Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 663 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Yesterday at 8:31 PM #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Israel–Hezbollah conflict September 2024 Lebanon strikes 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike Hezbollah announces the deaths of leader Hassan Nasrallah and commander Ali Karaki following Israeli airstrikes yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters) (The New York Times) Iran confirms that Abbas Nilforoushan, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy commander, was killed in the airstrike. (Al Arabiya) The Israel Defense Forces begin a blockade of Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport to prevent military planes landing from Iran and Syria. The IDF says the blockade is to prevent Iranian weapons shipments and will not impact civilian flights. (The Jerusalem Post) Iran–Israel proxy conflict Red Sea crisis The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben Gurion Airport, prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and much of Central Israel. (Reuters) Russian invasion of Ukraine Seven people are killed and twelve others are injured in a Russian double tap strike on a medical facility in Sumy, Ukraine. (Reuters) Somali Civil War At least five people are killed and several others injured after a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. (VOA Somali) Disasters and accidents 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Helene The death toll from Hurricane Helene in the United States increases to at least 52 people, including 21 in South Carolina and 18 in Georgia. (AP) A helicopter carrying Mari Petroleum employees crashes in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing six people and wounding eight more. (AP) At least 66 people are killed and 69 more missing after floods and landslides in Nepal. (BBC News) Nine people are killed, 48 are missing and 27 are rescued after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain. (AP) Health and environment Depopulation due to climate change, Sea level rise United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares a warning at the UN General Assembly for nearly a billion people in low-lying coastal areas' susceptibility to rising sea levels leading to catastrophic flooding, coastal erosion, and resulting climate migration caused by climate change. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Seventeen people are killed during a mass shooting at two homes at a village in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. (Reuters) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Israel–Hezbollah conflict September 2024 Lebanon strikes 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike Hezbollah announces the deaths of leader Hassan Nasrallah and commander Ali Karaki following Israeli airstrikes yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters) (The New York Times) Iran confirms that Abbas Nilforoushan, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy commander, was killed in the airstrike. (Al Arabiya) The Israel Defense Forces begin a blockade of Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport to prevent military planes landing from Iran and Syria. The IDF says the blockade is to prevent Iranian weapons shipments and will not impact civilian flights. (The Jerusalem Post) Iran–Israel proxy conflict Red Sea crisis The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben Gurion Airport, prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and much of Central Israel. (Reuters) Russian invasion of Ukraine Seven people are killed and twelve others are injured in a Russian double tap strike on a medical facility in Sumy, Ukraine. (Reuters) Somali Civil War At least five people are killed and several others injured after a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. (VOA Somali) Disasters and accidents 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Helene The death toll from Hurricane Helene in the United States increases to at least 52 people, including 21 in South Carolina and 18 in Georgia. (AP) A helicopter carrying Mari Petroleum employees crashes in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing six people and wounding eight more. (AP) At least 66 people are killed and 69 more missing after floods and landslides in Nepal. (BBC News) Nine people are killed, 48 are missing and 27 are rescued after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain. (AP) Health and environment Depopulation due to climate change, Sea level rise United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares a warning at the UN General Assembly for nearly a billion people in low-lying coastal areas' susceptibility to rising sea levels leading to catastrophic flooding, coastal erosion, and resulting climate migration caused by climate change. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Seventeen people are killed during a mass shooting at two homes at a village in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. (Reuters) Continue reading...