Portal:Current events/2023 November 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • On day 2 of the ceasefire, Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages and 4 Thai migrant workers, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners.(The Guardian)
  • The Israeli government will summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following their criticism of Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia launches 75 drones against Ukraine from two directions, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Kursk region. In response, Ukraine launches 20 drones against Russia, including the capital, Moscow. (CNN) (Reuters) (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Syrian military shelling in rebel-held Qoqfin, Idlib Governorate, kills ten people, including seven children. (AP via ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Karachi mall fire
  • Eleven people are killed and 35 others are injured by a fire at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Five climbers are killed and four others are injured by an avalanche in the Zagros Mountains in Lorestan, Iran. (AP)
• Four people are killed and 60 others are injured in a stampede at a music festival in Kochi, Kerala, India. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The World Health Organization records the highest annual count of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 12,569 cases and 581 deaths reported until November 2023. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Law and crime

• Four people are killed and another is injured as a former soldier and para-athlete opens fire at his wedding party in northeast Thailand, before killing himself. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Madagascar opposition presidential candidate Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko appeals to the Supreme Court to annul the election results, claiming electoral fraud. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2023 U Sports football season
  • 58th Vanier Cup
    • In Canadian football, the Montreal Carabins defeat the UBC Thunderbirds 16–9 to win their second national university football championship. (CBC News)