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Thierry Neuville

• Israel and Lebanon agree to a 60-day ceasefire to halt the current hostilities.
• In motorsport, Thierry Neuville (pictured) and Martijn Wydaeghe win the World Rally Championship.
• In Formula One, Max Verstappen wins the World Championship.
• Following parliamentary elections, the Seimas elects Gintautas Paluckas as the prime minister of Lithuania.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Earl Holliman
• John Tinniswood
• Mike Hasenfratz
• Odile Bailleux
• Nikki Kaye
• Breyten Breytenbach

November 30, 2024 (2024-11-30) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Battle of Aleppo (2024)
    • Pro-government forces on Saturday close the airport and roads in Aleppo, as rebels continue to advance into the city. (Reuters)
    • Rebels capture the Citadel of Aleppo in their city advance. (New Arab)

November 29, 2024 (2024-11-29) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Northwestern Syria offensive
    • Battle of Aleppo
      • Anti-Assad forces led by Tahrir al-Sham enter the city of Aleppo, Syria, for the first time since 2016 with heavy urban fighting reportedly underway in the western neighbourhoods of the city. A rebel coalition spokesman confirms that an operation to capture Aleppo has officially begun. (CNN) (The New Arab)
      • Rebel forces reach the city centre of Aleppo after overrunning multiple neighbourhoods, including New Aleppo. (Anadolu Agency) (AP)
      • Syrian state media reports that four people are killed when rebel forces shell the University of Aleppo. (Reuters)
    • Rebel forces capture the towns of Al-Hadher, Khan Tuman and Al-Eiss in Aleppo Governorate. (SOHR)
    • Rebel forces capture the city of Saraqib in Idlib Governorate, which has been held by government forces since 2020. Pro-government forces withdraw from the city after two days of clashes. (ABC News) (Anadolu Ajansi)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • It is reported that 12 children have died this month in Khartoum, Sudan, due to city-wide malnutrition. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
  • The death toll from the floods and landslides in North Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 31, with ten others injured, and dozens of others missing. (DW)
• 2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia
  • At least three people are killed and more than 84,000 people are displaced by flooding in Malaysia, primarily in Kelantan. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Irish general election
  • Citizens of Ireland vote in a snap election to elect the 174 members of the 34th Dáil Éireann. (DW)
• The United Kingdom House of Commons votes 330–275 to pass the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, marking the first time the Parliament has voted in favour of assisted dying. The bill will now need to pass several more stages before becoming law. (The Guardian)

November 28, 2024 (2024-11-28) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
    • Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of violating ceasefire terms that came into action the prior day, following an Israeli Air Force airstrike on a Hezbollah missile storage facility and the Israeli Defense Forces opening fire on suspected combatants moving into southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian Defence Ministry claims that Russian forces have taken the village of Nova Illinka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukrainian energy crisis
    • Russia launches a massive missile and drone attack on civilian and critical infrastructure in Ukraine, injuring at least five people and causing blackouts for more than a million households. (CNN)
• Syrian civil war
  • Northwestern Syria offensive
    • More than 130 Syrian Army soldiers are killed and dozens of others are captured as rebel forces led by Tahrir al-Sham advance to within 10 kilometres of Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters)
    • Rebel forces cut off the strategic M5 Motorway which connects Aleppo to Damascus and also capture the district of Khan al-Asal near Aleppo. (i24 News) (The Guardian)
    • An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier is killed in a shootout in Aleppo. (Rudaw)
    • Russian and Syrian warplanes strike rebel-held positions across Idlib Governorate. Separately, at least 17 people are killed in airstrikes on the towns of Atarib and Darat Izza in Aleppo Governorate. (Reuters) (SOHR)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
  • Landslides and flash floods caused by Cyclone Robyn kill at least 27 people and injure dozens of others in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
• 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • At least twelve people, including four children, are killed and more than 250,000 people are evacuated due to flooding and landslides caused by Deep Depression BOB 08 in Sri Lanka. (DW)
• 2024 South Korean snowstorm
  • At least six people are killed in traffic accidents and more than 140 flights are canceled in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, due to a winter storm in the country, marking the third heaviest snowfall in Seoul since 1907. (AP) (Yonhap) (Newsweek)
• 2024 Ugandan landslides
  • Fifteen people are killed and 113 others are missing in landslides in Bulambuli, Uganda. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Georgia–European Union relations, Potential enlargement of the European Union
  • Accession of Georgia to the European Union
    • Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze temporarily suspends the country's accession to the European Union until 2028 and accuses the European Parliament of blackmail. (Al Jazeera) (Politico)
• Chad–France relations
  • The government of Chad announces it will terminate its defense pact with France, stating it wants to fully assert its sovereignty following its independence from France in 1960. (DW) (VOA)

