Armed conflicts and attacks

• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • Siege of Gaza City
        • Israeli troops and tanks continue to encircle Gaza City with heavy clashes reported on the city's outskirts. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad say they are using "hit-and-run attacks" from tunnels to halt the advance. (Reuters)
    • 2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes
      • Hezbollah launches a drone attack on an IDF barracks in Shebaa Farms. (Reuters)
    • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
      • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
        • 31 October 2023 attack on Jabalia
          • The UN Human Rights Office says Israeli attacks on the refugee camp may be "disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes". (Al Jazeera)
          • UNICEF and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres describe attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp as "horrific and appalling". (Al Jazeera)
          • The number of victims of the Israeli bombings of the refugee camp exceeds 1,000. The number includes the 195 confirmed killed, the 120 still missing and at least 777 wounded. (Al Jazeera)
      • Blockade of the Gaza Strip
        • The Indonesia Hospital is forced to run on its backup generator after the main generator stalled after running out of fuel. (PTV) (Al Jazeera)
        • The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, is forced to shut down after running out of fuel. Sixteen of the Gaza Strip’s 35 hospitals and more than 50 of Gaza’s 72 primary healthcare clinics are now out of service. (Al Jazeera)
      • UNICEF estimates that more than 3,500 children have been killed during the war, saying "children have endured too much already, the killing and captivity of children must stop". (The Courier)
      • Israel strikes an UNRWA schoolyard in the Al-Shati refugee camp where thousands of displaced people are taking shelter. The strikes come after five Palestinians were killed in an earlier raid targeting areas around the school. (Al Jazeera)
      • Eleven bakeries in Gaza have been destroyed in airstrikes during the war, according to the UN relief agency. Six of the destroyed bakeries were in Gaza City, two in Jabalia, two in the Middle Area and one in Khan Younis. (Al Jazeera)
      • Craig Mokhiber, the UN human rights official who stepped down over concerns the UN was failing to act on a "textbook genocide", says that "usually the most difficult part of proving genocide is intent, but that this was not the case with Israeli leaders, who "explicitly and publicly stated their positions on the public record". (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 9,061 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7, including at least 3,760 children. (The Business Standard)
    • Two Palestinians are killed and six wounded in Israeli raids in Qalqilya and Ramallah in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
    • Three Palestinians from Birzeit University are arrested in raids in Ramallah, including the head of the student organisation. (BNN)
    • At least 60 people are detained overnight across the West Bank. The total number of Palestinians detained since the war started exceeds 1,800. About half of them are being held in administrative detention. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Agriculture in Israel
  • Israel's agricultural sector is suffering "significant damage" due to an exodus of thousands of foreign workers. More than a quarter of about 30,000 foreign workers have left the country and about 20,000 Palestinian agricultural workers have not been allowed to enter Israel. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–24 European windstorm season
  • Storm Ciaran impacts northwestern Europe, killing at least two people and causing mass disruption to transport. Widespread damage from 100mph winds are reported in the Channel Islands, while 1.2 million French households are left without electricity. (The Independent) (Reuters)

International relations

• Italy–Ukraine relations
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni states that European leaders are tired of the war in Ukraine and want to broker a deal with the Kremlin, saying that "we need a way out" during a phone call in which she thought she was talking with a senior African Union official, but was actually speaking to Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus. (The Telegraph)

• Russia and weapons of mass destruction
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law formally withdrawing Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Russia maintains that it will not resume nuclear weapons testing unless the United States does. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests, Human rights in the United States
  • The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urges higher education institutions to respect free speech and resist calls to investigate or disband student organisations rallying on behalf of Palestinian rights, warning against politically motivated efforts to police speech on campus, which could "destroy the foundation on which academic communities are built". (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
    • The Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip is hit by Israeli airstrike for the second consecutive day, with several more people being killed. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes
    • Two shepherds are killed in the village of Wazzani, Lebanon, after Israeli soldiers opened fire in their direction, while a 16-year-old boy is killed during shelling by the Israeli Army, bringing the death toll in Lebanon to 66. (Barron's)
  • Evacuations during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • About 500 people, including injured Palestinians, foreigners and dual Palestinian–foreign nationals, are evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing to Egypt, marking the border crossing's first opening since the war began. (AFP via The Straits Times)
  • Iran–Israel proxy conflict
    • Israel deploys Sa'ar-class corvettes to the Red Sea in response to missile and drone attacks from Yemen. Israeli National Security Council official Tzachi Hanegbi says that the Houthi attacks on Israel are "intolerable". (Reuters)
    • Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns of "harsh consequences" if Israel continues its invasion of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
  • An Israeli soldier is killed in a mortar attack near the kibbutz of Be'eri in southern Israel. (The Times of Israel)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • The Ugandan military announces the capture of an Allied Democratic Forces commander who killed three people, including two tourists, in Queen Elizabeth National Park on October 27. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • The Three Brotherhood Alliance intensifies its attacks on junta outposts in northern Shan State as part of "Operation 1027". (Narinjara)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia strikes 118 Ukrainian towns and villages with artillery, missiles, and drones over a 24-hour period, the most in a single day this year. More than 40 attacks are reported in Avdiivka. (BBC News)
  • North Korea–Russia relations
    • South Korea's National Intelligence Service reports that North Korea has supplied Russia with over one million rounds of artillery shells for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Jordan relations
    • Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel in condemnation of the ongoing war. (AFP via Zawya)

