Current events: 2024-11-18

Wikipedia Current Events · Nov 18, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian energy crisis, 17 November 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
  - Ukraine re-implements nationwide rolling blackouts primarily due to the destruction of energy infrastructure by Russian airstrikes during the prior day. Odesa continues to be left without power since the onset of the attacks. (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Odesa strikes
    - Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city of Odesa at the second consecutive day, killing at least 10 civilians, dozens injured and damaging civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings. (Ukrainska Pravda)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  - Hezbollah launches more than 100 missiles to Israel, including Tel Aviv, killing one and wounding dozens of others. (The Times of Israel)
  - Five people are killed and 24 more wounded in Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike. (Al Jazeera)
Somali Civil War
- A land mine believed to have been planted by Al-Shabaab exploded a civilian vehicle, resulting in 3 people being killed and one injured on a highway between Afgooye and Wanlaweyn of Lower Shabele region, Somalia. (Garowe Online)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Security forces raided a Lashkar-e-Islam hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 10 militants and wounding several others. (ABC News)

Business and economy

Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after years of finance losses and a failed merger attempt with JetBlue. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed after an explosion at a fireworks factory in Ercolano, Italy. (Rai News)

Law and crime

Two people are killed and one other is critically injured in a stabbing spree in Manhattan, New York, United States. (CNN)

International relations

Denmark–Somalia relations
- Denmark and Somalia have reached an agreement to relieve over $8.5 million of Somali debt. (Horseed Media)