Law and crime

• Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
  • The Chinese Communist Party suspends the Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission Admiral Miao Hua from his post following a corruption investigation. (CNA)
• PTI do-or-die protest, Censorship of the press in Pakistan
  • Pakistani senior journalist Matiullah Jan and his colleague are abducted by unidentified men while they were reporting on the protests for the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan. (DW) (The Nation)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Georgian parliamentary election protests, Accession of Georgia to the European Union
  • Thousands of people gather in Tbilisi, Georgia, to protest against Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and his party's decision to suspend the country's accession plans to the European Union. Riot police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters near the parliament building. (DW) (Yahoo! News) (The New York Times)
• 2024 Romanian presidential election
  • The Constitutional Court of Romania requests a recount of all votes cast in the first round of the presidential election following a complaint by candidate Cristian Terheș. (AP)
• The Australian House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict social media access for people under the age of 16 years. (NBC News)

November 27, 2024 (2024-11-27) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
      • A 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah takes effect. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Killing of journalists in the Israel–Hamas war
    • Seventeen people, including one journalist, are killed in Israeli strikes on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. (The New Arab) (Anadolu Agency) (Al Jazeera)
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • The Joe Biden administration provisionally approves a $680 million military arms package to Israel, including hundreds of small diameter bombs and thousands of JDAMs. (Al Jazeera)
• Syrian civil war
  • Northwestern Syria offensive
    • Syrian opposition forces led by Tahrir al-Sham attack the pro-government Syrian Army in western Aleppo Governorate, capturing eleven towns and villages. (Al Jazeera) (SOHR)
  • Rojava conflict
    • Rojavan Kurdish insurgents launch a raid on Turkish-Syrian National Army positions in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, although no casualties are reported. (SOHR)

Arts and culture

• The City of London Corporation proposes a bill to close the 19th-century Billingsgate Fish Market in Billingsgate and Smithfield Meat Market in Smithfield, City of London, United Kingdom, by 2028. (BBC News) (AP)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations, 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
  • The United States imposes sanctions on 21 Venezuelan officials, including information minister Freddy Ñáñez and planning minister Ricardo Menéndez, for suppressing the protests against the results of the presidential election in July. (DW)

Law and crime

• Killing of Yuval Castleman
  • The Israel Defense Forces indicts Sgt. Aviad Frija with reduced manslaughter after he shot and killed Yuval Castleman after mistaking Castleman for a Hamas militant during the 7 October attacks. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Rohingya genocide, War crimes during the Myanmar civil war
  • Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan applies for an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader and Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity relating to the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Constitutional crisis in Somalia
  • 2024 Jubaland presidential election
    • The Banadir Regional Court in Mogadishu, Somalia, issues an arrest warrant for Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe, accusing Madobe of treason and violating the constitution. In response, the regional court in Kismayo, Jubaland, announces a $100,000 reward for the arrest of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing Hassan of treason, undermining national unity, and conspiring with Al-Shabaab militia. (AFP) (Idili News) (Hiiraan Online)
• 2024 Indonesian local elections
  • Indonesians vote for governors, regents, and mayors in the country's first simultaneous local elections. (CNN Indonesia)
• 2024 Namibian general election
  • Namibians vote in the first round of the general election between 14 candidates for President, and also vote for the 96 members of the National Assembly. (AP) (DW)

