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Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war October 2023 Hezbollah strike Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah fires on five Israeli outposts in the Shebaa Farms with guided missiles and mortar shells. (Reuters) Two civilians are killed during shelling by...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war Evacuations during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war The Israeli Defense Forces notifies the United Nations that all the 1.1 million Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza in the Gaza Strip, have been ordered to relocate...

Armed conflicts and attacks Arab–Israeli conflict Syria says that Israel has launched airstrikes on Damascus International Airport and Aleppo International Airport. Air defences are activated in response to the attacks. (Reuters) Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war October...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war October 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip The Palestine Liberation Organization says that Israel refused a request to bring food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) (Times of Israel) Gaza's...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Nigerien crisis France begins withdrawing its forces from Niger after the ruling military government ordered them to leave. (France 24) Israeli–Palestinian conflict October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict Kfar Aza massacre An unknown number of Israeli civilians...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict International reactions to the October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protests are held in London, United Kingdom, with pro-Palestinian protesters also gathering at the Israeli...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict October 2023 Hezbollah strike Hezbollah in southern Lebanon open fire at Israeli positions in Shebaa Farms with artillery and guided rockets. Israel responds with airstrikes on Hezbollah artillery...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict Hamas say they have fired more than 5,000 rockets toward Israel, and have infiltrated the Southern District of Israel. Israel retaliates with strikes in the Gaza Strip. (Bloomberg) (AP) Senior Hamas...

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war October 2023 Northern Syria clashes Two Turkish soldiers are killed after the Syrian army fired on their positions with artillery in northern Syria. (SOHR) Disasters and accidents Oaxaca migrant...

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war October 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes Turkey launches a series of airstrikes targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria, killing at least two people and wounding three others. (i24 News) 2023 Turkish drone shootdown A Turkish...

Business and economy Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces the cancellation of Phase 2 of the United Kingdom's high-speed rail project High Speed 2. (BBC) Over 75,000 workers from Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium in the United States, go on strike. (New York Times)...

Disasters and accidents 2023 Italy bus crash At least 21 people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bus crashes and falls from an overpass in Mestre, Italy. (La Repubblica) One person is killed and 17 others are injured in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal...

Armed conflicts and attacks Kurdish–Turkish conflict Turkey launches airstrikes against about 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, killing a number of militants, in reaction to the PKK's bombing of Ankara. (AP) Disasters and accidents Thirty-eight people are injured when a fire engulfs a...

Armed conflicts and attacks Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2023 Ankara bombing A suicide bomber causes an explosion outside the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police. (Al Jazeera) Mali War Tuareg rebels take control of the...

Armed conflicts and attacks Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of using a sniper to kill one of its soldiers in the city of Kalbajar. However, Armenia denies involvement in the incident. (The Star) Politics and elections 2023 Maldivian presidential election Maldivians vote in a run-off election...

Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in Balochistan 2023 Mastung bombing At least 50 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. (BBC News) Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hangu mosque bombing...

Armed conflicts and attacks Bombings in Sweden Three people were killed this week in separate incidents in the Stockholm region in Sweden as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalates. (Euronews) Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson summons the heads of the armed...

Armed conflicts and attacks Exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh The number of refugees fleeing Artsakh to Armenia increases to 50,243, more than a third of the region's population. (France 24) Former State Minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan is arrested by Azerbaijan after attempting to...

Armed conflicts and attacks Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Civilians protest in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in support of junta leader Ibrahim Traore amid rumors of a coup plot. (Atlas News) Syrian civil war Eastern Syria insurgency Deir ez-Zor clashes Twenty-one gunmen...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2022–present North Kosovo crisis Banjska attack Kosovo Police enter the village of Banjska, North Kosovo, with armored vehicles, a day after the village was attacked by gunmen. (Reuters) Aftermath of the 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes The number of refugees...