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Current events: 2024-11-16
Law and crime
* 2024 Wuxi stabbing attack
* Eight people are killed and 17 others are injured in a stabbing spree on a college campus in Yixing, Jiangsu, China. The suspect, a 21-year-old student, is arrested. (CNN) (Reuters)
* A man barricades himself inside his father's restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, taking restaurant employees as hostages. The hostages are later rescued and the man is arrested. (BFM TV) (The Jerusalem Post)
* Argentina orders the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens currently living in Argentina who are accused of participating in the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack. (Reuters) Health and environment
* 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
* California confirms its first case of Clade I mpox in a person who travelled to East Africa, becoming the first confirmed case of Clade I mpox in the United States. (Reuters) International relations
* APEC Peru 2024
* At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping for their final meeting before Biden leaves office on January 20th. During the meeting, Biden and Xi talk about topics like cyber crime, trade, Taiwan, and Russia. Xi also said that his team will work with the incoming Trump administration. (Reuters) Politics and elections
* 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum
* Citizens of Gabon vote on a proposed new constitution, including replacing the current semi-presidential system with a presidential system following the 2023 coup. (DW)
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Current events: 2024-11-14
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Eastern Ukraine campaign
* The Russian Defence Ministry claims that Russian forces have captured the village of Voznesenka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
* Insurgency in Balochistan
* Seven people, including two soldiers, are killed in explosions in Harnai and Ziarat Districts, Balochistan, Pakistan. (TRT World)
* Haitian crisis
* Doctors Without Borders reports that at least two patients are killed when police officers and vigilantes attack ambulances in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Semafor) (CNN)
* Syrian civil war, Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
* Sixteen people are killed and 15 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Damascus, Syria, that Israel claims are associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Al Jazeera) Business and economy
* The Onion, an American media company known for its satirical news content, acquires InfoWars, with the intent of rebranding the site into a parody of itself. (The New York Times) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Pacific typhoon season
* More than 24,000 people are evacuated as Typhoon Usagi makes landfall in Baggao, Cagayan, Philippines. (DW) Health and environment
* A study published in the medical journal The Lancet reports that the number of adults who have diabetes globally has increased from 200 million people in 1990 to around 800 million people in 2022. The study also reported that around 40% of adults with diabetes are not receiving treatment for the disease. (DW) (The Guardian) Politics and elections
* 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
* Sri Lankans vote in a snap election for the 225 members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka. (Morning Star) (DW)
* Nauru launches an investment initiative which offers Nauruan citizenship in exchange for investment in climate change mitigation. (RNZ) Science and technology
* Social media platform Bluesky experiences an outage for some users, due to a fiber optic cable being cut. (Business Insider)
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Current events: 2024-11-12
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* At least 40 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including ten in a double tap strike on a designated humanitarian zone in the Al-Mawasi refugee camp in Rafah Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* At least 14 people are killed and at least 15 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Ain Yaaqoub, Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
* Haitian crisis
* The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issues a temporary 30-day ground on all U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti after gangs shot at a Spirit Airlines aircraft that was attempting to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, yesterday. The airport is also closed indefinitely in response to the shooting. (Miami Herald) (Scripps News)
* Somali Civil War
* Al-Shabaab militants ambush and kill two South West State soldiers who were travelling on motorcycles on the highway between Wanlaweyn and Afgoye in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)
* Sudanese civil war
* The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions Rapid Support Forces general Abdel Rahman Jumma, alleging that Jumma is the "primary party" responsible for the violence against civilians and human rights abuses in West Darfur, Sudan. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Indo-Pakistani smog
* The Pakistani Health Department reports that at least 1.8 million people in Punjab, Pakistan have become sick with respiratory and eye irritation ailments caused by chronic, record-breaking air pollution. (AP) Arts and culture
* 2024 Booker Prize
* English novelist Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. (BBC News)
* Spanish writer Álvaro Pombo wins the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. (El País) Law and crime
* Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
* A U.S. jury awards US$42 million to three former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, thereby holding Virginia-based military contractor CACI liable for their role in the torture and mistreatment of the detainees. (AP)
* Anglican Communion sexual abuse cases
* Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the symbolic head of the Anglican Communion, resigns over his handling of barrister John Smyth's sex abuse scandal. (NPR) (AP) Politics and elections
* 2024 Mauritian general election
* Opposition leader and Labour Party candidate Navin Ramgoolam is elected as Prime Minister of Mauritius, with his coalition Alliance du Changement winning 60 of the 66 National Assembly seats. Former Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth resigns following his party's defeat in the election. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
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Current events: 2024-11-10
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* November 2024 Moscow drone attack
* One person is injured and at least 36 flights are diverted when 34 Ukrainian drones strike Moscow, Russia. (CBC News)
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* At least 17 people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in Northern Gaza. (The Washington Post)
* An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City kills Wael al-Khour, a minister in the Hamas-run government, along with his wife and their three children. (NBC News)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* An Israeli airstrike in the village of Aalmat, Byblos District, Lebanon, kills at least 23 people, including seven children, and injures six others. (AP)
* Mexican drug war
* Ten people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Querétaro, Mexico. (CBS News) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Cuba earthquake
* A {{M|ww|link=y}} 6.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, causing landslides and damage to buildings in the region. (CNN) Law and crime
* Israel–Hamas war protests
* November 2024 Amsterdam attacks
* More than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters are forcibly removed and 50 others are detained by Dutch police for participating in a rally in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in violation of a ban on demonstrations that was implemented following the attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans on Friday. (Reuters)
