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November 2023 was the eleventh month of that common year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Thursday after 30 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from November 2023.

November 1, 2023 (2023-11-01) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • Two shepherds are killed in the village of Wazzani, Lebanon, after Israeli soldiers opened fire in their direction, while a 16-year-old boy is killed during shelling by the Israeli Army, bringing the death toll in Lebanon to 66. (AFP via Barron's)
  • Evacuations during the Israel–Hamas war
    • About 500 people, including injured Palestinians, foreigners and dual Palestinian–foreign nationals, are evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing to Egypt, marking the border crossing's first opening since the war began. (AFP via The Straits Times)
  • Iran–Israel proxy conflict
    • Israel deploys Sa'ar-class corvettes to the Red Sea in response to missile and drone attacks from Yemen. Israeli National Security Council official Tzachi Hanegbi says that the Houthi attacks on Israel are "intolerable". (Reuters)
    • Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns of "harsh consequences" if Israel continues its invasion of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
  • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
    • The Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip is hit by Israeli airstrike for the second consecutive day, with several more people being killed. (Al Jazeera)
  • An Israeli soldier is killed in a mortar attack near the kibbutz of Be'eri in southern Israel. (The Times of Israel)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • The Ugandan military announces the capture of an Allied Democratic Forces commander who killed three people, including two tourists, in Queen Elizabeth National Park on October 27. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • The Three Brotherhood Alliance intensifies its attacks on junta outposts in the northern Shan State as part of Operation 1027. (Narinjara)
  • The junta regime confirms that Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army rebels have seized control of the town of Chinshwehaw in Laukkaing District. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • North Korea–Russia relations
    • South Korea's National Intelligence Service reports that North Korea has supplied Russia with over one million rounds of artillery shells for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia strikes 118 Ukrainian towns and villages with artillery, missiles, and drones over a 24-hour period, the most in a single day this year. More than 40 attacks are reported in Avdiivka. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• Four people are killed and 335 others are infected in Zambia due to an anthrax outbreak, with the Ministry of Health implementing public health measures. (Xinhua)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Jordan relations
    • Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel in condemnation of the ongoing war. (AFP via Zawya)
• Afghanistan–Pakistan relations
  • Pakistan begins the mass deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees, according to Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Operation Dunhammer
  • The Danish Prosecution Service discontinues legal proceedings against former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and former intelligence chief Lars Findsen over the leakage of classified information due to the inadmissibility of key classified evidence in court. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• The European Data Protection Board bans American social media company Meta from acquiring its users' personal data for targeted advertising in the European Economic Area. (AFP via The Economic Times)
• Police in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and Italy arrest several people who threatened or planned terror attacks relating to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. (The Jerusalem Post)

Science and technology

• NASA space probe Lucy flies by asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh, the first of eight asteroids planned to be visited by the spacecraft. (AP)

Sports

• 2023 MLB season
  • In baseball, the Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the World Series in five games, capturing their first Major League Baseball championship in their 63-year existence. Corey Seager is named World Series MVP. (NBC News) (ESPN)

November 2, 2023 (2023-11-02) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • Siege of Gaza City
        • Israeli troops and tanks continue to encircle Gaza City, with heavy clashes reported on the city's outskirts. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad say that they are using "hit-and-run attacks" from tunnels to attempt to stop the advance. (Reuters)
    • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
      • Hezbollah launches a drone attack on an IDF barracks in Shebaa Farms. (Reuters)
      • Four people are killed in Wadi Saluki, Lebanon, during a shelling by Israeli soldiers. Hamas also launches 12 rockets from southern Lebanon towards Kiryat Shmona, wounding two people. (The National)
    • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
      • The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, is forced to suspend operations after running out of fuel. Sixteen of the Gaza Strip's 35 hospitals and more than 50 of its 72 primary healthcare clinics are now unusable. (Al Jazeera)
    • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
      • 31 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp airstrike
        • The United Nations Human Rights Office says that Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp may be "disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes". (Al Jazeera)
        • United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says that attacks on the refugee camp are "horrific and appalling". (Al Jazeera)
        • The number of victims of the Israeli bombings of the refugee camp exceeds 1,000 with 195 confirmed killed, 120 still missing, and at least 777 injured. (Al Jazeera)
    • UNICEF estimates that more than 3,500 children have been killed during the war, saying that "children have endured too much already, the killing and captivity of children must stop". (The Courier)
    • Israel strikes a UNRWA schoolyard in the Al-Shati refugee camp where thousands of displaced people are taking shelter. The strikes come after five Palestinians were killed in an earlier raid targeting areas near the school. (Al Jazeera)
    • Eleven bakeries in Gaza have been destroyed in airstrikes during the war, according to the UN relief agency. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 9,061 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began, including at least 3,760 children. (The Business Standard)
    • Two Palestinians are killed and six others are injured in Israeli raids in Qalqilya and Ramallah in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
    • Three Palestinians from Birzeit University, including the head of the student organisation, are arrested in raids in Ramallah. (BNN)
    • At least 60 people are detained overnight across the West Bank. The total number of Palestinians detained since the war started now exceeds 1,800 with about half of them being held in administrative detention. (Al Jazeera)
• Myanmar civil war
  • China calls for an "immediate ceasefire" in Myanmar after rebels capture several towns near the Chinese border. (Bloomberg)

Business and economy

• Israel–Hamas war
  • The Israeli Ministry of Labor reports that the country's agricultural sector is suffering "significant damage" due to an exodus of thousands of foreign workers. More than a quarter of the nearly 30,000 foreign workers have left the country and about 20,000 Palestinian agricultural workers have not been allowed to enter Israel. (Al Jazeera)
• American amusement park company Six Flags announces an $8 million deal to merge with Cedar Fair. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–24 European windstorm season
  • Storm Ciarán
    • Storm Ciarán impacts northwestern Europe, killing six people, including two in Belgium, two in France, and one each in Spain and the Netherlands, and causing mass disruption to transport. Widespread damage from 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) winds are reported in the Channel Islands, while 1.2 million French households are left without electricity. (The Independent) (Reuters)
    • Six people are killed during heavy rains in the region of Tuscany, Italy, with rivers flooding and causing damage. Several roads and highways are closed amid landslides, and dozens of buildings are damaged. Severe damage also occurred in Campobasso, Molise, evacuations are being made in Veneto with highways being closed, and emergency calls occurred in Rome. In Sardinia, strong winds fueled fires that burned hectares of vegetation, while a man is killed in Capoterra, and in Tortolì an entire sawmill burned down. (Rai News)

Health and environment

• Colombian Environment Minister Susana Muhamad announces plans to sterilize 20 of 166 hippopotamuses, descendants of those imported by drug lord Pablo Escobar, and cull some others, citing environmental concerns. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

International relations

• Italy–Ukraine relations
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni states that European leaders are tired of the war in Ukraine and want to broker a deal with the Kremlin, saying that "we need a way out" during a phone call in which she thought she was talking with a senior African Union official, but was actually speaking to Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus. (The Telegraph)
• Russia and weapons of mass destruction
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law formally withdrawing Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. However, Russia maintains that it will not resume nuclear weapons testing unless the United States also resumes testing. (Reuters)
• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Bahrain recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests, Human rights in the United States
  • The American Civil Liberties Union urges higher education institutions to respect free speech and to resist calls to investigate or disband student organisations rallying on behalf of Palestinian rights, warning against politically motivated efforts to police speech on campus, which they say could "destroy the foundation on which academic communities are built". (Al Jazeera)
• United States v. Bankman-Fried
  • The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York convicts Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

Science and technology

• A study published in the journal Nature reports that reanalysis of skeletal remains from Spain suggests that large-scale warfare occurred in Europe about 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period. (The Guardian) (Nature)

November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Siege of Gaza City
      • Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike
        • Fifteen people are killed and 60 others are injured by an Israeli airstrike against a convoy of ambulances en route from al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip to Rafah, Egypt. (Al Jazeera)
      • At least 14 people are killed by an Israeli airstrike against civilians fleeing to southern Gaza. (AFP via Barron's)
    • Blockade of the Gaza Strip
      • Twelve cancer patients have died in the Gaza Strip after the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, was forced to suspend operations after running out of fuel. (Dawn)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2023 Gwadar ambush
    • Fourteen soldiers are killed in an ambush against their convoy in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (VOA)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 Dera Ismail Khan bombing
    • Five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a motorcycle bomb at a bus stop in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, detonated as a police bus carrying officers passed by. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian missile strike kills more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers at an awards ceremony near the front line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the incident "could have been avoided" amid anger over the losses. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

• The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, returns the remains of four Paiwan warriors to the Taiwanese indigenous community, marking the first international repatriation of ancestral remains for Taiwan. The skulls, which the university acquired in 1907 and are believed to have been taken by Japanese forces in 1874, will be housed at the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung while awaiting a final resting place decision from Mudan authorities. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Nepal earthquake
  • A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Karnali Province, Nepal, killing at least 157 people and injuring over 300 more. Several houses are destroyed. (Reuters)
• Langarud drug rehabilitation center fire
  • A fire at a drug rehabilitation center in Langarud, Gilan, Iran, kills 32 people and injures 16. (AFP via The Guardian)
• An airplane flying from Zagreb, Croatia, crashes as it approaches Salzburg, Austria, killing four people. (AP)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Honduras recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Protesters gather in Amman, Jordan, to urge King Abdullah II to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. (AFP via Barron's)
• 2023 New Zealand general election
  • The Electoral Commission concludes vote counting, which shows that the leading National Party requires a coalition with the ACT and New Zealand First parties to form a government after the final tally reveals a shift in parliamentary seats. (AP)

Science and technology

• An eruption takes place off the coast of Iwo Jima, forming a temporary new island and continuing the first magmatic eruptions of the volcano in at least 1000 years. (asahi.com)

November 4, 2023 (2023-11-04) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mianwali air base attack
  • Nine Tehreek-e-Jihad jihadists are killed during a shootout with soldiers when they tried to storm a training air base in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Three Brotherhood Alliance captures more junta outposts in their offensive, along with displacing 23,000 people. (AFP via CNA)
    • Tatmadaw forces strike Laiza, Kachin State, with artillery while an errant shell hits a house on the Chinese side of the border, killing one Chinese civilian and injuring three others. (Asia Times)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukrainian forces strike Zalyv Shipbuilding yard in the Russian-occupied Kerch, Crimea, with cruise missiles, damaging the Russian corvette Askold. (Reuters)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • At least 15 people are killed in Khartoum during shelling between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces. (AFP via TOI)
  • Darfur campaign
    • Battle of Geneina
      • The Rapid Support Forces capture Geneina, capital of West Darfur, after seizing control of the headquarters of the Sudanese military's 15th Infantry Division in the city. (Sudan Tribune)
• Guinean commando forces forcefully remove former president Moussa Dadis Camara and several other officials from a central prison in Conakry amid gunfire. Camara is later taken back into police custody shortly after the alleged kidnapping attempt. (AFP via Daily Monitor) (AP)

