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- 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 police facility in Ismailia, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Haitian crisis (2018–present)
- The United Nations Security Council approves UNSC Resolution 2699, establishing a Kenya-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence. (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- The European Space Agency reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected "Jupiter-sized objects", unconnected to any stars, and appear to be moving in pairs in the Orion constellation. About 40 of the unknown objects, known as Jupiter Mass Binary Objects (JuMBO), have been detected so far. (BBC News)
- Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (BBC)
Sports
- 2023–24 AFC Champions League
- Al-Ittihad go back to Saudi Arabia after they refuse to play match with Sepahan because of busts of Qasem Soleimani placed at the side of the field. (Arabnews)
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