* One person is killed and 16 others are injured in a school shooting during a homecoming weekend party at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. (NBC News) Politics and elections
* 2024 Mauritian general election
* Citizens of Mauritius vote for the 62 seats of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
* Constitutional crisis in Somalia
* Ahmed Madobe, the President of the state of Jubaland, Somalia, appoints a regional electoral committee, with Somalia's Interior Ministry calling the committee unauthorized and urging clans to fight for their rights. Jubaland subsequently suspends relations with the federal government after the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia opposed an attempt by the federal government to forcibly take control of the Kismayo port. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
* Members of the Jamaat-e-Islami party announce that they have prevented former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League party from holding a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to commemorate Noor Hossain Day. (AP)
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Current events: 2024-11-08
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Kharkiv strikes, Kyiv strikes, Odesa strikes
* One person is killed and at least 38 others are injured in Russian overnight airstrikes in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Odesa, Ukraine. (AP)
* 2024 Mozambican general election, Human rights in Mozambique
* Human Rights Watch reports that at least 34 people have been killed and at least 66 others have been injured in the past three weeks in police crackdowns of violent protests following the Mozambican presidential election. Mozambican police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in the capital city Maputo, with the Army later deployed to end the protests. (Al Jazeera) (DW)
* November 2024 Amsterdam attacks, Antisemitism in Europe
* Pro-Palestinian locals attack supporters of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. after a match with AFC Ajax in Amsterdam, Netherlands, following instances of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab chants and vandalism by Maccabi ultras. At least 30 people are injured, with five hospitalized, and 62 people are arrested. Dutch authorities condemn the attacks as antisemitic with the government of Amsterdam subsequently banning protests and demonstrations in the city for three days. (CNN) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) Arts and culture
* 67th Annual Grammy Awards
* American musician Beyoncé receives eleven nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, making her the most nominated artist in the award's history with 99 total nominations. (AP) Disasters and accidents
* At least two people are killed and twelve others are missing when a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea. (The Korea Herald) Health and environment
* Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
* The Brazilian environment and climate change ministry reports that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest decreased by 30.6% compared to last year, the lowest level in nine years. Additionally, deforestation in the Cerrado tropical savannah region decreased by 25.7%, the first decrease in five years. (AP) (Semafor) International relations
* Ukraine–United States relations
* The United States lifts its ban on deploying military contractors to Ukraine, thereby enabling American companies to directly assist with the maintenance and repair of U.S.-made weapons, such as F-16 fighter aircraft and Patriot air defense systems. The U.S. says that its contractors will be positioned far from the front lines and will not engage in combat with Russian forces. (CNN) Law and crime
* Security incidents involving Donald Trump
* The U.S. Justice Department announces that they have formally charged an Afghan national who confessed to a murder-for-hire plan linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting president-elect Donald Trump. (CNN)
* Former Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama is released from prison early after serving six months for perverting the course of justice. (RNZ)
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Current events: 2024-11-06
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israeli–Lebanese conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
* Israeli airstrikes in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon kill 55 people and injure 59 others. (L'Orient le Jour)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel, with a rocket striking Ben Gurion Airport. (Yedioth Ahronoth)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
* U.S. President Joe Biden announces the expedited granting of more than US$6 billion in military aid to Ukraine prior to president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January. (Reuters)
* Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
* Twelve Jaish ul-Adl militants are killed, including the group's leader Salahuddin Farooqui, in a joint operation by Iran and Pakistan. (Tehran Times) (Sedaye Bourse) Business and economy
* The Institute of International Finance cautions that if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump follows through with the tariffs that he campaigned on, this will result in a renewal of inflation and higher U.S. banking loan interest rates. (CNBC) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
* Hurricane Rafael approaches the southern coast of Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, triggering mass evacuations amid warnings of life-threatening flash flooding and storm surges. (Reuters)
* 2024 California wildfires
* Amid extreme fire weather conditions and a particularly dangerous situation red flag warning, the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, California, United States, develops and grows to {{convert|10400|acre|km2|0}} in less than eight hours. (CBS News) Law and crime
* Protests against Donald Trump
* Just Stop Oil protesters spray orange paint on the outside of the American Embassy in London, United Kingdom, following Donald Trump's election in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (The Independent)
* Four people are killed and 25 others are rescued after human traffickers forced them from their boat into the water off the coast of Rhodes, Greece, and abandoned them. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections
* 2024 United States elections
* 2024 United States presidential election, Second presidency of Donald Trump
* Republican candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump is elected as the 47th President of the United States. (The Washington Post) (AP)
* Trump will become the first person since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to serve non-consecutive presidential terms, as well as the oldest person and first convicted felon to be elected president. (BBC News) (The New York Times) (AP)
* JD Vance is elected as the 50th Vice President of the United States, becoming the first millennial to be elected vice president. (DW)
* Vice President Kamala Harris concedes defeat to Donald Trump in a concession speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., stating that she and outgoing president Joe Biden will commit to a peaceful transition of power. (Time)
* 2024 United States Senate elections
* The Republican Party wins a majority in the U.S. Senate. (Reuters)
* 2024 German government crisis
* In Germany, the Scholz cabinet loses its majority following the dismissal of finance minister Christian Lindner and the resignation of all remaining Free Democratic Party members. (Reuters)
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Current events: 2024-11-04
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Attacks on health facilities during the Israel–Hamas war
* Kamal Adwan Hospital sieges
* At least twelve Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including seven at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
* 2024 Israeli secret document leak scandal
