World in brief: October 28, 2026

INDIA: A powerful cyclone battered India’s Andhra Pradesh state today, killing at least three people and damaging homes and farmland after authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people, officials said. Two women were electrocuted in separate incidents in the port city of Visakhapatnam, while another person was killed when a tree fell in East Godavari district, officials said. State disaster management officials said wind speeds reached 84mph. SOMALIA: Islamist extremist militants killed at least 20 Somali soldiers in an ambush near Jameeca village in southern Somalia, a military officer who survived the attack said on Tuesday. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack. The Defence Ministry said its troops killed about 75 militants and wounded 56. Al-Shabab claimed it killed 321 soldiers and captured prisoners and military equipment. IRAN: The head of the United Nations nuclear agency said on Tuesday there has been no indication Iran has tried to repair or reconstruct its nuclear facilities damaged by US and Israeli military strikes this year or last year. Speaking at a meeting of the UN security council, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi urged Iran to give inspectors access to all nuclear sites, including those damaged in the military attacks. BULGARIA: Three maritime drones struck a container ship sailing in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria today, the country’s defence minister said. The attack on the Liberian-flagged container ship, the Contship Jet, occurred about 21 nautical miles south-east of the coastal town of Shabla, near Cape Kaliakra in north-east Bulgaria, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told reporters. Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers kill at least five Palestinians, including a nine-year-old girl, in Gaza