Disasters and incidents

• A bus crashes into a building in Seattle, Washington, United States, killing one person and injuring 12 others. (ABC)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Turkey relations
  • Turkey recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. (Forbes)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in Washington, D.C., United States, demanding a ceasefire. (The Guardian)
• 2023 Zimbabwean by-elections
  • The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe upholds a decision that disqualifies 14 opposition legislators, after rejecting claims of misrepresentation by an individual alleged to be an opposition official. This decision potentially allows the ruling ZANU–PF party to achieve a constitution-amending parliamentary majority in the upcoming by-elections. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• 2024 Ghanaian general election
  • Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is nominated by the country's ruling New Patriotic Party as their presidential candidate. (AFP via Barron's)

Sports

• 2023 Copa Libertadores
  • In association football, Brazilian club Fluminense win their first Copa Libertadores title after defeating Argentine side Boca Juniors 2–1 after extra time in the final. (Reuters)

November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of Gaza City
      • The Israel Defense Forces announce the complete encirclement of Gaza City and say that they have split the Gaza Strip in two after Israeli troops reach the coast. (The Times of Israel)
    • The Royal Jordanian Air Force airdrops medical aid to a field hospital inside the Gaza Strip. (AA)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • Three children and a woman are killed, and several others are injured, when two cars carrying civilians are hit by an Israeli airstrike near the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun, Lebanon, and four paramedics are injured when two ambulances are bombed in Tayr Harfa. In response to these attacks, Hezbollah launches an anti-tank guided missile towards Kiryat Shmona, killing a civilian. Three Hezbollah members are later killed in retaliation during a series of Israeli airstrikes. (AFP via France 24) (The Times of Israel)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • At least 20 people are killed by shells that hit a marketplace in Khartoum. (AFP via VOA)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Eleven people are killed and several more are kidnapped as Boko Haram gunmen open fire against farmers working in their fields in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria. (AP)

Disasters and incidents

• A car crashes into a beer garden in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, killing five people and injuring four others. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• The Government of Delhi, India, extends school closures for an additional week due to persistent high air pollution levels, with provisions for secondary schools to opt for online classes. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• 2023 Hamburg Airport hostage incident
  • A man drives onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport in Germany and holds his four-year-old daughter hostage underneath an airplane, causing all flights at the airport to be suspended. The man surrenders to police 18 hours later. (BBC News)
• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Pro-Palestinian protestors clash with police and attempt to overrun the USAF occupying Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. (France24)
• A radio broadcaster is fatally shot in Calamba, Misamis Occidental, Philippines, while hosting a broadcast that was also being livestreamed on Facebook. (AP via ABC News)

Politics and elections

• The Republican People's Party, Turkey's main opposition party, elects Manisa MP Özgür Özel as its new leader following the party's loss in the recent parliamentary election. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2023 Japan Series, Curse of the Colonel
  • In baseball, the Hanshin Tigers defeat the Orix Buffaloes to win the Japan Series in seven games, capturing their second championship and their first since 1985. (Japan News)
• 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
  • In auto racing, Ryan Blaney of Team Penske wins his first NASCAR Cup Series championship. (AP via Toronto Star)
• 2023 New York City Marathon
  • Tamirat Tola wins the New York City Marathon with a course record time of 2:04:58. (The New York Times)

November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Anglophone Crisis
  • Egbekaw massacre
    • At least 30 people are killed when Tigers of Ambazonia separatists attack the village of Egbekaw in Manyu, Southwest Cameroon. (AFP via Barron's) (Cameroon News Agency)
• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • An Israel Border Police officer is stabbed to death and another officer is injured near the Old City of Jerusalem. Responding security forces shoot the Palestinian attacker dead. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
    • Three armed Palestinians are killed and another is injured when Israeli soldiers ambush a vehicle in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari says that fighter jets have struck a "broad range" of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in response to a barrage of rockets fired at northern Israeli cities. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • Thailand announces its intention to evacuate 162 Thai human trafficking victims trapped near the Chinese border in Myanmar. (Radio Free Asia)
    • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China urges the State Administration Council of Myanmar to cooperate with Chinese officials in protecting Chinese border villages, two days after a shell fired by the Tatmadaw kills one and wounds several in China. (Reuters)
    • The United Nations expresses concern about heavy fighting in Shan State, noting that over 30,000 people have been displaced thus far. (AFP via Barron's)
    • The People's Defence Force captures Kawlin in Sagaing Region after overrunning junta forces. It is the first district capital to fall to opposition forces. Many soldiers and police officers are reportedly killed. (AP via Yahoo! News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Bombing of Odesa
    • Russian forces attack Odesa with drones and missiles, injuring at least eight people and damaging infrastructure, including the Odesa Fine Arts Museum. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Africa floods
  • At least 25 people in Somalia and 15 more in Kenya are killed during floods caused by significant rainfall. Approximately 241 acres of farmland have been destroyed and 1,067 livestock killed in Kenya, while several homes, bridges and roads are destroyed in Somalia. (AP)
• Fourteen Venezuelan migrants are killed in a fire at a housing settlement in Coronel, Concepción, Chile. (AFP via Mathrubhumi)
• Two people are killed and two others are injured when a tanker explodes outside the High Commission of Canada in Abuja, Nigeria. (CBC News)

International relations

• France–Lebanon relations
  • French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces that France will donate dozens of armoured vehicles to the Lebanese military to help it carry out patrol missions. (Reuters)
• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–South Africa relations
  • South Africa recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip and accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. (Haaretz)

Law and crime

• Antisemitism during the Israel–Hamas war
  • A woman is arrested after ramming her car into a Black Hebrew Israelite school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, mistakenly believing it to be an "Israel school." (AP)
• Opening of Éric Dupond-Moretti's trial, the Keeper of the Seals of France (French Justice Minister), at the Cour de Justice de la République (a special French court established to try cases of ministerial misconduct), accused of abusing his position as justice minister to order probes targeting magistrates who investigated him, his friends or his former clients. The trial marks the first time in modern France that a government minister has been put on trial while still in office. (France 24)

Sports

• 2023 WTA Tour
  • 2023 WTA Finals
    • In tennis, Iga Świątek of Poland defeats Jessica Pegula of the United States in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the singles title at the 2023 WTA Finals. With this win, Świątek regains the WTA No. 1 ranking from Aryna Sabalenka, becoming the year-end No. 1 for a second consecutive year. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

November 7, 2023 (2023-11-07) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of Gaza City
      • Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says that Israeli troops have entered Gaza City from multiple directions with heavy clashes occurring "deep inside" the city. Gallant also claims that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is trapped in a bunker in the city centre. (Reuters)
  • Gaza Strip evacuations
    • United Nations monitors say that only about 5,000 Palestinians have been evacuated from northern to southern Gaza on Monday, stating that "entire families, including children, elderly people and persons with disabilities" could only make the journey on foot as roads have been heavily damaged. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza's Interior Ministry announces that all bakeries in Gaza City and the North Gaza governorate are inoperable due to systematic targeting and shortages of fuel and flour. (Dawn)
  • At least eight people are killed and dozens more are injured in Israeli missile attacks on the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza City, which includes the Al-Nasser Children's Hospital. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least two Palestinians are killed and several others are injured in separate Israeli airstrikes near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Hanoun and near the Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal al-Hawa district of Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least eight people are killed when an Israeli airstrike hits a house in southern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least five people, including a woman, are injured by an Israeli raid in the West Bank's Tulkarem district. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel appoints former ambassador Alon Roth-Snir to coordinate efforts for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Chiapas conflict
  • The Zapatista Army of National Liberation announces that they are dissolving the autonomous municipalities they established after the 1994 uprising. (PBS)
• Mali War
  • The Malian Armed Forces conducts airstrikes on "terrorist targets" in Kidal, resulting in civilian casualties, amidst claims by local Tuareg groups and witnesses. (AFP via VOA)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The People's Defence Force captures the town of Khampat in the Kabaw Valley, becoming the latest town to fall under the control of the opposition National Unity Government. (Irrawaddy)
    • Myanmar's military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing holds an emergency meeting with the military in Yangon in response to recent advances by rebel forces in Shan State, and the killing of a Myanmar Army colonel. (Irrawaddy)
    • A drone strike kills four people and injures six others in Bago Region, Myanmar. State media accuses the PDF of carrying out the attack. (Xinhua)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • Bangladesh increases the minimum wage for garment workers by nearly 56% to ৳12,500 (US$113) per month, a move trade unions find insufficient against their demand for a ৳23,000 ($208) threshold amid rising costs of living and inflation. (AFP via NDTV)
• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • The International Labour Organization reports that job losses in Gaza and the West Bank are costing Palestinians US$16 million per day, with 182,000 jobs lost in Gaza, equivalent to 61 percent of the territory's total employment. A further 208,000 jobs were lost in the West Bank, equivalent to 24 percent of the territory's total employment. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• 2023 heat waves
  • The Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that October 2023 is the hottest October observed, having surpassed previous temperature records with global temperatures averaging 1.43 °C (2.57 °F) above preindustrial levels. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Turkey relations
    • The Turkish trade ministry reports that trade between Turkey and Israel decreased by half since the start of the war, compared with the same period last year. (Al Jazeera)
  • Malaysia says that it will not recognise unilateral sanctions, responding to a proposed US law that would impose sanctions on supporters of Hamas and other Palestinian groups. (Bloomberg)
  • Representatives for China and the United Arab Emirates deliver a joint statement following a UN Security Council meeting, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, and adding that "wars have laws and they must be upheld" as "civilians in Gaza cannot even find safety in UN facilities, hospitals and refugee camps". (Al Jazeera)
• Myanmar–Russia relations
  • Myanmar and Russia hold their first ever joint naval exercise in the Andaman Sea. (AP)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Killing of Paul Kessler, Violent incidents in reaction to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Paul Kessler, a Jewish man participating in a pro-Israel protest dies after being struck in the head with a megaphone by a pro-Palestinian protester in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. (AP)
  • Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at the Port of Tacoma, Washington, United States, to block the sailing of a military supply vessel that they believe will carry weapons from the United States to Israel.(Al Jazeera)
• Alleged cult leader Jey Rence Quilario and three other members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services are arrested at the Philippine Senate after a hearing over charges of human trafficking and other human rights abuses. (Rappler).

