Nineteen people are killed and five others are injured when a bus crashes on a highway in Zacatecas, Mexico, while heading from Nayarit to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. (Reuters)
The death toll from the flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to at least 126. (UPI)
2024 Georgian parliamentary election 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) (Civil.ge)
2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election 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)
2024 Uruguayan general election Uruguayan citizens vote for a President in the first round of the general election. (Reuters)
Gaza war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposes a temporary two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for several Palestinian prisoners. (Reuters)
October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election Bulgarian citizens vote for a new National Assembly in the country's seventh election in the past four years. (Euronews)
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) (Civil.ge)
Uruguayan citizens vote for a President in the first round of the general election. (Reuters)
2024 Bolivian protest Former Bolivian president Evo Morales claims that he survived an assassination attempt. (Reuters)
2024 Tel Aviv truck attack 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)
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)
A man steals an SUV and rams passers-by and a group of protesters from the National Front for the Family, in front of Guadalajara Cathedral, causing 16 injuries. The authorities are still investigating the incident to determine the motivations and circumstances of the attack.(La Jornada)
Arab–Israeli conflict 2024 Tel Aviv truck attack 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)
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)
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales claims that he survived an assassination attempt. (Reuters)
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposes a temporary two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for several Palestinian prisoners. (Reuters)
Sudanese Civil War 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres 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)
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)
2024 eastern Gezira State massacres 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)
2024 Liechtenstein referendums Voters in Liechtenstein approve a referendum to privatize Radio Liechtenstein, the country's state-owned radio station. (AP)
2024 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to 136 people killed and missing. (Al Jazeera)
At least 40 Chadian soldiers are killed during a mass shooting by Boko Haram gunmen against a military base near Ngouboua, Chad. (Rfi)
Boko Haram insurgency 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)
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito loses its majority. (Reuters)
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)
Voters in Liechtenstein approve a referendum to privatize Radio Liechtenstein, the country's state-owned radio station. (AP)
October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election 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)
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)
Mexican Drug War 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) (El Debate)
The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC)
2024 Ballon d'Or In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d'Or and the Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN)
2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon 2024 Tyre airstrikes 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) 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
2024 Tyre airstrikes 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)
2024 United Kingdom riots 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)
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)
At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (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)
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)
Gaza humanitarian crisis Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d'Or and the Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon 2024 Tyre airstrikes 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) 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
Kharkiv strikes At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Russian invasion of Ukraine Kharkiv strikes At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
At least six people are killed and 13 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Eastern Ukraine campaign 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)
Gaza war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike 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) Siege of North Gaza, Gaza Strip famine, Israeli generals' plan The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera)
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), (The Kyiv Independent)
Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine At least six people are killed and 13 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
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)
Siege of North Gaza, Gaza Strip famine, Israeli generals' plan The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera)
Somali Civil War Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest)
The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera)
2024 European floods 2024 Spain floods 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)
2024 Spain floods 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)
29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike 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)
A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped. (BBC News)
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest)
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)
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 Arabiya)
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)
Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway. (Euronews)
German economic crisis German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW)
German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict 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 Arabiya)
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike 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)
Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. (Al Jazeera)
Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Botswana general election Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP)
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)
