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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

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• Linda Hirshman
• Mike Shuster
• Harald Heckmann
• Johnny Ruffo
• Frank Borman
• Ryland Davies

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

Law and crime

• Philippine drug war
  • A Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court grants bail to opposition leader and former Philippine Senator Leila de Lima on her last drug case, ending her almost seven years in detention. (CNN) (Rappler)

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • War crimes in the 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)
    • 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)
• 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

• 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)

International relations

• 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)

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
  • U.S. Senator Tim Scott suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination. (AP)

Sports

• 2023 African Football League
  • Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. wins the inaugural African Football League after they defeat Wydad AC in the final. (beIN Sports)

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)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 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 responsibilty 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)

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)

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 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)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 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

• 2023 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 Iceland earthquakes
  • 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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 American–Middle East conflict
  • 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)
• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 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)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 American–Middle East conflict
  • 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)
• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • War crimes in the 2023 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 2023 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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 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)
  • Evacuation of the northern Gaza Strip
    • 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)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 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 2023 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 2023 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

• 2023 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)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

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

Economics

• 2020–2023 global chip shortage
• 2021–2023 global energy crisis
• 2021–2023 inflation surge
• 2022–2023 food crises
• Great Resignation
• Argentine monetary crisis
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pakistani economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish economic crisis

Politics

• Belarus–European Union border crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden
• Israel–Hamas war protests
• Libyan crisis
• Nigerien crisis
• North Kosovo crisis
• Peruvian political crisis
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• United Kingdom railway strikes
• Venezuelan crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October

• 29: Oman, Consultative Assembly
• 30: Nauru, President (indirect)

Upcoming

• November

• 14: Liberia, President (2nd)
• 16: Madagascar, President
• 19: Argentina, President (2nd)
• 20: Marshall Islands, Nitijela, Constitutional referendum
• 22: Netherlands, House of Representatives

Trials

Recently concluded

• Canada:  Peter Nygård
• United States:  Sam Bankman-Fried · Ken Paxton

Ongoing

• Guinea:  Moussa Dadis Camara
• Israel:  Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy:  Matteo Salvini
• Kosovo:  Specialist Chambers
• Sudan:  Omar al-Bashir
• Vatican City:  Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC:  Ali 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 NWSL season
• 2023–24 Women's Super League

• American football

• 2023 NFL season
• 2023 NCAA FBS college football season

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• 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
• 2023 Cricket World Cup

• Canadian football

• 2023 CFL season

• Golf

• 2022–23 PGA Tour
• 2023 PGA Tour Champions
• 2023 Ladies European Tour
• 2023 European Tour
• 2023 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2023–24 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2023 Formula One World Championship
• 2023 MotoGP World Championship

• Rugby union

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

• Tennis

• 2023 ATP Tour
• 2023 WTA Tour
• 2023 Billie Jean King Cup finals

• Other sports seasons

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

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

November

• 10: John Bailey
• 10: Johnny Ruffo
• 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

October

• 31: Tyler Christopher
• 31: Ken Mattingly
• 31: Oleg Protopopov
• 30: Frank Howard
• 29: Robert Brustein
• 28: Matthew Perry
• 28: Armita Geravand
• 28: Saleemul Huq
• 27: Li Keqiang
• 26: Richard Moll
• 25: Robert Irwin
• 25: Zdeněk Mácal
• 25: David V. Mitchell
• 24: Richard Roundtree
• 23: Bill Kenwright
• 23: Bishan Singh Bedi
• 22: Ida Applebroog
• 22: Dave Courtney
• 21: Vincent Asaro
• 21: Bobby Charlton
• 21: Natalie Zemon Davis
• 21: Joan Evans
• 21: Betsy Rawls
• 21: Bill Hayden
• 20: Haydn Gwynne
• 18: Dwight Twilley
• 17: Edward Bleier
• 17: Carla Bley
• 17: Tim Wallis
• 16: Martti Ahtisaari
• 15: Joanna Merlin
• 15: David Shaffer
• 15: Suzanne Somers
• 15: M. S. Gill
• 14: Andy Bean
• 14: Piper Laurie
• 14: Dariush Mehrjui
• 14: Park Seo-bo

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Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

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• 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 in Burkina Faso
• Insurgency in Niger
• Mali War

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Colombia

• Colombian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

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• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

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• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

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• 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 Arabian–led intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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