Portal:Current events/2022 November 16
November 16, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Terrorism in Iran
- Five people are killed and 15 others are injured in a mass shooting at a market in Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- Germany announces the withdrawal of its Bundeswehr personnel in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali until the end of 2023. (AFP via Al Mayadeen)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a record 11.1%, pressuring the Bank of England to raise interest rates. (Bloomberg)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The economy of Russia enters a recession, after gross domestic product decreased by four percent in the third quarter. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
International relations
- Tigray War
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- The World Food Programme resumes its deployment of humanitarian aid to the Tigray Region for the first time since the signing of the peace agreement. (AFP via RFI)
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- Greece–Iran relations
- The two Greek tankers that Iran impounded in May to reciprocate Greece's seizure of an Iranian tanker are discharged. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Kuwait
- Kuwait says that it has carried out a mass execution of seven convicted murderers, including three foreign citizens. (Yahoo! News)
- Twenty-five recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are injured, five of them critically, in a collision with a wrong-way driver in Whittier, California, United States. The driver is arrested. (CBS News)
Science and technology
- Artemis program
- NASA launches the Artemis 1 mission. It is the first flight of the Space Launch System. (The New York Times)