November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
      • The Security Cabinet of Israel agrees to a 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon. (CNN) (The Times of Israel)
      • U.S President Joe Biden announces that the ceasefire has been accepted. (CNBC)
    • For the first time since the start of the conflict, the Israeli military issues evacuation orders for central Beirut, warning residents of four neighbourhoods to leave as soon as possible. (The Times of Israel)
    • Airstrikes are carried out by the Israeli Air Force across several areas of Beirut, Lebanon, hitting at least 20 locations and resulting in several casualties. (Euronews)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Kurakhove
      • Russian forces enter the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with heavy fighting reportedly underway. (Al Arabiya)
• Somali Civil War
  • Puntland–Somaliland dispute
    • Las Anod conflict
      • Somaliland imposes a curfew following a clash between soldiers and civilians that resulted in nine deaths and many injuries in Erigavo, Sanaag, Somaliland. (Idil News) (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)
• Arrest of Imran Khan
  • Six people, including four paramilitary soldiers, are killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad. The protesters, led by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, are calling for Khan's immediate release from prison. (Reuters)
• Unidentified gunmen ambush a group of motorcycle taxis returning from a religious ceremony in Bria, Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic, killing 10 people. (AP)

Business and economy

• 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
  • Multinational car manufacturing company Stellantis announces that it will close its van-production factory in Luton, England, putting 1,100 jobs at risk, citing the UK's economic conditions and the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate as reasons for its closure. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Red Sea tourist boat disaster
  • Four people are found dead and five others are rescued from a tourist boat that sank yesterday off the coast of Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. Seven others are still missing. (The Guardian)
• Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip
  • A winter storm floods refugee camps across the Gaza Strip, leading to several thousands of shelters being damaged or destroyed, and worsening refugee exposure to cold and illness. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed and 20 others are reported missing when a motorboat capsizes in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed and another is in critical condition when a Cessna 206 Stationair aircraft crashes into the Pico Blanco mountain near San José, Costa Rica. (DW) (The Tico Times)

Law and crime

• Censorship in Iraq
  • The Iraqi Ministry of Communications blocks access to the IMDb website, citing concerns of "immoral content". (Intellinews) (Shafaq News)
• LGBT rights in Hong Kong
  • Chief justice Andrew Cheung of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal rules to uphold housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples in the city. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• The Bangladesh Police fire tear gas at more than 2,000 Hindus protesting in Chittagong, Bangladesh, against the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu leader and ISKCON monk, on sedition charges. One is killed, and 27 are injured. (Hindustan Times) (Al Jazeera) (The Times of India)

Science and technology

• Japanese space program
  • JAXA aborts an Epsilon S engine test after a fire occurs at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. (DW) (CNA)
• Social media platform Bluesky says it will comply with rules set by the European Union after being accused of violating digital regulations under the Digital Services Act. (Luxemburg Times) (Bloomberg)

November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Haitian crisis
  • The United Nations orders its staff to evacuate from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as clashes between armed gangs, police, and civilian vigilantes escalate in the city. Nonprofit organization Food for the Poor also ceases operations in Haiti due to gang disruptions. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • Germany's largest steelmaker conglomerate, ThyssenKrupp, announces plans to layoff 11,000 workers, including 5,000 in Europe, by 2030. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
  • Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP) (The Irish Examiner)
• 2024 Red Sea tourist boat disaster
  • Sixteen people are missing and 28 others are rescued after a boat carrying tourists sinks off the coast of Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. (BBC News)
• Swiftair Flight 5960
  • One crew member is killed and three others are injured when a DHL Boeing 737-400F cargo plane operated by Swiftair crashes into the ground near a residential building while approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. No one on the ground is injured. (Reuters) (DW)
• Nine migrants, including six children, are killed and 39 others are rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of Samos, Greece. (Al Jazeera) (The Express Tribune)

