Today’s Five Most-Read International Stories
US President Donald Trump vented his anger after once again failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, which he has long coveted. Trump said he should have received eight Nobel Peace Prizes for making peace in eight wars around the world.
In his remarks, Trump said the Nobel Peace Prize had “lost its credibility”.
He also attacked Navi Pillay, the prominent South African judge who won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, describing her as someone nobody knows and a “hater of Israel”.
Here are some other international stories that drew readers’ attention today, Saturday (10 October 2026:
Trump fumes after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize again
US President Donald Trump vented his anger after once again failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying the award had “lost its credibility”.
Speaking at a Republican Party campaign event in Syracuse, New York, Trump discussed Navi Pillay, the prominent South African judge who had just won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, according to AFP and Reuters on Saturday (10 October 2026).
Pillay has an outstanding legal career, particularly in international law, having adjudicated cases involving war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Most recently, she led a UN special commission that investigated and concluded that genocide had taken place in the Gaza Strip.
Saudi Arabia destroys 136 Houthi-linked targets in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition said its forces had destroyed more than 100 military targets linked to the Houthis in Yemen. Saudi Arabia said it continued to support the Yemeni government in a large-scale military operation against the Iran-backed group.
Conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government flared up again in July and has since spread into Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi coalition has provided round-the-clock air support to Yemeni government forces, striking military targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, AFP and Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday (10 October 2026).
Haze blankets Singapore as Formula 1 race takes place
Singapore was shrouded in haze as the 2026 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix took place over the weekend. Air quality in several parts of the city-state deteriorated to “unhealthy” levels, and was forecast to approach the lower threshold of the “very unhealthy” category.
The transboundary haze, caused by forest and land fires in Indonesia, had blanketed Singapore for several days, AFP and Channel News Asia reported on Saturday (10 October 2026). The Formula 1 event was scheduled for 9–11 October.
Singapore’s 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) briefly reached 192 in the central region on Friday afternoon (9 October), putting it in the “unhealthy” category. It was the highest reading of the haze season so far.
Iran attacks tanker in Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of using an illegal route
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for global oil and gas supplies. The vessel was accused of attempting to use an “illegal route” through the vital waterway, which Tehran has continued to blockade since war broke out in the Middle East.
In a statement broadcast by Iranian state media, the IRGC said its forces had “taken control of the management of the strait”, AFP reported on Saturday (10 October 2026).
“As part of this mission, a few hours ago, a giant LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) carrier named NV Sunshine, owned by NatWit, which attempted to pass through an illegal route south of the Strait of Hormuz, was attacked,” the IRGC said in a statement on Friday (9 October) local time.
Trump: I should have won eight Nobel Peace Prizes
US President Donald Trump said he should have won eight Nobel Peace Prizes for making peace in eight wars around the world.
He also attacked Navi Pillay, the prominent South African judge who won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, describing her as unknown to everyone and a “hater of Israel”.
In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump again expressed his frustration at failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, despite numerous people having recommended him to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, based in Oslo, Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday (10 October 2026).