* Israel Police arrest a top Netanyahu aide after opponents accused the aide of leaking allegedly false classified intelligence to prevent a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. (CNN) (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* At least three people are killed in an Israeli attack on residential buildings in Ghazieh and Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* 2024 Kursk offensive
* Ukraine says that its forces have engaged North Korean troops for the first time in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (The Independent) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Almora bus accident
* At least 36 people are killed and 27 others are injured when a bus plunges into a gorge near Marchula, Uttarakhand, India. (The Indian Express) (ABC News)
* At least ten people are killed in the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Lakilaki in Flores, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera) International relations
* Indonesia–Russia relations
* The Indonesian Navy and the Russian Navy begin their first ever joint military exercise in the Java Sea. (DW) Law and crime
* Women's rights in Iran
* Amnesty International demands the release of Iranian university student Ahoo Daryaei who was arrested after stripping to her underwear and marching through the Islamic Azad University campus in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. (Sky News)
* Four teenagers are injured, two critically, in a fight involving an axe on a RER train at the Ozoir-la-Ferrière station in Seine-et-Marne, France. The main suspect is later arrested at his home. (The Guardian) Politics and elections
* Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
* Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesić resigns and accepts responsibility for the deadly canopy collapse at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (DW)
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Current events: 2024-11-02
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Somali Civil War
* At least two people are killed and several others are injured in fights between two Somali security factions in Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (Caasimadda Online) (Hiiraan Online)
Politics and elections
* 2024 Conservative Party leadership election
* Kemi Badenoch is elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak. (The Guardian)
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Current events: 2024-10-31
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* A Hezbollah missile barrage kills at least seven people and critically injures another near Metula in northern Israel. Four of the victims are foreign agricultural workers and two are Israeli Arabs. (The Times of Israel)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly condemns the United States and European nations for having "zero" response towards Russian deployment of North Korean soldiers against Ukraine. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 European floods
* October 2024 Spain floods
* The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 161, with dozens of others still missing. (Infobae) (BBC News) International relations
* Germany–Iran relations, Capital punishment in Iran
* Germany orders all three Iranian consulates in the country to close in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2020. (The Independent) Politics and elections
* Boycotts of Israel
* Global LGBTQ federation ILGA World suspends the membership of Israeli LGBTQ group The Aguda amid the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. (The Times of Israel) Science and technology
* North Korean missile tests
* North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on a "lofted trajectory" toward the Sea of Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says that this was the longest-ever launch of a North Korean ICBM, lasting 87 minutes. (Al Jazeera)
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Current events: 2024-10-29
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia strike
* At least 93 Palestinians are killed and 40 others are missing in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
* Siege of North Gaza, Gaza Strip famine, Israeli generals' plan
* The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Eastern Ukraine campaign
* Russia claims that it has taken the cities of Selydove and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with open-source data indicating that Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace in at least one year amid signs of North Korean involvement in the war. (Reuters)
* Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* At least six people are killed and 13 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
* Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov vows to retaliate harshly against Ukraine after a drone strike targeted a military base in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia, representing the first known drone attack in Chechnya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand. (Al Jazeera)
* Eight Austrian Army soldiers and peacekeepers are injured when a rocket hits the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
* Somali Civil War
* Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 European floods
* Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L'Alcúdia. (The Guardian)
* A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped. (BBC News) Politics and elections
* German economic crisis
* German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW)
* Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. (Al Jazeera)
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Current events: 2024-10-27
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Sudanese Civil War
* 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
* The United Nations condemns the Rapid Support Forces' targeted mass killing of civilians in Gezira State, comparing it to earlier mass killings in Darfur. (BBC)
* Arab–Israeli conflict
* A man is killed and thirty others are injured when an Arab Israeli man rams his truck into a bus stop north of Tel Aviv, Israel, before being fatally shot by an armed civilian. Authorities are investigating it as a suspected terrorist attack. (BBC News)
* Former Bolivian president Evo Morales survives an alleged assassination attempt. (Reuters) Politics and elections
* 2024 Uruguayan general election
* The citizens of Uruguay vote for a President in the first round of the general election. (Reuters)
* 2024 Japanese general election
* The citizens of Japan vote for 465 seats in the House of Representatives. The ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito loses its majority. (NHK)
* October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
* The citizens of Bulgaria vote for a new National Assembly in the seventh election in four years. (Euronews)
* 2024 Georgian parliamentary election
* The President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a "Russian special operation". (Radio Free Europe) (Civil.ge)
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Current events: 2024-10-25
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Siege of Jabalia
* Kamal Adwan Hospital siege
* Israeli troops storm the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
* Three Israeli soldiers from the Armored Corps are killed in an IED blast in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)
* Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
* Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 72 people, including at least 38 in Khan Younis. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* Two people are killed and six others are injured when a rocket fired from Lebanon hits a building in the town of Majd al-Krum in northern Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)
* Two cameramen and a technician working for Al Mayadeen and Al-Manar are killed and several other people are injured when an Israeli airstrike hits a guest house housing journalists in Hasbaya, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
* The Israeli Air Force strikes the Syrian military-controlled Jusiyah–Qaa border crossing on the Lebanon–Syria border, accusing Hezbollah of using the border crossing to transfer weapons from Syria. (The Times of Israel)
* Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack
