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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154086" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Sidon_massacre" target="_blank">2025 Sidon massacre</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thirteen people are killed and several others are wounded in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrike</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_al-Hilweh" target="_blank">Ain al-Hilweh</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee_camps" target="_blank">Palestinian refugee camp</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon_District" target="_blank">Sidon District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>. <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/13-people-killed-israeli-strike-lebanons-sidon-ministry?amp" target="_blank">(The New Arab)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed in two separated Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bint_Jbeil" target="_blank">Bint Jbeil</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjayoun" target="_blank">Marjayoun</a>, Lebanon. <a href="https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1485369/israeli-strike-kills-municipal-worker-in-bint-jbeil-.html" target="_blank">(L'Orient Today)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Cabo_Delgado" target="_blank">Insurgency in Cabo Delgado</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Cabo_Delgado_offensive" target="_blank">2021 Cabo Delgado offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Center_for_Constitutional_and_Human_Rights" target="_blank">European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights</a> accuses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">French</a> energy and petroleum company <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalEnergies" target="_blank">TotalEnergies</a> of committing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes" target="_blank">war crimes</a> through a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_task_force" target="_blank">joint task force</a> deployed to protect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" target="_blank">natural gas</a> sites in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Delgado_Province" target="_blank">Cabo Delgado</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique" target="_blank">Mozambique</a>. The NGO alleges that the joint task force illegally imprisoned, beat, tortured, and killed over 220 civilians. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/totalenergies-complicit-in-mozambique-war-crimes-ngo/a-74788904" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russo-Ukrainian war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kharkiv strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 17-year-old girl is killed and nine other people are injured in overnight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" target="_blank">missile</a> strikes on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berestyn" target="_blank">Berestyn</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" target="_blank">Kharkiv Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-missile-strike-hits-kharkiv-s-berestyn-1763427414.html" target="_blank">(RBC-Ukraine)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence" target="_blank">Palestinian political violence</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gush_Etzion_attack" target="_blank">2025 Gush Etzion attack</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least three people are killed, including both perpetrators, and three others are injured, including a woman mistakenly shot by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDF" target="_blank">soldiers</a>, in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack" target="_blank">vehicle-ramming attack</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_attack" target="_blank">stabbing attack</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush_Etzion_Junction" target="_blank">Gush Etzion Junction</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-18-2025/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&amp;utm_medium=desktop_site&amp;utm_campaign=liveblog_entry" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/middleeast/west-bank-vehicle-ramming-attack-intl" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
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</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a> announces it will ban above-face value <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_resale" target="_blank">ticket resale</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert" target="_blank">concerts</a>, shows, and sports events, citing rampant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging" target="_blank">price gouging</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_ticket_outlet" target="_blank">ticket sale sites</a>. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/uk-plans-ban-on-ticket-resale-touts-in-bot-buying-era/a-74791364" target="_blank">(DW)</a> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/uk-government-ticket-resale-ban.html" target="_blank">(CNBC)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas" target="_blank">Gaza Strip under Hamas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Blockade of the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> arrests a staff member of local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply" target="_blank">water provider</a>, Abdul Salam Yassin Company, which has been in charge of supplying clean water to nearly half of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a> enclave. In protest, the company suspends its operations in Gaza, with board member Youssef Yassin noting it would affect more than one million residents. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-water-provider-suspends-services-after-hamas-detains-staff-member-2025-11-18/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gaza-water-provider-suspends-services-after-hamas-detains-staff-member/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Texas_redistricting" target="_blank">2025 Texas redistricting</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A three-judge panel of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._District_Court" target="_blank">U.S. District Court</a> bars Texas from using a newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterm elections, ruling that it is likely an unconstitutional racial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymander" target="_blank">gerrymander</a>. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/texas-redistricting-trump-court-ruling" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_Files_Transparency_Act" target="_blank">Epstein Files Transparency Act</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">United States House of Representatives</a> votes 427–1 in favor of a bill to force the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Justice_Department" target="_blank">United States Justice Department</a> to release <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files" target="_blank">more information</a> about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein" target="_blank">Jeffrey Epstein case</a>. The bill heads to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" target="_blank">Senate</a> for approval. The sole no vote is Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Higgins" target="_blank">Clay Higgins</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisana" target="_blank">Louisana</a>. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/18/us/trump-epstein-files-news" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_outage" target="_blank">outage</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare" target="_blank">Cloudflare</a> causes global disruptions to numerous apps and websites. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c629pny4gl7o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda" target="_blank">Honda</a> issues a recall for 256,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord" target="_blank">Accord</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle" target="_blank">Hybrids</a> due to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_error" target="_blank">software error</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/honda-accord-hybrid-recall-software-6c73549af1dcf9434e89078180944b92" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_DeepMind" target="_blank">Google DeepMind</a> releases a new version of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_%28language_model%29" target="_blank">Gemini</a> large language model, Gemini 3.0. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/google-announces-gemini-3-as-battle-with-openai-intensifies.html" target="_blank">(CNBC)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_November_18" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154086, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Sidon_massacre']2025 Sidon massacre[/URL] [LIST] [*]Thirteen people are killed and several others are wounded in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrike[/URL] against the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_al-Hilweh']Ain al-Hilweh[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee_camps']Palestinian refugee camp[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon_District']Sidon District[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL]. [URL='https://www.newarab.com/news/13-people-killed-israeli-strike-lebanons-sidon-ministry?amp'](The New Arab)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two people are killed in two separated Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bint_Jbeil']Bint Jbeil[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjayoun']Marjayoun[/URL], Lebanon. [URL='https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1485369/israeli-strike-kills-municipal-worker-in-bint-jbeil-.html'](L'Orient Today)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Cabo_Delgado']Insurgency in Cabo Delgado[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Cabo_Delgado_offensive']2021 Cabo Delgado offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Center_for_Constitutional_and_Human_Rights']European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights[/URL] accuses [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']French[/URL] energy and petroleum company [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalEnergies']TotalEnergies[/URL] of committing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes']war crimes[/URL] through a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_task_force']joint task force[/URL] deployed to protect [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas']natural gas[/URL] sites in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Delgado_Province']Cabo Delgado[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique']Mozambique[/URL]. The NGO alleges that the joint task force illegally imprisoned, beat, tortured, and killed over 220 civilians. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/totalenergies-complicit-in-mozambique-war-crimes-ngo/a-74788904'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russo-Ukrainian war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kharkiv strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*]A 17-year-old girl is killed and nine other people are injured in overnight [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile']missile[/URL] strikes on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berestyn']Berestyn[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast']Kharkiv Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-missile-strike-hits-kharkiv-s-berestyn-1763427414.html'](RBC-Ukraine)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence']Palestinian political violence[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gush_Etzion_attack']2025 Gush Etzion attack[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least three people are killed, including both perpetrators, and three others are injured, including a woman mistakenly shot by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDF']soldiers[/URL], in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-ramming_attack']vehicle-ramming attack[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_attack']stabbing attack[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush_Etzion_Junction']Gush Etzion Junction[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL]. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-18-2025/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=liveblog_entry']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/middleeast/west-bank-vehicle-ramming-attack-intl'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL] announces it will ban above-face value [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_resale']ticket resale[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert']concerts[/URL], shows, and sports events, citing rampant [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging']price gouging[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_ticket_outlet']ticket sale sites[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/uk-plans-ban-on-ticket-resale-touts-in-bot-buying-era/a-74791364'](DW)[/URL] [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/uk-government-ticket-resale-ban.html'](CNBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas']Gaza Strip under Hamas[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip']Blockade of the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] arrests a staff member of local [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply']water provider[/URL], Abdul Salam Yassin Company, which has been in charge of supplying clean water to nearly half of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL] enclave. In protest, the company suspends its operations in Gaza, with board member Youssef Yassin noting it would affect more than one million residents. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-water-provider-suspends-services-after-hamas-detains-staff-member-2025-11-18/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gaza-water-provider-suspends-services-after-hamas-detains-staff-member/']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Texas_redistricting']2025 Texas redistricting[/URL] [LIST] [*]A three-judge panel of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._District_Court']U.S. District Court[/URL] bars Texas from using a newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterm elections, ruling that it is likely an unconstitutional racial [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymander']gerrymander[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/texas-redistricting-trump-court-ruling'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_Files_Transparency_Act']Epstein Files Transparency Act[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives']United States House of Representatives[/URL] votes 427–1 in favor of a bill to force the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Justice_Department']United States Justice Department[/URL] to release [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files']more information[/URL] about the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein']Jeffrey Epstein case[/URL]. The bill heads to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate']Senate[/URL] for approval. The sole no vote is Representative [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Higgins']Clay Higgins[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisana']Louisana[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/18/us/trump-epstein-files-news']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]A major [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_outage']outage[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare']Cloudflare[/URL] causes global disruptions to numerous apps and websites. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c629pny4gl7o'](BBC News)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda']Honda[/URL] issues a recall for 256,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord']Accord[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle']Hybrids[/URL] due to a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_error']software error[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/honda-accord-hybrid-recall-software-6c73549af1dcf9434e89078180944b92'](AP)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_DeepMind']Google DeepMind[/URL] releases a new version of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_%28language_model%29']Gemini[/URL] large language model, Gemini 3.0. [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/google-announces-gemini-3-as-battle-with-openai-intensifies.html'](CNBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_November_18"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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