Current events: 2026-11-05

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• A police officer is killed and another injured in a stabbing attack outside the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman, Jordan. The suspect is arrested. The event is described as a terrorist attack. (Ammon News) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Eleven people are killed and 33 more injured after the collision of a passenger bus with a truck in Pakpattan District, Punjab, Pakistan. (AP)
• Six people are killed and nine more injured after a fire at a two-story home in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. (AP) (Sky News)
• Six more people are found dead under the debris of a building that collapsed two weeks ago in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing the death toll to eight. Sixteen others are still missing. (AP)

Law and crime

• Cannabis in Nepal
  • The Nepali supreme court directs the government to regulate cannabis cultivation for medicinal, scientific, agricultural, horticultural, and industrial purposes. (AFP via France 24)
• Economy of Mexico
  • The Mexican government approves the Digital Economy Act for Digital and Electronic Payments, which allows it to designate sectors in which digital payments are the only accepted means of payment. (N+)
• Koldo affair
  • Six people are arrested in connection with a corruption investigation involving ruling PSOE officials and the transport ministry in Spain. (Ara)
• The Hong Kong High Court sentences pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to an additional 10 years in prison under the national security law for conspiring with foreign entities to impose sanctions against China and Hong Kong. (AFP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 European unrest
  • 2026 French student protests, Yellow vests protests
    • The syndicate of unions organizes a general strike across France, supported by the yellow vests movement, activists, and student protesters. (CNN)
• 2026 Grenadian general election
  • Grenadians vote to elect 15 members of the House of Representatives. Incumbent prime minister Dickon Mitchell wins a second consecutive NDC government, with opposition NNP leader Emmalin Pierre losing her seat in St. Andrew South East. (AP) (St. Vincent Times)
• 2026 Paraguay banking crisis
  • Paraguayan president Santiago Peña announces his resignation after the collapse of ueno bank, and the Chamber of Deputies unanimously votes to begin an impeachment trial against him. (AP) (Reuters)
• 2027 Nigerian general election
  • The Federal High Court of Nigeria invalidates former vice president Atiku Abubakar's nomination as the African Democratic Congress candidate for the 2027 presidential election, ruling that the party's leadership was improperly constituted. (Reuters)
• Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
  • The Supreme Court of Somalia nullifies the amendments to the country's constitution, ruling that the term of president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expired on 15 May 2026, while ordering new elections within 90 days. (AFP via Modern Ghana) (Somali Guardian)
• Protests against the Russo-Ukrainian war, Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Belarus sentences Roman Catholic Priest Anatoly Parakhnevich to three years in prison for opposing the war in Ukraine. (AP)

Sports

• In golf, professional tour LIV Golf ceases operations after five seasons and liquidates its assets, following bankruptcy proceedings and the withdrawal of financial support from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and prospective investor BC Partners Credit. (AFP via France 24)

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