Law and crime

• The European Data Protection Board bans American social media company Meta from acquiring its users' personal data for targeted advertising in the European Economic Area. (AFP via The Economic Times)
• Police in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and Italy arrest several people who threatened or planned terror attacks relating to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. (The Jerusalem Post)

Science and technology

• NASA space probe Lucy flies by asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh, the first of eight asteroids planned to be visited by the spacecraft. (Associated Press)

Sports

• 2023 MLB season
  • 2023 MLB postseason
    • 2023 World Series
      • In baseball, the Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the World Series in 5 games, capturing their first Major League Baseball championship in their 63-year existence. Corey Seager is named World Series MVP. (NBC News) (ESPN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • Eleven Israeli soldiers are killed and several others are wounded when hit by an anti-tank guided missile in northern Gaza. Seven of those killed were from the Givati Brigade. (The Guardian) (The Times of Israel)
    • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
      • Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
        • 31 October 2023 attack on Jabalia
          • More than 50 people are killed and 150 others are injured by Israeli airstrikes at the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Reports indicate that the camp has been completely destroyed. (Reuters)
      • Amnesty International says that they have found that "the Israeli Army indiscriminately, and therefore unlawfully, used white phosphorous in an attack on Dhayra, in south Lebanon which "must be investigated as a war crime". (Amnesty International)
      • Fifty-seven medical facilities have been damaged, with 32 currently inoperable due to ongoing airstrikes or lack of fuel, as Israel continue to target hospitals and medical centers. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says that an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza is "absolutely imperative". (Anadolu Agency)
      • The Patriarchate of Jerusalem blames Israel for the bombing of its cultural centre in Gaza City, saying that the attack "represents a stark embodiment of Israel's unwarranted determination to destroy the civil infrastructure and social service centres, as well as shelters for civilians". (Al-Ahram)
      • The World Health Organization warns that Gaza is on the verge of a "public health catastrophe" due to overcrowding, widespread displacement, and severe damage to water and sanitation facilities, with only five percent of the normal water supplies accessible. (Al Jazeera)
      • UNICEF says that at least 940 children have been reported missing in Gaza. They also state that infant dehydration is a growing threat, with Gaza becoming "a graveyard of children". (Times Now)
      • UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell says that more than 420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza every day. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Palestine Red Crescent Society reports continuous artillery and airstrikes near the al-Quds Hospital in northern Gaza. The hospital currently shelters hundreds of patients and more than 12,000 displaced civilians. (Al Jazeera)
    • The Palestinian Health Ministry says that 8,525 Palestinians, including 3,542 children, have been killed in Israeli air raids. (Anadolu Agency)
    • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says that 64 of its employees have been killed during the war. (VOA)
    • The Palestinian Prisoners Society says that Israeli forces arrested 60 Palestinians in the West Bank, adding that the "arrests are accompanied with torture and abusive attacks, as well as collective punishment and destruction of property". (Al Jazeera)
    • The death toll in the West Bank increases to 130 as five more Palestinians are killed by Israeli soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
• Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Israel intercepts three surface-to-surface missiles launched from Yemen, with at least one missile being shot down by its Arrow missile defence system. The Iran-backed Houthis claim responsibility for the launches. (Reuters via Ynet News)
• Mali War
  • Tuareg rebels from Platform claim control over a camp in Kidal, northern Mali, following the evacuation of MINUSMA troops. (AFP via France 24)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukraine launches airstrikes on Crimea, destroying a Russian S-300 missile system near Yevpatoria. (The Kyiv Post)

