Current events: 2024-11-09

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2024 Quetta railway station bombing
    • At least 26 people, including fourteen soldiers, are killed and more than 62 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a rail station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • At least one person is killed and two others are injured in a raid by Israeli soldiers in Aqqaba in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • At least 40 people, including several children, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several cities in Lebanon. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Spanish floods
  • Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Valencia, Spain, to demand the resignation of President of the Valencian Government Carlos Mazón for his handling of the warnings and subsequent management of last week's deadly floods. (AP)

International relations

• China–Indonesia relations
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto sign several cooperation deals worth $10 billion seeking partnership in key areas including water conservation, marine resources, and mining. (Bangkok Post) (Reuters)
• Foreign relations of Sudan, Sudanese civil war
  • The United Nations Security Council sanctions the head of operations of the Rapid Support Forces and the force's West Darfur commander for their human rights abuses and for promoting violence in Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
• North Korea–Russia relations
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs into law the North Korean-Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a mutual defense pact with North Korea. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A man injures four friars at a monastery in Gilet, Province of Valencia, Spain, before fleeing the scene. (ABC.es)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bolivia protests
  • The constitutional court of Bolivia prohibits former President Evo Morales from running for office in any position, thereby preventing him from contesting next year's election. (Al Jazeera)

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