* The Kurdistan Workers' Party claims responsibility for Wednesday's attack on the headquarters of the Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara Province, Turkey, which killed five people and injured dozens of others, saying that the attack had been "planned for a long time". (France 24)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* 2024 Kursk offensive, Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Ukraine reports that the first North Korean units have entered the active "warzones" in Russia's Kursk Oblast. The North Korean soldiers are reportedly under the command of Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. (Yonhap News Agency)
* A police officer is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack at a police station in Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The perpetrator, a 15-year-old boy, is arrested. (AP) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Pacific typhoon season
* The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami's landfall in central and northern Philippines increases to 76 people, with more than 320,000 people evacuated. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections
* 2024 Kiribati presidential election
* Citizens of Kiribati vote for the President between three candidates, incumbent Taneti Maamau, Bautaake Beia from the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, and independent Kaotitaake Kokoria. (The Nikkei)
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Current events: 2024-10-23
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack
* Five people are killed and 22 others are injured in a bombing at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters in Kahramankazan, Ankara Province, Turkey. The perpetrators are "neutralized" according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. The Turkish government suspects the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to be behind the attack. (Al-Monitor) (Reuters) (DW)
* The Turkish Air Force launches airstrikes on PKK targets across northern Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the attack, with Turkish drone strikes in Kobani, Syria, injuring three Asayish officers. (Reuters) (ANHA)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* The United States says that it has seen evidence that North Korean troops are now in Russia and are preparing to travel to the battlefield in Ukraine. South Korea says that Pyongyang has promised to send up to 10,000 troops to support the war effort. (The Guardian)
* United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* The United States finalizes a US$20 billion loan to Ukraine for military and economic support as part of a collective US$50 billion loan between G7 members. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* Hezbollah confirms that the head of their executive council Hashem Safieddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 27. (BBC News) Health and environment
* Demographics of Germany, German economic crisis
* The Ifo Institute for Economic Research reports that Germany experienced a 13% birth rate decline nationally and up to a 17.5% birth rate decline in eastern Germany between 2021 and 2023, with the institute attributing the decline to several reasons including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and high inflation. (DW) International relations
* China–Holy See relations
* China and the Holy See agree to extend their 2018 provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for a further four years. (Vatican News)
* China–India relations
* Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi holds a bilateral meeting with President of China Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. This is the first bilateral meeting between India and China in five years and comes in the aftermath of the 2020 border skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops. (India Today) Law and crime
* 2024 social unrest in Martinique
* Protesters with automatic weapons target police and firefighters in Martinique, where protests over the high cost of living have prompted France to deploy forces to the island. (AP)
* A court in Munich, Germany, charges a Russian man for stabbing two Ukrainian soldiers at a shopping center in Murnau am Staffelsee, Bavaria, Germany, in April. (DW)
* Four people, including the shooter, are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting and standoff when a man opens fire on police and his family in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (The Brazilian Report) Science and technology
* Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announces that his government will raise the minimum age limit to use social media from 13 to 15 in order to protect children from the "power of the algorithms". (The Guardian)
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Current events: 2024-10-21
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
* Seven people are killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at a camp for construction workers near Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Al Jazeera)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* Israel launches airstrikes across southern Lebanon, including in Beirut and the Beqaa Valley, targeting financial institutions that are allegedly linked to Hezbollah. (AP)
* Sudanese civil war
* An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashes in North Darfur, Sudan, killing its crew of two Russians and three Sudanese nationals. The Rapid Support Forces claim that they shot down the aircraft and says that they have recovered the airplane's flight recorder. Russia says that its diplomats in Sudan are currently investigating the crash. (Sudan Tribune) (AP) Health and environment
* The World Health Organization declares Egypt to be malaria-free. (BBC News) International relations
* China–India relations
* India and China reach a breakthrough in discussions on disengagement and border patrol along the disputed Line of Actual Control. (Zee News) (DW) Law and crime
* 2000 Sipadan kidnappings
* A trial court in Taguig, Philippines, convicts 17 leaders and members of Abu Sayyaf, including two top officials of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement who were on the United Nations Security Council's Sanctions List, of the kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. The convicts are sentenced to reclusión perpetua. (AFP via SCMP) (PNA)
* Operation Car Wash
* A court in Peru sentences former president Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in prison for receiving bribes. (Reuters)
* Five members of a family, including three teenagers, are killed in a mass shooting in Fall City, Washington, United States. (USA Today)
* Former Albanian president Ilir Meta is arrested on accusations of corruption. (Reuters) Science and technology
* Largest known prime number
* A 52nd Mersenne prime is discovered by a participant of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, 6 years after the last new Mersenne prime was discovered in 2018. The prime number is 41,024,320 digits in length, making it the largest known prime number. (Mersenne.org)
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Current events: 2024-10-19
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Beit Lahia massacre
* Hamas alleges that at least 73 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia. The Israel Defence Forces dispute the allegation. (Al Ahram)
* An Israeli airstrike kills at least 33 people, including 21 women, at a Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Israeli forces strike the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 people and injuring several others. (NPR)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence
* A drone strike targets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in the resort town Caesarea. (AP)
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* Israeli strikes on a vehicle and an apartment building in Baaloul and north of Beirut kill seven people, including the mayor of Sohmor. (Boston25 News)
* 180 projectiles are fired from Lebanon, striking vehicles and a building, killing one person and injuring thirteen others. (Star Tribune)
