Myanmar civil war Operation 1027 The Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023. (Irrawaddy)
Nigerian bandit conflict Bandits attack Nigerian forces at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war Battle of Khartoum Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the Sudanese Armed Forces continue their offensive in Omdurman. (Radio Dabanga)
Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne control center over the Sea of Azov. (CNN)
Ecuadorian security crisis Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters)
Russo-Ukrainian War Bombing of Kharkiv Seventeen people are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War An al-Shabaab suicide bomber kills three people and wounds two others outside of the Mayor of Mogadishu's office in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Anadolu Agency)
2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan Iran launches ballistic missiles at Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting what it claims are Jaish ul-Adl terrorist sites, killing two children and injuring three other people. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace. (AP)
Bombing of Kharkiv Seventeen people are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Iran launches ballistic missiles at Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting what it claims are Jaish ul-Adl terrorist sites, killing two children and injuring three other people. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace. (AP)
Seventeen people are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
2024 Ecuadorian conflict Public prosecutor César Suárez [es], who was investigating the takeover of the TC Televisión newsroom by armed men, is killed in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Al Jazeera)
Jordanian intervention in the Syrian civil war Jordan launches airstrikes against alleged drug traffickers in Arman, Syria, hitting several buildings and killing ten civilians. (Al Jazeera)
2022–2024 United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes The largest general strike in more than 50 years occurs in Northern Ireland. (BBC News)
2024 Ecuadorian conflict Two people are arrested for killing public prosecutor César Suárez [es]. (NBC News)
Jordan launches airstrikes against alleged drug traffickers in Arman, Syria, hitting several buildings and killing ten civilians. (Al Jazeera)
The largest general strike in more than 50 years occurs in Northern Ireland. (BBC News)
The Pakistan Air Force launches "precision airstrikes" on militant targets inside Iran a day after Iranian missile strikes in Balochistan, Pakistan, killed two at least two civilians. Camps belonging to the Baluch Liberation Front and Balochistan Liberation Army are reportedly hit. (India Today) (First Post)
Mexican drug war José Alberto García Vilano, a leader within the Gulf Cartel, is arrested in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (BBC News)
2024 Ecuadorian conflict Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. (Reuters)
Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. (Reuters)
Korean conflict, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon delivered by an unmanned underwater drone system in the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war An Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria, kills five members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force notably intelligence officer Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh. (Al Jazeera) (SOHR)(YNetNews)
Syrian civil war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict Israel launches an airstrike against a vehicle in Tyre, Lebanon, killing two Hezbollah members, including commander Ali Hudruj, and two other people in a nearby orchard. (Al Arabiya)
An Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria, kills five members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force notably intelligence officer Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh. (Al Jazeera) (SOHR)(YNetNews)
Israel launches an airstrike against a vehicle in Tyre, Lebanon, killing two Hezbollah members, including commander Ali Hudruj, and two other people in a nearby orchard. (Al Arabiya)
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine The Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex in Leningrad Oblast is hit by a drone attack, causing a large fire. Russian gas producer Novatek subsequently suspends all operations at the complex in response to the attack. Ukraine claims responsibility. (NOS) (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
Mexican drug war At least 12 gunmen are killed by security forces on a highway in Sonora, Mexico, during a failed attempt to rescue the son of a prominent Sinaloa Cartel hitman from police custody. Two officers are also injured in the shootout. (Reuters)
The Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex in Leningrad Oblast is hit by a drone attack, causing a large fire. Russian gas producer Novatek subsequently suspends all operations at the complex in response to the attack. Ukraine claims responsibility. (NOS) (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
At least 27 people are killed by alleged Ukrainian artillery strikes on Donetsk, according to Russian-appointed local officials. Donetsk People's Republic leader Denis Pushilin declares a day of mourning in response. Ukraine denies responsibility.(AP) (Reuters)
Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Six civilians are killed and at least 77 others are injured by Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine says that it shot down 21 of 41 missiles. (AP) (BBC News) Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea. (Reuters)
2024 Uqturpan earthquake A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County, China, killing three people and injuring five more. Tremors are felt in the nearby Kazakhstan, in which 67 people have been injured in Almaty. Forty-seven buildings in China collapsed, while a further 78 are damaged. (AP) (Nur.kz)
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County, China, killing three people and injuring five more. Tremors are felt in the nearby Kazakhstan, in which 67 people have been injured in Almaty. Forty-seven buildings in China collapsed, while a further 78 are damaged. (AP) (Nur.kz)
Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Six civilians are killed and at least 77 others are injured by Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine says that it shot down 21 of 41 missiles. (AP) (BBC News)
Israel–Hamas war Siege of Khan Yunis Twenty-one Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion and subsequent building collapse in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, making it the deadliest day for the Israel Defense Forces since the ground invasion began. (Sky News)
M23 rebellion Nineteen people are killed and 26 more injured during the explosions of mortar bombs in the town of Mweso in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The March 23 Movement is blamed for the attack. (AP)
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea. (Reuters)
Nineteen people are killed and 26 more injured during the explosions of mortar bombs in the town of Mweso in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The March 23 Movement is blamed for the attack. (AP)
Siege of Khan Yunis Twenty-one Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion and subsequent building collapse in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, making it the deadliest day for the Israel Defense Forces since the ground invasion began. (Sky News)
