Portal:Current events/2024 October 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Killing of Yahya Sinwar
    • Hamas confirms that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in action during a shootout with Israeli soldiers two days ago in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
• Moro conflict
  • Seven people are killed following a dispute between two rival factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines. (Rappler)
• 2024 Neot HaKikar shooting
  • Two gunmen entering Israel from Jordan are killed in a shootout with border guards near the Dead Sea. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Cuba blackout
  • A nationwide power outage occurs in Cuba following a critical failure at the Antonio Guiteras power station in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas Province. (CNN)
• A bus carrying Japanese tourists crashed into a ditch in Afyonkarahisar province Turkey, injuring 22.^[1]

International relations

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations
    • The South Korean National Intelligence Service says that North Korea has started sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol calls for a security meeting and says the international community must respond with "all available means". (BBC)
• Swiss neutrality
  • Switzerland joins the European Sky Shield Initiative to contribute to building a pan-European air and missile defense system, while also allowing the nation to train and purchase military systems with other European nations. (Reuters)
• Western Sahara conflict
  • Morocco rejects a proposal put forward by the UN envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura that would partition Western Sahara with the northern part being annexed by Morocco and the southern part forming an independent state controlled by the Polisario Front. (Atalayar)

Law and crime

• Four people, including the gunman, are killed in a school shooting in Heliópolis, Bahia, Brazil. (CNN Brazil)

Politics and elections

• Kenya's National Assembly unanimously approves Interior Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new Deputy President following his nomination by President William Ruto. However, the High Court temporarily suspends the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in order to hear challenges. (AP)
• Clashes between protestors and police break out over demonstrations of arrested activists in Nasiriyah, Iraq. (CityNews)