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Revision as of 08:48, 18 October 2024
October 16, 2024 (2024-10-16) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Attack on Nabatieh municipal council
- At least 16 people, including the mayor are killed in an IAF airstrike on a municipal building of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemning the attack. (BBC News)
- Attack on Nabatieh municipal council
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that North Korea has now become directly involved in the war in Ukraine, with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying that around 3,000 North Korean troops are currently in Russia and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. (Politico)
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces a new $425 million military aid package for Ukraine, containing long-range weaponry. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Ukraine relations
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion
- At least 153 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Majiya, Jigawa State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
- Bodies of five Russian climbers that disappeared on October 6 while summiting Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal are discovered near the peak and retrieved. (AP)
- An explosion at a house in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, kills at least two people and injures six others. An investigation to determine the cause of the explosion by the Health and Safety Executive is underway. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
- The Supreme Court of Brazil determines the government must seek the extradition of Brazilian nationals accused of participating in the 2023 attack on government buildings in Brasília who are currently residing in Argentina. (Reuters)
- 2024 Indian bomb hoaxes
- It is reported that at least 10 flights operated by Indian airlines have received bomb threat hoaxes over the past 48 hours, causing the flights to be delayed or diverted. (BBC News)
- Attorney General of Spain Álvaro García Ortiz is charged by the Supreme Court for revealing secrets about a tax fraud case involving the boyfriend of the president of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso. However, García Ortiz announces that he will not resign. (RTVE)