Fri, 23 Oct 2026
Friday 23 October: Gulf tensions, Kyiv strikes, PHP flaw
Iran claims tanker strikes as oil tops 111 dollars, Russia hits Kyiv, a PHP flaw knocks sites offline, and storm Austen heads for the Netherlands.
World news
Iran claims tanker strikes as Houthis hit Saudi Arabia
NOS | Trend | Democracy Now | gCaptain
Russia pounds Kyiv hours after agreeing to talks
Critical PHP flaws force websites offline
World politics
Macron moves to ban protests not led by unions
Semafor | Al Jazeera | UPI
International Criminal Court wins Sakharov Prize
Euronews | Al Jazeera | Human Rights Watch
World economy
Tech sell-off and oil above 111 dollars rattle markets
Reuters via Investing.com | Yahoo Finance
Meta ordered to pay 25 billion dollars over Facebook privacy
PBS | Al Jazeera | ABC Australia
Dutch news
Storm Austen brings rain and severe gusts
Police take down 30 webshops linked to fake pill deaths
Afghans washed up on Texel were victims of jailed smuggler
Dutch politics
Military police return to Ter Apel
Student loan interest cap proves far too expensive
Dutch embassy in Cairo closes after nine days of protests
Dutch economy
New businesses up 15 percent, driven by freelancers
House price growth slows to 2.9 percent
Record 37 million euro fine for illegal casino operator
AI news
Anthropic donates Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation
Google Cloud to offer OpenAI models in Model Garden
Micron workers in Taiwan hold warning strike
The Standard | Hardware Busters