Politics and elections

• 2023 Portuguese government corruption investigation
  • Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigns amid an ongoing corruption probe. (BBC News)
• 2023 United States elections
  • 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election
    • In Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear is re-elected, defeating Attorney General Daniel Cameron. (The New York Times)
  • Cannabis in the United States
    • Cannabis in Ohio
      • In Ohio, voters approve the 2023 Ohio Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. (The Columbus Dispatch)
  • Off-year elections for ballot measures, state legislatures, governors, and other statewide offices are held in several U.S. states. (AP)

November 8, 2023 (2023-11-08) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
  • A United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper is shot down in international airspace off the coast of Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis claim responsibility for the shooting. (CBS News)
  • Two U.S. F-15s strike an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps weapons storage facility in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, according to the Department of Defense. (The Atlas News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike
    • Human Rights Watch says that an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance outside the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City should be investigated as a possible war crime, adding that it did not find evidence that the ambulance was being used for military purposes. (Human Rights Watch) (Al Jazeera)
  • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
    • Four people are killed in an airstrike on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • An independent United Nations expert says that widespread and systematic bombardment of housing and civilian infrastructure in Gaza amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity. (AFP via Barron's)
  • Amnesty International says that Israel has heavily increased its use of detention without charges since the start of the war, while also allowing torture and degrading treatment in prisons. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least 4,237 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war. An additional 1,350 children are reported as missing and most are presumed dead under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israeli aircraft renew their bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, resulting in at least 18 deaths. A residence belonging to a local family is also hit, with people trapped under the rubble. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital is hit with intense Israeli bombardment and flares. The hospital is housing tens of thousands of people sheltering from Israel's bombardment. (Al Jazeera)
  • Sites near the Indonesia Hospital are hit with Israeli bombardment. Electricity at the hospital is expected to be cut off soon due to the short supply of fuel. (Al Jazeera)(WAFA)
• Afghan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • November 2023 Kabul bombing
      • Seven people are killed and 20 others injured when a bomb planted by Islamic State militants explodes on a bus carrying Shiites in Kabul. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing calls up all military reservists to prepare for military operations to counter the recent offensives by rebel forces. (Irrawaddy)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian missile strike on a Liberian-flagged vessel entering the Pivdennyi Port in Odesa Oblast kills one crew member and injures four others. The vessel was being used to transport iron ore to China. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • At least 30 pro-government militia forces and soldiers are killed in a series of attacks by the Islamic State (IS) near the cities of Deir ez-Zor, Homs, and Raqqa, with Russian airstrikes targeting the IS positions in response. (AFP via Barron's)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Geneina
    • Ardamata massacre
      • At least 2,000 people are killed and 3,000 more are injured when the Rapid Support Forces massacre civilians in the Ardamata neighborhood of Geneina, West Darfur, following the Sudanese Army's withdrawal from the town. (Radio Dabanga) (Reuters)
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Rapid Support Forces capture the Sudanese Army base in Umm Keddada, North Darfur, after the army withdraws. (Radio Dabanga)
    • Experts and activists warn that the entirety of Darfur is close to being seized by the Rapid Support Forces, with North Darfur remaining the last state in the region under government control. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
  • SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach a tentative agreement to end the strike. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Business and economy

• 2023 Optus outage
  • A telecommunications outage by Optus leaves more than 10 million people in Australia without internet and mobile phone service for more than nine hours. (Reuters)
• Zimbabwe imposes import quotas on fertilizer and cement at five metric tons per entity, effective until the year ends, due to shortages of the two commodities. (Xinhua)

Disasters and incidents

• Eight people are killed in a car crash on a highway in Zavala County, Texas, United States. (NBC News)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Chad withdraws their ambassador from Israel, becoming the eighth country to do so in recent weeks. (CNN)
  • Belgium's deputy prime minister Petra De Sutter calls on the Belgian government to adopt economic sanctions against Israel and investigate the bombings of hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project reports that 4,200 demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war have been held around the world. 52% of the protests held were in North Africa and the Middle East and 90% of the protests were in support of Palestine. (ACLED) (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Turkish constitutional crisis
  • Turkish Court of Cassation annuls a ruling by the Constitutional Court of Turkey ordering the release of Can Atalay, an imprisoned member of Turkish Parliament, and calls for a criminal investigation into the Constitutional Court members who signed the release order. (Reuters)
• The United Kingdom bans the recreational use of nitrous oxide. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • UK Labour Party MP Imran Hussain resigns as shadow minister for the New Deal for Working People over party leader Keir Starmer's position on the war, saying "I believe the party needs to go further and call for a ceasefire". (The Guardian)
• The Holy See's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith confirms that transgender Catholics can be baptized "if it would not cause scandal or confusion", while also acknowledging the possibility of baptizing children of same-sex couples. (AFP via TOI)

November 9, 2023 (2023-11-09) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
  • United States forces are attacked three times in the past 24 hours in Iraq, including drone strikes on Al-Asad Airbase and Al-Harir Air Base, and an IED attack on a U.S. patrol near the Mosul Dam. No casualties are reported. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • An unidentified drone strikes a building in the port city of Eilat, after Israel intercepts a ballistic missile over the Red Sea with its Arrow missile defense system. The Yemen-based Houthis claim responsibility, but the Israel Defense Forces blame an unspecified organization in Syria for the strike. (Reuters)
  • October-November 2023 Jenin incursion
    • Israeli forces use bulldozers to destroy streets in Jenin in the West Bank, supported by helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft, following a shootout in the city that killed 15 Palestinians. (The Guardian)
  • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
    • At least 30 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight in the Jabalia refugee camp and in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
  • Three human rights organisations, Al Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court calling for the court to consider apartheid and genocide in its investigation of the ongoing situation in Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
  • The heads of the UNRWA and the World Health Organization say that conditions at Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest hospital, are "disastrous" with emergency rooms overflowing with sick and injured patients. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Indonesia Hospital in northern Gaza reports at least 65 deaths and more than 100 injuries from ongoing Israeli bombardment. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least three people are killed and dozens more are injured when an Israeli airstrike hits near the Al-Nasr Hospital in western Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least four people are killed and dozens more are injured by Israeli artillery fire and shelling in southern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • Two Israeli settlers are shot, and one is seriously injured, near the West Bank settlement of Itamar. (Al Jazeera)
  • Mohammad Barakeh, the head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, is arrested by Israeli forces in Nazareth for planning a protest against the war. (Dawn) (Al Jazeera)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • Myanmar state media reports that Tatmadaw-installed president Myint Swe expressed concern that the country will be divided into multiple parts if the success of the rebel offensive continues, as hundreds of soldiers are killed during the offensive. (AFP via Barron's)
    • Rebel forces capture the township capitals of Namhkam and Kunlong in Shan State. (Irrawaddy)

Health and environment

• Air pollution in Lahore
  • Toxic gray smog causes tens of thousands of people in Lahore, Pakistan, to become ill, forcing authorities to close schools, markets, and parks for four days. (AP)
• Puerto Rico declares an influenza epidemic after 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 hospitalizations. (AP)
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the world's first vaccine against the chikungunya virus. (AFP via Bangkok Post)

International relations

• China–Kazakhstan relations
  • Kazatomprom, the world's largest uranium producer, and the China Uranium Corporation reach a long-term agreement for the supply of natural uranium concentrate to China. (AFP via Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• Murder of Ashling Murphy
  • The High Court of Ireland convicts Slovak man Jozef Puška of Ashling Murphy's murder. Puška faces a mandatory life sentence. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• Suhartoyo is elected to become Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia replacing Anwar Usman, following the Honor Council's decision to remove Usman from his position. This decision follows a controversial ruling regarding the age limit for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. (Jakarta Globe)
• Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca is shot in the face while walking in Madrid, Spain, and taken to hospital in critical condition. (NOS)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman made unauthorized comments, after she doubles down on referring to pro-Palestinian demonstrations as “mobs” and “hate marches”. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Spanish government formation
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agrees to an amnesty deal with the Catalan separatist Together for Catalonia party in order to secure the necessary support for another term in office. The agreement causes protests in Madrid with the right-wing People's Party calling it a "humiliation" for the country. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Video chat site Omegle, which allowed users to have anonymous one-on-one conversations with strangers, shuts down after 14 years due to criticism by U.S. authorities of failing to block predatory users. (CBC) (AP) (BBC News)

Sports

• The Guinness World Records and the World Surf League confirm that Australian surfer Laura Enever has set a new surfing record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman, with a 13.3-metre (44-foot) wave surfed in Hawaii, U.S., on January 22, surpassing American surfer Andrea Moller's previous record. (CNN)

November 10, 2023 (2023-11-10) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the Israel Defense Forces will control the Gaza Strip after the war ends, rejecting calls for an international peacekeeping force to be stationed there. (The Times of Israel)
  • A video is released showing a Palestinian prisoner being used as a human shield during the Israeli operation in the West Bank. The prisoner is handcuffed, blindfolded and kneeling on a street, as an Israeli soldier takes cover behind him, while aiming his rifle. (Al Jazeera)
  • The UN human rights commissioner urges an investigation into Israel's use of "high-impact explosive weapons" in Gaza, which caused indiscriminate destruction in the enclave and also stated that Israel must "end its use of such weapons". (Reuters)
  • The UN human rights commissioner says that Israel must take immediate measures to protect Palestinians in the West Bank, saying that Palestinians were "subjected to violence from Israeli forces and settlers, ill treatment, arrests, evictions, intimidation and humiliation" on a daily basis. (US News)
  • Six people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Human Rights Watch comments "hospitals must always be protected" and "no area is a free-fire zone", urging world leaders to act "to prevent further mass atrocities".(Al Jazeera)
  • Human Rights Watch warns that thousands of patients and civilians sheltering at Al-Shifa Hospital faced "grave risks" amid Israel's continued bombardment of Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli forces bomb the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza near Al-Quds Hospital. (Al Jazeera)
  • The vicinity of Gaza's Patient's Friends Hospital is hit by an Israeli airstrike. Another Israeli strike is reported near the Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, resulting in damage to an ambulance. (Al Jazeera)
  • The director of Gaza's Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital says that an Israeli airstrike has hit the medical facility, causing a fire. (Al Jazeera)
  • Nearly 80 Palestinians are detained by Israeli forces in overnight raids in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Mali War
  • Jihadist insurgents take about 30 Dogon men hostage after ambushing several public transport buses in central Mali. Several women taken hostage are later released. (Fox News)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Geneina
    • Between 700 to 1,300 people are killed, over one hundred are injured and around 300 are missing after clashes in Geneina. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Israel–Hamas war
  • The United Nations warns that if the war in Gaza continues for a second month, poverty among Palestinians will increase by 34 percent, causing nearly half a million people to experience poverty. After a third month, GDP will decline by more than 12 percent, with losses of US$2.5 billion for the economy, and causing more than 660,000 people to experience poverty. (UNDP) (Al Jazeera)
• Logistics company DP World, which accounts for around 40% of Australia's freight transport, suspends operations at four ports in Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne, and Sydney, after a cyberattack was reported, which federal police is investigating. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
  • Iceland declares a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes occurs near the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Southern Peninsula. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says that an eruption could occur in the coming days. (The Guardian)
• At least five people are killed and 12 others are injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a semi-trailer truck in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Australia–Tuvalu relations
  • Australia grants "special" freedom of movement and defence rights to Tuvaluans for residence and employment due to climate reasons. (AFP via Barron's)
• Dominican Republic–Haiti border, Dominican Republic–Haiti relations
  • The Dominican Republic accuses Haiti of multiple border violations after a brief standoff stemming from apparent confusion over border limits occurring on the northern tip of Hispaniola near one of more than 300 concrete barriers that delineate the border. (AP News)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, China–Philippines relations
  • China imposes "control measures" against Philippine vessels at a contested South China Sea location after a Philippine auxiliary ship entered the area which China deemed as infringing on its sovereignty. (AFP via TOI)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • More than 500 former campaign staffers from US President Joe Biden's election campaign say that Biden "must call for a ceasefire" in Gaza and "take concrete steps to address the conditions of occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing" underlying the conflict. (Vox)
  • Hundreds of protesters, led by a group of media workers calling themselves Writers Bloc, occupy the lobby of The New York Times office in New York City, US, accusing the newspaper of bias towards Israel in its coverage of the ongoing war in Gaza. (AP via Toronto Star)
• Authorities find 123 Central and South American migrants trapped in a trailer in San Luis Potosi, Mexico after a local reported hearing cries for help from a locked trailer box. (AP)

