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October 16, 2024 (2024-10-16) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Attack on Nabatieh municipal council
- At least 16 people, including the mayor of Nabatieh, Lebanon, are killed in an Israeli Air Force airstrike on a municipal building in Nabatieh, with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemning the attack. (BBC News)
- Attack on Nabatieh municipal council
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that North Korea has now become directly involved in the war in Ukraine, with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying that around 3,000 North Korean troops are currently in Russia and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. (Politico)
- United States President Joe Biden announces a new $425 million military aid package for Ukraine, containing long-range weaponry. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations
Art and culture
- Liam Payne, ex-One Direction, dies at the age of 31 after a fall at hotel in Buenos Aires.
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion
- At least 147 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Majiya, Jigawa State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
- Five Russian climbers who had been missing for ten days on Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal are found dead. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
- The Supreme Court of Brazil orders the extradition of Brazilian nationals accused of participating in the 2023 attack on government buildings in Brasília who are currently residing in Argentina. (Reuters)
- 2024 Indian bomb hoaxes
- It is reported that at least 10 flights operated by Indian airlines have received bomb threat hoaxes over the past 48 hours, causing the flights to be delayed or diverted. (BBC News)
- Attorney General of Spain Álvaro García Ortiz is charged by the Supreme Court for revealing secrets about a tax fraud case involving the boyfriend of the president of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso. However, García Ortiz announces that he will not resign. (RTVE)