International relations

• Afghanistan–Russia relations
  • Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergei Shoigu pledges Russia's intent to build closer ties with the Taliban Government of Afghanistan, and states that the United States should lead rebuilding efforts due to its part in the War in Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• Foreign ministers of the G7 nations hold a meeting in Fiuggi and Anagni, Italy, to discuss ceasefire efforts between Israel and Lebanon as well as the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. (Digital Journal)

Law and crime

• Censorship in Australia
  • Australian Parliament vetoes a bill that would authorize the Australian Communications and Media Authority to implement detailed surveillance on digital platforms and enforce anti-misinformation punitive measures on them, which opposition politicians condemn as "censorship laws" and a betrayal to democracy. (AP)
• Indictments against Donald Trump
  • U.S. federal judge Tanya Chutkan of the District Court for the District of Columbia dismisses the two criminal cases by Jack Smith against President-elect Donald Trump, including the classified documents case and the case involving Trump's efforts to overturn his defeat to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. (CBS News) (Politico)
• Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Saint Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Jubaland presidential election
  • The Jubaland House of Representatives re-elects incumbent President Ahmed Madobe for the third time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in armed forces being deployed to Kamboni, Badhadhe District, Lower Juba, Somalia. (AFP) (Garowe Online) (The Eastleigh Voice)

Science and technology

• Microsoft reports widespread outages across Outlook, Teams, and other 365 programs. The outages are later resolved during the evening. (Forbes) (CNN)

Sports

• In auto racing, Formula One announces that General Motors will join the grid as a constructor under the Cadillac Team beginning in the 2026 season. (Formula 1) (Front Office Sports)
• In cricket, batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes the youngest player to sign with the Indian Premier League at the age of 13. (DW) (Hindustan Times)
• The World Chess Championship 2024 starts in Singapore, with Ding Liren winning with black against Gukesh Dommaraju. (FIDE)

November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024 Basta airstrikes
      • The death toll from yesterday's airstrike in Basta, Beirut, Lebanon, increases to 29 with 67 others injured. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2024 Tyre airstrikes
      • Israeli artillery targets a Lebanese Army base in Tyre District, Lebanon, killing one soldier and injuring 18 others. (Reuters)
  • Hezbollah launches over 300 missiles at Israel, targeting the Ashdod Naval Base in Ashdod for the first time and injuring eleven people. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least six people are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, one in the Nuseirat refugee camp, two in the Maghazi refugee camp, and three in Rafah. The Israel Defense Forces issue a new evacuation order in Shuja'iyya, Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2024 Pakistani general election, Arrest of Imran Khan
  • Pakistani police arrest thousands of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of a planned protest to demand for the release of Khan and other members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, along with the resignation of the current government. The capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, is placed under a security lockdown before the protest takes place. (DW) (RNZ)
• Death of Zvi Kogan
  • Missing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan is found murdered in the United Arab Emirates, with three Uzbek nationals later arrested for the murder. (The New York Times) (The Washington Times)
• LGBTQ rights in Russia
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law banning the adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transition is legal. The bill also outlaws material that promotes childlessness. (AP)
• Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region, Iraq, vehemently criticizes Iraq's proposed legislation to lower the legal age of marriage to nine, labeling it a severe regression in women's rights. (Al Arabiya)
• Six people are killed and five others are injured after a mass shooting at a bar in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. (AP)
• An unidentified gunman injures three police officers near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, before being shot dead. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Romanian presidential election
  • The first round of the presidential elections in Romania takes place, to determine which two candidates will compete against each other in the second round on December 8. (Euronews)
  • Independent candidate Călin Georgescu and Save Romania Union candidate Elena Lasconi win the first round and pass onto the second round on 8 December. (Libertatea)
• 2024 Uruguayan general election
  • Uruguayans vote in the second round of the general election to elect a president between Yamandú Orsi and Álvaro Delgado. (Reuters)
  • The ruling National Party concedes defeat as Broad Front candidate Yamandú Orsi wins the election with 52% of the vote. Over 5% of the votes were invalid, a record high for Uruguay. (DW) (TIME)
• 2024 Swiss referendums
  • Residents of Switzerland vote on four national issues, including a highly debated expansion programme for national highways. (The Federal Council) (Swiss Info)
  • Swiss voters approve of a measure to institute a new healthcare model, while rejecting measures to build larger motorways, institute easier evictions, and stricter regulations on subletting properties. (SwissInfo) (Euronews)
• Censorship in Israel
  • The government of Israel approves a resolution to cut ties with and impose sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, after the newspaper ran "many articles that hurt the legitimacy of the State of Israel and its right to self-defence". (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2024 ATP Tour
  • 2024 Davis Cup
    • In tennis, Italy wins their third Davis Cup title after Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner defeat Botic van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in the final. (The Athletic)
• 2024 WBSC Premier12
  • In baseball, Chinese Taipei defeated Japan 4-0 in the finals of the WBSC Premier 12, winning the first title of the top three international baseball tournaments in its history. (Taipei Times)
• 2024 World Rally Championship
  • In rally motorsport, Thierry Neuville of Hyundai wins the World Rally Drivers' Championship at Rally Japan, his first world title in the sport. (France 24)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• European floods
• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• India–Pakistan smog
• Sudanese famine
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests
• United Kingdom farmers' protests