Sports

• The International Cricket Council suspends Sri Lanka from international cricket due to government interference in the country's cricket activities. (BBC Sport)

November 11, 2023 (2023-11-11) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • The director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City says that the medical complex is "completely cut off", with any "moving person targeted" by Israeli forces. Médecins Sans Frontières confirms reports that people are being shot at as they try to exit the hospital. Palestinian health minister Mai al-Kaila says that Israeli forces have also shelled the hospital with white phosphorus munitions which are banned under international law. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera 2) (Al Jazeera 3)
    • Israeli tanks and snipers fire at the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City from within twenty meters, where around 14,000 displaced people are sheltering in a state of "extreme panic and fear", according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. (ABC News)
  • The UN Humanitarian Affairs Office reports that at least 45 Palestinians have been displaced in the West Bank following Israeli punitive demolitions. (OCHA) (Al Jazeera)
  • Digital rights organization Access Now says that shutdowns affecting internet access in the Gaza Strip are providing "cover for human rights atrocities", which are being worsened by Israel's control over internet access. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Norwegian Refugee Council condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals, calling for an urgent ceasefire and for the protection of medical staff, saying that "it is an affront to wage war around and on hospitals". (Al Jazeera)
  • The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that the transfer of solid waste to landfills has stopped across the Gaza Strip because of insecurity and a shortage of fuel. The World Health Organization reports that the spread of infectious diseases including diarrhea and chickenpox are increasing rapidly, with medical organizations warning of the risk of a possible cholera epidemic. (Al Jazeera)
  • At least 11,078 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 168 Palestinians, including 46 children, have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. Another eight people, including one child, were killed by Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem. (Al Jazeera)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • A Myanmar Air Force fighter jet crashes in Kayah State near the border with Thailand. The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force claims responsibility for shooting it down, however the Tatmadaw claims the crash occurred due to a technical problem. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches its first missile attacks against Kyiv in 52 days. Most of the ballistic missiles are intercepted by Ukrainian air defences. No casualties are reported. (Reuters)
  • Ukraine–NATO relations
    • Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen puts forward a proposal for Ukraine to join the military alliance but without the territories occupied by Russia. (The Guardian)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Shambat Bridge, which connects Omdurman and Khartoum North, is destroyed amid intense fighting in the capital Khartoum. Both sides blame each other for the destruction of the bridge. (Sudan Tribune)

Arts and culture

• Pope Francis removes Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler in Texas, United States, due to his criticism of the Catholic Church's progressive views under Francis. Strickland is temporarily replaced by Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of the Diocese of Austin. The decision comes after Strickland declined to resign when asked to do so. (AP)

Business and economy

• Around 150 garment factories in Ashulia and Gazipur, Bangladesh, close indefinitely after violent protests demanding higher minimum wages result in police filing charges against 11,000 workers and three more killed. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and incidents

• 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
  • The Blue Lagoon is closed by Icelandic authorities as a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula is expected in the "coming hours". (The Independent)
  • The town of Grindavík is evacuated due to potential magma intrusion beneath the town. (Iceland Monitor)

Health and environment

• Mexican officials impose severe, months long cuts to Mexico City’s water supply, acting just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as drought dries the city's reservoirs. (AP)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • The Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, releases a statement calling for an end to the siege of Gaza, demanding that aid be allowed to enter Gaza, and calling for a cessation of arms exports to Israel. The statement also says that Israel's war should not be described as "self-defence" and condemned Israeli aggression in Gaza and the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
  • Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemns the international community for remaining silent on the suffering of Palestinian civilians while allowing Israel to violate international law. (Al Jazeera)
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says that the "policies of collective punishment" in Gaza are unacceptable and "cannot be justified by self-defence or any other claims". (Al Jazeera)
  • Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UNRWA, calls on Arab countries to take stronger action to protect civilians in Gaza and to exercise pressure to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, including through the opening of additional border crossings. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Hundreds of thousands of people gather in Central London to march in solidarity with Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
• Misinformation in the Israel–Hamas war
  • HonestReporting, an Israel-based media watchdog, admits that the group had no evidence to back up their claims that some journalists were accomplices in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. (Al Jazeera)
• Spanish police arrest 121 people on charges related to child pornography, seizing nearly 500 terabytes of material. (AFP via NST)

November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Thirty-three people are killed as Allied Democratic Forces gunmen carries out a mass execution of civilians at the Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP)
• 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
  • The United States launches airstrikes on facilities associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in eastern Syria in response to rocket attacks on its military bases. (CNN) (Reuters)
• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor urges the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on the prosecutor to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity, and genocide. (News 24)
  • The UN Development Programme office in Gaza is shelled, with reports of a significant number of deaths and injuries. Office chief Achim Steiner says that "civilians, civilian infrastructure and the inviolability of UN facilities must be always protected". (Dawn)
  • The United Nations says that several hospitals in Gaza have been directly hit, and that "hospitals are explicitly entitled to specific protection under international humanitarian law", as Israel intensifies its shelling and ground attacks around hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza. (OCHA) (Business Standard)
  • The cardiac ward of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, is destroyed by Israel's ground offensive and the hospital's intensive care unit is severely damaged by Israeli army bombing. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that there are reports that people who fled the hospital "have been shot at, wounded and even killed" and calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, saying that they are concerned about the safety of workers and patients who remain inside the hospital. The WHO also says that it has lost communication with its contacts inside the hospital. (The Journal) (WHO) (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera 2)
  • Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong calls on Israel to stop its attacks on hospitals, expressing concern about the number of civilian deaths from Israel's assault on Gaza, saying that "international humanitarian law does require the protection of hospitals, of patients and of medical staff". (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Palestinian Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila says that Israeli forces "are not evacuating people from hospitals; instead, they are forcibly evicting the wounded and patients onto the streets, leaving them to face inevitable death". (Al Jazeera)
  • UNICEF spokesperson Toby Fricker has said the situation inside hospitals across the Gaza Strip is a tragedy, noting how premature babies inside Al-Shifa Hospital are struggling to stay alive due to the lack of electricity and water. (Al Jazeera)
  • Thirteen people are killed and many others are injured in an attack on a residential building in eastern Khan Younis. (Anadolu Agency)
  • More than 11,100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the war began with Israeli forces currently intensifying their raids in the West Bank with the number of raids increasing to about 40 per day in the past week. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Palestine Red Crescent Society announces that the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City is no longer operational due to a lack of fuel and a power outage. (Anadolu Agency)
• Kivu conflict
  • At least six people are killed and nine others are injured by gunfire between soldiers and pro-government militiamen near Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AFP via VOA)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Geneina
    • The death toll from clashes in Geneina increases to 1,300 people, with more than 2,000 injured. The UNHCR also confirms that around 8,000 people have fled to Chad from Geneina in the past week. (Al Jazeera) (ABC News)
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Heavy fighting is reported in Jabal Awliya, south of Khartoum, as the Rapid Support Forces attempt to capture the Jebel Aulia Dam. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and incidents

• 2023 Uttarakhand tunnel collapse
  • An under-construction tunnel collapses in Uttarakhand, India, trapping at least 40 construction workers under the debris. (AFP via Dawn)
• Five U.S. service members are killed in a helicopter crash in the Eastern Mediterranean during a routine training exercise. (BBC News)
• Six people are killed in a fire at a bungalow in Hounslow, West London, United Kingdom. The fire is believed to have started during Diwali celebrations which led to nearby trees catching on fire. (The Independent)

International relations

• 2021–2023 North Korean missile tests
  • The defense ministers of Japan, South Korea, and the United States agree to initiate a real-time data sharing mechanism to monitor North Korea's missile tests. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • The Biden administration contacts Israeli officials for clarification over comments Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu made stating that Israel will not agree to give up security control of Gaza, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested that the Palestinian Authority should take over control of Gaza once the conflict is over. (Al Jazeera)
  • Médecins Sans Frontières says that Gaza hospitals "will become a morgue if action isn't taken right now" as "electricity in a hospital is a lifeline and we know without it patients die". They also called for the "bloodshed" to end "immediately with a ceasefire or at the bare minimum a medical evacuation of patients". (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Marches calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza are held in cities around the world. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Tim Scott 2024 presidential campaign
    • U.S. Senator Tim Scott suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination. (AP)
• Hundreds of thousands march in Spain to protest Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's law granting judicial amnesties in exchange for political support to retain power. (New York Times)

Sports

• 2023 African Football League
  • In association football, Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. wins the inaugural African Football League after they defeat Wydad AC in the final. (beIN Sports)
• 2023 Taiwan Series
  • In baseball, the Wei Chuan Dragons defeat the Rakuten Monkeys to win the Taiwan Series in seven games, capturing their fifth championship and their first since reforming as a team in 2019. (Taipei Times)

