Four people are killed and one other is seriously injured when a Tesla car crashes into a guardrail and struck a concrete pillar at high speed after losing control causing a fire in Toronto, Canada. (CTV News Toronto)
Ukraine reports that the first North Korean units have entered the active “warzones” in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. The North Korean soldiers are reportedly under the command of Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. (Yonhap News Agency)
North Korea sends a wave of trash balloons over South Korea with a balloon falling on the Blue Housepresidential compound in central Seoul. The balloon reportedly contained leaflets criticizing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. (ABC News)
The Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that Russian Armed Forces have made significant advances in the strategic city of Selydove, predicting that it could be captured in a few days. (Euronews)
Two cameramen and a technician working for Al Mayadeen and Al-Manar are killed during an Israeli airstrike at a guest house housing journalists in Hasbaya, Lebanon. Several are injured. (Al Jazeera)
Since 8 October 2023, at least 163 rescue and health workers have been killed and 272 more wounded during Israeli attacks in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah confirms that Hossein Ali Hazimeh, head of its intelligence headquarters, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 3. (Webangah)
Five Israeli soldiers are killed and seven others are injured in gun battles with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
At least 17 Palestinians, including children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Nuseirat refugee camp. (Reuters)
Islamist insurgents target an Indian Army vehicle with small arms fire near Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing two soldiers and two civilian porters and injuring three other soldiers. (The Indian Express)
North Korea sends a wave of trash balloons over South Korea with a balloon falling on the Blue House presidential compound in central Seoul. The balloon reportedly contained leaflets criticizing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. (ABC News)
The U.S. State Department reports that it has confirmed evidence that North Korean troops are now present in Russia and are preparing to travel to the battlefield in Ukraine. South Korea says that Pyongyang has promised to send up to 10,000 troops to support the war effort. (The Guardian)
Hezbollah confirms that Hashem Safieddine, head of their executive council, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 3. (BBC News)
Peaceful Protesters with automatic weapons target police and firefighters in Martinique, where protests over the high cost of living have prompted France to deploy forces to the island. (AP)
Five people are killed and 22 more injured during a bombing–shooting attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters in Kahramankazan, Ankara Province, Turkey. The perpetrators are later killed during a shootout with security forces. The Turkish government suspects the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to be behind the attack. (Reuters)
The Turkish Air Force launches airstrikes on PKK targets across northern Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the attack, with Turkish drone strikes in Kobani, Syria, injuring three Asayish officers. (Reuters)
The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Russian forces have captured the villages of Mykolaivka and Serebrianka in Donetsk Oblast, while Ukrainian military newspage DeepState reports heavy conflict surrounding Selydove. (Reuters)
The U.S. Defense Department finalizes a US$20 billion loan to Ukraine for military and economic support as part of a collective US$50 billion loan between G7 members. (Reuters)
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza kill 42 people. (Reuters)
Nineteen suspected cartel members are killed and one local cartel leader is arrested in a shootout between gunmen and police officers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. (Reuters)
The Ifo Institute for Economic Research reports that Germany experienced a 13% birth rate decline nationally and up to a 17.5% birth rate decline in eastern Germany between 2021 and 2023, with the institute attributing the decline to several reasons including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and high inflation. (DW)
A court in Munich, Germany, charges a Russian man for stabbing two Ukrainian soldiers at a shopping center in Murnau am Staffelsee, Bavaria, Germany, in April. (DW)
The U.S. Center for Disease Control announces that one person has died and at least 48 others have become ill in an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. (BBC News)
The presidential campaign of former U.S. President Donald Trump files a formal complaint to the Federal Election Commission against the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, accusing the Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the election to support the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. (BBC News)
The FBI announces an investigation into the leaking of classified U.S. intelligence documents regarding military plans for Israeli retaliation against Iran. (Reuters)
A SAF jet bombs a mosque in Wad Madani, Gezira State, killing at least 31 people. The attack coincides with the RSF launching an assault across the state following the defection of the Rapid Support Forces’ top commander in the state to the SAF. (Sudan Tribune)
Israel launches airstrikes across Lebanon, including in Beirut and the Beqaa Valley, targeting financial institutions that are allegedly linked to Hezbollah. (AP)
Former Albanian president Ilir Meta is arrested on accusations of corruption. (Reuters)
The Israel Defense Forces announce that Colonel Ehsan Daxa, the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, was killed by an IED in Jabalia in northern Gaza, becoming the most senior officer to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
An Israeli drone strike on Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate, kills at least fifteen people, including women and children. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli troops open fire on a truck belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces near Hanine, killing three soldiers. Israel later issues a formal apology for the attack, stating that its forces mistakenly believed they were targeting a vehicle used by Hezbollah to transport rockets. (The Times of Israel)
