Current events: 2024-11-23

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sectarian violence in Pakistan
  • 2024 Kurram massacre
    • Clashes between Sunni and Shia fighters in Kurram District amid the aftermath of an attack on a Shiite civilian convoy kill 33 people and injure 25 others. (AP News)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • At least 15 people are killed and 63 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Basta, Beirut, Lebanon. (L'Orient Today) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Constitutional crisis in Somalia
  • 2024 Jubaland presidential election
    • At least one security officer was killed and two others injured in a gunfight between Jubaland police and security guards after rival candidates announced a parallel election amid a disagreement on the electoral procedure for the November 25 presidential election. (Hiiraan Online) (NTV Kenya) (NATION)

Sports

• 2024 U Sports football season
  • In Canadian football, the Laval Rouge et Or defeats the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 22–17 in the 59th Vanier Cup, claiming their 12th U Sports football title. (TSN)

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