Places in this day's records
5 places · 0 events not on the map
Istanbul · Saudi Arabia · Strait of Hormuz · Taiz · Umm Al Quwain
23 October 2026
5 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 1 statement counted apart.
23 October 2026 in brief
OCHA said Taiz had been cut off for 20 days by the Houthi encirclement, that the price of trucked water had tripled and that cooking gas was "largely unavailable". [1] The UAE's environment ministry confirmed an oil spill from a supertanker in the Gulf and Umm Al Quwain closed its beaches; The National said maritime agencies identified the ship as the Gem No.2. [1] An outbound tanker was disabled by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz with all crew safe, UKMTO said in a late report. [1] Brent settled at $116.72 a barrel, a six-month high, as the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi Arabia's defence ministry in Riyadh, Dammam airport, an Aramco site at Yanbu and Abha airport, which Saudi authorities did not confirm, The National reported. [1] Foreign ministers from Europe, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt met in Istanbul, where Turkey's foreign minister said none of them approved of another attack on Iran, while President Trump told a rally the US military might repeat its opening bombing campaign. [1]
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At a rally in Florida, President Trump said the US military "may do another Epic Fury", referring to the opening US-Israeli bombing campaign; on 25 October he told Fox News: "Do I finish it off, which would be very easy to do, or do I make a deal?"
Government of the United States
23 Oct · to a domestic audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
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Government of the United States: At a rally in Florida, President Trump said the US military "may do another Epic Fury", referring to the opening US-Israeli bombing campaign; on 25 October he told Fox News: "Do I finish it off, which would be very easy to do, or do I make a deal?"