An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashes in North Darfur, Sudan, killing its crew of two Russians and three Sudanese nationals. The Rapid Support Forces claim that they shot down the aircraft and say that they have recovered the airplane’s flight recorder. Russia says that its diplomats in Sudan are currently investigating the crash. (Sudan Tribune)
Two passenger trains suffer a head-on collsion at Talerddig, Powys, United Kingdom, killing one person and injuring 15 others. (BBC News Online)
Seven people are killed and five injured during a mass shooting at a camp for construction workers near Sonamarg, in India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. (Al Jazeera)
The Department of Justice of the Philippines reports that a trial court in Taguig has convicted 17 leaders and members of Abu Sayyaf, including two top officials of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement who have been in the United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions List, of the kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. The convicts are sentenced to reclusión perpetua. (AFP via SCMP)(PNA)
The World Health Organization declares Egypt malaria-free after a 100-year effort. (BBC)
Moldovans vote for a president and also vote in a referendum that would amend the constitution to include a commitment for Moldova to join the European Union. (Le Monde)
Switzerland joins the European Sky Shield Initiative to contribute to building a pan-European air and missile defense system, while also allowing the nation to train and purchase military systems with other European nations. (Reuters)
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
Indian envoy to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma states that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had completely destroyed bilateral ties between Canada and India after asserting the innocence of himself and six Indian diplomats expelled from Canada due to accusations of involvement with the murder of Sikh separatistHardeep Singh Nijjar. (Reuters)
Protesters storm and damage the office of the Saudi-owned MBC TV channel in Baghdad, Iraq, after the channel aired a programme which called Hamas and Hezbollah leaders “terrorists”. The Iraq Communications and Media Commission later suspends MBC’s operations in Iraq in response to the incident. (New Arab)
Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments supporting the detailed preparation of Israel’s retaliatory attacks against Iran. (NPR)
The Israel Defense Forces announce that Col. Ehsan Daqsa, the commander of 401st Armored Brigade, was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli Druze, he is the most senior officer to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
Hamas reports that the number of dead or missing following an Israeli bombardment of residential areas in northern Gaza has risen to 87, becoming among the highest single-incident death tolls in months and prompting condemnation from the United Nations. (Reuters)
Reports of disease outbreaks and starvation are reported in Khartoum North as a military offensive and battles are reported in the city. (Sudan Tribune)
Two people are killed and around 300 are rescued from flash flooding in New Mexico, United States. (New York Times)
Moldovans vote for a president and in a referendum to amend the constitution to include the commitment to join the European Union. (Le Monde)
Hezbollah launches around 200 drones and other projectiles from Lebanon toward locations in northern Israel, killing one person and injuring thirteen others. One of the targets is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in the resort town of Caesarea. (Star Tribune)(AP)
The Israel Defense Forces says that the Israeli Air Force killed Hezbollah’s deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, yesterday. (The Washington Times)
At least seven people are killed and several others are reported missing when a dock collapses on Sapelo Island in Georgia, United States. (AP)
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting when at least two gunmen opened fire on people at a school’s football homecoming win celebration in Mississippi, United States. (AP)
Clashes between protestors and police break out over demonstrations of arrested activists in Nasiriyah, Iraq. (CityNews)
South Korea’s national intelligence agency says that North Korea has started sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol calls for a security meeting and says the international community must respond with “all available means”. (BBC)
Some electricity is restored after a power outage in Cuba. (AP)
Hamas alleges that at least 73 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia. The Israel Defence Forces dispute the allegation. (Al Ahram)(Isreali spokemen on X)
An Israeli airstrike kills at least 33 people, including 21 women, at a Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
Israeli forces strike the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 people and injuring several others. (NPR)
Israeli strikes on a vehicle and an apartment building in Baaloul and north of Beirut kill seven people, including the mayor of Sohmor. (Boston25 News)
180 projectiles are fired from Lebanon, striking vehicles and a building, killing one person and injuring thirteen others. (Star Tribune)
The Israel Defense Forces says the Israeli Air Force killed Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid, Hezbollah’s deputy commander in Bint Jbeil yesterday. (Washington Times)
At least seven people are killed by a dock collapse on Sapelo Island in the U.S. state of Georgia, with several more reported missing. (AP)
Friday, October 18th, 2024
A nationwide power outage occurs in Cuba following a critical failure at the Antonio Guiteras power station in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province. (CNN)
Hamas confirms that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in action during a shootout with Israeli soldiers two days ago in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed in a shootout with border guards near the Dead Sea. (Al Jazeera)
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