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Maia Sandu

• Maia Sandu (pictured) is re-elected President of Moldova.
• In baseball, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to win the Japan Series.
• A canopy collapse at Serbia's Novi Sad railway station kills fourteen people.
• The ruins of a Maya city, dubbed Valeriana, are discovered in Campeche, Mexico.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Teri Garr
• Paul Stephenson
• Peanut
• Dub Jones
• Janey Godley
• Edzard Reuter

November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli-conducted morning airstrikes on several tent camps across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States elections
  • Voters across the United States go to the polls for a range of federal, state and local elections, including the presidential election. Millions of Americans have already voted early or by mail. (CNN) (USA Today)
• 2024 Palauan general election
  • Citizens of Palau vote for a President and for the National Congress. (RNZ)

November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Attacks on health facilities during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Kamal Adwan Hospital sieges
      • At least twelve Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including seven at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2024 Israeli secret document leak scandal
    • Israel Police arrest a top Netanyahu aide after opponents accused the aide of leaking allegedly false classified intelligence to prevent a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. (CNN) (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • At least three people are killed in an Israeli attack on residential buildings in Ghazieh and Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kursk offensive
    • Ukraine says that its forces have engaged North Korean troops for the first time in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Almora bus accident
  • At least 36 people are killed and 27 others are injured when a bus plunges into a gorge near Marchula, Uttarakhand, India. (The Indian Express) (ABC News)
• At least ten people are killed in the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Lakilaki in Flores, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Indonesia–Russia relations
  • The Indonesian Navy and the Russian Navy begin their first ever joint military exercise in the Java Sea. (DW)

Law and crime

• Women's rights in Iran
  • Amnesty International demands the release of Iranian university student Ahoo Daryaei who was arrested after stripping to her underwear and marching through the Islamic Azad University campus in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. (Sky News)
• Four teenagers are injured, two critically, in a fight involving an axe on a RER train at the Ozoir-la-Ferrière station in Seine-et-Marne, France. The main suspect is later arrested at his home. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesić resigns and accepts responsibility for the deadly canopy collapse at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (DW)

November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza
      • More than 50 children are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia in northern Gaza in the past two days. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 31 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, primarily in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medics. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Pokrovsk offensive
      • The Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian military news site DeepStateUA report that Russia has captured the settlement of Vyshneve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with Russian troops advancing towards Hryhorivka to the west. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
    • Dozens of people are killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Three people are killed and nine others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • At least eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion caused by an unknown militant group in a flea market in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
  • Three rebels are killed and four security personnel are injured during two separate shootouts in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (AP)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Two police officers are injured in a stabbing attack by Naxalite insurgents in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India, with their weapons being stolen. (Indian Express)
• Somali Civil War
  • Three people are killed and several others are injured when Al-Shabaab fires several mortar shells into the Halane base camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Eastleigh Voice) (Horseed Media)

Disasters and accidents

• Fourteen people are killed and 34 others are injured in a lightning strike at the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda. (AP)
• A truck plunges into a ravine in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador, killing ten people. A 3-year-old girl is the sole survivor of the crash, according to police. (AP)

Health and environment

• Air pollution in Lahore
  • The air pollution in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, reaches a record-high air quality index score of 1,900, with the Punjab government ordering a mandatory closure of all primary schools for one week, blaming stubble burning for the poor air quality. (BBC News) (Geo News) (NDTV)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Moldovan presidential election
  • Moldovans vote for a President in the second round of the presidential election. (The Guardian)
  • Incumbent President Maia Sandu wins reelection, defeating former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo amid allegations of Russian interference. (Euronews) (Reuters)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Hundreds of activists engage in demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest state corruption and negligence by Serbian officials which lead to the deadly collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad railway station on Friday. (Reuters)
• October 2024 Spain floods
  • Protestors pelt the King and Queen of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and Valencian President Carlos Mazón with objects and mud and boo them as "murderers" during their visit to Paiporta, Valencia. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is evacuated from the area after being hit with a shovel. (Levante) (AP) (BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 Japan Series
  • 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)
• 2024 New York City Marathon
  • Somali-Dutch distance runner Abdi Nageeye wins the 53rd New York City Marathon men's race with a time of 2:07:39. Kenyan distance runner Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race with a time of 2:24:35. (The New York Times)

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
      • 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)
• Safety of journalists
  • 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)
• Somali Civil War
  • 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) (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • October 2024 Spain floods
    • 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) (Al Jazeera)
• Four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck crashes into several stopped vehicles on Interstate 96 near Webberville, Michigan, United States. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bolivia protests
  • 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)
• 2024 Conservative Party leadership election
  • Kemi Badenoch is elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party, following the resignation of Rishi Sunak. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Mozambican general election
  • The death toll from police gunfire during crackdowns on protests of the October 9 election increases to eleven. (Al Jazeera)

November 1, 2024 (2024-11-01) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan
      • 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)
  • 2024 Israeli secret document leak scandal
    • Arrests have been made over suspected leaks of classified documents, involving an official closely associated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (The Times of Israel)
• Somali Civil War
  • Puntland–Somaliland dispute
    • Las Anod conflict
      • 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) (Hiiraan Online)
• 2024 Bolivian protest
  • 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) (DW)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 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)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israeli naval commandos launch a raid in northern Lebanon. Lebanese media says it was carried out in coordination with the German Navy to prevent the Lebanese Navy from interfering. (The Times of Israel)