Weather

• Australian region cyclone season

• Cyclone Robyn

Elections and referendums

Recent

• November

• 16: Gabon, Constitutional referendum
• 17: Senegal, National Assembly
• 24: Romania, President (1st)
• 24: Switzerland, Referendums
• 24: Uruguay, President (2nd)
• 27: Namibia, President, National Assembly
• 29: Ireland, Dáil Éireann

Upcoming

• 30: Iceland, Althing

• December

• 01: Romania, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
• 07: Ghana, President, Parliament
• 08: Romania, President (2nd)
• 14: Georgia, President (indirect)

Trials

Ongoing

• France:0Dominique Pélicot
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• United States:0YSL Records
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season

• Basketball

• 2024–25 NBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

November

• 28: Silvia Pinal
• 28: Prince Johnson
• 28: Ananda Krishnan
• 27: Mary McGee
• 26: Jim Abrahams
• 25: Earl Holliman
• 24: Barbara Taylor Bradford
• 24: Breyten Breytenbach
• 24: Helen Gallagher
• 23: Rico Carty
• 23: Fred R. Harris
• 23: Chuck Woolery
• 22: Serge Vohor
• 21: Alice Brock
• 20: Ursula Haverbeck
• 20: Andy Paley
• 20: John Prescott
• 19: Tony Campolo
• 18: Charles Dumont
• 18: Arthur Frommer
• 18: Bob Love
• 18: Colin Petersen
• 16: Vladimir Shklyarov
• 15: Celeste Caeiro
• 15: Béla Károlyi
• 15: Jon Kenny
• 15: Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
• 14: Vic Flick
• 14: Peter Sinfield
• 13: Theodore Olson
• 13: Shel Talmy
• 13: Daim Zainuddin
• 12: Roy Haynes
• 12: John Horgan
• 12: Thomas E. Kurtz
• 12: Timothy West
• 12: Song Jae-rim
• 11: Frank Auerbach
• 11: John Robinson
• 09: Bobby Allison
• 09: Lou Donaldson
• 09: Judith Jamison
• 09: Ella Jenkins
• 08: Elizabeth Nunez
• 08: Trevor Sorbie
• 08: June Spencer
• 07: Bruce Degen
• 06: John Nott
• 06: Madeleine Riffaud
• 06: Tony Todd
• 05: Dorothy Allison
• 05: Ben Baldanza
• 05: Elwood Edwards
• 04: Bernard Marcus
• 04: Murray Sinclair
• 03: Quincy Jones
• 02: Janey Godley
• 02: Alan Rachins
• 02: Paul Stephenson
• 01: Peanut

October

• 30: Matt Peacock
• 29: Teri Garr

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Israel–Hamas war

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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