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Revision as of 18:29, 21 November 2024
November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21) (Thursday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia strikes Dnipro with a projectile stated by Vladimir Putin to be a new model of intermediate-range ballistic missile. This confirms earlier reports from US and other western officials, who said that Russia had used an IRBM, after initial reports misidentified the missile as a RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. (Reuters) (CBS) (BBC)
- United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian ambassador to Britain, Andrey Kelin, says that the United Kingdom is now "directly involved" in the war in Ukraine following yesterday's use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia. (Sky News)
- Hungary announces the deployment of a missile defense system on its border with Ukraine, saying the threat of escalation with Russia is now "greater than ever". (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2024 Kurram massacre
- At least 38 people are killed in two separate sectarian attacks on convoys of Shia people in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
- 2024 Kurram massacre
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Laos methanol poisoning
- Two tourists from Australia and the United Kingdom die within a week from drinking poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll to five. A dozen others remain in hospital. (BBC News) (AP)
Law and crime
- War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war, International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
- The International Criminal Court officially issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former minister of defence Yoav Gallant and the (presumed dead) leader of Hamas' military wing Mohammed Deif. (Jerusalem Post)
Politics and Elections
- Second cabinet of Donald Trump
- Matt Gaetz, president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, withdraws himself from consideration amid allegations of prostitution and sexual relations with minors. (BBC News')