* The Israel Defense Forces says the Israeli Air Force killed Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid, Hezbollah's deputy commander in Bint Jbeil yesterday. (The Washington Times) (The Jerusalem Post) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Cuba blackout
* Some electricity is restored after a power outage in Cuba. (AP)
* Sapelo Island dock collapse
* At least seven people are killed by a dock collapse on Sapelo Island in the U.S. state of Georgia, with several more reported missing. (AP) Law and crime
* Iraqi protesters storm and wreck the office of Saudi-owned MBC TV channel after it aired a programme calling Hamas and Hezbollah leaders "terrorists". (New Arab)
* The Communications and Media Commission in Iraq suspends MBC operations in Iraq. (Roya News) Politics and elections
* Clashes between protestors and police break out over demonstrations of arrested activists in Nasiriyah, Iraq. (CityNews)
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Current events: 2024-11-15
Business and economics
* The Canadian Union of Postal Workers go on strike after failing to renegotiate their contract with Canada Post. (AP)
International relations
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, their first contact since 2022. Putin tells Scholz that any negotiated settlement to end the war must recognize the territories that Russia has conquered as part of Russia and that Ukraine must abandon its aspiration to join NATO. (AP) (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
* At least ten people are killed in a fire at a retirement residence in Villafranca de Ebro, Zaragoza, Spain. (The Washington Post)
Law and crime
* 2024 Abkhazian protests
* Protestors storm the Parliament of Abkhazia in the capital Sukhumi in opposition to a proposed measure that would allow Russians to buy property in Abkhazia. Opposition leader Eshsou Kakalia claims that protestors now control the building. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
* 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
* Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power coalition wins a supermajority in the snap election for the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
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Current events: 2024-11-13
Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Indo-Pakistani smog
* New Delhi, India, reports its 15th consecutive day with a "very poor" recorded air quality index due to significant air pollution causing zero meter visibility smog. (The Hindu)
* 2024 Spanish floods
* Thousands of Spaniards living near river banks are evacuated following the issuing of AEMET's maximum weather alert in the Province of Málaga, Costa del Sol, and the Valencian Community caused by a new cold drop system. (The Independent) International relations
* Israel–Turkey relations
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkey has suspended all diplomatic relations with Israel and will not develop any further relations with Israel. However, the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, will continue to operate. (Newsweek) (Middle East Eye) Law and crime
* 2024 Brasília attacks
* One person is killed following two explosions near the Supreme Federal Court building and the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, Brazil. The Federal Police announces an investigation into the explosions, while the Attorney General's Office calls the situation "an attack against the Supreme Federal Court and the Chamber of Deputies". (G1) (CNN) Politics and elections
* 2024 United States elections
* Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
* Outgoing President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and pledges a peaceful transition of power. (Reuters)
* 2024 Somaliland presidential election
* Citizens of Somaliland vote for the President between incumbent Muse Bihi Abdi of the Kulmiye party, House of Representatives speaker Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the Waddani party, and Faysal Ali Warabe of the Justice and Welfare Party. (VOA) (DW)
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Current events: 2024-11-11
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* At least 30 people are killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, including at least 20 in the Nuseirat refugee camp. (Al Jazeera)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Mykolaiv strikes, Zaporizhzhia strikes
* Five people are killed and 18 others, including five children, are injured in Russian air strikes on Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (DW) (Arab News) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 European floods
* 2024 Spanish floods
* Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez announces an additional €3.76 billion (US$4 billion) aid package to the Valencian Community which was affected by deadly floods in October. (DW) International relations
* 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference
* The COP29 climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Reuters) Law and crime
* Haitian crisis
* Several airlines suspend flights to Haiti after a Spirit Airlines aircraft was hit by gunfire while attempting to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was diverted to Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. (BBC News)
* Ten people are killed when a car hits pedestrians on a road in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. (Mehr News Agency)
* In Italy, the Carabinieri Art Squad seizes more than 2,100 forged artworks worth more than €200 million (US$215 million) that were intended to be sold at auction houses across Europe and also uncovers two art forgery workshops in Tuscany and Venice. (DW) Politics and elections
* 2024 Japanese general election
* Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 103rd prime minister of Japan following the first runoff vote in thirty years. (Kyodo News) (Mainichi)
* Haitian crisis
* Alix Didier Fils-Aimé is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Haiti, replacing Garry Conille, amid worsening security in the country. (Reuters)
* Māori protest movement
* Hundreds of Māori people begin a nine-day march from Cape Reinga to Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, to protest the proposed Treaty Principles Bill which would redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. (The Star) (The Guardian)
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Current events: 2024-11-09
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Insurgency in Balochistan
* 2024 Quetta railway station bombing
* At least 26 people, including fourteen soldiers, are killed and more than 62 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a rail station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
* At least one person is killed and two others are injured in a raid by Israeli soldiers in Aqqaba in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* At least 40 people, including several children, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several cities in Lebanon. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Spanish floods
* Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Valencia, Spain, to demand the resignation of President of the Valencian Government Carlos Mazón for his handling of the warnings and subsequent management of last week's deadly floods. (AP) International relations
* China–Indonesia relations
* Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto sign several cooperation deals worth $10 billion seeking partnership in key areas including water conservation, marine resources, and mining. (Bangkok Post) (Reuters)
* Foreign relations of Sudan, Sudanese civil war
* The United Nations Security Council sanctions the head of operations of the Rapid Support Forces and the force's West Darfur commander for their human rights abuses and for promoting violence in Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
* North Korea–Russia relations
* Russian President Vladimir Putin signs into law the North Korean-Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a mutual defense pact with North Korea. (Reuters) Law and crime
* A man injures four friars at a monastery in Gilet, Province of Valencia, Spain, before fleeing the scene. (ABC.es) Politics and elections
* 2024 Bolivia protests
* The constitutional court of Bolivia prohibits former President Evo Morales from running for office in any position, thereby preventing him from contesting next year's election. (Al Jazeera)
* 2024 United States presidential election
* 2024 United States presidential election in Arizona
* Multiple news broadcasters call Arizona for Donald Trump, officially ending the 2024 United States presidential election. (NBC News) (CNN) (AP News)
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Current events: 2024-11-07
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Siege of North Gaza
* At least twelve Palestinians are killed and several others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school used to shelter displaced people in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
* Military aid to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–United States military relations
* The Israeli Ministry of Defence announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire 25 F-15EX fighter jets from Boeing as part of a $5.2 billion aid package from the U.S. government. At least four jets will be delivered annually beginning in 2031. (Reuters)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Zaporizhzhia strikes
* Four people are killed and 33 others are injured when Russian guided bombs hit houses, an apartment building, and a medical center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
* Sudanese civil war
* 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
* At least 73 people from the village of al-Hilaliya, Gezira State, Sudan, are killed by unknown causes during a siege of the village by Rapid Support Forces militants. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* Hezbollah launches drones at the Israeli Defense Forces base in Kfar Bilu and the Haifa naval base in Haifa, Israel. No casualties are reported. (Al Jazeera) (Saba News Agency) Disasters and accidents
* 2023–2024 South American drought
* The United Nations reports that almost a half million children in the Amazon are currently experiencing significant food and water scarcity due to prolonged droughts. (The Guardian)
* 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, 2024 Cuba blackouts
* Cuba experiences a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Artemisa Province. (Al Jazeera) International relations
* Russia–United Kingdom relations
* International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* The British government announces 56 sanctions on individuals and entities based in countries including China and Turkey, as well as on the Africa Corps mercenary group, in order to target Russia's military-industrial complex and restrict the supply of military equipment to Russia. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) Law and crime
* Chinese intelligence activity abroad
* Germany arrests an American citizen suspected of spying on the U.S. military for China while working at a U.S. military installation in Germany. (Al Jazeera)
* Police in Argentina charge three people in the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne. (Sky News) (People) Politics and elections
* 2024 German government crisis
* Volker Wissing, Germany's transport minister and the former Free Democratic Party (FDP) general secretary, announces that he will leave the FDP but will remain in the Scholz cabinet. (SZ)
* Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
* President-elect of the United States Donald Trump announces Susie Wiles as his White House Chief of Staff, the first woman to serve in this position. (ABC News)
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Current events: 2024-11-05
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several refugee camps across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Zaporizhzhia strikes
* Six people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 European floods
* October 2024 Spain floods
* Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez announces a €10.6 billion (US$11.5 billion) aid package to families affected by the flooding in the country, primarily in the Valencian Community, including a package of €5 billion (US$5.5 billion) in state-guaranteed loans. (Al Jazeera) (La Nación) Law and crime
* English Channel migrant crossings
* A court in Lille, France, convicts 18 people, including nine in absentia, for participating in an international human smuggling network that transported migrants across the English Channel. The sentences range from two to fifteen years in prison. (Al Jazeera)
* Seven men from the Saxonian Separatists group are arrested in Germany and another is arrested in Poland for plotting ethnic cleansing terrorist attacks and for plotting to take control of several areas of Saxony. (Al Jazeera)
* Railway workers launch an eight-hour strike in Italy after a train manager was stabbed and critically injured on a train near Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa, yesterday. Several trains are canceled, with only 30% of services guaranteed. (Ansa)
* Equatoguinean vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue warns that politicians caught having sex in their offices could face harsh consequences after a civil servant was caught having sex with multiple women while on the job. (BBC News)
* The Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea fines Meta Platforms ₩21.6 billion (US$15 million) for illegally collecting personal information on Facebook users and sharing it with advertisers. (AP)
* French and Dutch police raid Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam as part of an investigation into tax fraud and unreported employment practices. (BBC News) (Deadline) Politics and elections
* 2024 Boeing machinists strike
* Boeing machinists vote to end the 53-day labor strike, agreeing to a 38% pay increase over four years. (The Seattle Times) (Reuters)
* 2024 Palauan general election
* Citizens of Palau vote for a President and members of the National Congress. (RNZ)
* 2024 Qatari constitutional referendum
* Qataris hold a referendum to amend the 2004 constitution, voting to strengthen the emir's political power and to abolish elections for members of the Consultative Assembly. (AP) (QNA)
* 2024 United States elections
* Americans vote in federal, state and local elections, including the presidential election. (CNN) (USA Today)
* Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
* Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Novi Sad, Serbia, to protest the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy on Friday, leading to violent confrontations with police and vandalism of the city hall. (Reuters)
* Protests against the firing of Yoav Gallant
* Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses defense minister Yoav Gallant following disagreements over the execution of the war in the Gaza Strip which subsequently results in nationwide protests. (The New York Times) Science and technology
* Fukushima nuclear accident
* A remote-controlled robot retrieves a piece of melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the first time a piece of melted fuel has been retrieved from a nuclear meltdown. (AP)
* Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan launch the world's first wooden satellite, constructed without screws or glue, into space, which will orbit Earth for six months. (DW)
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Current events: 2024-11-03
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Siege of North Gaza
* More than 50 children are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia in northern Gaza in the past two days. (Al Jazeera)
* At least 31 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, primarily in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medics. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
* Dozens of people are killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
* Three people are killed and nine others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Pokrovsk offensive
* The Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian military news site DeepStateUA report that Russia has captured the settlement of Vyshneve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with Russian troops advancing towards Hryhorivka to the west. (Reuters)
* Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
* At least eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion caused by an unknown militant group in a flea market in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
* Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
* Two police officers are injured in a stabbing attack by Naxalite insurgents in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India, with their weapons being stolen. (Indian Express)
* Somali Civil War
* Three people are killed and several others are injured when Al-Shabaab fires several mortar shells into the Halane base camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Eastleigh Voice) (Horseed Media) Disasters and accidents
* Fourteen people are killed and 34 others are injured in a lightning strike at the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda. (AP)
* Four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck crashes into several stopped vehicles on Interstate 96 near Webberville, Michigan, United States. (AP) Health and environment
* Air pollution in Lahore
* The air pollution in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, reaches a record high air quality index score of 1,073 with the Punjab government ordering a mandatory closure of all primary schools for one week, blaming stubble burning for the poor air quality. (BBC News) (Geo News) Politics and elections
* 2024 Moldovan presidential election
* Moldovans vote for a President in the second round of the presidential election. (The Guardian)
* Incumbent Maia Sandu wins reelection, defeating former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo amid allegations of Russian interference. (Euronews) (Reuters)
* Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
* Hundreds of activists engage in demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest state corruption and negligence by Serbian officials which lead to the deadly collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (Reuters)
* October 2024 Spain floods
* Protestors pelt the King and Queen of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and Valencian President Carlos Mazón with objects and mud and boo them as "murderers" during their visit to Paiporta, Valencia. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is evacuated from the area after being hit with a shovel. (Levante) (AP) (BBC News) Sports
* 2024 Japan Series
* In baseball, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to win the Japan Series in six games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1998. (NHK)
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Current events: 2024-11-01
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan
* The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage. (Reuters)
* Somali Civil War
* Puntland–Somaliland dispute
* Las Anod conflict
* At least ten people, including four civilians, are killed and fifteen others are injured in battles between Somaliland and Khatumo State forces in the Cayn and Togdheer regions of Somalia. (Horseed Media) (Hiiraan Online)
* Insurgency in Balochistan
* At least nine people are killed and 29 others are injured in an explosion near a girls' school in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting a polio vaccination drive. (Al Jazeera)
* An "irregular armed group" captures a Bolivian military base near Cochabamba, Bolivia, kidnapping military personnel and seizing weapons from the base. Bolivian president Luis Arce says that the group are affiliated with former president Evo Morales. (CNN) (DW) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 European floods
* October 2024 Spain floods
* The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. (BBC News) (AP)
* Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
* Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured when a canopy collapses at the railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia. (ABC News) Law and crime
* Two people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting targeting crowds of people celebrating Halloween in two locations in Orlando, Florida, United States. (CNN)
* Thieves steal two paintings from Andy Warhol's Reigning Queens collection and damage two others at the MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands. (AP) (De Telegraaf) Politics and elections
* 2024 Botswana general election
* Botswana's ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, concedes defeat in Wednesday's election, ending its 58-year rule. (Reuters)
* Kenyan Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki is sworn in as Deputy President of Kenya after the High Court lifted an order that prevented Kindiki's swearing-in yesterday. (AP)
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Current events: 2024-10-30
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
* Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters)
* The Israeli army says that it killed the deputy head of Hezbollah's Redwan Force Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi in a strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
* War against the Islamic State
* The United States military announces that US airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya) Business and economy
* Russian court fines towards Google reach $20 decillion after allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin channels on YouTube in 2020. (The Independent) (Euro News) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 European floods
* October 2024 Spain floods
* At least 95 people are killed and dozens of others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (El Pais) (AP)
* At least twelve workers are killed and another other is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters) (Milenio) Law and crime
* 2024 Mozambican general election
* It is reported that at least 10 people were killed and 63 others were injured by gunfire in post-election protests in Mozambique last week. (Reuters)
* Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. (Reuters)
* The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to make changes to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, forming a new mission called the United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia, which is expected to begin operating on November 1. (Mirage News) Politics and elections
* 2024 Botswana general election
* Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP)
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Current events: 2024-10-28
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* Battle of Tyre
* At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Al Jazeera)
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Kharkiv strikes
* At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Law and crime
* 2024 United Kingdom riots
* British anti-Islam far-right activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for contempt of court and repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee. (Reuters)
* The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship, Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC)
Politics and elections
* Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
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Current events: 2024-10-26
Armed conflicts and attacks
* 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
* October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
* Israel launches airstrikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and Karaj according to Iranian state media. Four soldiers are killed. (Sky News) (Reuters) (Axios)
* The Israel Defense Forces says that it is carrying out "precise strikes on military targets in Iran" in response to recent ballistic missile attacks launched from Iran. (The Telegraph)
* Sudanese Civil War
* 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
* At least 124 people are killed when the Rapid Support Forces attack several villages in Gezira State, Sudan. (Al Arabiya)
* Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
* Ten police officers are killed by Jaish ul-Adl gunmen in a mass shooting on a police convoy in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)
* Somali Civil War
