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- Flooding in Spain kills more than 95 people.
- In the Japanese general election, the LDP-led ruling coalition loses its majority in the House of Representatives.
- Georgian Dream wins the parliamentary election in Georgia amidst allegations of voting irregularities.
- Daniel Chapo (pictured) is announced as the president-elect of Mozambique following protests against his party during the Mozambican general election.
October 31, 2024 (Thursday)
October 30, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- Israeli airstrikes on two villages in Baalbek, Lebanon, kill at least nineteen people. (Reuters)
- The Israeli army says that it killed the deputy head of Hezbollah's Redwan Force Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi in a strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- War against the Islamic State
- The United States military announces that American airstrikes in Syria earlier this week killed as many as 35 Islamic State members. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- October 2024 Spain floods
- At least 95 people are killed and dozens of others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC) (AP)
- October 2024 Spain floods
- At least twelve workers are killed and another is injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Reuters) (Milenio)
Law and crime
- 2024 Mozambican general election
- It is reported that at least ten people were killed and 63 others were injured by gunfire in post-election protests in Mozambique last week. (Reuters)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- One person is killed while attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy. Three other bodies are found on beaches near Neufchâtel-Hardelot and Équihen-Plage, France. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Kagadi, Uganda, by members of an unknown cult. Two attackers are killed by police. (Reuters)
- The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to make changes to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, forming a new mission called the United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia, which is expected to begin operating on November 1. (Mirage News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Botswana general election
- Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly. (AP)
October 29, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike
- At least 93 Palestinians are killed and 40 others are missing in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- 29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike
- Siege of North Gaza, Gaza Strip famine, Israeli generals' plan
- The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia claims that it has taken the cities of Selydove and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with open-source data indicating that Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace in at least one year amid signs of North Korean involvement in the war. (Reuters)
- Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov vows to retaliate harshly against Ukraine after a drone strike targeted a Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia, representing the first known drone attack in Chechnya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (Reuters), (The Kyiv Independent)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand. (Al Jazeera)
- Eight Austrian Army soldiers and peacekeepers are injured when a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah, hits the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
- Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (The Somali Digest)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped. (BBC News)
- Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway. (Euronews)
Politics and elections
- German economic crisis
- German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country. (DW)
- Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. (Al Jazeera)
October 28, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Battle of Tyre
- At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Al Jazeera)
- October 2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least 60 people and injure 58 others in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (BBC)
- Battle of Tyre
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least 21 people are injured when Russian guided bombs and rocket artillery hit Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Mexican Drug War
- In the last four days, at least 34 people have been killed in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico, in cartel ambushes and clashes. Mexican police arrest 21 people, including sixteen Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals. (Revista Proceso) (El Debate)
Arts and culture
- A team of archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 6,000 ancient Mayan structures hidden by vegetation in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche, including a city of pyramids they dubbed Valeriana. (DW)
Law and crime
- 2024 United Kingdom riots
- British anti-Islam far-right activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for contempt of court and repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee. (Reuters)
- The Iranian government executes the Iranian dissident holding German citizenship Jamshid Sharmahd. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Gaza humanitarian crisis
- Israel's Knesset votes 92–10 to ban the UNRWA from operating within Israel and the State of Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
- October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
- The GERB-SDS coalition wins the most seats in the parliamentary election with 69 seats, with PP-DB coming in second and Revival in third. GERB's leader Boyko Borisov promises to work with everyone except Revival to form a coalition government. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 Ballon d'Or
- In association football, Spanish players Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí win the Ballon d'Or and the Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (CNN)
October 27, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arab–Israeli conflict
- 2024 Tel Aviv truck attack
- A man is killed and thirty others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack when an Arab Israeli man rams his truck into a bus stop north of Tel Aviv, Israel, before being fatally shot by an armed civilian. Authorities are investigating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack. (BBC News)
- 2024 Tel Aviv truck attack
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposes a temporary two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for several Palestinian prisoners. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Sudanese Civil War
- 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
- The United Nations condemns the Rapid Support Forces' targeted mass killing of civilians in Gezira State, Sudan, comparing it to earlier mass killings in Darfur. (BBC News)
- 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
- 2024 Bolivian protest
- Former Bolivian president Evo Morales claims that he survived an assassination attempt. (Reuters)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 40 Chadian soldiers are killed during a mass shooting by Boko Haram gunmen against a military base near Ngouboua, Chad. (Rfi)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to 136 people killed and missing. (Al Jazeera)
- A man steal a SUV and rammed passers-by and group of protesters National Front for the Family, in front of Guadalajara Cathedral, leaving 16 injuries. The authorities still investigating the incident to determine the motivations or circumstances of the attack.(La Jornada)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Japanese general election