International relations

• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Foreign relations of Bolivia
    • Bolivia suspends diplomatic relations with Israel. (Reuters)
  • The Governments of Chile and Colombia recall their respective ambassadors to Israel as a response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. (ABC News)
  • Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly calls for a "temporary pause in hostilities" in Gaza, saying that "the humanitarian situation facing the Palestinian people, facing Palestinian women and children, is dire". (National Post)
  • Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong expresses concern over growing attacks by residents of settlements on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, saying that "such violence threatens to only inflame tensions and those responsible must be held accountable". (Al Jazeera)
  • Jordanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi calls for an immediate stop to the "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza caused by Israeli bombardment and the implementation of international law, while stressing the necessity of humanitarian aid. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2019 Whakaari / White Island eruption
  • The District Court of New Zealand in Auckland finds Whakaari's management guilty of insufficiently protecting visitors during the volcanic eruption that resulted in 22 deaths and 25 severe injuries. (AFP via VOA)
• 2022–2023 Bangladesh protests
  • Two people are killed and dozens are injured in anti-government protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Hundreds of demonstrators gather in front of the Israeli embassy in Manila, Philippines, to denounce the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Anti-war protesters interrupt a U.S. Senate Senate Appropriations Committee hearing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Protesters are removed by police. (The Hill)
• A man in his 70s is arrested in Seoul, South Korea, after stabbing and injuring two police officers in front of the presidential residence. (Reuters)
• At least 380 people are arrested across Puerto Rico during a crackdown against 12 gangs dedicated to the sales of drugs and weapons. (AP)
• An explosion occurs at a military base near the agrotown of Kalodziščy in central Belarus. The Ministry of Defence claims that the explosion was deliberately orchestrated. (Euroradio)

Sports

• Football Australia formally end their bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, leaving Saudi Arabia as the only confirmed bid before FIFA's deadline for declarations of interest expires. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Heavy clashes are reported as IDF tanks reach the outskirts of Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli troops block the Salah al-Din Road, the main highway in the Gaza Strip. (The Guardian)
    • Israel announces that its forces rescued an IDF private who was taken hostage by Hamas during an overnight operation involving its intelligence agency Shin Bet. (The Times of Israel)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses calls for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas, stating that Israel will continue its military operations. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
    • Saudi Arabia declares a "state of high alert" after four Saudi troops are killed in an attack by Houthi militants in Jazan Province near the border with Yemen. Saudi air defences also shoot down a ballistic missile over its territory that was travelling towards Israel. (Bloomberg)
• Three people are killed and five others injured during two shootouts between supporters of rival candidates in Mindanao, Philippines, amid elections for village leaders. (AFP via Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2023 United Auto Workers strike
  • The United Auto Workers of the United States reaches a tentative deal with General Motors, bringing an official end to the six-week strike. (Reuters)

International relations

• U.S. President Joe Biden announces that he will remove Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic from the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade program, because of "gross violations" of human rights and rampant political corruption, effective January 1, 2024. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023 Ybor City shooting
  • Two people are killed and 16 others are injured in a mass shooting in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, United States. A 22-year-old man is arrested. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
  • The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo dismisses a case aiming to disqualify former Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi from the presidential election, asserting that Katumbi solely possesses Congolese nationality despite claims of dual citizenship, which the country does not recognize. (AFP via EWN)
• 2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections
  • Filipinos elect members of the village and youth councils after a three-year delay. (AFP via Al Jazeera)
• David Adeang is elected as President of Nauru following a no-confidence vote in Russ Kun. (RNZ)
• German AfD politician Daniel Halemba is arrested for using the Nazi salute and possessing banned totalitarian symbols. (BBC News) (The Guardian)

Science and technology

• In a study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers suggest that solid particulates (predominantly silicate) from the Chicxulub asteroid impact played a dominant role in the radiative forcing leading to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event (impact winter), contrary to the widely accepted theory that sulfur aerosols led to the mass extinction. (AFP via RFI) (Nature)
• Japan suspends the pilot experiment of its first fully autonomous self-driving car following a minor collision. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Sports

• Rubiales affair
  • FIFA bars former Royal Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three years due to Rubiales' inappropriate conduct during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final in August. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Impeding the delivery of aid to Gaza's residents may be considered a crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, its top prosecutor has said. (Reuters)
    • Reporters Without Borders says the killing of Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon earlier this month resulted from a deliberate strike from the direction of the Israeli border. (Reuters)
    • Save the Children says more children have been killed in Gaza during the war, than the total killed in conflicts around the world since 2019. At least 3,324 children have been killed in Gaza, while 36 have died in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
    • Two mortar shells hit a UN peacekeeper base in Hula, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, injuring a peacekeeper. (WION)
  • At least 8,005 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. More than 1,400 people were killed in Israel. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, calls on countries to cease funding the body after the UN General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. (The Business Standard)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war will be "long and difficult", with Israel intensifying its airstrikes and progressing to the "next phase" of operations. (NBC News)
  • The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel demands that Israel's government cancel emergency regulations extending the period which detainees suspected of "security offences" can be denied access to a lawyer. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Kerala bombing
  • A bomb explodes during a Jehovah's Witnesses' convention at the Zamra International Convention Center in Kalamassery, Kerala, South India, killing two people and injuring around 40 others. A man claiming responsibility for the bombing surrenders to police. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Russia says that it has shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimea. (DW)
• A person is killed and three more people are injured during a rocket attack by the Polisario Front in Smara, in the Morocco-occupied Western Sahara. (Middle East Online)

