Current events: 2023-10-29

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Kerala bombing
  • A bomb explodes during a Jehovah's Witnesses' convention at the Zamra International Convention Center in Kalamassery, Kerala, South India, killing two people and injuring around 40 others. A man claiming responsibility for the bombing surrenders to police. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Russia says that it has shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimea. (DW)

Disasters and incidents

• A plane crash in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil, kills 12 people. (AP)
• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that nine migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea while heading to Italy from North Africa, with five of the bodies found on the coast of Sicily and four of the bodies recovered by the non-governmental organization Sea-Eye. (AFP via Daily Tribune)
• Six people are killed and 18 others are injured when two passenger trains collide in Andhra Pradesh, India. Human error is reported as the cause of the collision. (NDTV)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2023 North Caucasian anti-Jewish unrest, Antisemitism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Protesters gather on the tarmac at the airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, as a Red Wings Airlines flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, arrives, shouting antisemitic slogans and attempting to storm the plane. (AP)
• Hijab and burka controversies in Europe
  • The National Council of Switzerland votes 151–29 to approve a ban on full-face coverings, such as burqas worn by Muslim women. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs. (AP)
• Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and at least 164 party members are charged with the murder of a police officer during recent election-related demonstrations. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Omani general election
  • Omanis head to the polls to elect the members of the Shura Council. (Times of Oman)

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