey supply ship ahead on a sunlit sea. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-15-mapped-vs-blank2026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/media/mapped-blank.svgMapped and unmapped recordsBar showing 3,129 mapped records out of 3,362 in the Oct 17 snapshot. The rest are unmapped. https://exeindex.com/media/research-spacex-falcon-92026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-spacex-falcon-9.pngFalcon 9Falcon 9 https://exeindex.com/media/footage-centcom-iran-affiliated-dhow-gulf-of-oman-2026-10-062026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/centcom-iran-affiliated-dhow-gulf-of-oman-2026-10-06.webpU.S. forces destroy Iran-affiliated dhow in the Gulf of OmanFrame at 7 s: two helicopters over the sea. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-gna-oran-coca-leaf-seizure-2026-10-142026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/gna-oran-coca-leaf-seizure-2026-10-14.webpArgentine gendarmes seize 580 kg of coca leaf in three Orán opsArgentine gendarme in green uniform and GNA vest stands beside stacked plastic-wrapped coca-leaf bundles indoors under a Gendarmería wall seal. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-uscg-tampa-sinks-smuggling-vessel-off-panama-2026-09-152026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/uscg-tampa-sinks-smuggling-vessel-off-panama-2026-09-15.webpCoast Guard cutter Tampa crew sinks drug boat off PanamaThe photo itself (6000x4000 original): a burning vessel at night with a Coast Guard small boat nearby; no people visible. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-uss-mcfaul-africa-circumnavigation-mindelo-2026-10-102026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-uss-mcfaul-africa-circumnavigation-mindelo-2026-10-10.webpUSS McFaul completes a circumnavigation of AfricaTwo sailors in dark Navy uniforms look out from a warship's bridge wing, one through mounted binoculars, with a hazy harbor and hills behind them; a third sailor wearing a headset stands at right. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-14-download-tip2026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/media/download-formats.svgDownload the indexFive download formats: GeoJSON, CSV, JSON, XLSX, and SQL. Each row keeps its source URL. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-14-nk-sub-cruise-missiles2026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/media/nk-sub-cruise-missiles-2026-10-14.webpCruise missiles reported in the East Sea, Oct 14Card: KCNA via Yonhap said two types of strategic cruise missiles were test-fired in the East Sea on 14 October 2026. Region only. Reported as stated. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-14-ofac-rodriguez-removal2026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/media/ofac-venezuela-removal-2026-10-14.webpOFAC removes Jorge Rodríguez from the SDN ListTimeline card: Jorge Rodríguez and Delcy Rodríguez listed on the SDN List in September 2018, her entry removed on 1 April 2026, and his entry removed on 14 October 2026. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-14-snapshot-counts2026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/media/snapshot-mix.svgEXE snapshot, generated Oct 7Oct 7 snapshot: 1,684 executions, 474 terrorism, 1,129 gangs, 39 insurgents. 3,093 of 3,326 are mapped. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-crs-35-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngNASA CRS-35 resupply launchNo still is held. The source is the NASA release. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-cvn-79-f-35c-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngFirst F-35C landing on CVN 79No still is held. The Navy photo is linked from DVIDS and is not rehosted. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-dsns-rivne-university-drone-debris-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/dsns-rivne-university-drone-debris-2026-10-13.webpRescuers at Rivne university after Russian drone strikeFrame at 18 s: aerial view of the collapsed roof with rescuers. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-13-dhahran-three-statements2026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/media/dhahran-three-statements-2026-10-14.webpDhahran, three statements, Oct 13Card of three public statements about Dhahran on 13 October 2026: the Saudi Ministry of Energy, the Saudi-led coalition, and a reported Houthi claim. Reported as stated. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-13-fl-robertson-17-of-312026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/media/us-executions-2026-fl-17-of-31-2026-10-14.webpFlorida's 17th execution of 2026Chart: Florida carried out 17 of 31 U.S. executions in 2026, and 19 of 47 in 2025. Source: DPIC. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-13-sanctions-three-lists2026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/media/sanctions-three-lists-2026-10-09-12.webpThree sanctions lists, four days (OFAC, EU, UK)Card summarizing three official sanctions list updates, Oct 9–12, 2026 https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-13-unodc-homicide-context2026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/media/unodc-context.svgIntentional homicide, latest year in EXELatest intentional homicide rates per 100,000 in EXE: Japan 0.23, Italy 0.57, Germany 0.92, France 1.33, Canada 1.98, USA 5.76. Context, not a league table. https://exeindex.com/media/research-navy-cvn-79-first-f-35c-landing-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/media/f35c-cvn79-first-landing-2026-10-13.webpFirst F-35C landing on PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)Card: an F-35C of VX-23 made the first F-35C arrested landing on a Ford-class carrier, PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), on 13 October 2026. Navy photos mark the first F-35C launch from the class on 14 October. https://exeindex.com/media/video-2026-10-13-how-to-read2026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/media/how-to-read.svgHow to read an EXE numberShort video: an EXE number is read from its publisher, retrieval date, and terms. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-12-api-homicide-tip2026-10-12 https://exeindex.com/media/api-tip.svgOpen-data tip: state homicide ratesA public crime query for state homicide rates in 2025. No key. CC BY 4.0. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-12-fbi-murder-rate2026-10-12 https://exeindex.com/media/fbi-murder-2025.svgU.S. murder rate, FBI estimates, 2025FBI estimate for 2025: 4.1 murders per 100,000 people, 14,085 murders. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-12-sources-are-free2026-10-12 https://exeindex.com/media/sources-free.svgSources are freeA row with a source line attached. The caption reads: sources are free. https://exeindex.com/media/photo-2026-10-06-centcom-gulf-of-oman-dhow2026-10-06 https://exeindex.com/media/centcom-gulf-of-oman-dhow-2026-10-14.webpCENTCOM statement on a dhow in the Gulf of OmanTimeline card: CENTCOM posted on 14 October 2026 that U.S. forces destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow in the Gulf of Oman on 6 October. Region only. Reported as stated. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nasa-crew-13-2026-10-012026-10-01 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/crew-13-2026-10-01.pngNASA Crew-13 launch, 1 October 2026No still is held. The source is the NASA release. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-ussf-crew-13-falcon-9-launch-2026-10-012026-10-01 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/ussf-crew-13-falcon-9-launch-2026-10-01.webpFalcon 9 launches NASA's Crew-13 from Cape CanaveralFrame at 13 s: liftoff from SLC-40. https://exeindex.com/media/research-pla-national-day-2026-09-292026-09-29 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-pla-national-day-2026-09-29.pngPLA National Day programmePLA National Day programme https://exeindex.com/media/footage-africom-phoenix-express-tunisia-fast-rope-2026-09-162026-09-16 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/africom-phoenix-express-tunisia-fast-rope-2026-09-16.webpU.S. and Tunisian forces fast-rope in Phoenix Express 2026Service members slide down ropes from a hovering UH-60 helicopter toward a paved surface during maritime boarding training. https://exeindex.com/media/research-centcom-operational-update-2026-08-272026-08-27 https://exeindex.com/media/thumbs/research-centcom-operational-update-2026-08-27.webpCENTCOM commander operational updateCENTCOM commander operational update https://exeindex.com/media/footage-rivne-rescue-2026-07-292026-07-29 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/rivne-rescue-2026-07-29.pngRivne rescue, 29 July 2026No still is held. The source is a State Emergency Service report. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-uscg-hc130-saipan-typhoon-sinlaku-relief-2026-04-172026-04-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/uscg-hc130-saipan-typhoon-sinlaku-relief-2026-04-17.webpCoast Guard HC-130 delivers typhoon relief teams to SaipanA white U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 transport plane with an orange tail stripe parked on an airport apron under grey clouds, as several people with backpacks walk past it. https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-orion2026-04-03 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-orion.pngOrion spacecraftOrion spacecraft https://exeindex.com/media/footage-nato-cold-response-2026-03-122026-03-24 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngNATO Cold Response exercise, northern NorwayNo still is held. The source is an official NATO video page. https://exeindex.com/media/research-nato-cold-response-2026-03-242026-03-24 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nato-cold-response-2026-03-24.pngNATO exercise Cold Response in northern NorwayNATO exercise Cold Response in northern Norway https://exeindex.com/media/footage-africom-us-strikes-isis-sokoto-nigeria-2025-12-252025-12-25 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/africom-us-strikes-isis-sokoto-nigeria-2025-12-25.webpU.S. strikes on ISIS in Sokoto, Nigeria, Dec. 25, 2025A missile rises in a plume of smoke beside a deck gun on a darkened warship at night. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usaf-jtfb-ch47-hurricane-melissa-relief-kingston-jamaica-2025-11-112025-11-12 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usaf-jtfb-ch47-hurricane-melissa-relief-kingston-jamaica-2025-11-11.webpARCHIVE: Joint Task Force-Bravo loads CH-47 for Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica (Nov. 2025)U.S. service members in camouflage uniforms walk across an airport apron in a line toward a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with its rotors turning, under a blue sky with white clouds and green hills in the distance. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-rio-operacao-contencao-police-standby-2025-102025-10-30 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/rio-operacao-contencao-police-standby-2025-10.webpPolice on standby during Rio's Operação Contenção, 2025JPG of the still. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-afp-bajo-de-masinloc-2025-08-272025-08-27 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/afp-bajo-de-masinloc-2025-08-27.pngAFP patrol east of Bajo de Masinloc, 2025No still is held. The source is an Armed Forces of the Philippines news page. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-talisman-sabre-2025-07-232025-07-24 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/talisman-sabre-2025-07-23.pngTalisman Sabre 25 capabilities videoTalisman Sabre 25 capabilities video https://exeindex.com/media/footage-talisman-sabre-25-coral-sea-formation-2025-07-202025-07-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/talisman-sabre-25-coral-sea-formation-2025-07-20.webpMultinational fleet sails in formation at Talisman Sabre 25The photo itself. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-fa18-red-sea-houthi-ops-2025-03-232025-03-23 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-fa18-red-sea-houthi-ops-2025-03-23.webpU.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Red Sea, March 23, 2025A gray U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet banks in clear sky with under-wing stores, photographed from another aircraft. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usembassy-haiti-mss-guatemala-el-salvador-troops-arrive-2025-01-032025-01-03 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usembassy-haiti-mss-guatemala-el-salvador-troops-arrive-2025-01-03.webpARCHIVE 2025: Guatemalan and Salvadoran troops arrive in Haiti for the MSS missionA column of about 20 soldiers in green camouflage, some in maroon or green berets, walks across a paved airport apron past parked trucks, shipping containers and low buildings, with trees and hills behind. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-raf-typhoons-op-shader-middle-east-2024-11-132024-11-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/raf-typhoons-op-shader-middle-east-2024-11-13.webpARCHIVE: RAF Typhoons on Operation Shader mission over the Middle East (Nov. 2024)Two grey RAF Typhoon fighter jets flying in formation above a hazy desert mountain range under a pale blue sky, one slightly above and behind the other, with the nearer jet's tail number 345 visible. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usarmy-keen-sword-25-patriot-misawa-2024-10-292024-10-30 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usarmy-keen-sword-25-patriot-misawa-2024-10-29.webpARCHIVE 2024: Patriot battery deploys to Misawa for Keen Sword 25Vertical photo: two soldiers in helmets and camouflage guide a long missile canister into the frame of a Patriot launcher on a truck, one reaching up from below and one standing on top, under a blue sky with white clouds. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-pcg-ccg-5205-rams-brp-teresa-magbanua-sabina-shoal-2024-08-312024-08-31 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/pcg-ccg-5205-rams-brp-teresa-magbanua-sabina-shoal-2024-08-31.webpARCHIVE 2024: Philippine Coast Guard video of Chinese ship 5205 ramming BRP Teresa MagbanuaText poster only. The source clips, filmed from the Philippine cutter's helicopter deck, show a white China Coast Guard ship with red and blue stripes and the number 5205 on its hull turning toward the camera through open sea, and a close view from the bow as the Chinese ship's foredeck, with crew in orange vests, scrapes along the Philippine ship's rail. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-soyuz-plesetsk-2024-02-092024-02-09 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/no-still.pngSoyuz-2.1v launch from Plesetsk, 2024No still is held. The source is a ministry video page dated 9 February 2024. https://exeindex.com/media/research-russia-mod-soyuz-plesetsk-2024-02-092024-02-09 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-russia-mod-soyuz-plesetsk-2024-02-09.pngRussian Aerospace Forces: Soyuz-2.1v launch from PlesetskRussian Aerospace Forces: Soyuz-2.1v launch from Plesetsk https://exeindex.com/media/footage-centcom-us-uk-strikes-houthi-targets-fa18-launches-2024-01-222024-01-22 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/centcom-us-uk-strikes-houthi-targets-fa18-launches-2024-01-22.webpARCHIVE 2024: CENTCOM video of F/A-18 launches for strikes on Houthi targetsNight view of a grey U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jet on an aircraft carrier deck, lit by deck lights against a black sky, moments before launch. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-carney-houthi-missiles-uavs-red-sea-2023-10-192023-10-19 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-carney-houthi-missiles-uavs-red-sea-2023-10-19.webpUSS Carney fires on Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023A missile launches in a bright plume from the deck of the U.S. destroyer Carney at sea, seen from along the ship's side. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usarmy-17th-fab-three-himars-live-fire-shoalwater-bay-talisman-sabre-2023-07-222023-07-22 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usarmy-17th-fab-three-himars-live-fire-shoalwater-bay-talisman-sabre-2023-07-22.webpARCHIVE: U.S. Army fires three HIMARS to open Talisman Sabre 23 at Shoalwater BayRockets streak upward on long white smoke trails from launchers hidden in dust clouds on a grassy plain, with a rocky forested ridge and cloudy sky behind and a third launch flashing at the left. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mod-msta-s-2023-03-212023-03-21 https://exeindex.com/footage/posters/mod-msta-s-2023-03-21.pngRussian MoD: Msta-S howitzers, 21 March 2023No still is held. The source is a Russian Ministry of Defence page. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-russia-mod-towed-howitzer-svo-zone-2023-03-022023-03-02 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/russia-mod-towed-howitzer-svo-zone-2023-03-02.webpRussian MoD video: towed howitzer crews firing, March 2023Frame at 30 s: towed howitzer firing among pine trees. https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-sls-block-12022-03-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-sls-block-1.pngNASA SLS Block 1NASA SLS Block 1 https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-james-webb2021-12-25 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-james-webb.pngJames Webb Space TelescopeJames Webb Space Telescope https://exeindex.com/media/footage-mindefensa-colombia-otoniel-capture-2021-10-232021-10-28 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/mindefensa-colombia-otoniel-capture-2021-10-23.webpColombia captures Clan del Golfo leader 'Otoniel', Oct. 2021A man in a black T-shirt and face mask stands at a table while a forensic officer in a lab coat takes his fingerprints, beside a masked, helmeted officer holding a rifle, with Colombian flags behind. https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-ingenuity2021-04-19 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-ingenuity.pngIngenuity Mars helicopterIngenuity Mars helicopter https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-perseverance2019-07-23 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-perseverance.pngPerseverance Mars roverPerseverance Mars rover https://exeindex.com/media/footage-centcom-navy-rq4a-bams-d-shootdown-smoke-hormuz-2019-06-202019-06-20 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/centcom-navy-rq4a-bams-d-shootdown-smoke-hormuz-2019-06-20.webpARCHIVE 2019: CENTCOM video of smoke trail from Navy RQ-4 shot down over HormuzGrey infrared sensor view with an orange crosshair and corner brackets: a dark, jagged smoke trail falls diagonally from the top of the frame, with the side data panels blurred. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-centcom-kokuka-courageous-limpet-mine-gulf-of-oman-2019-06-132019-06-13 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/centcom-kokuka-courageous-limpet-mine-gulf-of-oman-2019-06-13.webpKokuka Courageous hull damage after Gulf of Oman attack, 2019The dark hull of the tanker Kokuka Courageous at sea, with red circles and labels marking a blast hole near the waterline and an object further along the hull that the labels call an alleged unexploded mine. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usaf-clear-sky-2018-ukrainian-su27-starokostiantyniv-2018-10-082018-10-08 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usaf-clear-sky-2018-ukrainian-su27-starokostiantyniv-2018-10-08.webpARCHIVE: Ukrainian Su-27 over Starokostiantyniv during Clear Sky 2018A two-seat fighter jet in blue and grey digital camouflage with the side number 70 flies left across a pale blue sky. https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-parker-solar-probe2018-08-12 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-parker-solar-probe.pngParker Solar ProbeParker Solar Probe https://exeindex.com/media/footage-dod-haley-houthi-fired-qiam-missile-remnants-2017-12-142017-12-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/dod-haley-houthi-fired-qiam-missile-remnants-2017-12-14.webpU.S. shows remnants of a Houthi-fired missile it says is an Iranian Qiam (2017)A woman in a blue suit gestures toward a large, scorched cylindrical missile section resting on wooden pallets in a hangar, while photographers and reporters sit at right. https://exeindex.com/media/research-navy-cvn-78-gerald-r-ford2017-07-22 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-navy-cvn-78-gerald-r-ford.pngUSS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usarng-maple-resolve-cmtc-wainwright-camp-2014-05-202014-07-30 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usarng-maple-resolve-cmtc-wainwright-camp-2014-05-20.webpMaple Resolve 2014 camp at Canadian Maneuver Training CenterRows of olive-green military tents laid out in a field camp, seen from higher ground, with a line of trees, rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-amisom-kismayo-airport-attack-repelled-2013-08-222013-08-22 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/amisom-kismayo-airport-attack-repelled-2013-08-22.webpAMISOM soldier at Kismayo airport after Al-Shabaab attack, 2013The photo itself. https://exeindex.com/media/research-usaf-agm-158-jassm2013-01-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-usaf-agm-158-jassm.pngAGM-158 JASSMAGM-158 JASSM https://exeindex.com/media/research-usaf-agm-158b-jassm-er2013-01-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-usaf-agm-158b-jassm-er.pngAGM-158B JASSM-ERAGM-158B JASSM-ER https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usn-uss-freedom-colombian-navy-gofast-caribbean-2010-02-222010-02-22 