Several tornadoes are reported in Florida, including along Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall. (BBC News)
South Africa's genocide case against Israel Bolivia formally joins South Africa's case in the International Court of Justice regarding Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip as genocide, stating it "has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide". (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other countries coupled with interest from frozen Russian assets to give to Ukraine as part of a $50 billion loan. (Reuters) Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirms the death of journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who had been held prisoner by Russia since August 2023. (The Kyiv Independent)
The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are taken offline following a denial-of-service attack, with the hackers also stealing 31 million password hashes in a data breach. (Forbes)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season At least ten people are killed in damages by tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, United States. (Reuters)
At least ten people are killed in damages by tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, United States. (Reuters)
One person is killed and twelve others are trapped when an elevator fails at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. (Sky News)
The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other countries coupled with interest from frozen Russian assets to give to Ukraine as part of a $50 billion loan. (Reuters)
2024 Nobel Peace Prize This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again". (The Washington Post) (Nobel Prize)
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again". (The Washington Post) (Nobel Prize)
2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
2024 South American wildfires 2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
Israel destroys an Iranian Red Crescent Society field hospital on the Lebanon–Syria border. (Xinhua)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict Two United Nations peacekeepers are injured when Israeli forces fire at a watchtower at their headquarters in southern Lebanon. (Euronews) The Lebanese Armed Forces reports that two of its soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on one of its positions in southern Lebanon. (Al Arabiya) A drone launched from Lebanon damages a building and causes a power outage in Herzliya, Israel. (Crisis 24) (MTV Lebanon) Israel destroys an Iranian Red Crescent Society field hospital on the Lebanon–Syria border. (Xinhua)
The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
2024 United States presidential election Security incidents involving Donald Trump A man is arrested outside former president Donald Trump's rally in Coachella, California, United States, with loaded firearms, a fake license plate, and several passports, in what is believed to have been an assassination attempt on Trump, according to the Riverside County sheriff. (Reuters) Voter registration in the United States The United States Justice Department sues the state of Virginia for removing voters from voter registration less than 90 days before Election Day on November 5. (Al Jazeera)
A man is arrested outside former president Donald Trump's rally in Coachella, California, United States, with loaded firearms, a fake license plate, and several passports, in what is believed to have been an assassination attempt on Trump, according to the Riverside County sheriff. (Reuters)
A speedboat explodes at a port in Taliabu Island Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, killing six people, including Benny Laos, a candidate for Governor of North Maluku in the upcoming election, and Regional House of Representatives member Ester Tantri. (CNN Indonesia) (CNBC Indonesia)
As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. (Reuters) (Euronews)
Belarus–European Union border crisis, Human rights in Poland As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. (Reuters) (Euronews)
Security incidents involving Donald Trump A man is arrested outside former president Donald Trump's rally in Coachella, California, United States, with loaded firearms, a fake license plate, and several passports, in what is believed to have been an assassination attempt on Trump, according to the Riverside County sheriff. (Reuters)
The United States Justice Department sues the state of Virginia for removing voters from voter registration less than 90 days before Election Day on November 5. (Al Jazeera)
Voter registration in the United States The United States Justice Department sues the state of Virginia for removing voters from voter registration less than 90 days before Election Day on November 5. (Al Jazeera)
Gaza war United States support for Israel in the Gaza war United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) An Israeli attack on a school used to shelter displaced Palestinians kills at least 22 people, including fifteen children, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza. (BBC News)
United States support for Israel in the Gaza war United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
SpaceX completes its fifth test flight of the Starship spacecraft, successfully catching the rocket booster with the arms of the launch tower at Starbase in Texas, United States, and with the spacecraft landing in the Indian Ocean. (Space.com) (CNBC)
Starship flight test 5 SpaceX completes its fifth test flight of the Starship spacecraft, successfully catching the rocket booster with the arms of the launch tower at Starbase in Texas, United States, and with the spacecraft landing in the Indian Ocean. (Space.com) (CNBC)
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Gaza war protests in the United States Over 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators against American involvement in Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip, many from Jewish Voice for Peace, are arrested outside of the New York Stock Exchange for attempting to block it. (Reuters)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 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 pro-Palestinian demonstrators against American involvement in Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip, many from Jewish Voice for Peace, are arrested outside of the New York Stock Exchange for attempting to block it. (Reuters)
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)
One person is killed and 23 others are injured when an NJ Transit River Line train collides with a tree that had fallen onto the tracks in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, United States. (CTV News)
Russian forces claim that they took the village of Levadne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Voice of America)
Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Russian forces claim that they took the village of Levadne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Voice of America)
Southern Ukraine campaign Russian forces claim that they took the village of Levadne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Voice of America)
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)
Gaza war, Israel–United States relations 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 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 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)
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) (The Times of Israel)
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)
2023 Brazilian Congress attack 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)
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)
Three workers are killed and four others are injured when a bridge collapses into the Strong River ahead of it's demolition in Mississippi, United States. (ABC News)
South Africa–Taiwan relations 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 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)
2024 missile strikes in Yemen 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)
Red Sea crisis 2024 missile strikes in Yemen 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)
Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations The South Korean National Intelligence Service 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)
Russian invasion of Ukraine Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations The South Korean National Intelligence Service 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)
The South Korean National Intelligence Service 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)
2024 Neot HaKikar shooting Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed in a shootout with border guards near the Dead Sea. (Al Jazeera)
Clashes between protestors and police break out over demonstrations of arrested activists in Nasiriyah, Iraq. (CityNews)
Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed in a shootout with border guards near the Dead Sea. (Al Jazeera)
At least seven people are killed and several others are reported missing when a dock collapses on Sapelo Island in Georgia, United States. (AP)
Intelsat communications satellite Intelsat 33e breaks up in Earth's orbit, resulting in network disruptions to customers in Europe, Africa and parts of the Asia-Pacific region. The United States Space Force says they are tracking at least "20 associated pieces" of the satellite. (BBC News)
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) (Roya News)
Sapelo Island dock collapse At least seven people are killed and several others are reported missing when a dock collapses on Sapelo Island in Georgia, United States. (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) (The Jerusalem Post)
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 near Lexington, Mississippi, United States. (AP)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict Israeli retaliation leak Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments describing the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran for striking Israel. (NPR)
Inauguration of Prabowo Subianto Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president and 14th vice president of Indonesia, respectively. (AP) (Reuters)
Israeli retaliation leak Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments describing the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran for striking Israel. (NPR)
Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president and 14th vice president of Indonesia, respectively. (AP) (Reuters)
Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments describing the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran for striking Israel. (NPR)
2024 WNBA Finals In basketball, the New York Liberty defeat the Minnesota Lynx in 5 games to win their first WNBA championship. (CTV News)
At least two people are killed and 309 others are rescued in flash flooding in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. (The New York Times) (NBC News)
Four people are killed when a helicopter crashes into a radio tower in Houston, Texas, United States. (ABC News)
In basketball, the New York Liberty defeat the Minnesota Lynx in 5 games to win their first WNBA championship. (CTV News)
China–India relations India and China reach a breakthrough in discussions on disengagement and border patrol along the disputed Line of Actual Control. (Zee News) (DW)
Five members of a family, including three teenagers, are killed in a mass shooting in Fall City, Washington, United States. (USA Today)
India and China reach a breakthrough in discussions on disengagement and border patrol along the disputed Line of Actual Control. (Zee News) (DW)