Business and economy

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

Disasters and Accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • October 2024 Spain floods
    • The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. (BBC News) (AP)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured when a canopy collapses at the railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• Human traffickers deliberately capsized a boat carrying migrants off the coast of Comoros en route to Mayotte, killing 25 people. Five others are rescued alive. (Al Jazeera)
• 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) (De Telegraaf)
• Three people, including a local leader of the Santa Muerte religious movement, are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Botswana general election
  • Botswana's ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, concedes defeat in Wednesday's election, ending its 58-year rule. (Reuters)
• 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)

October 31, 2024 (2024-10-31) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 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)
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • A Russian glide bomb strikes a residential building in Kharkiv, killing three people and injuring 35 others, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. (AP)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
    • 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. (The Times of Israel) (BBC)

Business and economy

• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • October 2024 Spain floods
    • The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 161, with dozens of others still missing. (Infobae) (BBC News)

Health and environment

• Climate change in Europe
  • 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)

International relations

• Germany–Iran relations, Capital punishment in Iran
  • 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)

Law and crime

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

Politics and elections

• 2024 Fijian presidential election
  • The Parliament of Fiji elects incumbent Speaker Naiqama Lalabalavu as the President following the withdrawal of incumbent President Wiliame Katonivere. (RNZ)

Science and technology

• North Korean missile tests
  • North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on a "lofted trajectory" toward the Sea of Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says that this was the longest-ever launch of a North Korean ICBM, lasting 87 minutes, marking significant progress in range compared to previous tests. (Al Jazeera)

October 30, 2024 (2024-10-30) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
    • Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon, kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters)
  • 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)
• Moro conflict
  • 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)
• War against the Islamic State
  • The United States military announces that American airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • October 2024 Spain floods
    • 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) (AP)
• At least twelve workers are killed and another is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters) (Milenio)

Law and crime

• 2024 Mozambican general election
  • 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)
• English Channel migrant crossings
  • 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)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Botswana general election
  • Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP)

Sports

• 2024 Major League Baseball season
  • 2024 World Series
    • 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)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• European floods

• Spanish floods

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Sudanese famine
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests
• New Caledonia social unrest
• Venezuelan protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October

• 20: Moldova, Constitutional referendum
• 21: Vietnam, President (indirect)
• 24: Montserrat, Legislative Assembly
• 25: Kiribati, President
• 26: Georgia, Parliament
• 27: Japan, House of Representatives
• 27: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber
• 27: Bulgaria, National Assembly
• 27: Lithuania, Seimas (2nd)
• 27: Uruguay, President (1st), Senate,
         Chamber of Representatives, Referendums
• 30: Botswana, National Assembly
• 31: Fiji, President (indirect)

• November

• 03: Moldova, President (2nd)

Upcoming

• 05: Northern Mariana Islands, Senate,
         House of Representatives
• 05: Palau, President, Senate, House of Delegates
• 05: Puerto Rico, Governor, Senate,
         House of Representatives, Referendum
• 05: Qatar, Constitutional referendum
• 05: United States, President, Senate,
         House of Representatives
• 05: United States Virgin Islands, Legislature
• 05: American Samoa, Governor, House of Representatives
• 10: Mauritius, National Assembly
• 13: Somaliland, President
• 14: Sri Lanka, Parliament
• 16: Gabon, Constitutional referendum
• 17: Senegal, National Assembly

Trials

Ongoing

• France:0Dominique Pélicot
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• United States:0YSL Records
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Basketball

• 2024–25 NBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

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Recent deaths

November / October

• 03: Quincy Jones
• 02: Janey Godley
• 29: Teri Garr
• 28: Paul Morrissey
• 28: Jamshid Sharmahd
• 28: Kazuo Umezu
• 25: Kim Soo-mi
• 25: Phil Lesh
• 24: Abdelaziz Barrada
• 24: Amir Abdur-Rahim
• 23: Hama Amadou
• 23: Geoff Capes
• 23: Gary Indiana
• 23: Jack Jones
• 22: Grizzly 399
• 22: Gustavo Gutiérrez
• 22: Lynda Obst
• 22: Fernando Valenzuela
• 21: Paul Di'Anno
• 20: Barbara Dane
• 20: Fethullah Gülen
• 18: Yehuda Bauer
• 17: Mitzi Gaynor
• 17: Toshiyuki Nishida
• 17: Rick Nolan
• 16: Tina Kaidanow
• 16: Liam Payne
• 16: Yahya Sinwar
• 16: Ollie Olsen
• 15: Mike Jackson
• 15: George Negus
• 14: Thomas J. Donohue
• 14: Philip Zimbardo
• 12: Mike Bullard
• 12: Jackmaster
• 12: Ka
• 12: Lilly Ledbetter
• 12: Tito Mboweni
• 12: Alvin Rakoff
• 12: Alex Salmond
• 12: Baba Siddique
• 10: Fleur Adcock
• 10: Ethel Kennedy
• 09: George Baldock
• 09: Lily Ebert
• 09: Lee Wei Ling
• 09: Leif Segerstam
• 09: Ratan Tata
• 08: Pat Fischer
• 08: Tim Johnson
• 08: Luis Tiant
• 07: Cissy Houston
• 07: Arie L. Kopelman
• 07: Lore Segal
• 06: Johan Neeskens
• 05: Robert Coover
• 05: Ildar Dadin

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Israel–Hamas war

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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