Friday,  November 25th, 2022 

The Government of the United Kingdom orders its departments to remove and refrain from installing closed-circuit television systems manufactured by companies that are under China’s national intelligence law at “sensitive” buildings, citing security concerns. (CNBC) 

Ten people are killed and nine others injured in a fire at an apartment block in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. (AP) 

The military of Somalia carries out a series of counterterrorism operations in southern Somalia, killing 15 al-Shabaab members who survived a previous operation two days ago, in which 49 fighters were killed. The military also says that they stopped an attack in Qayib, Galmudug, killing dozens of militants. (Xinhua) 

São Tomé and Príncipe prime minister Patrice Trovoada reports that his officials had thwarted a coup d’état attempt led by the President of the National Assembly, Delfim Neves, after they arrested Neves and another individual for infiltrating the headquarters of the armed forces in São Tomé. Four people were killed in the attempt. (AP via The Washington Post) 

At the 19th CITES Conference of the Parties in Panama City, member states adopt stricter measures on the trade of 54 requiem and hammerhead shark species. (AFP via Voice of America) 

Four people are killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting targeting two schools in Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, is later arrested. (AP) 

An Indian Australian citizen, Rajwinder Singh, is arrested in New Delhi as the prime suspect in the murder of Australian woman Toyah Cordingley on a beach in Far North Queensland in October 2018. (AP) 

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The European Parliament designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, citing Russia’s military strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine, including critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and bomb shelters. (Reuters) 

At least six people, all civilians, are killed in the latest missile strikes, including three in an apartment block in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, where 15 other people were injured. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says that 21 of the 31 missiles targeting Kyiv were intercepted before they reached their targets. (The Guardian) 

At least 15 people are killed and 35 others are injured when Russian Armed Forces bombard Kherson. (AFP via NDTV) 

Three people are killed and another is injured as a gunman opens fire at a shopping centre in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The perpetrator commits suicide after the attack. (Outlook) 

Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 504,000 in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. The record increase is primarily due to non-EU migration, the resumption of post-pandemic travel, the arrival of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, and immigration from Hong Kong. (BBC News) 

Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi suspends military operations against the Islamic State in order to focus on preparations for a Turkish ground invasion of northern Syria. (Al Monitor) 

Pakatan Harapan and long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. (Reuters) 

The United Nations Human Rights Council approves the establishment of a fact-finding mission into the allegations of human rights violations committed by the Iranian government in response to the protests. (AFP via News24) 

A Regional Trial Court in Caloocan, Philippines, sentences a police officer to life imprisonment for torturing and fabricating evidence on drug war victims Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman in 2017. (Reuters) 

A court in Algeria sentences 49 people to death for the lynching of a 38-year-old man during last year’s wildfires, after the man turned himself to police on suspicion of arson. (AFP via France 24) 

The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, passes a bill banning all instances of “LGBT propaganda”. (Reuters) 

A 16-year-old Israeli Canadian teenager and a Ethiopian-Israeli man in his fifties are killed and 22 others are injured in explosions at two bus stops in Jerusalem. (The Guardian) (The Jerusalem Post) 

An Israeli Druze teen is kidnapped from a Jenin hospital by Jenin Brigades militants and his body held hostage. He died either in the hospital or after the militants unplugged him from his life support. (Times of Israel) 

Two Palestinians are killed and three others injured during a raid by Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Nablus. (Wafa)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and “the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels from the occupied areas”. (AFP via Africanews) 

Kosovo and Serbia agree an EU-brokered deal to end a dispute over Kosovar license plates in North Kosovo, which triggered protests last year. (Reuters) 

FIFA announces that they will fine the Ecuadorian Football Federation after Ecuadorian fans made discriminatory chants about Chileans during the opening game of the World Cup against Qatar at the Al Bayt Stadium. (Yahoo! Sports) 

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score a goal at five FIFA Men’s World Cup tournaments after scoring one in Portugal’s 3–2 win against Ghana. (AP) 

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