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usn-uss-freedom-colombian-navy-gofast-caribbean-2010-02-22.webpARCHIVE 2010: USS Freedom and Colombian navy crews hunt a go-fast's dumped cocaineOpen blue sea under a pale sky: at left a grey rigid-hull boat flying a U.S. flag carries several crew in dark gear, and at right a white Colombian navy patrol boat with red and yellow stripes carries three crew, a white wake running between them. https://exeindex.com/media/footage-usaf-pentagon-9-11-aerial-rescue-operations-2001-09-142001-09-14 https://exeindex.com/footage/stills/usaf-pentagon-9-11-aerial-rescue-operations-2001-09-14.webpARCHIVE 2001: Aerial view of the Pentagon three days after the 9/11 attackAerial photo of the Pentagon's damaged facade: a collapsed, blackened section with exposed floors and rubble, cranes and a fire-truck ladder reaching in, a large U.S. flag hanging on the wall to the right, and rescue workers, tents and vehicles on the ground in front. https://exeindex.com/media/research-usaf-c-17-globemaster-iii1991-09-15 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-usaf-c-17-globemaster-iii.pngC-17 Globemaster IIIC-17 Globemaster III https://exeindex.com/media/research-navy-ddg-51-arleigh-burke1991-07-04 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-navy-ddg-51-arleigh-burke.pngArleigh Burke class destroyer (DDG 51)Arleigh Burke class destroyer (DDG 51) https://exeindex.com/media/research-army-m1a1-abrams-19911991-01-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-army-m1a1-abrams-1991.pngM1A1 Abrams tank (1991 handbook)M1A1 Abrams tank (1991 handbook) https://exeindex.com/media/research-army-m2-bradley-19911991-01-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-army-m2-bradley-1991.pngM2 Bradley fighting vehicle (1991 handbook)M2 Bradley fighting vehicle (1991 handbook) https://exeindex.com/media/research-nasa-hubble1990-01-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-nasa-hubble.pngHubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope https://exeindex.com/media/research-usaf-f-16-fighting-falcon1976-12-01 https://exeindex.com/og/cards/media-usaf-f-16-fighting-falcon.pngF-16 Fighting FalconF-16 Fighting Falcon https://exeindex.com/media/item/navy-cvn-79-first-f-35c-landing-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/cards/f35c-cvn79-first-landing-2026-10-13-v7.pngFirst F-35C landing on a Ford-class carrierCVN 79 · Oct 13 https://exeindex.com/cards/f35c-cvn79-first-landing-2026-10-13-v7-techspecs.pngFirst F-35C landing on a Ford-class carrierF-35C (VX-23) arrested landing aboard PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) · Oct 13 https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-navy-cvn-79-f35c-2026-10-132026-10-13 https://exeindex.com/cards/f35c-cvn79-first-landing-2026-10-13-v7.pngFirst F-35C landing on a Ford-class carrierCVN 79 · Oct 13 https://exeindex.com/cards/f35c-cvn79-first-landing-2026-10-13-v7-techspecs.pngFirst F-35C landing on a Ford-class carrierF-35C (VX-23) arrested landing aboard PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) · Oct 13 https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-space-crs-352026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/cards/crs-35-docked-2026-10-15-v7.pngCRS-35 Dragon docks to the space stationCRS-35 approach · Oct 15 https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-nato-flf-estonia2026-10-14 https://exeindex.com/cards/nato-estonia-rutte-2026-10-14-v7.pngNATO chief Mark Rutte visits EstoniaÄmari Air Base · Oct 14 https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-kirovohrad-2026-10-152026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/cards/ukraine-kirovohrad-overnight-2026-10-15-v7.pngGovernor: region's largest attack of the warKirovohrad Oblast · Oct 15 https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-15-ukraine-overnight-drone-attack2026-10-15 https://exeindex.com/cards/ukraine-kirovohrad-overnight-2026-10-15-v7.pngGovernor: region's largest attack of the warKirovohrad Oblast · Oct 15 https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-ukraine-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/ukraine-overnight-uman-2026-10-16-v7.pngRussia launches 149 drones at Ukraine overnightA DSNS firefighter at one of three Uman fire sites · Oct 16 https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-russia-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/russia-drones-overnight-2026-10-16-v7.pngRussia says it downed 644 Ukrainian drones overnightFile photo: Pantsir-S1 air-defense system, 2012 · not from this attack https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-aden-airport-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/aden-airport-missiles-2026-10-16-v7.pngTwo Houthi missiles land near a Cairo-bound jet at Aden airportFile: Aden International Airport terminal roof, July 2017 · not from Oct 16 attack https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-hormuz-st3-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/hormuz-st3-tanker-2026-10-16-v7.pngTanker with 15 Indian crew hit by a projectile in HormuzFile: USS Taylor passes a tanker after a Strait of Hormuz transit, Operation Desert Shield · not MT ST 3 https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-graham-act-waiver2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/graham-act-waiver-2026-10-16-v7.pngTrump waives Graham Act Russia tariffs, citing national interestsFile, June 2026: Trump signs in the Oval Office · not from this Graham Act order https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-keran-infiltration-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/keran-infiltration-2026-10-17-v7.pngTroops foil LoC infiltration bid in Kashmir's Keran sectorFile, July 2013: Keran, J&K, across the Neelum River on the LoC · not from this operation https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-saada-launchers-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/saada-launchers-2026-10-17-v7.pngCoalition says it destroyed two launch platforms in SaadaFile, May 2013: edge of Sa'ada city, Saada province · not from these strikes https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-mastung-police-trainees-abducted2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/mastung-recruits-2026-10-17-v7.pngArmed men abduct 20 police trainees in BalochistanFile, Jan 2009: a road in Mastung district · not from this incident https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-ukraine-nine-regions-2026-10-162026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/ukraine-nine-regions-2026-10-17-v7.pngRussian attacks across Ukraine kill at least 8, injure 60REAL PHOTO, Oct 16, 2026, strike crater beside damaged cars in Rivne region https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-sultan-mastura-dawlah-islamiya-raid2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/sultan-mastura-di-2026-10-17-v7.pngDawlah Islamiya sub-leader, 3 others killed in Mindanao raidFile, Nov 2018: Sultan Mastura Municipal Hall · not from this incident https://exeindex.com/military/record/mil-strike-kherson-shumenskyi-2026-10-172026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/kherson-airstrike-2026-10-17-v7.pngGuided bombs hit Kherson homes; ambulance driver killed, 21 hurtREAL PHOTO, Oct 17, 2026, damaged apartment block in Kherson's Shumenskyi area https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-pk-kohat-police-lines-mastermind-killed2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/kohat-mastermind-2026-10-17-v7.pngCTD says Kohat Police Lines attack mastermind killed in Lakki MarwatFILE Sept 18, 2026 CCTV frame of the Kohat Old Police Lines car bomb, not from the Oct 16 operation https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-sd-nyala-livestock-market-drone-strike2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/nyala-market-2026-10-17-v7.pngDrone strike on Nyala livestock market kills 30, medical source saysA drone strike on Nyala's livestock market in South Darfur killed 30 and wounded 47, a medical source told AFP. The RSF blames Sudan's army. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-us-powder-letters-congress-election-offices2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/powder-letters-2026-10-17-v7.pngPowder letters hit Congress and 26 state election officesFBI and postal inspectors probe letters, some with white powder, sent to about 26 state election offices and dozens of congressional offices. No sender named. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-hormuz-iphone-fishing-meme2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/hormuz-iphone-fishing-meme-2026-10-17-v7.pngFishing for iPhones in the Strait of HormuzThe Telegraph reports hundreds of small boats fished for iPhones and French perfume from the GFS Pride, which sank Oct 14. Singapore MPA: all 21 crew safe. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-mx-trebol-arrest2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/trebol-queretaro-2026-10-17-v7.pngMexico arrests "El Trébol" near Querétaro airport for extradition to TexasMexican agents arrested Erick Eduardo Ríos Estrada, "El Trébol", near Querétaro airport on Oct 16 for extradition to a US federal court in South Texas. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-th-narathiwat-clash2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/narathiwat-clash-2026-10-17-v7.pngPolice officer killed in Narathiwat clash with suspected insurgentsA police senior sergeant, 51, was killed and 2 volunteer rangers wounded on Oct 17 in a clash with suspected insurgents in Si Sakhon, Narathiwat, Thailand. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ps-gaza-drone-strikes2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/gaza-drone-strikes-2026-10-17-v7.pngIsraeli drone strikes kill 4 in Gaza, reports sayIsraeli drone strikes killed 4 people in Gaza on Oct 17, JFeed reports: 3 in Gaza City's al-Tuffah and 1 in Deir al-Balah. WAFA says several were injured. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-cy-larnaca-painting-satire2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/satire-larnaca-painting-sneck-2026-10-17-v7.pngA piece with surprising depth: Larnaca painting cannabisSatire: Cyprus customs inspected a parcel declared as a painting at Larnaca Airport and found 6.1 kg of cannabis behind it. Two men arrested, police say. https://exeindex.com/media/satire-larnaca-painting-sneck.jpgA piece with surprising depth: Larnaca painting cannabisSatire: Cyprus customs inspected a parcel declared as a painting at Larnaca Airport and found 6.1 kg of cannabis behind it. Two men arrested, police say. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ug-operation-kisasi2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/uganda-operation-kisasi-2026-10-17-v7.pngUganda's army chief launches 'Operation Kisasi' against violent crimeGen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on X, Oct 17 that Uganda's army launched Operation Kisasi against killers, robbers and rapists and won't take them to court. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-pk-af-kurram-clash2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-af-kurram-clash-2026-10-17-v7.pngPakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchange fire on the Kurram borderPakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded fire on the Kurram–Paktia border on Oct 17, reports say. Casualties on both sides are reported but unverified. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-mx-surfers-sentenced2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/ensenada-surfers-sentenced-2026-10-17-v7.pngThree men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murdersA judge in Ensenada, Mexico sentenced three men to 158 years and 9 months each on Oct 16 for the 2024 murders of Jake and Callum Robinson and Carter Rhoad. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-baja-boat-sinking-ensenada2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/baja-boat-sinking-2026-10-16-v7.pngCoast Guard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Baja; about 11 missingA boat sank about 140 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico on Oct 16. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 16 people; about 11 more are believed missing, per USCG and AP. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-abu-falah-journalist-attack2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/abu-falah-levine-2026-10-16-v7.pngWashington Post photographer beaten at West Bank olive harvest; Israel investigatingWashington Post photographer Heidi Levine says masked settlers knocked her down and kicked her in Abu Falah, West Bank, on Oct 16. Israeli police are investigating. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-br-bh-shootout2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/br-bh-shootout-2026-10-16-v7.pngTwo suspects killed, three officers wounded in Belo Horizonte gunfightMinas Gerais Military Police say two suspects died and three officers were wounded in a gunfight during an anti-drug operation in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-sa-jubayl-tankers2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/sa-jubayl-tankers-2026-10-16-v7.pngTwo tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one dayUKMTO says two tankers were attacked northeast of Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia, on Oct 16, one by an unknown projectile and one by an RPG. All crew are safe. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-au-nsw-disrupt2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/au-nsw-operation-disrupt-2026-10-17-v7.pngOperation Disrupt: NSW police arrest 15 | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on NSW Police's Oct 17, 2026 Operation Disrupt results; FILE Oct 2025 Police Transport Command photo (JaredMcKenzie, CC0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-eg-saudi-defence2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/eg-saudi-defence-2026-10-17-v7.pngEgypt's Sisi asks parliament to authorize defending Saudi Arabia if askedEgyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Oct 17 called for an emergency parliament session to authorize defending Saudi Arabia if the kingdom asks. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-fr-marseille-mairie2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/fr-marseille-mairie-2026-10-17-v7.pngMarseille town hall briefly stormed | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 Marseille town hall storming; FILE May 2015 city hall photo (DimiTalen, CC0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-in-manipur-chassad2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/in-manipur-chassad-2026-10-17-v7.pngOne killed, four wounded as gunfire hits Manipur border village of ChassadPolice say one Kuki villager was killed and four people wounded in gunfire at Chassad in Manipur's Kamjong district, near the Myanmar border, on Oct 17. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-gb-carpiuc-deported2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/carpiuc-deported-2026-10-17-v7.pngUK deports man jailed over Starmer-linked arson attacksThe UK Home Office says Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, jailed over the May 2025 arson attacks on a car and two properties linked to Keir Starmer, has been deported. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-ma-tangier-tatp2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/ma-tangier-tatp-2026-10-16-v7.pngMorocco police: Tangier ISIS suspect had TATP and a phone rigged as a bomb triggerMoroccan police say lab tests on items seized from a 22-year-old ISIS-linked suspect in Tangier found TATP and a phone modified to trigger a bomb. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-iq-komala-drones2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/iq-komala-drones-2026-10-17-v7.pngDrones hit Komala base in Iraq's Erbil province | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 drone strike on a Komala base in Balisan, Erbil province, Iraq; FILE March 2026 VOA photo of a Komala fighter (public domain). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-mx-jauregui-arrest2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/mx-jauregui-arrest-2026-10-17-v7.pngEx-Chihuahua prosecutor arrested in CIA case | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 arrest of former Chihuahua attorney general César Jáuregui; FILE July 2026 photo of Jáuregui (Hectorvillalobs, CC BY 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-jp-fussa-stabbing2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/jp-fussa-stabbing-2026-10-18-v7.pngTokyo Fussa Station stabbing: man killed | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 18, 2026 fatal stabbing near JR Fussa Station, Tokyo; FILE Dec 2019 photo of the station's east exit (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-sa-khamis-intercept2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/sa-khamis-intercept-2026-10-18-v7.pngKhamis Mushait: Houthi missiles intercepted | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Saudi-led coalition's Oct 18, 2026 claim of intercepting two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Khamis Mushait; FILE Dec 2024 NASA ISS night photo of Abha and Khamis Mushait (public domain). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-nagapattinam-meth-seizure2026-10-16 https://exeindex.com/cards/nagapattinam-meth-2026-10-17-v7.png135 kg of meth seized in Tamil Nadu; ruling-party official arrestedIndia's DRI seized 135 kg of meth in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu on Oct 16 and arrested N. Boopalan, a ruling TVK party official, per The Hindu. TVK expelled him. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-us-nyc-7av-subway2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/us-nyc-7av-53st-2026-10-17-v7.pngMan shot dead on Midtown subway platform | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 shooting at the 7th Av–53rd St subway station in Manhattan; FILE Nov 2024 platform photo (IliketrainsR211T, CC BY 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-ru-spb-port-drones2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ru-spb-port-drones-2026-10-18-v7.pngRussia says it downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Leningrad region; video shows fires near St. Petersburg's portFile, Nov 2024: aerial view of the Port of St. Petersburg, not from Oct 18 https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-gt-campo-marte2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/gt-campo-marte-2026-10-17-v7.pngSolórzano Foppa shot dead in Guatemala City | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 Campo Marte shooting in Guatemala City; FILE Jun 2026 aerial photo (Gobierno de Guatemala, public domain). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ng-aba-uratta-station-2026-10-17-v7.pngTwo police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police stationAbia police say two officers were killed and three people injured when attackers used explosives on the Uratta division station in Aba, Nigeria, on Oct 17. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ca-cfb-wainwright2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ca-wainwright-toll-2026-10-18-v7.pngFour Canadian service members killed in the CFB Wainwright fire, PM confirmsFile, May 2014: a field camp at the Wainwright training centre, not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ca-cfb-wainwright-fire-2026-10-17-v7.pngDeadly incident at Canada's CFB Wainwright sets off a major fireFile, May 2013: the CFB Wainwright tarmac at night, not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-fr-limoges-town-hall2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/fr-limoges-town-hall-2026-10-17-v7.pngLimoges town hall set on fire; bell tower falls | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 arson of Limoges town hall, France; FILE Aug 2015 photo of the building by Juliofsanguino (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ua-kharkiv-poltava2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-kharkiv-poltava-strikes-2026-10-17-v7.pngRussian missile hits Kharkiv and a drone kills one in Poltava, officials sayA Russian ballistic missile hurt 4 in Kharkiv and a drone killed 1 and injured 4 in Poltava on Oct 17, Ukrainian regional officials say; 4 houses were damaged. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-pk-nasirabad-police2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-nasirabad-police-2026-10-17-v7.pngGunmen kill two police officers on patrol in Pakistan's BalochistanUnidentified gunmen killed two police head constables on motorcycle patrol near Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, on Oct 17 and took their weapons, police say. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-ua-zaporizhzhia2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-zaporizhzhia-strike-2026-10-18-v7.pngRussia fires a missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight; woman killed in ZaporizhzhiaRussia fired 1 Iskander-M missile and 180 drones at Ukraine overnight Oct 17-18, the Air Force says; a woman, 27, was killed in Zaporizhzhia and 2 hurt. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-ae-khor-fakkan-tug2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ae-khor-fakkan-tug-2026-10-18-v7.pngTug struck by two unknown projectiles off Khor Fakkan, UAE; one minor injury, UKMTO saysA southbound tug was struck by 2 unknown projectiles northeast of Khor Fakkan, UAE, on Oct 18, UKMTO says; it was damaged, 1 minor casualty reported. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-za-malamulele2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/za-malamulele-arrests-2026-10-18-v7.pngThree arrested over stabbing death of Limpopo comedian Skeem Mafenya, police sayPolice in Limpopo, South Africa, arrested 3 suspects aged 17 to 23 on Oct 17, hours after comedian Skeem Mafenya, 20, was found stabbed to death in Malamulele. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-pl-coalition-drill2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pl-coalition-drill-2026-10-17-v7.pngUK, French and German troops to rehearse a Ukraine ceasefire missionThe Times says at least 1,500 UK, French and German troops will rehearse a post-ceasefire Ukraine deployment in Poland in November. It is not a deployment. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-pk-pma-kakul-parade2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-pma-kakul-pop-2026-10-17-v7.pngPMA Kakul graduates cadets from 8 countries | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 PMA Kakul passing-out parade; FILE 2007 parade photo (Muhammadoweis, public domain). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-gb-nottingham-shot2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/gb-nottingham-officer-shot-2026-10-18-v7.pngPolice officer shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre; two suspects fledA Nottinghamshire Police officer was shot in the foot on Angel Row in Nottingham at about 4:50 AM Oct 18. A man and a woman fled; a firearm was recovered. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-pk-balochistan-ibos2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-balochistan-ibos-2026-10-17-v7.pngPakistan says forces killed eight militants in three Balochistan operationsPakistan's military says security forces killed eight militants in Quetta, Nushki and Khuzdar, Balochistan, on Oct 17 and recovered 490 kg of explosives. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-iq-baghdad-pmf-blast2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/iq-baghdad-pmf-blast-2026-10-17-v7.pngAmmunition blast at a PMF headquarters in Baghdad; one killed, sources tell ReutersObsolete ammunition exploded at a PMF base in eastern Baghdad on Oct 17. PMF says 5 lightly hurt; Reuters sources say 1 killed. Iraq's PM ordered an inquiry. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ng-coas-borno2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ng-coas-borno-2026-10-17-v7.pngNigeria's army chief visits Borno troops and wounded soldiers after a deadly base attackEXE Index news card on the Nigerian army chief's Oct 17, 2026 visit to troops in Maiduguri, Borno; FILE Feb 2026 U.S. Army photo of Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu (public domain). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ye-taiz-maqbanah2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ye-taiz-maqbanah-2026-10-17-v7.pngCivilians killed in Yemen's Taiz as each side blames the otherTaiz authorities blame Houthi shelling for 8 civilian deaths in Maqbanah on Oct 17; Houthi officials blame 4 Saudi airstrikes for 9. Neither toll is verified. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ua-sumy-kabs2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-sumy-kabs-2026-10-17-v7.pngRussian guided bombs kill man in Sumy, Ukraine | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 Russian guided-bomb strike on Sumy, Ukraine; FILE Apr 2026 photo of a damaged Sumy high-rise (National Police of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-us-alamodome-rappel2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/us-alamodome-rappel-death-2026-10-17-v7.pngAirman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the AlamodomeAn Air Force airman died after falling during a pregame rappelling demonstration at the Alamodome before UTSA played Navy on Oct 17. Under investigation. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-mx-celaya-transito2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/mx-celaya-transito-2026-10-17-v7.pngCelaya traffic officer shot dead in Guanajuato | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 killing of a Celaya traffic officer; FILE Nov 2022 photo of calle Francisco I. Madero, central Celaya (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ng-gamboru-mine2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ng-gamboru-mine-2026-10-17-v7.pngEight Nigerian soldiers killed as patrol vehicle hits a mine near Gamboru, BornoEight Nigerian soldiers died when their patrol vehicle hit a remotely detonated mine near Gamboru, Borno State, defence sources told AFP. They blamed ISWAP. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-sa-najran-ah6i-crash2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/sa-najran-ah6i-crash-2026-10-17-v7.pngSaudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officersA Saudi National Guard AH-6i helicopter crashed in Najran on Oct 17, killing two officers. The coalition cites a malfunction; the Houthis claim a shoot-down. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-pk-khuzdar-kidnap2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/pk-khuzdar-kidnap-2026-10-18-v7.pngGunmen abduct 18 workers from a marble mining site near Khuzdar, PakistanGunmen stormed a marble mining site in Naal near Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, and abducted 18 workers, police officials say. One worker was shot and wounded. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-co-cali-tres-cruces2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/co-cali-tres-cruces-2026-10-17-v7.pngBomb on a utility pole wounds three police officers near Cali, ColombiaAn explosive on a power pole wounded three police officers on the road to Cali's Tres Cruces hill on Oct 17; police say they are out of danger. No arrests yet. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-au-st-albans-murder2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/au-st-albans-murder-charge-2026-10-18-v7.pngMan charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St AlbansA 31-year-old man is charged with murder after a 56-year-old man was fatally stabbed at a St Albans, Melbourne home on Oct 18, Victoria Police say. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ie-waterford-charges2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ie-waterford-arson-charges-2026-10-17-v7.pngTwo charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one familyA man, 21, and a woman, 31, were charged on Oct 17 over the Waterford arson that killed four of the English family. Both were remanded to Oct 20. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ps-taybeh-diplomats2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ps-taybeh-diplomats-2026-10-17-v7.pngMasked settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank village of TaybehMasked settlers attacked French, Belgian and Polish diplomats in Taybeh, West Bank, on Oct 17. Israel Police opened a probe and the IDF condemned the attack. