Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- The Cricket World Cup concludes with Australia defeating India in the final (Player of the Match Travis Head pictured).
- Pedro Sánchez is invested as Prime Minister of Spain, after proposing amnesty for Catalan separatists and then receiving support from them.
- In the Myanmar civil war, opposition forces capture multiple cities in a major offensive against the ruling military junta.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1107
- Artillery fired by the military destroys a monastery in Loikaw, Kayah State, killing two monks. (The Irrawaddy)
- Operation 1107
- War in Sudan
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Rapid Support Forces announce that it has captured the Jebel Aulia Dam. (Sudan Tribune)
- Darfur campaign
- Civilians flee Ed Daein, capital of East Darfur, amid reports that the Rapid Support Forces are mobilizing to take the city. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Khartoum
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 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) (Jerusalem Post)
- Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 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 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
- 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 ATP Finals
- 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)
- 110th Grey Cup, 2023 CFL season
- In Canadian football, the Montreal Alouettes defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28–24, claiming their eighth Canadian Football League championship title. (TSN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
- In a report by the Haaretz, a helicopter from the Israel Defense Forces that was engaged against Hamas also struck party-goers during the festival massacre. (Business Insider)
- 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
- 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)
- M23 offensive
- 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)
- Battle of Khartoum
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)
- 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)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 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)
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- Operation 1027
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
- 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)
- Japan–United States relations
- 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
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)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 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)
- Siege of Gaza City
- 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)
- Operation 1027
- 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)
- Sweden–NATO relations, Sweden–Turkey relations
- 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)
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)
- Al-Shifa Hospital siege
- 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- Operation 1027
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- A Russian missile strike kills two emergency workers and injures seven others in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 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)
- Battle of Khartoum
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)
- China–United States relations
- 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
- 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)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2712
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)
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)
- Siege of Gaza City
- 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)
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- Operation 1027
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)
- March for Israel
- 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)