Portal:Current events/2024 November 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dnipro strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia strikes Dnipro, Ukraine, with a projectile stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to be a new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) model. This confirms earlier reports from the United States 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 News) (BBC News)
  • Hungary and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Hungary announces the deployment of a missile defense system on its border with Ukraine, saying that the threat of escalation with Russia is now "greater than ever". (Reuters)
  • United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin says that the UK is now "directly involved" in the war in Ukraine following yesterday's use of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia. (Sky News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sectarian violence in Pakistan
  • 2024 Kurram attack
    • At least 42 people are killed and many others are wounded as gunmen open fire against two convoys carrying Shia people in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah fires a rocket barrage at northern Israel, killing one person in the city of Nahariya. (Reuters)
• Colombian conflict
  • Five soldiers are killed and four other people are injured after a bombing attack in the municipality of Anorí, Antioquia Department, Colombia. The National Liberation Army is blamed. (El País)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Laos methanol poisoning
  • An Australian and a British tourist die after consuming poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll from the incident to five. Nine others are hospitalized. (BBC News) (AP)

Health and environment

• The Ministry of Health of New Zealand declares a national epidemic of whooping cough after a recent spike of 263 cases in the past four weeks. (RNZ)

International relations

• International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
  • U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announces that the Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against Russia's third-largest bank Gazprombank and its subsidiaries. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• 2022 Brazilian coup plot
  • Brazilian Federal Police indicts former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for attempting a coup after he lost to Lula da Silva in the 2022 election. (AP)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Eleven people, including former construction minister Goran Vesić, are arrested as part of an investigation into the Novi Sad railway station accident that caused 15 deaths earlier this month. (DW) (AL24)
• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war, International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
  • International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli figures
    • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant, and the leader of Hamas' military wing Mohammed Deif, who is presumed to be dead. (Jerusalem Post)

Science and technology

• Internet censorship in Pakistan
  • It is reported that Pakistan internet authorities have banned the use of Bluesky in the country amidst a surge in popularity in the app. The ban is confirmed by internet watchdog NetBlocks in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter). (TechRadar)
• The European Southern Observatory announces that its astronomers in Chile capture the first close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way. (The New York Times)