November 13, 2023 (2023-11-13) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • Al-Shifa Hospital siege
      • Gaza's two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Quds Hospital, both suspend operations. (NPR) (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli troops of the Golani Brigade seize control of the Palestinian Legislative Council building in Gaza City, which has been used by Hamas lawmakers since 2007. (The Times of Israel)
    • Israel bombs the Al-Salam Mosque in Sabra, increasing the total number of mosques destroyed by Israeli forces to more than 60. (Dawn)
  • United Nations compounds around the world lower the UN flag to half-mast to honour the 101 UN workers who have been killed by Israeli attacks. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says that the Israeli Navy damaged one of its guesthouses in Rafah, despite having shared coordinates with Israel multiple times. (Relief Web) (Al Jazeera)
  • Director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Thomas White says that humanitarian operations in Gaza will be suspended within the next 48 hours due to a shortage of fuel. (AFP via Barron's)
  • World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanoms warns of a "dire and perilous" situation in Gaza's hospitals, saying that more patients, including premature babies, are dying. (ABC News)
  • The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says that 3,117 students enrolled in schools in Gaza have been killed by Israel, while 4,613 have been injured. A further 130 teachers and school administrators are also killed. Twenty-four students have been killed in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Chin National Army says that they captured a Tatmadaw base in Rikhawdar, Chin State, and are currently fighting for control of the town which is located on the border with India. More than 5,000 people flee across the border into India's Mizoram state. (Reuters) (The Irrawaddy)
    • Fighting occurs between the military and the Arakan Army in several townships in Rakhine State, with the Arakan Army claiming that it took several outposts. (The Irrawaddy)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • Arakan Army launched attack at Paletwa town in Chin State. (Irrawaddy)
• Syrian civil war
  • Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • Russian airstrikes on rebel-held Idlib Governorate kill at least 34 fighters and injure more than 60 others, according to the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria. (Reuters)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf reiterates his call for an "immediate ceasefire" in the war on Gaza, saying that "children in Gaza don't need a pause in the killing, they need it to stop". (Al Jazeera)
  • Amnesty International says that EU countries "must" call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, adding that "the expanding humanitarian and human rights catastrophe unfolding in Gaza urgently needs to end". (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Antisemitism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Over 182,000 demonstrators march in cities across France, protesting the surge in antisemitic incidents since the outbreak of the war. (CNN)
• Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • For the first time in its history, the United States Supreme Court issues a code of conduct to govern its justices. (NBC)
• LGBT rights in Austria
  • Justice Minister Alma Zadić announces the allocation of €33 million (around US$35 million) to compensate approximately 11,000 LGBT people affected by the country's historical discriminatory laws. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
• Philippine drug war
  • A Regional Trial Court grants bail to opposition leader and former Senator Leila de Lima on her last drug case, ending her six years in detention. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Polish parliamentary election
  • Poland 2050 leader Szymon Hołownia is elected as Marshal of the Sejm. (AFP via Le Monde)
• November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dismisses Suella Braverman as Home Secretary after Braverman condemned a pro-Palestinian protest in central London, replacing her with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and appointing former Prime Minister David Cameron as the new Foreign Secretary. (AFP via NDTV) (CNN)

Science and technology

• Censorship of TikTok
  • Nepal bans TikTok, citing misuse of the app that "disturbs social harmony and disrupts family structures and social relations". (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2023 Korean Series
  • In baseball, the LG Twins defeat the KT Wiz to win the Korean Series in five games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1994. (The Korea Herald)

November 14, 2023 (2023-11-14) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of Gaza City
      • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that "the IDF have completed the encirclement of Gaza City". Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also says that Hamas has "lost control" of Gaza City as Israeli troops capture the city's municipal buildings. (The Jerusalem Post) (CNN)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The IDF intercepts a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen over the Red Sea. (Al Arabiya)
  • Seven Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. (Al Arabiya)
• Mali War
  • The Malian Armed Forces recapture the town of Kidal from Tuareg separatist forces, according to junta leader Assimi Goïta. (AFP via France 24)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Chin National Army says that it has successfully captured the border town of Rikhawdar in Chin State. (The Irrawaddy)
    • India deports 39 Myanmar Army soldiers who abandoned their positions and fled across the border into Mizoram. The soldiers were disarmed by the Assam Rifles before being sent back to Myanmar by helicopter. (The Hindu)
  • Operation 1107
    • Heavy fighting is reported in Loikaw, the capital of Kayah State, as Karenni rebel groups attempt to capture the city from the military. (The Irrawaddy)
  • The Arakan Army claims that nearly 40 positions in Rakhine State have been abandoned by the military. (The Irrawaddy)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and eighteen others are injured in a crash between a semi-trailer and a charter bus on Interstate 70 in Licking County, Ohio, United States. (The Columbus Dispatch)

International relations

• Ethiopia–United States relations
  • USAID announces the resumption of food aid distribution to Ethiopia following an agreement with the Ethiopian government on enhanced monitoring measures. USAID suspended aid delivery in June due to allegations of diversion. (AFP via Daily Tribune)
• Belize suspends diplomatic relations with Israel over its war conduct, and calls for an immediate ceasefire. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • March for Israel
    • Tens of thousands of demonstrators gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to condemn the rise in antisemitism during the war and call for the release of Hamas-held hostages. (AP News)
• Human trafficking in Myanmar
  • Myanmar authorities rescue 19 South Koreans from captivity by an unspecified illegal entity in Tachileik, Shan State. (AFP via SCMP)
• The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq dismisses Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi and Representative Laith al-Duleimi, following a complaint alleging that Halbousi falsified a resignation letter that would have removed Duleimi from parliament. (AFP via Barron's)
• Interpol announces its first successful identification for Operation Identify Me. A murder victim found in a river in Antwerp, Belgium in 1992 is identified as a woman from Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
• The South Yorkshire Police in the UK announces that a man has been arrested for manslaughter in connection with the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson during a match between the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers on October 28. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Liberian general election
  • Liberians elect their president in a run-off between incumbent George Weah and challenger Joseph Boakai. (BBC News)

November 15, 2023 (2023-11-15) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    • A fuel truck enters the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing from Egypt for the first time since the war began. (AFP via The Manila Times)
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • Al-Shifa Hospital siege
      • The Israel Defense Forces enter the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City with infantry and tanks. (BBC News)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The pro-democracy National Unity Government says that over 200 junta troops and their families have surrendered to rebel forces near the border with China. (NHK World)
    • The military junta imposes a curfew in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, with tanks reported on the city's streets. The Arakan Army reportedly captures dozens of policemen and soldiers. (Reuters)
    • The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army claims that an entire battalion of the military surrendered to the Three Brotherhood Alliance in Shan State. (NBC News)
    • Junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun accuses rebel groups of "destroying the whole country" and says that reports of captured military bases are "propaganda". (The Business Standard)
  • Operation 1107
    • Karenni rebels in Kayah State capture Loikaw University, evacuating 170 members of the university staff and their families, as fighting continues in the city. (The Irrawaddy)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian missile strike kills two emergency workers and injures seven others in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Fighting continues in Jabal Awliya, south of Khartoum, with local sources claiming that the Rapid Support Forces took control of the Al Najumi air base and a road connecting the city to White Nile State. (Sudan Tribune)
  • Violence between rival tribes in South Darfur kills at least 30 people over three days of clashes. (Radio Dabanga)

Disasters and incidents

• 2023 Doda bus accident
  • A bus carrying passengers slides off the road and falls down a 300-foot valley in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing at least 39 people and injuring 19 others. (TOI)

International relations

• APEC United States 2023
  • China–United States relations
    • U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping hold talks in San Francisco, California, United States, their first meeting in over a year. The talks are described as being positive with "real progress" being made on key issues such as drug trafficking and artificial intelligence. (Reuters)
• France–Syria relations
  • France issues arrest warrants for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad on charges of crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes, including the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack. (Reuters)
• Guyana–Venezuela relations
  • Venezuela announces that it will proceed with a referendum on the status of Guayana Esequiba, despite Guyana's petition to stop the referendum from being held. (Reuters)
• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2712
    • The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in the conflict, the establishment of humanitarian corridors, and for the unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas. Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States abstained. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that the British government's Rwanda asylum plan, where illegal immigrants would be relocated to Rwanda for processing and resettlement, is unlawful. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bangladeshi general election
  • The Bangladesh Election Commission announces that parliamentary elections will occur on January 7 next year, following weeks of violent protests by supporters of the opposition. (Al Jazeera)
• Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera suspends all publicly funded international travel for government officials, including himself, until the end of March, as part of measures to address the country's economic challenges. (AFP via The Citizen)

November 16, 2023 (2023-11-16) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • The Israel Defense Forces surround Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City with tanks. (Middle East Monitor)
  • Israeli Police kill three gunmen who attacked a checkpoint near Jerusalem, injuring six security forces. (AFP via RFI)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Arakan Army captures the town of Pauktaw, Rakhine State. The military responds by bombing the town with helicopters and warships. (The Irrawaddy)
  • India reports that over half of the estimated 5,000 refugees who fled heavy fighting in Myanmar's Chin State for northeastern India are returning home after the military and rebels from the Chin National Front reach a ceasefire agreement. (AP)
• War in Sudan
  • The Sudan Liberation Movement, the Justice and Equality Movement and other smaller rebel factions declare war on the Rapid Support Forces, having previously remained neutral in the conflict. (Sudan Tribune)

Arts and culture

• 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
  • The general categories are dominated by female winners. (Billboard)

Disasters and accidents

• Lüliang office fire
  • Twenty-six people are killed and 63 others are injured in a fire at an office building in Lüliang, Shanxi, China. (BBC News)
• Four Indonesian Air Force personnel are killed when their military planes crash in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia. (Asia Today)
• Twenty-three people are injured when a Chicago "L" commuter train crashes into snow removal equipment in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• The European Commission renews its authorisation of the systemic herbicide glyphosate for 10 years, following the failure of the European Union member states to reach a consensus on the renewal. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Sweden–NATO relations, Sweden–Turkey relations
    • The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission delays a vote on Sweden's NATO membership bid. (Reuters)
• Haitian crisis
  • The Parliament of Kenya approves the deployment of its police officers to Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed multinational security mission to combat the gang war in Haiti. (AFP via TOI)

Law and crime

• Russian activist Aleksandra Skochilenko is sentenced to seven years in prison on charges related to her protest of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • The Guatemalan Attorney General's Office requests that the immunity of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President-elect Karin Herrera be lifted for their alleged participation in the seizure of the facilities of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. If the request is successful, Arévalo and Herrera could be arrested. (Bloomberg)
• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Citizens of Madagascar vote for their president. (Africanews)
• 2023 Spanish government formation
  • Pedro Sánchez is re-elected as prime minister of Spain, forming his third government. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

• A Norse Atlantic Airways Boeing 787 lands at Troll Airfield in Antarctica, making it the first time that this type of aircraft has landed in Antarctica. (Flightradar24)
• Casgevy, a world-first gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, is approved by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, becoming the first drug using CRISPR to be licensed. (BBC)

November 17, 2023 (2023-11-17) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israel calls on civilians to evacuate Khan Yunis in the south of Gaza and head to field hospitals, saying that Israeli troops will be carrying out a military operation in the area. (Reuters)
  • An Israeli airstrike kills Ahmad Bahar, a senior leader in Hamas who served as the vice president of the Palestinian Legislative Council. (Times of Israel)
  • Ten fuel trucks enter Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah Border Crossing, carrying 150,000 litres of diesel fuel. (Al-Ahram)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The military recaptures the town of Pauktaw, Rakhine State, from the Arakan Army following heavy bombardment of the town. (Myanmar Now)
    • A Myanmar Air Force warplane bombs a school in Chin State, killing at least eight children. (BBC News)
  • Operation 1107
    • Karenni rebels overrun military forces sheltering inside the district courthouse in Loikaw, Kayah State, subsequently setting the building on fire as fighting continues in the city. (The Irrawaddy)

