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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • U.S. President Joe Biden approves of sending non-persistent anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, with Ukraine committing to not use them in areas with civilians. (Al Jazeera)
    • The United Kingdom and France both prepare new military packages containing long-range missiles to send to Ukraine following United States President Joe Biden's decision to allow deep strikes into Russian territory using American weapons. (Newsweek)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine launches ATACMS ballistic missiles at targets in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. It is the first time that Ukraine has used the American-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News)
  • Nuclear risk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and weapons of mass destruction
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree that allows Russia to use nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks by a non-nuclear state supported by a nuclear power. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and 17 other people are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Sarafand, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (Times of Israel)
• Haitian crisis
  • Twenty-eight suspected gang members are killed by police and residents in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Al Jazeera) (The Jamaica Observer)
  • Doctors Without Borders announces it will suspend operations in Port-au-Prince indefinitely following rape and death threats from Haitian police. (DW)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Twelve soldiers are killed and others are wounded after a suicide car bombing targeting a security post in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Six Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group gunmen are killed in the ensuing shootout. (AP)

Business and economy

• 2024 Boeing machinists strike
  • American aerospace company Boeing announces it will layoff 17,000 workers by the end of 2024, 10% of its global workforce, due to financial difficulties following the machinists strike. (Assembly Magazine) (WAFB9)

Law and crime

• 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries, Hong Kong 47
  • Forty-five pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong are sentenced to prison terms of between four and 10 years over an unofficial primary held in 2020. (Reuters)
• 2022–2023 Brazilian election protests
  • Brazilian Federal Police arrest five people, including four G20 security guards, for their alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate President Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin following the general election in 2022. (Al Jazeera)
• The Tunisian coast guard announces that on the night of November 8, a patrol boat rammed and sank a boat carrying migrants on its coasts, killing 53 people. (Fanpage)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Georgian police reportedly break up tent camps while beating and detaining protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, demonstrating against the allegedly rigged parliamentary election in October. (DW)
• 2024 Abkhazian protests
  • Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania resigns following negotiations with the opposition and is succeeded by Vice President Badra Gunba as acting president. (Abkhaz World) (Reuters)
• 2024 United Kingdom farmers' protests
  • Thousands of British farmers protest at the Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom, against a new inheritance tax on land ownership that includes farms. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, United States–Venezuela relations
  • The United States announces it recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González as the President-elect following the presidential election in July. (Al Jazeera)
• Hīkoi mō te Tiriti
  • Over 40,000 people gather in front of the New Zealand Parliament House in Wellington to protest against the Treaty Principles Bill that would change Māori people's rights, making it one of the largest protests in the country. (DW)

Science and technology

• SpaceX launches their sixth Starship rocket at the Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, U.S. (Reuters)