- Japanese citizens vote for the 465 seats in the House of Representatives. (NHK)
- The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito loses its majority. (Reuters)
- 2024 Georgian parliamentary election
- President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a "Russian special operation". (Radio Free Europe) (Civil.ge)
- 2024 Liechtenstein referendums
- Voters in Liechtenstein approve a referendum to privatize Radio Liechtenstein, the country's state-owned radio station. (AP)
- 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election
- The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania wins 52 seats in the Seimas election, forming a majority with its coalition partners "For Lithuania" and the Farmers and Greens Union. (DW) (Reuters)
- 2024 Uruguayan general election
- October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
- Bulgarian citizens vote for a new National Assembly in the country's seventh election in the past four years. (Euronews)
October 26, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
- Israel launches airstrikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and Karaj according to Iranian state media. Four soldiers are killed. (Sky News) (Reuters) (Axios)
- The Israel Defense Forces says that it is carrying out "precise strikes on military targets in Iran" in response to recent ballistic missile attacks launched from Iran. (The Telegraph)
- October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
- Sudanese Civil War
- 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
- At least 300 people are killed when the Rapid Support Forces attack several villages in Gezira State, Sudan. (Al Arabiya)
- 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Ten police officers are killed by Jaish ul-Adl gunmen in a mass shooting on a police convoy in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)
- Somali Civil War
- An IED planted by Al-Shabaab in a restaurant in Karan district, Mogadishu, Somalia, kills at least five people and injures at least five others. (The Somali Digest) (Hiiraan Online)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from the flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to at least 126. (UPI)
- Nineteen people are killed and five others are injured when a bus crashes on a highway in Zacatecas, Mexico, while heading from Nayarit to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Killing of Odair Moniz
- Portuguese police activate special security protocols in response to two large demonstrations in Lisbon following the fatal shooting of a Cape Verdean immigrant by a police officer in Amadora on Monday, which resulted in widespread riots. (RTP News)
- A Russian soldier throws a grenade and shoots at other soldiers, killing ten people near Novopokrovka, Ukraine. (News Week)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Georgian parliamentary election
- Georgians vote for the 150 seats of the parliament. (BBC News)
- Opposition parties refuse to accept early results indicating the ruling Georgian Dream party's victory, and accuse it of election fraud. Exit polls published by pro-government and pro-opposition TV channels show each camp leading respectively. (DW News)
October 25, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Siege of Jabalia
- Kamal Adwan Hospital siege
- Israeli troops storm the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Three Israeli soldiers from the Armored Corps are killed in an IED blast in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)
- Kamal Adwan Hospital siege
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 72 people, including at least 38 in Khan Younis. (Reuters)
- Siege of Jabalia
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 Kursk offensive, Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine reports that the first North Korean units have entered the active "warzones" in Russia's Kursk Oblast. The North Korean soldiers are reportedly under the command of Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. (Yonhap News Agency)
- Dnipro strikes
- Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- One person is killed and five others are injured when a Russian drone strikes a residential building in Solomianskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 2024 Kursk offensive, Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Two people are killed and six others are injured when a rocket fired from Lebanon hits a building in the town of Majd al-Krum in northern Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Two cameramen and a technician working for Al Mayadeen and Al-Manar are killed and several other people are injured when an Israeli airstrike hits a guest house housing journalists in Hasbaya, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- The Israeli Air Force strikes the Syrian military-controlled Jusiyah–Qaa border crossing on the Lebanon–Syria border, accusing Hezbollah of using the border crossing to transfer weapons from Syria. (The Times of Israel)
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- 2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack
- The Kurdistan Workers' Party claims responsibility for Wednesday's attack on the headquarters of the Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara Province, Turkey, which killed five people and injured dozens of others, saying that the attack had been "planned for a long time". (France 24)
- 2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack
- A police officer is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack at a police station in Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The perpetrator, a 15-year-old boy, is arrested. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami's landfall in central and northern Philippines increases to 76 people, with more than 320,000 people evacuated. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 McDonald's E. coli outbreak
- The number of people who have become ill in an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers in the United States increases to 75. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 CrowdStrike-related IT outages
- Delta Air Lines files a lawsuit against cybersecurity company CrowdStrike after Crowdstrike's global outages in July forced the airline to cancel more than 7,000 flights, costing Delta Air Lines over $500 million. (Reuters)
- A high court in Gulu, Uganda, sentences former Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo to 40 years in prison on 44 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including enslavement, torture, and rape. (DW)
- A man fatally shoots two of his family members before killing himself in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. (CTV News Barrie)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Kiribati presidential election
- Citizens of Kiribati vote for the President between three candidates, incumbent Taneti Maamau, Bautaake Beia from the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, and independent Kaotitaake Kokoria. (The Nikkei)
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government announces that Ontario is planning to ban international students from medical schools in the province beginning in 2026. (Pelham Today)
Sports
- 2024 Major League Baseball season
- 2024 World Series
- In baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman hits the first ever walk-off grand slam in World Series history to win the first game of the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees. (Fox News)
- 2024 World Series
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