* An IED planted by Al-Shabaab in a restaurant in Karan district, Mogadishu, Somalia, kills at least five people and injures at least five others. (The Somali Digest) (Hiiraan Online) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Pacific typhoon season
* The death toll from the flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to at least 126. (UPI)
* Nineteen people are killed and five others are injured in a bus crash in Zacatecas, Mexico. (Reuters) Law and crime
* Killing of Odair Moniz
* Portuguese police activate special security protocols in response to two large demonstrations in Lisbon following the fatal shooting of a Cape Verdean immigrant by a police officer in Amadora on Monday, which resulted in widespread riots. (RTP News) Politics and elections
* 2024 Georgian parliamentary election
* Georgians vote for the 150 seats of the parliament. (BBC News)
* Pro-European Union opposition parties refuse to accept early election results indicating the leading Georgian Dream party's victory, and accuse the party of stealing the election. (DW News)
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Current events: 2024-10-24
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hezbollah conflict
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* Five Israeli soldiers are killed and seven others are wounded in gun battles with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hamas war
* An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills Muhammad Abu Attawi, a commander in Hamas' Nukhba forces who participated in the Nova music festival massacre, and had previously been accused by Israel of being a UNRWA employee. (Reuters) (The Times of Israel)
* Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
* Islamist insurgents target an Indian Army vehicle with small arms fire near Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, killing two soldiers and two civilian porters working with the military. Three soldiers are also injured in the attack. (The Indian Express)
* Mexican drug war
* Two car bombs explode outside police stations in Acámbaro, Guanajuato, Mexico, injuring three police officers. (AP) Business and economy
* Regulation of electronic cigarettes
* The British government announces that disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from June 1, 2025. (BBC News) Disasters and accidents
* 2024 Pacific typhoon season
* Tropical Storm Trami
* Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine) makes landfall in northeastern Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 26 people. (BBC) (Reuters)
* At least three people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nigeria. (Daily Maverick) International relations
* North Korea–South Korea relations
* Balloon propaganda campaigns in Korea
* North Korea sends a wave of trash balloons over South Korea, with one balloon falling on the Blue House presidential compound in central Seoul. The balloon reportedly contained leaflets criticizing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. (ABC News) Law and crime
* A mass stabbing in Cincinnati, Ohio leaves four people dead, including the perpetrator. (WLWT) Politics and elections
* The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González for their activism. (Reuters)
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Current events: 2024-10-22
Armed conflicts and attacks
* 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
* Israeli retaliation leak, Israel–United States relations
* The FBI announces an investigation into the leaking of classified U.S. intelligence documents regarding military plans for Israeli retaliation against Iran. (Reuters)
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* An Israeli drone strike on Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, kills at least fifteen people, including several women and children. (Al Jazeera)
* Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
* Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces the death of several Islamic State senior members, including the group's leader in Iraq, in a military operation in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. (The Washington Post) Health and environment
* The U.S. Center for Disease Control announces that one person has died and at least 48 others have become ill in an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers. (BBC News) Politics and elections
* 2024 United States presidential election
* Foreign interference in the 2024 United States elections
* The presidential campaign of former U.S. President Donald Trump files a formal complaint to the Federal Election Commission against the United Kingdom's Labour Party, accusing the Labour Party of "blatant foreign interference" in the election to support the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. (BBC News)
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Current events: 2024-10-20
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Beit Lahia massacre
* Hamas reports that the number of dead and missing following an Israeli bombardment of residential areas in northern Gaza has increased to 87, becoming among the highest single-incident death tolls in the past few months and also prompting condemnation from the United Nations. (Reuters)
* 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
* Israeli retaliation leak
* Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments supporting the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran for striking Israel. (NPR)
* Israel–Hamas war
* Siege of Jabalia
* The Israel Defense Forces announce that Colonel Ehsan Daqsa, the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, was killed in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, becoming the most senior officer to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
* Sudanese civil war
* Battle of Khartoum, 2024 Sudan famine
* The Sudan Tribune reports disease outbreaks and starvation in Khartoum North, Sudan, as a military offensive and fighting continues in the city. (Sudan Tribune) Disasters and accidents
* Two people are killed and around 300 others are rescued in flash flooding in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. (The New York Times) Politics and elections
* 2024 Moldovan presidential election, 2024 Moldovan European Union membership referendum
* Moldovans vote for a president and also vote in a referendum that would amend the constitution to include a commitment for Moldova to join the European Union. (Le Monde)
* Inauguration of Prabowo Subianto
* Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president of Indonesia and 14th vice president of Indonesia, respectively. (AP) (Reuters)
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Current events: 2024-10-18
Armed conflicts and attacks
* Israel–Hamas war
* Killing of Yahya Sinwar
* Hamas confirms that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in action during a shootout with Israeli soldiers two days ago in Rafah, Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
* Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed during a shootout with border guards south of the Dead Sea region. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents
* A nationwide power outage occurs in Cuba following a critical failure at the Antonio Guiteras power station in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province. The energy ministry confirms the entire electrical grid on the island is down. (CNN)
* Evacuations in Oakland, California, United States after six houses are destroyed by a wildfire. (ABC News) International relations
* Swiss neutrality
* Switzerland signs up for the European Sky Shield Initiative to contribute to building a pan-European air and missile defense system, while also allowing the nation to train with and purchase military systems together with other European nations. (Reuters)
* Morocco rejects the proposal to divide Western Sahara with the Polisario Front put forward by the UN envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura. (Atalayar) Politics and elections
* Kenya's National Assembly unanimously approves Interior Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new Deputy President following his nomination by President Ruto. However, the High Court temporarily suspends the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua to hear challenges. (AP)
