Thursday, October 24th, 2024 

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announces that his government will raise the minimum age limit to use social media from 13 to 15 in order to protect children from the “power of the algorithms”. (The Guardian) 

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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) 

Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine) makes landfall on northeastern Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 26 people. (BBC) 

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

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 

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) 

Two people are killed and 11 injured after an explosion at a Toyota Material Handling factory in Bologna, Italy. (Stato Quotidiano) 

Three people are found deceased and seven are hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning at a care home in Swanage, Dorset, England. (Sky News) 

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) 

China and the Holy See agree to extend their 2018 provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for a further four years. (Vatican News) 

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi holds a bilateral meeting with President of China Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. This is the first bilateral meeting between India and China in five years and comes in the aftermath of the 2020 border skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops. (India Today) 

Four people, including the shooter, are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting and standoff when a man opens fire on police and his family in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (The Brazilian Report) 

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Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 

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) 

A 52nd Mersenne prime is discovered by a participant of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, six years after the last new Mersenne prime was discovered in 2018. The prime number is 41,024,320 digits in length, making it the largest known prime number. (Mersenne.org) 

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) 

China and the Holy See agree to extend the 2018 provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for a period of four years. (Vatican News) 

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi holds bilateral meeting with President of China Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, the first bilateral meeting since five years and in aftermath of the 2020 border skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops. (India Today) 

Tuesday,  October 22nd, 2024 

Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani announces the death of several Islamic State senior members, including the group’s leader in Iraq, in a military operation in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. (The Washington Post) 

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) 

Thirteen people are killed and 57 more wounded during Israeli airstrikes near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

Monday,  October 21st, 2024 

India and China reach a breakthrough agreement on disengagement and border patrol along the Line of Actual Control. (Zee News) (DW) 

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) 

Operation Car Wash A court in Peru sentences former president Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in prison for receiving bribes. (Reuters) 

Five members of a family, including three teenagers, are killed in a mass shooting in Fall City, Washington, United States. (USA Today) 

The National Assembly of Vietnam appoints Vietnamese Army general Lương Cường as the President of Vietnam, succeeding Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm. (VOA) 

Four people are killed when a helicopter crashes into a radio tower in Houston, Texas, United States. (ABC News) 

Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid a national electrical blackout. (USA Today) 

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) 

The presidential election goes to a second-round with current president Maia Sandu and Alexandr Stoianoglo of the pro-Russian Party of Socialists. (BBC) 

The results of the European Union referendum is deemed too close to call with president Maia Sandu alleging election interference from Russia. (BBC) 

In basketball, the New York Liberty defeat the Minnesota Lynx in 5 games to win their first WNBA championship. (CTV News) 

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president and 14th vice president of Indonesia, respectively. (Reuters) 

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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 separatist Hardeep 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) 

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president of Indonesia and 14th vice president of Indonesia respectively. (Reuters) 

Saturday, October 19th, 2024 

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) 

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The Communications and Media Commission in Iraq suspends MBC operations in Iraq. (Roya News) 

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) 

A drone strike targets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s house in the resort town Caesarea. (AP) 

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) 

Morocco rejects a proposal put forward by the UN envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura that would partition Western Sahara with the northern part being annexed by Morocco and the southern part forming an independent state controlled by the Polisario Front. (Atalayar) 

Four people, including the gunman, are killed in a school shooting in Heliópolis, Bahia, Brazil. (CNN Brazil) 

Kenya‘s National Assembly unanimously approves Interior Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new Deputy President following his nomination by President William Ruto. However, the High Court temporarily suspends the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in order to hear challenges. (AP) 

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Thursday, October 17th, 2024 

SpaceX launches NASA‘s Europa Clipper spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, to study Jupiter’s moon Europa, with the spacecraft expected to arrive in April 2030. (BBC News) 

Models Alex Consani and Valentina Sampaio become the first trans women to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. (Hindustan Times) 

The Israeli military announces that Yahya Sinwar, the de facto leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7 attack, was killed along with two other militants in a shootout with Israeli forces in Rafah Governorate, Gaza. (AzerNews) (CNN) 

Hamas confirms that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in action during a shootout with Israeli soldiers two days ago in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) 

Five Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade are killed in fighting with Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon. IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari says several Hezbollah operatives have been captured during the clashes. (The Times of Israel) 

Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed during a shootout with border guards south of the Dead Sea region. (Al Jazeera) 

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabalia, northern Gaza, kills 28 people, including at least five children. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera) 

U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers carry out raids on underground bunkers used by the Houthis in Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that five underground facilities were targeted in the strikes. (AP) 

FARC dissidents open fire against a prison convoy in Cauca Department, Colombia, killing two prison guards and serial killer Manuel Octavio Bermúdez. Six others are wounded. (Infobae) 

A suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills at least seven people and injures at least six others. Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (AL24 News) 

The Government of South Africa orders Taiwan to relocate its representative office from the South African capital of Pretoria, allegedly due to pressure from China. (Focus Taiwan) 

The Senate of Kenya convicts Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on 5 out of 11 charges, thereby removing him from office. (BBC News) 

A court in Bangladesh orders the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others for crimes against humanity. Hasina is in exile in India. (AP) 

A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison for fraud, in addition to a death sentence that Lan received in April for embezzlement. (Radio Free Asia) 

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 

At least 16 people, including the mayor are killed in an IAF airstrike on a municipal building of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemning the attack. (BBC News) 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that North Korea has now become directly involved in the war in Ukraine, with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying that around 3,000 North Korean troops are currently in Russia and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. (Politico) 

U.S. President Joe Biden announces a new $425 million military aid package for Ukraine, containing long-range weaponry. (The Kyiv Independent) 

Bodies of five Russian climbers that disappeared on October 6 while summiting Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal are discovered near the peak and retrieved. (AP) 

An explosion at a house in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, kills at least two people and injures six others. An investigation to determine the cause of the explosion by the Health and Safety Executive is underway. (BBC News) 

The Supreme Court of Brazil determines the government must seek the extradition of Brazilian nationals accused of participating in the 2023 attack on government buildings in Brasília who are currently residing in Argentina. (Reuters) 

Attorney General of Spain Álvaro García Ortiz is charged by the Supreme Court for revealing secrets about a tax fraud case involving the boyfriend of the president of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso. However, García Ortiz announces that he will not resign. (RTVE) 

At least 100 people are killed and 50 others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Jigawa State, Nigeria. (AP) 

At least 10 Indian flights have received hoax bomb threats over the past 48 hours, leading to long delays and diversions. (BBC News) 

At least 100 people are killed and 50 others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Jigawa State, Nigeria. (AP) 

At least 10 Indian flights have received hoax bomb threats over the past 48 hours, leading to long delays and diversions. (BBC News) 

Tuesday,  October 15th, 2024 

A police officer is killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting on Highway 4 near Ashdod, Israel. The gunman is killed by a passing armed civilian. (Al Jazeera) 

Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Oleh Syniehubov orders the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from Kupiansk and Borova in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The United States Department of Transportation fines the German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its mistreatment of Orthodox Jewish passengers during a flight from New York to Hungary through Germany in 2022. (AP) 

The World Food Programme says that millions of people in southern African countries are facing a food crisis, with more than 21 million children currently malnourished. (Reuters) 

The Biden administration sends a letter to the Israeli government, urging it to take action to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days. (CNN) 

The European Union sanctions fourteen Iranian individuals and firms, including Iran Air and several high-ranking members of the Quds Force, for allegedly transferring missiles and drones to Moscow in order to help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) 

North Korea announces that they have destroyed portions of an unused road that linked North Korea with South Korea. (AP) 

Following a phone call with Emirati president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Philippine president Bongbong Marcos confirms that 143 Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by the Emirati government. (Philippine News Agency) 

The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is designated as a terrorist group by the Canadian government and is sanctioned by the U.S. government, due to the group’s alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. (CTV News) 

Monday,  October 14th, 2024 

This year’s Nobel Prize in economics is awarded to Turkish-American economist Daron Acemoglu, British-American economist Simon Johnson, and British economist James A. Robinson for their studies “of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize) 

Over 200 anti-Zionist protesters are arrested outside of the New York Stock Exchange for attempting to block it. (Reuters) 

The Israel Defense Forces say that they killed Muhammad Kamel Naim, the head of the anti-tank missile array of Hezbollah’s elite Redwan Force, in an airstrike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Times of Israel) 

At least four people are killed and dozens of others are severely injured when an Israeli airstrike hits a tent camp at a hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, causing the tents to catch fire. (Al Jazeera) 

At least ten people are killed by Israeli artillery fire at a food distribution centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. (BBC News) 

At least 21 people are killed and eight others are injured when an Israeli airstrike hits an apartment building in the village of Aitou in northern Lebanon. (CTV News) 

Twelve people are killed and 33 others are injured when a bus carrying students from Galala University overturns in Al Galala, Suez Governorate, Egypt. (AP) 

Russian forces claim that they took the village of Levadne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Voice of America) 

One person is killed and 23 others are injured when an NJ Transit commuter rail train collides with a tree that had fallen onto the tracks in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, United States. (CTV News) 

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force shoot six people, killing one, during an operation against illegal mining near Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (BenarNews) 

Mexican National Guard finds the decapitated bodies of five men on a road in Ojuelos de Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico. (Al Jazeera) 

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