Editing 2015 (section)

===October===
* [[October 3]] – A [[Kunduz hospital airstrike|United States airstrike]] on a [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] (Doctors Without Borders) hospital in [[Afghanistan]] kills an estimated 20 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/03/msf-hospital-us-condemned-over-horrific-bombing-in-afghanistan |title=MSF hospital: US condemned over 'horrific bombing' in Afghanistan |first=Sune Engel |last=Rasmussen |date=October 3, 2015 |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116212004/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/03/msf-hospital-us-condemned-over-horrific-bombing-in-afghanistan |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – A series of [[2015 Ankara bombings|suicide bombings]] kills at least 100 people at a peace rally in [[Ankara, Turkey]], and injures more than 400 others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/12/turkey-blames-ankara-bombings-on-islamic-state|title=Turkey says Islamic State is main suspect in Ankara bombings|last1=Letsch|first1=Constanze|date=2015-10-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-26|last2=Shaheen|first2=Kareem|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062933/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/12/turkey-blames-ankara-bombings-on-islamic-state|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – [[Hurricane Patricia]] becomes the most [[List of tropical cyclone records|intense]] hurricane ever recorded in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and the second strongest worldwide, with winds of 215&nbsp;mph and a pressure of 872 mbar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hurricane Patricia: Risk of floods and landslides |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34625357 |date=October 24, 2015 |work=BBC News |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629190602/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34625357 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 25]] – The [[2015 Polish parliamentary election]] is held for the [[Sejm]] of the Republic of Poland, with the election being won by the largest opposition party, the right-wing [[Law and Justice]] (PiS).
* [[October 26]] – A [[October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake|magnitude 7.5 earthquake]] strikes the [[Hindu Kush]] region and causes 398 deaths,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/26/asia/afghanistan-earthquake/index.html |title=Deaths, damage reported in powerful Afghanistan quake |first=Ben |last=Brumfield |date=October 26, 2015 |work=CNN |access-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919012014/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/26/asia/afghanistan-earthquake/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with 279 in [[Pakistan]], 115 in [[Afghanistan]] and 4 in [[India]].
*[[October 30]] – [[Colectiv nightclub fire]]: a fire ignited by a failed fireworks show sets the walls and columns covered in foam of the Colectiv nightclub, located in [[Romania]]'s capital [[Bucharest]]. 27 people die at the scene, including four out the five members of the Romanian metalcore band "[[Goodbye to Gravity]]", and 37 would succumb later due to the injuries and intoxication with fumes, but also because of the poor treatment conditions. The event and the poor management of the situation [[2015 Romanian protests|spark a riot]] in all of Romania, known as the "Colectiv Revolution".
* [[October 31]] – [[Metrojet Flight 9268]], an [[Airbus A321]] airliner en route to [[Saint Petersburg]] from [[Sharm el-Sheikh]], crashes near Al-Hasana in Sinai, killing all 217 passengers and 7 crew members on board. Later investigations revealed a bomb was likely responsible for the crash with Islamic State being the primary suspect.<ref>*{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34687139 |title=Sinai plane crash: No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268 |date=October 31, 2015 |work=BBC |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409220954/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34687139 |url-status=live }}
*{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-crash-russia-flights-tourists/exclusive-investigators-90-percent-sure-bomb-downed-russian-plane-idUSKCN0SX07D20151108 |title=Exclusive: Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian plane |work=Reuters |date=November 8, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325231029/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-crash-russia-flights-tourists/exclusive-investigators-90-percent-sure-bomb-downed-russian-plane-idUSKCN0SX07D20151108 |url-status=live }}</ref>