Disasters and incidents

• 2023 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Otis
    • The Mexican government reports that at least 48 people were killed. Most of them in Acapulco, Guerrero. The government also reports widespread flooding, significant infrastructure damage, and aid has been slow to arrive. (AFP via The Journal)
• 2023 Rio Branco plane crash
  • A plane crash in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil, kills 12 people. (AP)
• 2023 Andhra Pradesh train collision
  • Fourteen people are killed and 50 others are injured when two passenger trains collide in Andhra Pradesh, India. Human error is reported as the cause of the collision. (NDTV)
• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that nine migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea while heading to Italy from North Africa, with five of the bodies found on the coast of Sicily and four of the bodies recovered by the non-governmental organization Sea-Eye. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
    • 2023 wave of antisemitism in the North Caucasus
      • A mob storms Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, as a Red Wings Airlines flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, arrives, shouting antisemitic slogans and attempting to board the plane. (AP)
    • Protests are held in the United States including Florida, Michigan, and Colorado. (The Detroit News) (WPLG-TV) (The Denver Post)
    • In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a pro-Palestinian protest is held calling for the Canadian government to help push for a ceasefire. (CTV News Ottawa)
  • Antisemitism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Antisemitic threats are made toward Jewish students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, U.S. (WSYR-TV)
• Hijab and burka controversies in Europe
  • The National Council of Switzerland votes 151–29 to approve a ban on full-face coverings, such as burqas worn by a small minority of Muslim women. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs. (AP)
• Iranian protests against compulsory hijab
  • Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is arrested at the funeral of 17-year-old Armita Geravand in Tehran for not wearing a headscarf, according to local media. (AFP via Arab News)
• Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and at least 164 party members are charged with the murder of a police officer during recent election-related demonstrations. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Omani general election
  • Omanis elect the members of the Shura Council. (Times of Oman)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Taba and Nuweiba drone attacks
    • An Egyptian Army spokesperson says that investigations into the two drones that fell in the towns of Nuweiba and Taba in the Sinai Peninsula yesterday showed that they were heading in a northerly direction across the Red Sea towards Israel. (Al-Ahram)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Thousands of Gazan workers employed in Israel go missing amid a campaign of mass arrests. Human rights groups and trade unions say that the workers have been illegally detained in military facilities in the West Bank, following the revocation of their work permits. (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli bombardments take place in the vicinities of the Al-Shifa Hospital and Indonesia Hospital while dozens of residents are at the facilities. (Al Jazeera)
    • An Israeli shell hits the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the second such incident since the war began. (WION)
    • The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees says that 14 of its staff were killed in the past day, bringing the total to 53. (Al Jazeera)
    • UN agencies say that they are unable to contact staff in Gaza amid the near-total communications blackout and also call for civilians to be protected. (UN) (AA)
    • Human Rights Watch says that the near-total communication blackout "risks providing cover for mass atrocities and contributing to impunity for human rights violations" and will make it more difficult to "obtain critical information and evidence about human rights violations and war crimes being committed, and to hear directly from those experiencing the violations". (AFP via The Economic Times)
  • The civil defense service in Gaza reports that Israeli airstrikes destroyed hundreds of buildings and damaged thousands of others in the Gaza Strip overnight. (CNN)
  • Israeli warplanes bomb 150 underground targets in northern Gaza, including tunnels and underground infrastructure. (Al Jazeera)
  • SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announces Starlink will be offered in Gaza to aid organizations after Israel disrupted most communication and internet services. Israel says it will prevent the use of the system. (Business Insider) (Anadolu)

Business and economy

• 2023 United Auto Workers strike
  • The United Auto Workers reaches an agreement with automaker Stellantis after signing a similar agreement with Ford in an effort to end the ongoing strike. (The Washington Post) (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Darling Downs fires
  • Evacuations are ordered for the towns of Tara, Wieambilla, and The Gums, Queensland, Australia, after more than 32 buildings are destroyed by ongoing bushfires. (7 News)
• Kostenko mine disaster
  • At least 32 people are killed and 14 others are missing in a fire at a coal mine in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. (Reuters)
• At least 32 people are killed and 63 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision in Beheira Governorate, Egypt. (Reuters)
• At least 12 people die and four others are in critical condition after consuming bootleg alcohol at a wedding in Subang, West Java, Indonesia. Authorities arrest a suspect in relation to the incident. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Health and environment

