Portal:Current events/2023 November 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of Gaza City
      • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that "the IDF have completed the encirclement of Gaza City". Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also says that Hamas has "lost control" of Gaza City as Israeli troops capture the city's municipal buildings. (The Jerusalem Post) (CNN)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The IDF intercepts a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen over the Red Sea. (Al Arabiya)
  • Seven Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. (Al Arabiya)
• Mali War
  • The Malian Armed Forces recapture the town of Kidal from Tuareg separatist forces, according to junta leader Assimi Goïta. (AFP via France 24)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Chin National Army says that it has successfully captured the border town of Rikhawdar in Chin State. (The Irrawaddy)
    • India deports 39 Myanmar Army soldiers who abandoned their positions and fled across the border into Mizoram. The soldiers were disarmed by the Assam Rifles before being sent back to Myanmar by helicopter. (The Hindu)
  • Operation 1107
    • Heavy fighting is reported in Loikaw, the capital of Kayah State, as Karenni rebel groups attempt to capture the city from the military. (The Irrawaddy)
  • The Arakan Army claims that nearly 40 positions in Rakhine State have been abandoned by the military. (The Irrawaddy)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and eighteen others are injured in a crash between a semi-trailer and a charter bus on Interstate 70 in Licking County, Ohio, United States. (The Columbus Dispatch)

International relations

• Ethiopia–United States relations
  • USAID announces the resumption of food aid distribution to Ethiopia following an agreement with the Ethiopian government on enhanced monitoring measures. USAID suspended aid delivery in June due to allegations of diversion. (AFP via Daily Tribune)
• Belize suspends diplomatic relations with Israel over its war conduct, and calls for an immediate ceasefire. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • March for Israel
    • Tens of thousands of demonstrators gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to condemn the rise in antisemitism during the war and call for the release of Hamas-held hostages. (AP News)
• Human trafficking in Myanmar
  • Myanmar authorities rescue 19 South Koreans from captivity by an unspecified illegal entity in Tachileik, Shan State. (AFP via SCMP)
• The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq dismisses Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi and Representative Laith al-Duleimi, following a complaint alleging that Halbousi falsified a resignation letter that would have removed Duleimi from parliament. (AFP via Barron's)
• Interpol announces its first successful identification for Operation Identify Me. A murder victim found in a river in Antwerp, Belgium in 1992 is identified as a woman from Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
• The South Yorkshire Police in the UK announces that a man has been arrested for manslaughter in connection with the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson during a match between the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers on October 28. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Liberian general election
  • Liberians elect their president in a run-off between incumbent George Weah and challenger Joseph Boakai. (BBC News)