ALT Monitor the Situation daily brief, Oct 27, 2026. Page 1 of 2. Israel's exit polls showed no clear winner. Yemen's Houthis said they attacked Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, the kingdom's biggest. Africa's Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000 cases, mostly in Democratic Republic of Congo, health authorities said. Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States after losing the presidential election and not surrendering his passports as a Supreme Court judge ordered, two sources told Reuters. A localised Russia-Ukraine ceasefire took effect in occupied Oleshky to allow a humanitarian mission, and was later extended across Kherson region. A UN commission of inquiry said Israel continued to commit genocide in Gaza after the October 2025 ceasefire, a report Israel dismissed as misinformation. Bandits attacked Binnari village in Taraba state, northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 62 people and burning homes and shops, according to the national emergency agency.

ALT Monitor the Situation daily brief, Oct 27, 2026. Page 2 of 2. The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on Russia's sovereign wealth fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, according to the New York Times. Protesters stormed the Belgrade studio of the pro-Vucic Informer TV after a student-led movement ousted him in elections, Reuters reported. An Egyptian court ordered the closure of Mada Masr, one of the country's last independent news outlets, after convicting editor Lina Attalah of operating a website without a license. Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority said all vessels of South Korean shipper Sinokor will face legal action from November 1.

ALT Monitor the Situation daily brief, Oct 26, 2026. Reportedly, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential election runoff to secure a fourth term, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Reportedly, Egypt's parliament authorized President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to take all necessary measures to help Saudi Arabia defend itself amid escalating Houthi attacks. The UN human rights chief warned that Israel's operation displacing more than 3,000 Palestinians from Hebron raises ethnic cleansing concerns and constitutes collective punishment. Jordan carried out airstrikes on armed groups in Syria linked to the Karak church attack that killed nine people and wounded about 40, the air force said. Jordan arrested three suspects in the Karak church attack, state media said. Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv killed two people and injured four, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

ALT Monitor the Situation daily brief, Oct 25, 2026. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections to a student-led protest movement, following turnout near 70%, the highest since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian officials announced that trilateral peace talks are scheduled for November between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States, following preliminary technical meetings between negotiating teams. Algeria's parliament approved a resolution authorising the deployment of military units to Niger, according to a parliamentary statement, marking the country's first foreign troop deployment since 1973. Saudi Arabia reopened terminals at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport following a two-week closure caused by a deadly missile strike, while the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting at least 10 ballistic missiles launched across the kingdom's south.