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• In the Myanmar civil war, opposition forces capture multiple cities in a major offensive against the ruling military junta.
• In stock car racing, Ryan Blaney (pictured) wins the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
• In baseball, the Hanshin Tigers defeat the Orix Buffaloes to win the Japan Series.
• An earthquake strikes Karnali Province, Nepal, leaving more than 150 people dead.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• War in Sudan

Recent deaths:

• Ociel Baena
• Peter Seidler
• Vivian Silver
• Hiroyuki Hosoda
• John Nuttall
• M. Russell Ballard

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • An Israeli airstrike killed Ahmad Bahar, a senior leader in Hamas who served as the vice president of Palestinian Legislative Council. (Times Of Israel)
  • 10 fuel trucks entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing carrying 150,000 litres of diesel. (Ahram)

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • The Israel Defense Forces surround the 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)
• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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. (Asia Today)
• Thirty-eight 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 a 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)

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 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 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 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)

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 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)
  • Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 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)
• 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 2023 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

• 2023 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 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, 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 11, 2023 (2023-11-11) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 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 Iceland earthquakes
  • 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 2023 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

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Hundreds of thousands of people gather in Central London to march in solidarity with Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
• Disinformation in the 2023 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)

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Disasters

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• United States opioid epidemic

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• 2021–2023 inflation surge
• 2022–2023 food crises
• Great Resignation
• Argentine monetary crisis
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pakistani economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
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• Turkish economic crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis

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• Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden
• Israel–Hamas war protests
• Libyan crisis
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• North Kosovo crisis
• Peruvian political crisis
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• United Kingdom railway strikes
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• Tennis

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See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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