Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 

More than 50 children are killed during Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during the past 48 hours. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 31 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, with at least half the deaths in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medics. (Reuters) 

Dozens of people are killed by a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements across Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

Three people are killed and nine are injured during Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

The Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian military news site DeepStateUA report the Russian capture of Vyshneve, with Russian troops advancing towards Hryhorivka to the west. (Reuters) 

At least eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion caused by an unknown militant group in a flea market in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. (Reuters) 

Two police officers are wounded in a stabbing attack by Naxalite insurgents in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India, with their weapons being stolen. (Indian Express) 

Three people were killed and several others were injured after Al-Shabaab fired several mortar shells into the Halane base camp of Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Eastleigh Voice) (Horseed Media) 

Protestors pelt the King and Queen of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and the Valencian President Carlos Mazón with objects and mud and boos them as “murderers” during their visit to Paiporta, Valencia. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is evacuated after being hit with a shovel. (BBC) 

New storm warnings are issued in parts of the Valencian Community, urging residents and volunteers to leave the most vulnerable areas. (El Levante) 

Warnings are also issued in parts of Tarragona Province, Catalonia, and regional authorities suspend classes in schools and universities, sporting events, and judicial activity while restricting mobility from midnight to noon on 4 November in the face of possible torrential rains. (El País) 

Hundreds of activists engage in demonstrations in the Serbian capital of Belgrade in protest of state corruption and negligence by Serbian officials leading to the deadly collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad railway station. (Reuters) 

Fourteen people are killed and 34 more injured are after a lightning strike at the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda. (AP) 

Four people are killed and 17 others are injured after a semitruck crashes into several stopped vehicles on Interstate 96 near Webberville, Michigan, United States. (AP) 

The air pollution in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, reaches an all-time high with an air quality index (AQI) score of 1,073. The Punjab government orders mandatory closure for all primary schools for one week and blames the stubble burning in Punjab, India, for the smog. (BBC News) 

Moldovans vote for a President in the second round of the presidential election. (The Guardian) 

In baseball, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to win the Japan Series in six games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1998. (NHK) 

Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 

Six people are injured, including two children, in an Israeli strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza as the World Health Organization vaccination campaign resumes with its second phase. (Al Jazeera) 

At least two people are killed and several others are injured in fights between two Somali security factions in Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (Caasimadda Online) 

UNESCO reports that the killings of journalists worldwide increased by 38% in 2022–2023, compared to the two previous years, equating to one journalist killed every four days. (DW) 

The death toll from the flooding in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 214, with dozens still missing. The Spanish government deploys an additional 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 police officers, making this the country’s largest deployment of army and security personnel in peacetime. (Reuters)  

The government of Bolivia accuses supporters of former President Evo Morales of detaining and holding more than 200 soldiers hostage during protests against the sitting Luis Arce government. (El Diario) (DW) 

Kemi Badenoch is elected leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak. (The Guardian) 

The death toll from police gunfire during crackdowns on protests of the October 9 election increases to eleven. (Al Jazeera) 

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Thieves steal two paintings from Andy Warhol‘s Reigning Queens collection and damage two others at the MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands. (AP) 

Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting targeting crowds of people celebrating Halloween in two locations in Orlando, Florida, United States. (CNN) 

A mass shooting occurs in the United States at a large Halloween house party in Northglenn, Colorado, killing three people and injuring three others. (KKTV) 

Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 

The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as “apocalyptic”, with the entire Palestinian population there at “imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence” due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage. (Reuters) 

The Peoples Republic of China revised its regulations for foreign investors in its listed companies, seeking to attract more such investment by expanding eligibility criteria and easing financial requirements. (CNBC) 

An “irregular armed group” captures a Bolivian military base near Cochabamba, Bolivia, kidnapping military personnel and seizing weapons from the base. Bolivian president Luis Arce says that the group are affiliated with former president Evo Morales. (CNN) 

Kemi Badenoch is elected leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party. (The Guardian) 

Friday,  November 1st, 2024 

At least ten people, including four civilians, are killed and fifteen others are injured in battles between Somaliland and Khatumo State forces in the Cayn and Togdheer regions. (Horseed Media) 

At least nine people are killed and 29 others are injured in a bombing near a girls’ school in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting a polio vaccination drive. (Al Jazeera) 

Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured when a canopy collapses at the railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia. (ABC News) 

Kenyan Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki is sworn in as Deputy President of Kenya after the High Court lifted an order that prevented Kindiki’s swearing-in yesterday. (AP) 

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The European Environment Agency reports an 8% decrease in European Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming in 2023, 37% below emissions levels in 1990. (DW) 

A team of archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 6,000 ancient Mayan structures hidden by vegetation in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche, including a city of pyramids they dubbed Valeriana. (DW) 

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov vows to retaliate harshly against Ukraine after a drone strike targeted a Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia, representing the first known drone attack in Chechnya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Reuters)

Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. (Al Jazeera) 

In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in 5 games including a comeback victory in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. (Los Angeles Times) 

Thursday, October 31st, 2024 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly condemns the United States and European nations for making “zero response” to the Russian deployment of North Korean soldiers against Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The European Commission opens an investigation into Chinese e-commerce company Temu for its sale of illegal and counterfeit products and its addictive design, which violate the EU’s Digital Services Act. (DW) 

The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several still missing. (AP) 

Botswana’s ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, concedes defeat in Wednesday’s election, ending a 58-year rule. (Reuters) 

