Portal:Current events/2023 November 15

November 15, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
  - A fuel truck enters the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing from Egypt for the first time since the war began. (AFP via The Manila Times)
- Siege of Gaza City
  - Al-Shifa Hospital siege
    - The Israel Defense Forces enter the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City with infantry and tanks. (BBC News)
Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
  - The pro-democracy National Unity Government says that over 200 junta troops and their families have surrendered to rebel forces near the border with China. (NHK World)
  - The military junta imposes a curfew in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, with tanks reported on the city's streets. The Arakan Army reportedly captures dozens of policemen and soldiers. (Reuters)
  - The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army claims that an entire battalion of the military surrendered to the Three Brotherhood Alliance in Shan State. (NBC News)
  - Junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun accuses rebel groups of "destroying the whole country" and says that reports of captured military bases are "propaganda". (The Business Standard)
- Operation 1107
  - Karenni rebels in Kayah State capture Loikaw University, evacuating 170 members of the university staff and their families, as fighting continues in the city. (The Irrawaddy)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
  - A Russian missile strike kills two emergency workers and injures seven others in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
War in Sudan
- Battle of Khartoum
  - Fighting continues in Jabal Awliya, south of Khartoum, with local sources claiming that the Rapid Support Forces took control of the Al Najumi air base and a road connecting the city to White Nile State. (Sudan Tribune)
- Violence between rival tribes in South Darfur kills at least 30 people over three days of clashes. (Radio Dabanga)

Disasters and incidents

2023 Doda bus accident
- A bus carrying passengers slides off the road and falls down a 300-foot valley in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing at least 39 people and injuring 19 others. (TOI)

International relations

APEC United States 2023
- China–United States relations
  - U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping hold talks in San Francisco, California, United States, their first meeting in over a year. The talks are described as being positive with "real progress" being made on key issues such as drug trafficking and artificial intelligence. (Reuters)
France–Syria relations
- France issues arrest warrants for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad on charges of crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes, including the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack. (Reuters)
Guyana–Venezuela relations
- Venezuela announces that it will proceed with a referendum on the status of Guayana Esequiba, despite Guyana's petition to stop the referendum from being held. (Reuters)
International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2712
  - The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in the conflict, the establishment of humanitarian corridors, and for the unconditional release of hostages taken by Hamas. Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States abstained. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that the British government's Rwanda asylum plan, where illegal immigrants would be relocated to Rwanda for processing and resettlement, is unlawful. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

2024 Bangladeshi general election
- The Bangladesh Election Commission announces that parliamentary elections will occur on January 7 next year, following weeks of violent protests by supporters of the opposition. (Al Jazeera)
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera suspends all publicly funded international travel for government officials, including himself, until the end of March, as part of measures to address the country's economic challenges. (AFP via The Citizen)