October 1, 2016 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- Houthi forces launch rockets that hit and reportedly destroy HSV-2 Swift, a military vessel belonging to the United Arab Emirates Navy, off the coast of Yemen, near the strategic Red Sea port of Mokha. (Reuters), (Press TV)
- Syrian Civil War
- Russian and Syrian government attacks on rebel-held east Aleppo kill two people and injure 13 others. The Syrian American Medical Society reports the city's main trauma hospital closes. (Reuters), (BBC)
- War in Somalia
- A car bomb at a Mogadishu restaurant near the Jilaow detention center kills four people and injures another five. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (CNN), (Reuters)
- A Somalian regional government demands an explanation from the United States after an airstrike kills 22 civilians and other soldiers instead of the targeted Al-Shabaab militants in Galmudug. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Volkswagen emissions scandal
- Volkswagen agrees to pay its U.S. dealers up to US$1.2 billion to compensate them for their losses resulting from the company's emissions cheating scandal. (The Los Angeles Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Mexico's Volcán de Colima erupts forcing the evacuation of two nearby villages. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Politics and elections
- The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. (BBC)
- The Obama administration through the United States Department of Commerce transfers oversight of the technical management of the Internet by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to an international consortium of stakeholders. (Reuters)
Sport
- Dublin defeats Mayo in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, retaining the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time since 1977. (Sky), (BBC)
- 2016 AFL Grand Final
- In Australian Rules football, the Western Bulldogs defeat the Sydney Swans to win their first premiership since 1954. (ABC Australia)