Portal:Current events/2024 November 20
November 20, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- British-produced Storm Shadow missiles are launched into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, following approval by the Starmer cabinet. (The Guardian)
- The U.S., Italian, Greek, and Spanish governments temporarily close their embassies in Kyiv, Ukraine, following threats of a "significant air attack" from Russia. (The Washington Times)
- The embassies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan urge their citizens to leave areas near Ukrainian combat zones or to leave Ukraine altogether amid an escalating risk of Russian retaliatory attacks. (The Times of Central Asia)
- United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war
- The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing the proposal's lack of a provision to immediately return hostages taken during the conflict. (The New York Sun) (Reuters)
- United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- The United States Senate rejects three resolutions by Bernie Sanders that would block the sale of weapons to Israel in their war in Gaza. (The Hill)
- Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Sudanese Armed Forces intensify their offensive in the Khartoum capital region, particularly in Khartoum North where the battle has rapidly escalated. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Thirty-six people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Palmyra, Syria. (Reuters)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twelve Pakistani soldiers are killed and several others are injured when a suicide bomber targets a security post in Mali Khel, Buner District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of the Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for the attack. (Miami Herald) (Hindustan Times)
Business and economy
- German economic crisis
- American automaker Ford announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 2,900 in Germany, citing economic instability and conflicts with environmental regulations. (Newsweek)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed and more than 570,000 people are without power when a bomb cyclone makes landfall over the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia, Canada. (CNN) (NBC News)
Law and crime
- 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions
- The Russian government denies accusations made by European governments of their involvement in sabotaging two submarine telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea as a means of hybrid warfare. (DW)
- The Royal Danish Navy boards the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 in the Baltic Sea after the ship is suspected to be involved in the sabotage of the submarine cables. (EurAsia Daily)
- Capital punishment in Indonesia
- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines following 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners. (South China Morning Post)
- Mali War
- The International Criminal Court sentences Malian Islamist militant and Ansar Dine member al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years in prison on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2012 and 2013 in Timbuktu, Mali. (Al Jazeera)
- Indian billionaire and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani is indicted in the U.S. for his role in an alleged multi-billion dollar bribery and fraud scheme where he and seven others paid Indian government officials US$265 million to obtain contracts for Adani Green Energy. (AsiaOne) (Bloomberg)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United Kingdom farmers' protests
- Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner dismisses concerns brought on by protests in London from United Kingdom farmers against new agricultural inheritance taxation policies as "scaremongering". (Sky News)
- Mali War
- Malian junta chief Assimi Goïta dismisses Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga for criticizing the junta government's decision to indefinitely postpone a return to civilian rule. (DW)
- Iraq imposes a two-day nationwide curfew as it conducts its first national census since 1987. (Al Jazeera)