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-ua-odesa-highrise2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/ua-odesa-highrise-strike-2026-10-18-v7.pngOdesa high-rise roof hit by strike, child injured | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 18, 2026 strike on an Odesa high-rise; photo National Police of Ukraine (CC BY 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ro-f16-black-sea-drones2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ro-f16-drones-2026-10-17-v7.pngRomanian F-16s shoot down two jet-powered drones over the Black SeaFile, Oct 2021: a Romanian Air Force F-16 lands at Borcea Air Base, not from Oct 17 https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-gu-champi-allclear2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/gu-guam-champi-allclear-2026-10-18-v7.pngGuam bases All Clear after Super Typhoon Champi | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on Guam's US bases returning to All Clear after Super Typhoon Champi, Oct 18, 2026; NASA Terra/MODIS image (public domain). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-mx-agua-prieta2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/mx-agua-prieta-dentist-suspect-2026-10-17-v7.pngDentist murder suspect killed in Agua Prieta | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 Agua Prieta gunfight; FILE Sept 2019 photo of Agua Prieta's old border customs house (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-in-shroff-firing2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/in-tiger-shroff-firing-2026-10-18-v7.pngShots fired at actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai; his driver is woundedMumbai police say attackers fired five rounds near actor Tiger Shroff in Juhu on Oct 18, wounding his driver and a bystander. Two suspects are being sought. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-in-gwalior-temple2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/in-gwalior-temple-truck-2026-10-18-v7.pngTruck kills 15+ at Gwalior temple fair, India | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 18, 2026 truck crash at the Sheetla Mata temple fair near Gwalior, India; locator map by C1MM (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-ug-kisoro-couple2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/cards/ug-kisoro-couple-shot-2026-10-17-v7.pngKisoro couple shot dead at home gate, Uganda | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 17, 2026 shooting of a business couple in Kisoro, Uganda; locator map by NordNordWest (CC BY-SA 3.0 de). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-bg-os82-bomb-threat2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/cards/at-os82-sofia-bomb-threat-2026-10-18-v7.pngBomb threat diverts Austrian flight to Sofia | EXE INDEXEXE Index news card on the Oct 18, 2026 bomb threat that diverted Austrian Airlines flight OS82 (Tel Aviv–Vienna) to Sofia; FILE Oct 7, 2026 photo of an Austrian Airlines A320 (André Gerwing, CC BY-SA 4.0). https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-cosmos-2612-not-touching-meme2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/cosmos-not-touching-v1.jpgI'm not touching you: Cosmos 2612 and ICEYE-X36Satire: Orbital Radar tracking data puts Russia's Cosmos 2612 about 136 m from the US-registered ICEYE-X36 radar satellite. Langbroek sees no sign of a hit. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-cosmos-2612-iceye-x36-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/cosmos-seat-taken-v1.jpgIs this seat taken? Cosmos 2612 meets ICEYE-X36Satire: LeoLabs says Russia's Cosmos 2612 went from over 200 miles to roughly three miles from the US-owned ICEYE-X36 radar satellite in a day. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-hormuz-iphones-tehran-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/hormuz-fell-off-a-ship-tuxedo-v1.jpgIt fell off a ship: Hormuz iPhones reach TehranSatire: iPhones fished from the sunken GFS Pride in Hormuz now sell in Tehran below their original price, Iran's Fars agency says. All 21 crew got off safely. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-kenya-uk-land-rover-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/landrover-new-plate-who-dis-v1.jpgNew plate, who dis? Kenya's UK-stolen Land RoverSatire: Kenya's DCI says an INTERPOL check flagged a grey Land Rover Discovery in a Nairobi yard as stolen in the UK. It carried Kenyan plate KCY 001J. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-greater-noida-ncb-labs-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/noida-laptop-work-right-v1.jpgLaptop work, right? NCB's Greater Noida rented-lab bustSatire: India's NCB says two drug labs in Greater Noida ran from rented premises; Operation Crystal Hunt seized 379.74 kg of amphetamine-containing material. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-pittsburgh-zoo-pelicans-meme2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/pelicans-how-its-going-v1.jpgHow it started, how it's going: Pittsburgh Zoo pelicansSatire: the Pittsburgh Zoo's runaway pelicans Joey and Felicity are home uninjured after an Allegheny River rescue aided by the Army Corps of Engineers. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-17-us-cow-mud-spa-satire2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-cow-mud-spa-sneck.jpgShe booked the 8-hour mud package: Florida cow rescueSatire: Hillsborough County deputies spent 8 hours freeing Veronica, an 18-month-old heifer, from deep canal mud on Oct 16. She is uninjured and resting. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-us-drone-ship-chow-satire2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-drone-ship-chow-sneck.jpgZero crew, zero chow complaints: Navy drone ship deploysSatire: the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group deployed with a medium-to-large unmanned surface vessel, a first for a US carrier group, the Navy's acting secretary says. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-ke-jkia-cleaner-backpacks-satire2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-jkia-carry-sneck.jpgFunny you should ask: JKIA cleaner, 52 phones and 3 dronesSatire: Kenya's KRA says customs stopped a JKIA cleaner carrying 2 backpacks a passenger handed her: 52 refurbished phones and 3 drones, seized on Oct 17. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-us-tualatin-pumpkin-regatta-satire2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-pumpkin-pullover-sneck.jpgSir, do you know how slow you were going? Pumpkin regatta satireSatire: Tualatin Police were set to race Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue in hollowed-out giant pumpkins at Oregon's West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta on Oct 18. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-16-tw-tank-median-ticket-satire2026-10-17 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-tank-median-ticket-sneck.jpgParking enforcement fears nothing: tank stuck on medianSatire: a Taiwan army CM11 tank rode up onto a Miaoli highway median on Oct 16 after a suspected brake failure. No one was hurt; police are assessing liability. https://exeindex.com/dispatches/2026-10-18-bd-chattogram-toothpicks-satire2026-10-18 https://exeindex.com/media/satire-toothpick-lenses-sneck.jpgThis toothpick has lenses: Bangladesh customs toothpick caseSatire: Bangladesh's NBR says an importer declared 22.5 tonnes of toothpicks; Chattogram customs found 1,620 kg of them, and the rest was creams and sunglasses.