• Sudan's health ministry reports over 100 deaths from cholera and dengue fever outbreaks since August, with war exacerbating healthcare challenges and leading to 70% of hospitals in war-affected areas becoming non-operational. (AFP via The Straits Times)

International relations

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
    • Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrate in cities across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to show their support for Palestinians as Israel's military widens its air and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
    • Thousands of Palestinians perform the Fajr prayer and stage demonstrations in Nablus, Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas in the West Bank in a show of support for Gaza. (AA)
  • International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • The International Organization for Migration renews its call for a ceasefire, saying that "civilians must be protected. There are no winners in war. The most vulnerable pay the heaviest toll". (The Business Standard)
    • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls on Israel to "immediately come out of its state of madness and stop its attacks" on the Gaza Strip, saying that they have "targeted women, children and innocent civilians, deepening the humanitarian crisis". (The Business Standard)
    • The Egyptian foreign ministry warns of the "humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground attack" on Gaza, saying that "we hold the Israeli government responsible for violating the United Nations General Assembly resolution for an immediate ceasefire and implementing a humanitarian truce". (Al Jazeera)
    • Save the Children says that children will "bear the brunt" of Israel's intensified attacks on the Gaza Strip and that in the event of a full ground incursion, more than one million children's lives, nearly half of the 2.3 million population of Gaza, will be affected. (Scoop)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Mike Pence 2024 presidential campaign
    • Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for the upcoming presidential election. (CNBC)

Sports

• 2023 Rugby World Cup
  • South Africa wins a record fourth Webb Ellis Cup after defeating New Zealand 12–11 in the final. (AFP via France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • The Israel Defense Forces enter the Gaza Strip from multiple directions with infantry and tanks. Heavy clashes were reported. (New York Magazine)
    • Israeli troops advance on the city of Beit Hanoun. (The Atlas News)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • At least 33 Palestinians are killed and several are injured, following Israeli airstrikes on at least three residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 10 Palestinians are killed, including journalist Yasser Abu Namous and his mother, in a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces in southern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
    • Several people are killed or injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp which destroyed residential buildings and a nearby mosque. (The Business Standard)
    • The Palestinian Red Crescent says that its medics were shot at by Israeli forces as they treated an injured person in Tubas in the West Bank. (The Business Standard)
  • Six people are injured after a missile hits a building in Taba, Egypt. Israel says that the missile was launched from Yemen. (The Times of Israel)
  • Four people are killed in a pre-dawn raid by Israeli forces in the West Bank. At least 19 people have been arrested. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hamas reports that Israel has disrupted most communication and internet services in the Gaza Strip. (AFP via Onmanorama)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Various rebel groups across Myanmar, including the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, the Arakan Army, and local defense groups, launch an offensive in northern Shan State and capture several towns and junta outposts. (The Irrawaddy)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Pro-Russian official Oleg Tsaryov is critically injured in an assassination attempt by unknown assailants in Crimea and is reported to be in intensive care. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • American intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • The U.S. military says that it has conducted airstrikes on Iran-backed targets in Syria linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (AP)

International relations

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • The UN General Assembly passes a resolution by a vote of 120–14, with 45 abstentions, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, despite US and Israeli opposition. (AP)
• The Financial Action Task Force adds Bulgaria to its "grey list" for increased monitoring due to strategic deficiencies in countering money laundering and terrorism financing. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Thousands of people gather in Chile's capital Santiago to protest against Israel's military actions in Gaza. (The Cairns Post)
• 2023 Lewiston shootings
  • Authorities in Maine, United States, confirm the death of Robert Card, the suspected perpetrator of a mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston, with indications of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (AFP via France 24)
• Aftermath of the 2023 Mozambican local elections
  • Protests occur across Mozambique, particularly in the city of Nampula, against the results of local elections which locals claim were rigged. Ten people are injured in clashes with police. (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the assassination of Jovenel Moïse
  • A retired Colombian army officer who participated in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is sentenced to life in prison by a court in Miami, United States. (AP)
• The Philippine National Police detain almost 600 individuals during a raid on a suspected human trafficking and Internet fraud hub in Manila, with nationals from multiple countries present. (AFP via CNA)

Politics and elections

• Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor is selected as Malaysia's 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong by the nation's royalty, set to be inaugurated following the end of the current king's term on 31 January 2024. (AFP via Dawn)