Portal:Current events/2022 November 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Terrorism in Turkey
  • 2022 Istanbul bombing
    • An IED explodes on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81 others. (Al Jazeera)
    • Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu reports that a Syrian female suspect has been arrested. (ABC News Australia)
• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Israel launches missile strikes on Shayrat Airbase in Homs Governorate, central Syria, killing two soldiers and injuring three others, according to Syrian state television. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran issues the first death sentence in connection with the protests. The sentenced person was convicted of burning a government office. (MSN)
• 2022 University of Virginia shooting
  • Three people are killed and two others are injured by a mass shooting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. (AP)
• Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • Thousands of demonstrators march nationwide against the proposal of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, to reform the autonomous National Electoral Institute. The proposals include the possibility of allowing the president and congress to choose the electoral councillors to be subsequently voted by the electorate. (The Washington Post)
• 2022 University of Idaho killings
  • In Moscow, Idaho, United States, four University of Idaho students are found stabbed to death at a residence near the university's campus. (Idaho Statesman)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Slovenian presidential election
  • Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president. (Foreign Brief) (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2022 Formula One World Championship
  • 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
    • British racing driver George Russell of Mercedes wins the first Formula One race of his career. (CNN)