Current events: 2024-11-21

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia strikes Dnipro with a projectile stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to be a new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile model. This confirms earlier reports from the United States and other western officials, who said that Russia had used an IRBM after initial reports misidentified the missile as a RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. (Reuters) (CBS News) (BBC News)
  • United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Andrey Kelin, says that the UK is now "directly involved" in the war in Ukraine following yesterday's use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia. (Sky News)
  • Hungary and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Hungary announces the deployment of a missile defense system on its border with Ukraine, saying the threat of escalation with Russia is now "greater than ever". (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2024 Kurram massacre
    • At least 38 people are killed in two separate sectarian attacks on convoys of Shia people in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah fires a rocket barrage at northern Israel, killing one person in the city of Nahariya. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Laos methanol poisoning
  • An Australian and a British tourist die within a week apart after poisoned alcohol consumption in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll to five. A dozen others hospitalized. (BBC News) (AP)

International relations

• International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–United States relations
    • U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announces that the Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against Gazprombank, the third-largest Russia bank, along with its subsidiaries. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war, International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
  • The International Criminal Court at The Hague officially issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former minister of defense Yoav Gallant and the presumed dead leader of Hamas' military wing Mohammed Deif. (Jerusalem Post)

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