Business and economy

• 2022–2023 food crises
  • Russia begins its shipments of free grain to Africa as part of President Vladimir Putin's pledge to send 200,000 tonnes of grain to six African nations. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
• 2023 United Auto Workers strike
  • The United Auto Workers and General Motors ratify a contract to end the strike at General Motors plants across the United States. (ABC)
• The Al Dhafra solar farm, the largest solar farm in the world, comes online in the United Arab Emirates. The solar farm is expected to power around 200,000 homes. (Electrek)
• Sam Altman steps down as CEO of American artificial intelligence developer OpenAI following a vote from the company's board of directors demanding his resignation. In response, fellow co-founder Greg Brockman quits his role as president of OpenAI. Mira Murati takes over as interim CEO. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• November 2023 Mindanao earthquake
  • A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits southern Mindanao, Philippines, killing at least seven people and leaving two others missing. (Bloomberg)

International relations

• APEC United States 2023
  • Japan–United States relations
    • Japan and the United States finalize a $2.35 billion deal for the latter to export 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to the former. (AFP via France 24)
  • Philippines–United States relations
    • The Philippines and the United States sign a deal for the latter to export nuclear technology and materials to the former. (Reuters)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • The International Court of Justice orders Azerbaijan to facilitate the "safe, unimpeded, and expeditious" return of displaced people to Nagorno-Karabakh, following the country's offensive, and to ensure freedom of movement for those wishing to leave or remain in the region. (AFP via RFI)
• Rohingya genocide case
  • Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom formally join the genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Myanmar, accusing Myanmar's military junta of committing genocide against the Rohingya people. (Al Jazeera)
• The ECOWAS Court rules that Senegal has not violated the rights of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. (AFP via The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Liberian general election
  • Liberian President George Weah concedes defeat to former Vice President Joseph Boakai. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Twitter under Elon Musk
  • Apple, IBM, Paramount Global and other multinational companies suspend their advertising on X (formerly Twitter) in response to X chairman Elon Musk's endorsement of the white genocide conspiracy theory. (Axios) (The New York Times)
  • The European Commission suspends all paid advertising on X, citing the risk of "reputational damage" to the EU, and "widespread concerns relating to the spread of disinformation" on the platform. (Politico)

Sports

• 2023–24 Premier League
  • Everton Football Club receives a 10-point deduction this season for breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules, having made losses of £124.5 million (around US$155 million) in the three years up to 2021–22, with the limit being £105 million ($131 million). It is the largest points deduction in the league's history. (AP)

November 18, 2023 (2023-11-18) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • At least four civilians and three soldiers are killed, with 11 injured, in a mass shooting at a IDP camp in Nyiragongo, North Kivu, DRC, amid ongoing conflict between the army and M23 rebels. (AFP via New Vision)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Jebel Aulia Bridge, part of the Jebel Aulia Dam complex, is destroyed amid heavy fighting in Jabal Awliya, although the dam itself remains intact. It is the second bridge in Khartoum to be destroyed in the past week. (Sudan Tribune)

Arts and culture

• Miss Universe 2023
  • Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios is crowned Miss Universe by her predecessor, R'Bonney Gabriel, marking the country's first win in the pageant's history. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Uttarakhand tunnel collapse
  • Efforts to rescue 40 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand, India, are suspended due to concerns of further cave-ins. (AFP via Dawn)
• November 2023 Brazil heat wave
  • Death of Ana Clara Benevides
    • A woman dies at the first of American singer Taylor Swift's concerts at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a day when temperatures reached 39.1 °C (102.4 °F). Swift postpones her second concert in the city due to the heat. (The Guardian) (AFP via Manila Bulletin)

Law and crime

• France's Horizons party suspends Loire-Atlantique Senator Joël Guerriau following his arrest and formal charge for allegedly administering a date rape drug to MP Sandrine Josso, with the Independents caucus in the Senate also suspending him and initiating expulsion procedures. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
  • Four major Congolese opposition parties form a coalition to contest President Félix Tshisekedi in the upcoming election. Martin Fayulu's party remains absent from the agreement. (AFP via The Citizen)

Science and technology

• SpaceX Starship Second Integrated Flight Test
  • American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX launches the second test flight of the Starship rocket, at Starbase in Texas, United States, reaching an altitude of 148 kilometres (92 mi). The Super Heavy booster explodes shortly after separation, with the second stage terminating itself eight minutes into the flight. (CNBC) (CNN)

November 19, 2023 (2023-11-19) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Houthi movement hijacks the British cargo ship Galaxy Leader operated by a Japanese company and partially owned by an Israeli businessman in the Red Sea. (Al Arabiya) (Jerusalem Post)
    • Houthi spokesman Yahya Sarea declares the group's intention to target ships that are owned or operated by Israeli companies, or are flying the Israeli flag. (Al Arabiya) (The Jerusalem Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Ukrainian military shells Russian-occupied Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, striking a dance hall in Kumachove during a performance, killing about 20 Russian troops and Russian actress Polina Menshikh. (BBC News)

• War in Sudan
  • At least 32 people are killed and 20 others are injured in a mass shooting against two villages in Abyei, an area that is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan. (AP)

Arts and culture

• One of French emperor Napoleon's bicorne hats is sold for a record €1.93 million (around US$2.11 million) at an auction in France. (AFP via KPVI)

Business and economy

• Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns following a network outage in Australia that took down its phone and internet services nationwide for 14 hours earlier this month. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Africa floods
  • The death toll from the floods in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, increases to 130 people. The Somali town of Beledweyne has been completely submerged after the Shebelle River burst its banks, forcing 90% of the population out of their homes, while 30,000 people are displaced in Kenya as hundreds of homes have been destroyed. (AP)
• At least 21 people are killed by flooding in the Dominican Republic. (Reuters)
• Eleven people are killed when a passenger train hits their minibus on a no-barrier level crossing in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia. (Xinhua via The Star)

International relations

• China–Myanmar relations
  • Pro-military junta nationalists stage protests against China outside the Chinese embassy and Yangon City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar, accusing the Chinese government of secretly backing rebel forces in Shan State. (Irrawaddy)
• Nicaragua completes its withdrawal from the Organization of American States. (La Prensa Latina) (La Prensa)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Argentine general election
  • Javier Milei of La Libertad Avanza is elected president after beating Peronist Sergio Massa 56% to 44% in the second round run-off. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2023 ATP Tour
  • 2023 ATP Finals
    • In tennis, Serbian Novak Djokovic wins a record seventh ATP Finals singles title after defeating Italian Jannik Sinner in two sets, 6–3, 6–3, in the final. Djokovic, who successfully defended his title, surpasses Roger Federer's total of six titles. (AP)
• 2023 CFL season
  • 110th Grey Cup
    • In Canadian football, the Montreal Alouettes defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28–24, claiming their eighth Canadian Football League championship title. (TSN)
• 2023 Cricket World Cup
  • In cricket, Australia wins a record sixth World Cup title after defeating host nation India by six wickets in the final. India's Virat Kohli is named player of the tournament. (AFP via France 24)
• 2023 League of Legends World Championship
  • In esports, South Korean team T1 wins a record-extending fourth World Championship in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends, after defeating Chinese team Weibo Gaming 3–0 in the final. (AFP via France 24)

November 20, 2023 (2023-11-20) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mexican drug war
  • A shootout between police and armed civilians in Cuernavaca, Morelos, kills nine people, including two police officers. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1107
    • Artillery fired by the military destroys a monastery in Loikaw, Kayah State, killing two monks. (The Irrawaddy)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Rapid Support Forces announce that it has captured the Jebel Aulia Dam. (Sudan Tribune)
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Rapid Support Forces launch an assault on Ed Daein, the capital of East Darfur, capturing the city's airport, as the group attempts to seize the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces 20th Infantry Division. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Turkey floods
  • Nine people are killed and eleven more are missing after floods across Turkey. (AP)
• Ten people are killed by a gold mine collapse in Suriname. (AP)
• An avalanche kills three people and leaves several others missing in Wrangell, Alaska, United States. (AP)

International relations

• Diplomatic impact of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–South Africa relations
    • Israel recalls its ambassador from South Africa after Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni called on the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AFP via Barron's)

Politics and elections

• UK Covid-19 Inquiry
  • British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Chief Scientific Adviser to the British government during the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance, says that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, then finance minister, said "just let people die" during a discussion on a potential second lockdown in late 2020. (Reuters)

November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United Nations Human Rights Office says that more than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, though it expects the actual death toll to be "significantly higher". (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • Four Hamas members are killed by Israeli shelling in Tayr Harfa, Lebanon; the pro-Hezbollah Al Mayadeen television station says that two of its journalists and a civilian were also killed, shortly after the Israel Defense Forces said it struck several Hezbollah anti-tank missile squads in southern Lebanon and other sites in response to missile fire toward Metula in northern Israel. (The Times of Israel)
• Kivu conflict
  • Congolese Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula announces that the DRC has signed agreements for the complete withdrawal of the MONUSCO United Nations peacekeeping force. The UN has around 15,000 peacekeepers stationed in the Central African country. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Arakan Army assaults Pauktaw, Rakhine State, for a second time. The town has switched hands twice between the rebel group and the military. (The Irrawaddy)
• War in Sudan
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Rapid Support Forces seize the Sudanese Armed Forces 20th Infantry Division headquarters in Ed Daein, East Darfur, effectively capturing the city. (Sudan Tribune)
    • At least 40 civilians are killed and more than 50 others are injured when Sudanese army warplanes bomb the vicinity of the 20th Infantry Division in East Darfur. (Sudan Tribune)

Business and economy

• Cryptocurrency company Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering in the United States. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and Zhao will step down as CEO. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Brazzaville crowd crush
  • Thirty-seven people are killed and several others are injured in a stampede during a military recruitment event at a stadium in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. (AFP via Barron's)
• Twenty-five people are killed when a truck carrying over 200 people and food items crashes in Magama district, Nigeria. (AP)
• The bodies of four missing teenagers are found in an overturned car near Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed and another is critically injured in a shooting over a property dispute in Custer County, Colorado, United States. (ABC News)

Science and technology

• North Korea claims to have successfully launched its first spy satellite, Malligyong-1. (AP) (Reuters)