At least six medics are killed and four others are wounded in Israeli attacks on areas in Duris and around the ancient city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

A Hezbollah missile barrage kills at least seven people and critically injures another near Metula in northern Israel. Four of the victims are foreign agricultural workers and two are Israeli Arabs. (BBC) 

Russian drones on Kherson hunted over 30 civilians. (BBC) 

The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC) 

Germany orders all three Iranian consulates in the country to close in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2020. (The Independent) 

A court in Brazil sentences two former Military Police officers to 59 and 78 years in prison respectively for the assassination of city councilor and human rights activist Marielle Franco in 2018. (DW) 

North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on a “lofted trajectory” towards the Sea of Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says it was the longest-ever launch of a North Korean ICBM at 87 minutes long, marking significant progress in range compared to previous tests. (Al Jazeera) 

Global LGBTQ federation IGLA World suspends the membership of Israel’s leading LGBTQ group The Aguda, out of solidarity for Palestinians amid the Israel–Hamas war. (Haaretz) 

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 

The United States military announces that American airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya) 

The Israeli army says that it killed the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Redwan Force Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi in a strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya) 

Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon, kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters) 

Nineteen people are killed and five are injured after a shootout triggered by a land dispute between two rival factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (PNA) (Xinhua) 

At least 140 people are killed and many others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC)

At least twelve workers are killed and another is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters)

It is reported that at least ten people were killed and 63 others were injured by gunfire in post-election protests in Mozambique last week. (Reuters) 

One person is killed while attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy. Three other bodies are found on beaches near Neufchâtel-Hardelot and Équihen-Plage, France. (Reuters) 

Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. (Reuters) 

The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to make changes to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, forming a new mission called the United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia, which is expected to begin operating on November 1. (Mirage News) 

Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP) 

Tuesday,  October 29th, 2024 

Russia claims that it has taken the cities of Selydove and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with open-source data indicating that Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace in at least one year amid signs of North Korean involvement in the war. (Reuters) 

At least six people are killed and 13 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

At least 93 Palestinians are killed and 40 others are missing in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera) 

The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera) 

Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand. (Al Jazeera) 

Eight Austrian Army soldiers and peacekeepers are injured when a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah, hits the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest) 

Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L’Alcúdia. (The Guardian) 

A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped. (BBC News) 

Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway. (Euronews) 

German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW) 

Monday,  October 28th, 2024 

British anti-Islam far-right activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for contempt of court and repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee. (Reuters) 

At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Al Jazeera) 

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC) 

At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

In the last four days, at least 34 people have been killed in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico, in cartel ambushes and clashes. Mexican police arrest 21 people, including sixteen Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals. (Revista Proceso) (

Israel’s Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera) 

The GERB-SDS coalition wins the most seats in the parliamentary election with 69 seats, with PP-DB coming in second and Revival in third. GERB’s leader Boyko Borisov promises to work with everyone except Revival to form a coalition government. (Reuters) 

In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d’Or and the Ballon d’Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN) 

Sunday, October 27th, 2024 

President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a “Russian special operation”. (Radio Free Europe)

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania wins 52 seats in the Seimas election, forming a majority with its coalition partners “For Lithuania” and the Farmers and Greens Union. (DW) (Reuters) 

Bulgarian citizens vote for a new National Assembly in the country’s seventh election in the past four years. (Euronews) 

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposes a temporary two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for several Palestinian prisoners. (Reuters) 

A man is killed and thirty others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack when an Arab Israeli man rams his truck into a bus stop north of Tel Aviv, Israel, before being fatally shot by an armed civilian. Authorities are investigating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack. (BBC News) 

The United Nations condemns the Rapid Support Forces’ targeted mass killing of civilians in Gezira State, Sudan, comparing it to earlier mass killings in Darfur. (BBC News) 

Former Bolivian president Evo Morales claims that he survived an assassination attempt. (Reuters) 

At least 40 Chadian soldiers are killed during a mass shooting by Boko Haram gunmen against a military base near Ngouboua, Chad. (Rfi) 

The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to 136 people killed and missing. (Al Jazeera) 

A man steal a SUV and rammed passers-by and group of protesters National Front for the Family, in front of Guadalajara Cathedral, leaving 16 injuries. The authorities still investigating the incident to determine the motivations or circumstances of the attack.(La Jornada) 

Japanese citizens vote for the 465 seats in the House of Representatives. (NHK) 

The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito loses its majority. (Reuters) 

Voters in Liechtenstein approve a referendum to privatize Radio Liechtenstein, the country’s state-owned radio station. (AP) 

Uruguayan citizens vote for a President in the first round of the general election. (Reuters) 

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Friday,  October 25th, 2024 

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) 

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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 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 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) 

Thursday, October 24th, 2024 

Israel says that it killed Muhammad Abu Attawi, a commander in Hamas’ Nukhba forces who participated in the Nova music festival massacre, in an airstrike in Gaza yesterday. (Reuters) (The Times of Israel) 

Two car bombs explode outside police stations in Acámbaro and Jerécuaro, Guanajuato, Mexico, injuring three police officers in Acámbaro. (AP) 

The British government announces that single-use vapes will be banned in England and Wales beginning on 1 June 2025. (BBC News) 

Eight people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria. (Daily Maverick) (BBC News Pidgin) 

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) 

The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González for their activism in Venezuela. (Reuters) 

Four people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass stabbing in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. (WLWT-TV) 

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