Six civilians are killed and at least 77 others are injured by Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine says that it shot down 21 of 41 missiles. (AP) (BBC News)
Twenty-one Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion and subsequent building collapse in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, making it the deadliest day for the Israel Defense Forces since the ground invasion began. (Sky News)
At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Punch)
Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, catches fire after being hit by Israeli airstrikes, causing mass casualties. At least 214 civilians have been killed in the city in the past 24 hours by airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)(Al Jazeera)
Nigerian bandit conflict At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Punch)
2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, catches fire after being hit by Israeli airstrikes, causing mass casualties. At least 214 civilians have been killed in the city in the past 24 hours by airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)(Al Jazeera)
A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, catches fire after being hit by Israeli airstrikes, causing mass casualties. At least 214 civilians have been killed in the city in the past 24 hours by airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)(Al Jazeera)
Tens of thousands of Argentine workers go on a 12-hour strike led by Argentina's largest union, in protest of Javier Milei's policies. (Reuters)
Mexican drug war Four police officers are killed in an ambush on a highway near Celaya, Guanajuato. (AP)
South Korean politician Bae Hyun-jin is attacked and hospitalized in Seoul. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
Moro conflict Nine Dawlah Islamiyah militants are killed while four soldiers are injured during a shootout in the village of Taporug near Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Two of the killed were suspected of being involved in the December 2023 Mindanao bombing; six other militants are on the run. (AP)
Israel–Hamas war UNRWA October 7 controversy The United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany suspend humanitarian aid to UNRWA over allegations that some UNRWA staff members were involved in the Hamas-led attack on Israel. (BBC News) (CBS News)
Red Sea crisis Marlin Luanda missile strike Houthis missiles hit a British Trafigura oil tanker missing CENTCOM USS Carney near Aden. (CNN) The USS Carney shoots down a Houthi missile which had been fired at the warship in the Gulf of Aden. (CBS News)
The USS Carney shoots down a Houthi missile which had been fired at the warship in the Gulf of Aden. (CBS News)
Houthis missiles hit a British Trafigura oil tanker missing CENTCOM USS Carney near Aden. (CNN)
Kivu conflict M23 offensive Fighting between FARDC and aligned Wazalendo groups against Rwandan-backed M23 fighters continue in Mweso and Karuba, North Kivu, DRC. (Actualite)
Turkey–Islamic State conflict 2024 Istanbul church shooting A Turkish man is shot dead by two masked gunmen at an Italian Roman Catholic church in Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey. The Islamic State claims responsibility. (AP)
Baloch Liberation Army forces launch a multipronged attack dubbed "Operation Dara-e-Bolan" on Pakistani security forces, capturing checkpoints and Pakistani bases in Machh, and attacking other areas, including Kolpur. (The Balochistan Post)
Four men are executed in Iran after being convicted of planning a bomb attack ordered by Israel’s Mossad agency on a factory making military equipment. (Al Jazeera)
Insurgency in Balochistan Baloch Liberation Army forces launch a multipronged attack dubbed "Operation Dara-e-Bolan" on Pakistani security forces, capturing checkpoints and Pakistani bases in Machh, and attacking other areas, including Kolpur. (The Balochistan Post)
Iran–Israel proxy conflict Four men are executed in Iran after being convicted of planning a bomb attack ordered by Israel’s Mossad agency on a factory making military equipment. (Al Jazeera) The man who claimed that he is the fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front who was wanted for his role in a series of bombings in the 1970s and who was arrested by Japanese police on January 25, dies of cancer in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan. However, it has not been confirmed if the man was actually Kirishima. (NHK World)
Russian invasion of Ukraine Russia claims control of the village of Tabaivka, but this is denied by Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Twelve people are killed during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces militants against three villages in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Twelve people are killed during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces militants against three villages in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Decommunization in Ukraine Monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine The Lviv Oblast becomes the first oblast in Ukraine to remove all Soviet Union-era monuments. (Reuters)
Monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine The Lviv Oblast becomes the first oblast in Ukraine to remove all Soviet Union-era monuments. (Reuters)
Crimea attacks The Ukrainian Air Force launches a wave of Storm Shadow cruise missile strikes on Russian military infrastructure in Crimea, with explosions reported near Sevastopol International Airport. Russia says it shot down 20 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea. (The Telegraph)
The Ukrainian Air Force launches a wave of Storm Shadow cruise missile strikes on Russian military infrastructure in Crimea, with explosions reported near Sevastopol International Airport. Russia says it shot down 20 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea. (The Telegraph)
A gunman takes seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in Gebze, Kocaeli Province, Turkey, in an apparent protest against the war in Gaza. The perpetrator is later arrested unharmed and all the hostages are freed. (The Guardian)
Crimea attacks Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles sink the Tarantul-class missile corvette RFS Ivanovets in Donuzlav Bay. (BBC News)
Two French aid workers are killed in a Russian drone strike near Beryslav in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. Four people are also injured in the strike. (BBC News)
Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles sink the Tarantul-class missile corvette RFS Ivanovets in Donuzlav Bay. (BBC News)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict Three Amal Movement militants killed in Bayt Lif, Lebanon. (Lebanon Debate)(NaharNet)
A Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, is attacked by Ukrainian long-range drones, causing a large fire and disrupting operations. Volgograd governor Andrey Bocharov says that the attack was repelled by air defences. (Kyiv Post)
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine A Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, is attacked by Ukrainian long-range drones, causing a large fire and disrupting operations. Volgograd governor Andrey Bocharov says that the attack was repelled by air defences. (Kyiv Post)
66th Annual Grammy Awards Miley Cyrus wins Record of the Year, her first Grammy Award, for her 2023 single "Flowers". (CBS News) Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year for Midnights, becoming the first artist to win the award four times. She also announces the release of a new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19, 2024. (Variety)