November 22, 2023 (2023-11-22) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • The Cabinet of Israel approves a deal to pause fighting in Gaza for four days. The deal, negotiated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, will also see Israel release 150 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of some of the hostages held by Hamas, mostly women and children. (The Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• Sam Altman returns as CEO of American artificial intelligence company OpenAI, only days after being dismissed by the company's Board of Directors on November 17. The surprise dismissal had resulted in major pushback, with 95% of company workers saying that they would quit if Altman was not brought back as CEO. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Rainbow Bridge explosion
  • A car explodes near the Canada–United States border at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, killing the two people inside the vehicle and injuring a border agent. The New York state government temporarily closes all border crossings between the United States and Canada in Western New York in response to the explosion. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2023 Chinese pneumonia outbreak
  • The World Health Organization requests detailed information from China regarding a surge in respiratory diseases and pneumonia clusters among children in northern China, while advising the public to adhere to preventative measures against such diseases. (AFP via TOI)

International relations

• Finland–Russia relations
  • Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announces that Finland will close all but the northernmost border crossing with Russia, amid an increase in asylum seekers entering Finland via Russia. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Dutch general election
  • Citizens of the Netherlands elect all 150 seats in the House of Representatives. (CNN)
  • The far-right Party for Freedom led by Geert Wilders wins the most seats in parliament, according to exit polls. (The Guardian)

November 23, 2023 (2023-11-23) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Al-Shifa Hospital siege
    • The Israel Defense Forces detain Mohammad abu Salmiya, the director of the Al-Shifa Hospital, and several doctors working under him, after a convoy belonging to the World Health Organization was stopped by Israeli soldiers. Israel accuses the director and the doctors of having sheltered Hamas fighters in the hospital. (The Guardian)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • CENTCOM reports that the USS Thomas Hudner has shot down "multiple" Israel-bound attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen over the Red Sea. No injuries or damage are reported. (The Hill)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian cluster munition strike in Chornobaivka, Kherson, kills at least three civilians. Five people are also injured by Russian artillery shelling with more than 60 residential buildings reportedly damaged. (AP via ABC News)

Business and economy

• Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
  • The Office for National Statistics reports that net migration to the United Kingdom reached a record of 745,000 in 2022, with the vast majority of arrivals being from non-EU countries. (Sky News)

Health and environment

• 2023 Chinese pneumonia outbreak
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that Chinese authorities have not detected any unusual or new pathogens in the recent increase of respiratory diseases among children in northern China. The WHO continues to monitor the situation. (AFP via NDTV)
• Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The World Health Organization reports the first sexual transmission case of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a Belgium resident who traveled there. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Japan–South Korea relations
  • The High Court of Seoul, South Korea, orders Japan to pay compensation of ₩200 million (around ¥22 million or US$154,000) to 16 comfort women, overturning a previous ruling that denied the women's claims due to sovereign immunity. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • North Korea terminates its 2018 agreement with South Korea, citing escalations in military provocations as well as plans to deploy military forces along the Military Demarcation Line. (AFP via Le Monde)

Law and crime

• 2023 Dublin riot
  • Rioting occurs in Dublin, Ireland, following a mass stabbing outside a school which injured a woman and three children. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris blames "far-right hooligans" for the unrest. (AP)
• Chad's junta parliament approves an amnesty law, terminating prosecutions and convictions related to the 2022 anti-government protest deaths. (AFP via Hindustan Times)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, United States, minutes after the start of the parade. The parade resumes after the protesters are taken into custody. (ABC News)
  • Cubans hold a pro-Palestine protest at the Embassy of the United States in Havana, Cuba. (Reuters)

November 24, 2023 (2023-11-24) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • An agreement to pause fighting in the Gaza Strip for four days enters into effect at 7am. (Al Jazeera)
      • On the first day of the ceasefire Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages, some of whom are dual citizens, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire agreement. (CNN) (Times of Israel)
      • Hamas releases one Filipino and 10 Thai hostages as part of a separate deal with the Thai government which was brokered by Iran. (Time) (Times of Israel)

International relations

• Somalia is admitted as the 8th member of the East African Community. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Mexican drug war
  • The security chief for El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as "El Nini", is arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration had a $3 million bounty for El Nini's arrest. (CBS News)
• Bangladeshi police intercept and detain 58 Rohingya refugees attempting to travel to Indonesia by boat, citing risks of human trafficking. (AFP via CNA)
• Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa repeals the country's ten-year policy permitting possession of small drug quantities in an effort to curb "micro-trafficking". (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
• The Supreme Court of Montenegro approves the extradition of South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, as requested by South Korea and the United States, following the collapse of Kwon's company Terraform Labs. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Nepalese police arrest 74 pro-monarchy protesters and supporters of businessman Durga Prasai. (The Kathmandu Post) (Crisis 24)

Science and technology

• Astronomers at the Telescope Array Project in Utah, United States, observe the second largest cosmic ray ever detected, the so-called Amaterasu particle, with an energy of 244 EeV. (Cosmos Magazine)

November 25, 2023 (2023-11-25) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • On day 2 of the ceasefire, Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages and 4 Thai migrant workers, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners.(The Guardian)
  • The Israeli government will summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following their criticism of Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia launches 75 drones against Ukraine from two directions, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Kursk region. In response, Ukraine launches 20 drones against Russia, including the capital, Moscow. (CNN) (Reuters) (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Syrian military shelling in rebel-held Qoqfin, Idlib Governorate, kills ten people, including seven children. (AP via ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Karachi mall fire
  • Eleven people are killed and 35 others are injured by a fire at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Five climbers are killed and four others are injured by an avalanche in the Zagros Mountains in Lorestan, Iran. (AP)
• Four people are killed and 60 others are injured in a stampede at a music festival in Kochi, Kerala, India. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The World Health Organization records the highest annual count of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 12,569 cases and 581 deaths reported until November 2023. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Law and crime

• Four people are killed and another is injured as a former soldier and para-athlete opens fire at his wedding party in northeast Thailand, before killing himself. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Madagascar opposition presidential candidate Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko appeals to the Supreme Court to annul the election results, claiming electoral fraud. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2023 U Sports football season
  • 58th Vanier Cup
    • In Canadian football, the Montreal Carabins defeat the UBC Thunderbirds 16–9 to win their second national university football championship. (CBC News)

November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Siege of Djibo
    • At least 40 civilians are killed and 42 more injured after Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin tried to take control of the town of Djibo, Burkina Faso. (AP)
• 2023 Freetown attacks
  • Sierra Leone declares a national curfew following an attack by militants on barracks in Freetown. The militants later break into Freetown Central Prison, setting some inmates free. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases three Thai migrant workers and 14 Israeli hostages, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners. (The Times of Israel)
  • Red Sea crisis, Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)
    • Houthi forces fire two ballistic missiles at the USS Mason, with both missiles landing short of the ship in the Gulf of Aden. (Fox News)
    • Armed assailants seize and later release a tanker linked to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, with 22 crew members on board, off the coast of Yemen. The United States Navy captures the attackers. (AP)
  • Eight Palestinians are killed and at least six others are injured in Israeli raids in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Palestine Red Crescent Society says that a Palestinian farmer was killed and another was injured when they were targeted by Israeli forces in the Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza. (Reuters)
  • Hamas confirms the deaths of several senior commanders including Ahmed Ghandour, the commander of its Northern Gaza brigade, and Ayman Siam, the head of its rocket firing array. The Israel Defense Forces had previously said it had targeted Ghandour and Siam, but did not confirm that they had been killed. (The Times of Israel)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first Israeli head of government to enter the Gaza Strip in two decades, after visiting Israel Defense Forces troops stationed there. (The Jerusalem Post)

Arts and culture

• 2023 Booker Prize
  • Irish writer Paul Lynch wins the Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song. (AFP via RFI)

Disasters and accidents

• The cargo ship Raptor sinks off the Greek island of Lesbos with 14 crew members on board. The coast guard rescues one person and recovers the body of one of the other crew members. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• China–Malaysia relations, India–Malaysia relations
  • Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announces at a People's Justice Party congress that citizens of China and India will have visa-free travel from December 1, allowing stays of up to 30 days in a bid to boost tourism. (Reuters)
• Germany–Mali relations
  • German Catholic priest Hans-Joachim Lohre, who disappeared in Bamako, Mali, in November 2022 and was presumed kidnapped, is released and returns to Germany. (AFP via The News)
• Guyana–Venezuela relations
  • Guyanese President Irfaan Ali visits the region of Guayana Esequiba and hoists the Guyanese flag, amid heightening tensions with Venezuela over the territory. Venezuela calls the action a "provocation". (El Economista)

Law and crime

• Corruption in Kuwait
  • Kuwait's highest court sentences former defense and interior minister Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds while former Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who faced similar charges, is only ordered by the court to return the funds that he mismanaged. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
• Violent incidents in reaction to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Anti-Palestinianism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 shooting of Palestinian students in Burlington, Vermont
      • Three students of Palestinian ethnicity are shot and injured by an unknown attacker in Burlington, Vermont, United States, in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. (Time)
• Three people are killed and two others are critically injured in a mass shooting at a residence in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (UPI)

Sports

• 2023 ATP Tour
  • 2023 Davis Cup
    • In tennis, Italy wins its first Davis Cup title since 1976 after defeating Australia 2–0 in the finals. (The Guardian)

November 27, 2023 (2023-11-27) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases 11 Israeli hostages, while Israel releases 33 Palestinian prisoners. (The Times of Israel)
      • Qatar announces an agreement between Israel and Hamas to extend the ceasefire by two days. (The Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• The world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, is delivered to Royal Caribbean International. (BI)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Africa floods
  • The death toll from floods in Kenya rises to 76 as 40,000 people are displaced from their homes. (AP)
• Impala Platinum mine shaft accident
  • Eleven workers are killed and 75 others are injured at an Impala platinum mine in Rustenburg, North West, South Africa, when a lift transporting them to the surface drops approximately 200 metres (660 ft). (Al Jazeera)
• A snowstorm kills at least five people in Ukraine and three people in neighbouring Moldova with hundreds of towns and villages losing power. A least ten state highways are also closed with thousands of vehicles stranded in Ukraine amid the severe weather. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A Chinese court commences compensation hearings for the Chinese relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. (Reuters)
• International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem terminates all further investigations into crimes related to the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis, following the collapse of cases against six suspects, including former and current Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, due to insufficient evidence and witness tampering. (AFP via VOA)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Two Madagascar army colonels are detained and charged with inciting mutiny and threatening national security during the election, with allegations of offering bribes to army leaders to destabilize the election results that declared Andry Rajoelina the winner. (AFP via The EastAfrican)
• Christopher Luxon is sworn in as the 42nd prime minister of New Zealand by Governor-General Cindy Kiro. (AFP via The Daily Star)
• The Australian government dismisses Mike Pezzullo as Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs for breaching the public service code of conduct, following an investigation into Pezzullo's alleged encrypted communications with other politicians. (AFP via New Vision)

