Search results

International relations Angola leaves OPEC after disagreements about crude oil production quotas. The price of oil falls by over $1 as a result. (Reuters) Law and crime 2023 Prague shooting Sixteen people are killed and 24 others injured during a mass shooting at Charles University in...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war The death toll in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the enclave more than ten weeks ago increases to at least 20,000 people, including 8,000 children and 6,200 women. (Al Jazeera) Russian invasion of...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip kill at least 29 people in a residential area in Rafah and at least 13 people in Jabalia. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections 2024 United States presidential election...

Armed conflicts and attacks War in Sudan Battle of Wad Madani The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launch a second assault on Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State, after being repelled by the Sudanese Armed Forces yesterday. (Sudan Tribune) The RSF captures the city of Rufaa, north of Wad...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war Pope Francis accuses the IDF of engaging in terrorism, in response to Israeli snipers killing two Palestinian Christians and wounded seven others taking refuge in Gaza City's Holy Family Church yesterday. (Reuters) War in Sudan The Sudanese...

Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Crisis Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war The Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down a drone launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen over the Red Sea using a Sea Viper missile. (The Guardian) Law and crime Capital punishment in...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis The Israel Defense Forces says it has mistakenly killed three hostages in Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, in friendly fire incidents. (The Times of Israel) Yemeni Crisis Houthi involvement in the 2023...

Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic terrorism in Europe Several members of Hamas are arrested in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands after police discover possible terrorist plans to attack Jewish areas in Europe. (Reuters) Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian strikes against infrastructure...

Armed conflicts and attacks Myanmar civil war Operation 1027 Allied rebel forces say they have seized the town of Maw Luu in Sagaing Region. (The Irrawaddy) Myanmar peace process The Three Brotherhood Alliance denies rumours of a possible peace deal brokered by China, saying it will...

Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Daraban police station attack A Tehreek-e-Jihad militant blows himself up with a car bomb outside a police station being used by the army in Daraban, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, before six gunmen open...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Seven Israeli troops are killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of IDF personnel killed in action to 104. (Haaretz) Israeli forces shoot several medical personnel in Gaza, including the...

Armed conflicts and attacks War in Sudan Abdelfatteh al-Burhan and Hemedti agree to meet in person before the end of the year to end the war between the RSF and SAF in Sudan. (AP) Disasters and accidents Tornadoes of 2023 A string of tornadoes hit Tennessee, United States, killing six...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip At least 310 Palestinians have been killed during the last 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) A UN World Food Programme official says that displaced Palestinian families are...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis Amid growing border tensions between Guyana and Venezuela, the U.S. embassy in Guyana announces that the United States Southern Command will conduct joint flight operations with the Guyana Defence Force. (Reuters) Russian invasion of...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Amnesty International reports that United States-made munitions were used in two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on residential buildings that killed 43 civilians. Survivors in both instances received no...

Arts and culture American singer Taylor Swift is named Time magazine's 2023 Person of the Year. (TIME) Disasters and accidents 2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis A Guyana Defence Force helicopter goes missing while on a border operation near the Venezuelan border. (Newsday) Law and crime...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Israeli troops and tanks enter Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces are also reported inside Bani Suheila and other localities. The Nasser Hospital says it has received 43 bodies...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine List of Russian generals killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Russia announces the death of major general Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps, at his combat post in Ukraine. (Reuters) Business and...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Israel–Hamas war Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2023 attack on the USS Carney The USS Carney, along with multiple civilian-owned commercial ships, is attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea. (Washington Post) 2023 Israeli invasion of the...

Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic terrorism in Europe One person is killed and two others are wounded after an assailant stabs passers-by in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower. (France 24) Disasters and accidents December 2023 Mindanao earthquake A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits off the...