Science and technology

• The British Antarctic Survey confirms that the world's largest iceberg, A23a, is now leaving the Weddell Sea and drifting into the Southern Ocean after being in the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years. The iceberg is expected to follow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and continue to drift away from Antarctica. (The Guardian)

November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases two Thai migrant workers, 10 Israeli hostages and a pet dog, while Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners. (The Times of Israel) (AP via ABC News)
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank
    • Two Palestinians are killed during clashes with Israeli Defense Forces in the West Bank. (The Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Battle of Avdiivka
      • Russian forces advance on "all sides" of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine as they move to encircle the city. Heavy fighting is reported for control of the Avdiivka Coke Plant. (Reuters) (The Independent)
• New People's Army rebellion
  • The Philippine government and communist rebels, represented by the National Democratic Front, agree to resume peace talks after six years. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Uttarakhand tunnel rescue
  • Rescuers in Uttarakhand, India, successfully drill through to 41 men trapped for over two weeks following a tunnel collapse. (CNN)
• A rock burst at a coal mine in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China, kills eleven miners. (AP via ABC News)
• Four miners are killed and another is injured after a water pipeline ruptured inside a coal mine in Jaworzno, Poland. (AP)
• Three people are killed in an explosion at a business in Hillsboro, Ohio, United States. (WHIO)

International relations

• Expo 2030
  • Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh is chosen to host the 2030 World Expo, over South Korean port city Busan and Rome for the event expected to draw millions of visitors. (GDN Online)
• Finland–Russia relations
  • Finland closes the entire border with Russia after accusing the Russian government of facilitating the entry of asylum seekers into the country. (The Guardian)
• Russia–United States relations
  • A Russian district court extends American journalist Evan Gershkovich's detention on espionage charges until January 30, 2024. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Hijab and burka controversies in Europe
  • The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that employees can be banned from wearing "signs of religious belief", such as Islamic hijabs, in all European Union member states. (The Independent via Yahoo! News)
• Regulation of electronic cigarettes
  • The Australian government announces a ban on the import of disposable electronic cigarettes, effective January 1, 2024, in an effort to reduce nicotine addiction in children and young adults. (BBC News)

November 29, 2023 (2023-11-29) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis, Brazil–Venezuela relations
  • The Brazilian Army mobilizes towards the border of Venezuela and Guyana, anticipating a possible Venezuelan military invasion of Guayana Esequiba. (Escenario Mundial)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases four Thai migrant workers and 12 Israeli hostages while Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners. In a separate gesture to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two dual citizens of Israel and Russia are also freed by Hamas. (The Times of Israel)
  • October-November 2023 Jenin incursion
    • Israel Defense Forces, Shin Bet, and Israel Border Police announce in a joint statement that they killed Muhammad Zubeidi, the commander of the Jenin branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (The Jerusalem Post)
    • Two children, aged 14 and 8, are shot dead by IDF troops in Jenin during the raid. The shootings are caught by security cameras. (BBC)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army captures the town of Konkyan in Shan State, Myanmar, after the military's Light Infantry Battalion 125 surrendered to it. (The Irrawaddy)

Arts and culture

• The 15th-century painting Madonna delle Grazie by Sandro Botticelli, with an estimated value of €100 million, which was believed to be missing, is recovered from a residence near Naples, Italy. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• Austria's largest privately owned real estate company Signa Holding files for insolvency. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Yakushima V-22 Osprey crash
  • A United States Air Force V-22 Osprey crashes off the coast of Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture with six crew members onboard. A search and rescue operation has been launched, according to the Japan Coast Guard. (CNN)

International relations

• Finland–Poland relations, Finland–Russia relations
  • National Security Bureau chief Jacek Siewiera announces that Poland will send "a team of military advisors" to the Finland–Russia border in response to an official request for allied support. Finland says it was unaware of the Polish offer. Russia warns against the move, viewing the concentration of troops on the border as a threat. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Recognition of same-sex unions in Nepal
  • A village authority in Gandaki Province, Nepal, registers the nation's first same-sex marriage. (Reuters)
• German authorities launch major raids and arrests against the right-wing Wehrsportgruppe Knockout 51 and the Reichsbürger group "Königreich Deutschland". (Taz) (Zeit)
• French Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti is acquitted of a charge of conflict of interest by the Cour de Justice de la République. (France 24)

Science and technology

• Right Livelihood Award
  • Eunice Brookman-Amissah, Mother Nature Cambodia, Phyllis Omido and SOS Méditerranée are honored with the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, Sweden. (Tagesschau)
• Solar Cycle 25
  • NASA says that a coronal mass ejection directed at Earth will result in a geomagnetic storm causing disruption to radio and GPS communications on November 30, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. (The Times of India)

Sports

• Winter Olympic Games
  • The International Olympic Committee announces that a French Alps/Nice bid is the preferred candidate to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and that Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, is the preferred candidate to host the 2034 Winter Olympics. (CBC News)

November 30, 2023 (2023-11-30) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Givat Shaul shooting
    • Three Israeli civilians are killed and sixteen injured in a mass shooting in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem. Two Palestinian gunmen are shot and killed by security forces. An armed civilian who shot the Palestinian attackers, Yuval Doron Castleman, is mistaken for an attacker and is also shot dead. Hamas claims responsibility for the attack. (The Times of Israel) (Haaretz)
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
    • A deal is reached to extend the ceasefire for at least one more day after it had been due to expire. (The Times of Israel)
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed doubts that Israel is abiding by international law in the war, due to the high number of civilian casualties and video footage of growing numbers of children dying. (Al Jazeera)
  • United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken steps up calls for Israel to comply with international law and protect civilians during its military operations in southern Gaza, while reaffirming US support. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine says its special forces bombed a freight train as it was passing through the Severomuysky Tunnel in Buryatia, Russia. Russia's Investigative Committee acknowledges an explosion and fire inside the tunnel, and says that a preliminary probe is underway to determine the cause. (Reuters)
• Gunfire breaks out between the National Guard of Guinea-Bissau and the Presidential Guard after the National Guard frees two ministers from the opposition PAIGC from police custody. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Russian grain exports
  • Somalia receives 25,000 tons of grain as humanitarian aid from Russia. It is part of an agreement announced at the 2023 Russia–Africa Summit to provide food to African nations. (Anadolu)
• The insolvency of the Austrian Signa Holding leads to the insolvency of the German sporting goods retailer SportScheck. (rbb24)

Disasters and incidents

• At least 13 people are killed in a fire at a hostel in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with preliminary reports indicating carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death. (AFP via France 24)

Health and environment

• 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference
  • The United Nations Climate Change conference opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an agreement to provide funding to least developed countries that are most at risk from the effects of climate change. (The Guardian)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Argentina
  • Incoming Foreign Minister Diana Mondino announces that Argentina will not join the BRICS group of nations, as it already has members of the BRICS bloc as the country's primary trading partners. (MyInd Markets)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Russia
  • The Supreme Court of Russia bans the LGBT movement, labelling participants as extremists. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election
  • Citizens of Bhutan vote in the preliminary round of elections to elect members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
• Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is granted a leave of absence prior to the 2024 general election and is succeeded by his private secretary Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara as acting president. (La Prensa Gráfica)

November 2023

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• 2023 Pacific typhoon season
• 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• 2020–2023 global chip shortage
• 2021–2023 global energy crisis
• 2022–2023 food crises
• Great Resignation
• Argentine monetary crisis
• Pakistani economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish economic crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis and labour strikes

Politics

• Guayana Esequiba crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden
• Israel–Hamas war protests
• Libyan crisis
• Nigerien crisis
• Peruvian political crisis
• Spanish protests
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• Venezuelan crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• November

• 16: Madagascar, President
• 19: Argentina, President (2nd)
• 20: Marshall Islands, Nitijela, Constitutional referendum
• 22: Netherlands, House of Representatives
• 30: Bhutan, National Assembly (1st)

Upcoming

• December

• 03: Venezuela, Referendum
• 10–12: Egypt, President
• 13: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)

Trials

Recently concluded

• Canada:0Peter Nygård
• United States:0Sam Bankman-Fried

Ongoing

• Guinea:0Moussa Dadis Camara
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• Sudan:0Omar al-Bashir
• Vatican City:0Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

Sport

• Association football

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2023–24 Premier League
• 2023–24 La Liga
• 2023–24 Serie A
• 2023–24 Bundesliga
• 2023–24 Ligue 1
• 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs
• 2023 Brasileirão
• 2023–24 Women's Super League

• American football

• 2023 NFL season
• 2023 NCAA FBS college football season

• Basketball

• 2023–24 NBA season
  • 2023 NBA in-season tournament
• 2023–24 EuroLeague
• 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's season
• 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2023 Ladies European Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2023–24 NHL season

• Rugby union

• 2023–24 Premiership Rugby
• 2023–24 Top 14 season
• 2023–24 United Rugby Championship

• Tennis

• 2023 ATP Tour

• Other sports seasons

• 2023–24 curling season
• 2023–24 snooker season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

November

• 30: Alistair Darling
• 30: Shane MacGowan
• 29: Henry Kissinger
• 28: James Douglas-Hamilton
• 28: Charlie Munger
• 27: Frances Sternhagen
• 26: Geordie Walker
• 25: Marty Krofft
• 25: Terry Venables
• 24: George Cohon
• 23: Russell Norman
• 23: Charles Peters
• 22: Jean Knight
• 22: Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
• 22: Phil Quartararo
• 20: Willie Hernández
• 19: Joss Ackland
• 19: Rosalynn Carter
• 19: Herbert Gold
• 19: Eddie Linden
• 19: Carlton Pearson
• 18: David Del Tredici
• 17: Gregory Woolley
• 17: Gohar Ayub Khan
• 16: A. S. Byatt
• 15: Ken Squier
• 15: Daisaku Ikeda
• 14: Subrata Roy
• 13: Maryanne Trump Barry
• 13: Tengiz Kitovani
• 12: M. Russell Ballard
• 12: Joan Jara
• 11: Kyle LeDuc
• 11: Karel Schwarzenberg
• 10: John Bailey
• 10: Johnny Ruffo
• 09: Alan Hevesi
• 07: Frank Borman
• 06: Antoni Martí
• 05: David Ferry
• 05: Pat E. Johnson
• 05: Donald Shebib
• 04: Karen Davis
• 04: Gary Winnick
• 03: David Berglas
• 02: Walter Davis
• 02: Mortimer L. Downey
• 02: Henri Lopes
• 02: Yuri Temirkanov
• 01: Ady Barkan
• 01: Bob Knight

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Burkina Faso  •  Niger  •  Mali

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Colombia

• Colombian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

• Foreign involvement

Middle East

• Iraqi conflict

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel and Palestine

• Gaza–Israel conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war

• Nagorno-Karabakh

• Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis

• Syrian civil war

• Foreign involvement

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Turkey

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict

• Yemeni civil war

• Saudi−led intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2023 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain