Portal:Current events/October 2024

2024

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

October 2024 is the tenth month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Tuesday, will end on a Thursday after 31 days. It is the current month.

Portal:Current events

October 1, 2024 (2024-10-01) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Battle of Vuhledar
      • Russian forces capture the town of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, after Ukrainian forces retreat from the town. (The Daily Telegraph)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Seven people are killed and 12 others are injured in Russian strikes in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
  • October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel
    • Iran launches a wave of ballistic missile attacks against Israel in retaliation for the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike, killing a Palestinian civilian and injuring two others. The U.S. State Department had previously warned of an imminent Iranian attack, saying that such an attack would carry "severe consequences for Iran". (The Guardian) (CBS News) (CNN)
    • United States Navy destroyers USS Bulkeley and USS Cole successfully shoot down several Iranian missiles heading towards Israel. (UK Defence Journal)
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • The Syrian military intercepts several drones or missiles over Damascus. Several of them explode in the Mezzeh neighborhood, killing three people and injuring nine others. (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Barron's) (Jerusalem Post) (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israeli forces invade southern Lebanon and begin a ground operation against Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera) (Jerusalem Post)
  • A rocket explosion is reported in Tel Aviv, Israel, with the debris severely injuring a man. Separately, a drone is intercepted by Israeli forces over the Mediterranean Sea. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel launches an airstrike in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon, in order to target Munir al-Maqdah, an official of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2024 Jaffa shooting
    • Two Palestinian gunmen open fire on pedestrians in Jaffa, Israel, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 17 others. The gunmen are subsequently shot and killed by armed civilians and police. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• 2024 United States port strike
  • Over 45,000 dockworkers of the International Longshoremen's Association operating at thirty-six United States ports, primarily along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast, begin a labor strike, following the failure of the ports to reach a deal for worker compensation and a ban on automation. (AP)
• CNN begins to roll out a paywall to view its news website. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The death toll from Hurricane Helene surpasses 160 people, with most of the deaths occurring in North Carolina, making it the second-deadliest hurricane to strike the contiguous United States in the past fifty years, behind only Hurricane Katrina. (CNN)
• 2024 famine in Haiti
  • An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report declares famine conditions in Haiti, with nearly 48% of Haitians suffering from Stage 4 "crisis" levels of food insecurity and nearly 6,000 in starvation. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• 2024 Lam Luk Ka bus crash
  • A bus carrying school students and teachers crashes and catches fire in Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand, killing 25 people, including 22 children, and injuring 19 others. (Khmer Times)
• Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak
  • Rwanda reports eight deaths from Marburg virus. (AP News) (US News)
• At least 45 people are killed and dozens are missing after two boats carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Djibouti. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a mass stabbing at a supermarket in Songjiang district, Shanghai, China. Police arrest a 37-year-old man at the scene, adding that the man had come to Shanghai in order to "vent his anger due to a personal economic dispute". (Reuters) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Japanese general election
  • Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 65th prime minister of Japan, succeeding Fumio Kishida. (Mainichi) (AP)
• 2024 Mexican general election
  • Claudia Sheinbaum is inaugurated as the 66th president of Mexico, becoming the first female Mexican president. (USA Today)
• 2024 United States presidential debates
  • The U.S. Vice President debate is held between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and U.S. Senator JD Vance. (Business Insider) (CBS News)
• Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, celebrates his 100th birthday, becoming the first centenarian former U.S. president. (BBC News)
• Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is installed as the 14th Secretary General of NATO, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg. (DW)

October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2024 Jaffa shooting
    • Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades claims responsibility for yesterday's mass shooting and stabbing attack in Jaffa, Israel, that killed seven people and injured 17 others. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
    • Humanitarian aid groups tell Reuters that Israel introduced new customs regulations and restrictions on humanitarian aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip in mid-August, which are significantly delaying the delivery of food and essential supplies via the Jordan route. (Reuters)
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • The Gaza Health Ministry reports that at least 51 people, including seven women and twelve children, are killed in coordinated Israeli strikes in southern Gaza. (AP) (Guardian)
    • An Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people kills 30 Palestinians in Gaza. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in ambushes by Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least ten people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Haitian crisis
  • The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports that over 700,000 Haitians are internally displaced in the country due to gang violence, with more than half being children. (Al Jazeera)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Four Iraqi soldiers are killed and three others are injured in an ambush by Islamic State militants near Kirkuk, Iraq. (Iraqi News Agency) (Reuters)
• Terrorism in Denmark, Attacks against Israeli embassies and diplomats
  • Danish police arrest three Swedes in connection with two explosions that occurred near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• An unexploded ordnance from World War II detonates under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, Japan, causing more than 80 flights to be cancelled. (NHK) (The Guardian)
• More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered. (DW) (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Israel and the United Nations
  • Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz bans UN Secretary-General António Guterres from entering Israel and declares him persona non grata for not "unequivocally" condemning yesterday's Iranian missile attack. (Reuters) (DW)

Law and crime

• Two men and a pregnant woman are shot and killed by unidentified assailants in a barbershop in Lisbon, Portugal. The three suspects fled the scene on foot. (Reuters)
• The Mexican Armed Forces announces its soldiers opened fire on a truck after "hearing detonations" while pursuing it near Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico. The vehicle was carrying migrants, six out of thirty-one of whom are killed. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announces an investigation into a plastic factory after six workers have died or went missing from flooding by Hurricane Helene. (ABC News)

Sports

• Two NASCAR teams, 23XI Racing owned by former basketball player Michael Jordan, and Front Row Motorsports, file an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, alleging "anticompetitive and exclusionary practices". (The Athletic)

October 3, 2024 (2024-10-03) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • 2024 Tulkarm Camp airstrike
      • An Israeli Air Force jet launches an airstrike on a refugee camp in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, killing at least 20 people. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza kills Aziz Salha, known for his role in the 2000 Ramallah lynching. (Jerusalem Post)
    • The Israel Defense Forces announces that they killed Rawhi Mushtaha, head of the Hamas government in Gaza, along with Sameh al-Siraj and Sami Oudeh, who were responsible for security in Hamas, in an airstrike three months ago in northern Gaza. (BBC News)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israel launches multiple strikes using bunker buster bombs on Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine. (Al Arabiya)
    • Nine medics are killed in an Israeli airstrike against an Islamic Health Authority office in Beirut, Lebanon, bringing the death toll of medics killed in Lebanon in the past two weeks to 97. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera 2)
    • The Lebanese Armed Forces open fire on Israeli troops near Bint Jbeil, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, for the first time since the invasion began, after two Lebanese Army soldiers were killed earlier today in separate Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. (The Times) (Al Arabiya)
    • A Hellenic Air Force plane evacuates Greek and Cypriot nationals from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon. (Ekathimerini)
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
    • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launch a kamikaze drone attack on a military base in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing two IDF soldiers and injuring 24 others. (Times of Israel)
• Haitian crisis
  • Pont-Sondé attack
    • Armed gunmen from the Gran Grif gang commit a mass shooting with automatic rifles and a series of arson attacks in the town of Pont-Sondé, Haiti, killing at least 70 people and seriously injuring 16 others, with a local government prosecutor describing the incident as a massacre. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina
    • One thousand U.S. soldiers are deployed to western North Carolina to aid the North Carolina National Guard in humanitarian operations and to help find hundreds of missing people. (NBC News)
  • United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency lacks the funding to provide necessary support for the remainder of the 2024 hurricane season. (Axios)
• 2024 famine in Haiti
  • Save the Children reports that 17% of all children in Haiti are currently suffering from emergency food insecurity primarily caused by national gang wars. (Reuters)
• Nine people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Pingtung County, Taiwan. (AP)
• Seven people are killed and 19 others are injured when a bus falls into a ravine in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Dawn)
• At least 78 people are killed when a boat capsizes in Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
• An engine surge causes a fire in a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 while taxiing at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy, prompting the evacuation of the 184 passengers and crew on board. (CTV News) (ASN)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year. (Reuters)
• Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak
  • Officials in Rwanda report that the death toll from the Marburg virus outbreak in the country has increased to 11 people. (AP)

International relations

• Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
  • The United Kingdom and Mauritius jointly announce that a deal has been made to resolve the dispute over the Chagos Archipelago, with sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory being handed over to Mauritius in exchange for the United Kingdom and the United States retaining control of the military base on Diego Garcia for the next 99 years. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Georgia
  • Georgian LGBT propaganda law
    • The Georgian Parliament Speaker signs into law a wide-ranging bill that bans gender transitioning and gender-affirming care, same-sex marriage and adoption, and depictions of LGBTQ+ people in media after the President refused to sign it, which chief European Union diplomat Josep Borrell states could prevent the nation's accession to the EU. (Politico)
• Prosecution of S. Iswaran
  • Former Singapore Transport Minister S. Iswaran, who pleaded guilty to four charges of obtaining valuable items as a public servant and one charge of obstruction of justice last week, is sentenced to one year in jail. (CNA) (Straits Times)
• Fawzia Amin Sido, a Yazidi woman who had been kidnapped at age 11 by the Islamic State in 2014 in Iraq and sold and trafficked to Gaza, is freed from captivity in Gaza following a secret operation involving the United States and Israel. The woman's captor is believed to have previously been killed in an Israeli airstrike. (Reuters)

October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Hamas' armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades confirms the death of commander Zahi Yaser Oufi in an Israeli strike in Tulkarm in the West Bank yesterday. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • The United States launches airstrikes against Houthi locations in Yemen, including in the capital Sanaa, and the port city of Al Hudaydah. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Pokrovsk offensive
    • The head of military administration of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Serhiy Dobriak reports that Russian forces are now about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city, and have destroyed or damaged 80% of the city's critical infrastructure. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The European Union votes 10–5 with 12 abstentions to institute tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles manufactured in China. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina floods
    • Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023–2024 South American drought
  • Extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil causes the river banks of the city of Manaus to fall to their lowest levels since 1902, severely impacting trade in the region. (Reuters)

International relations

• Georgia–European Union relations, Accession of Georgia to the European Union
  • The European Union threatens sanctions and a suspension of relations with Georgia if Georgia becomes a "one-party state" with no political opposition following the next parliamentary elections on October 26. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
  • The United States Department of Homeland Security reports that the Biden administration will not renew the legal status of 530,000 migrants who entered the U.S. as part of a provisional humanitarian program beginning in 2022. (Reuters)
• Pork barrel scam
  • The Sandiganbayan court in the Philippines acquits Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, his former aide Gigi Reyes, and Janet Napoles of plunder in connection with the alleged misuse of Ponce Enrile's Priority Development Assistance Fund during his senatorial term. (AFP via CNA) (Rappler)
• Women's rights in Afghanistan
  • The European Court of Justice rules that all Afghan women are eligible for asylum in the European Union. (The Guardian)
• At least two people are killed and three others are injured, including one critically, in a suspected arson at a 100-year-old three-story building in the Old Montreal neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (CBC News) (CFCF-TV)
• A woman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is arrested and charged with murder following a stabbing spree that killed three people in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton between Tuesday and Thursday. (CFTO-TV)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French political crisis, French anti-Barnier government protests
  • October 2024 French vote of no confidence
    • The left-wing New Popular Front coalition files a motion of no confidence against the new right-wing Barnier government amid ongoing political protests in France. (Reuters)

October 5, 2024 (2024-10-05) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian forces claim that they captured the village of Bazhane Druhe in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Economic Times)
    • Ukrainian forces say that they have shot down a Russian aircraft near Kostiantynivka. The aircraft crashed into a house, causing it to catch fire. No casualties are reported. The aircraft is later reported to be a S-70 Okhotnik-B and was reportedly shot down by a Russian Su-57 jet to prevent its capture by Ukraine. (Defence Blog) (Forbes) (AP)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Hamas says that an Israeli strike killed Saeed Atallah, a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades, along with three family members in a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Indian police claim that 31 Naxalite rebels were killed in a shootout with Indian soldiers in the Abujhmad forest in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• English Channel migrant crossings
  • Four people, including a child, are killed in two separate incidents while attempting to cross the English Channel in boats. (BBC News)
• Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui runs aground off the coast of Samoa before catching fire and later capsizing. All 75 crew members are evacuated onto lifeboats and rescued. It is the first loss of a New Zealand naval ship at sea since World War II. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season
  • 2024 Alabama vs. Vanderbilt football game
    • The unranked Vanderbilt Commodores upset the undefeated, AP No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 40–35, marking the first time Vanderbilt won against a top-five ranked team in its program's history. (CNN)

October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2024 Beersheba bus station shooting
    • A police officer is killed and thirteen other people are injured in Beersheba, Israel, in an incident described as a terrorist attack. The perpetrator is shot dead by security forces. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 26 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes allegedly targeting Hamas militants that hit a mosque and a school housing displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Hezbollah claims that its attacks on Israeli soldiers trying to infiltrate Blida, Lebanon, forced the soldiers to retreat. (AFP via Barron's)
    • The Israeli military establishes a forward operating base near a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, putting peacekeepers at risk. UNIFIL has refused the Israeli military's request to move its positions. (Al Jazeera)
  • A rocket fired from Lebanon strikes a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, injuring at least six people. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Insurgency in Sindh
  • At least two people, both Chinese nationals, are killed and ten others are injured when an oil tanker truck exploded near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. The separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for the explosion, stating they targeted a convoy of Chinese workers of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company. (Crisis24) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Godini shooting
  • Six people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting after eight gunmen open fire on a group of community patrollers in Godini village near Qumbu, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The shooting took place on the day of the memorial service for the victims of the Lusikisiki shootings, which also occurred in the Eastern Cape. (News24)

Science and technology

• Europa Clipper
  • Due to Hurricane Milton, NASA cancels the launch of the Europa Clipper scheduled for October 10. (CBS News)

October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • An oil terminal in Feodosia, the largest oil facility in Russian-occupied Crimea, catches fire following an overnight drone attack by Ukrainian forces. Russian state media reports that a state of emergency has been declared in Feodosia due to a "human-made disaster". (Ukrainska Pravda)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • One person is killed and six others, including two children, are injured in Russian shelling that hit several apartment buildings in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian missiles strike two cargo ships in the Port of Odesa, including a Palau-flagged ship carrying grain, killing a port worker and injuring five crew members. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis launch rockets and missiles towards Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tiberias, Israel, on the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. Twelve people are injured. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Milton
    • Hurricane Milton intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane with a minimum central pressure of 897 millibars. (National Hurricane Center)
    • Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties in Florida, United States, close schools and order evacuations of residential healthcare facilities in advance of Hurricane Milton's arrival. (Tampa Bay Times)
• Ten people are killed and an unknown number of others are missing when a mine collapses in Central Province, Zambia. (AP)

Health and environment

• The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths from cholera in Nigeria this year, which is more than twice as many than in the same period last year. (DW)

International relations

• Philippines–South Korea relations
  • During a state visit by South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol to the Philippines, the Philippines and South Korea agree to upgrade their relations to a strategic partnership. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 Israeli protests
    • Israelis, including hostage families, protest outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem. (NBC News) (ABC News)
  • Thousands of pro-Palestinian protests are held worldwide to mark the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
• 2024 Georgian parliamentary election
  • The Parliament of Georgia initiates a motion to impeach pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili over accusations of unauthorized overseas visits, ahead of the parliamentary election on October 26. (Reuters)
• 2024 Tunisian presidential election
  • Incumbent Tunisian President Kais Saied wins a second term with 90.7% of the vote in the presidential election. The Independent High Authority for Elections reports a voter turnout of 28.8%, the lowest since the 2011 Tunisian revolution. (Al Jazeera)
• Human rights in Pakistan
  • The Pakistani government bans the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, a social movement for Pashtun human rights, calling the movement a "proscribed organization". (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Ethiopian presidential election
  • The Federal Parliamentary Assembly elects Taye Atske Selassie as the new President of Ethiopia, succeeding Sahle-Work Zewde. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation". (CNN)
• The European Space Agency spacecraft Hera is successfully launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket by SpaceX from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The spacecraft will study the asteroid 65803 Didymos and evaluate the impact of the earlier Double Asteroid Redirection Test. (Space News)

October 8, 2024 (2024-10-08) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • The 146th Division of the Israel Defense Forces advances into southwestern Lebanon, opening up another front against Hezbollah. The Israeli Navy also announces a naval blockade extending for 60 kilometres (37 mi) along the Lebanese coast. (DW)
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on the Lebanese people to "rise up" against Hezbollah and to "take back" their country with the help of Israeli forces, warning that failing to do so could turn Lebanon into another Gaza. (The Telegraph)
    • The village of Yaroun in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, is reported to be mostly destroyed following days of heavy fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. (CNN)
  • Around 105 Hezbollah rockets hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa in the heaviest barrage fired at the city since the start of the war. (The Telegraph)
  • The Israel Defense Forces say that they killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the head of Hezbollah's logistical headquarters and a member of the Jihad Council in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. (Times of Israel)
• Syrian civil war
  • Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
    • Seven people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Damascus, Syria. (Reuters)
• Terrorism in Norway
  • The Norwegian Police Security Service upgrades the terror alert in the country from moderate to high due to threats to Israeli and Jewish locations. (Times of Israel)

Health and environment

• The Environmental Protection Agency sets a 10-year deadline to replace all lead water pipes in the United States. (AP)

Law and crime

• The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation announces the arrest of an Afghan national in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for allegedly plotting an ISIS-related attack on Election Day in November. (AP)
• The Russian mass media agency bans social media platform Discord for violating the country's laws and to "prevent the use of messaging for terrorist and extremist purposes". (The Moscow Times)

Science and technology

• Nobel Prize in Physics
  • American physicist John Hopfield and British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks". (The Guardian)

October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • At least four Palestinians are killed and one other is wounded when Israeli forces open fire on a vehicle in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian factions call for a general strike on Thursday in response to the attack. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Hadera stabbing attack
  • Six people are injured, two critically, in a mass stabbing in Hadera, Haifa District, Israel. The attacker is shot dead by police. (Times of Israel)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • One Frontier Corps official and two terrorists are killed and thirteen others are injured by a suicide bombing and gun attack on a Frontier Corps post in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Daily Ausaf)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two people are killed by a Hezbollah rocket fired at Kiryat Shmona, Israel. (BBC News) (MDA Israel)
• Sudanese civil war
  • The head of the Rapid Support Forces, Hemedti, accuses Egypt of being involved in airstrikes on the group's troops during the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Nansen Refugee Award
  • Scalabrinian nun sister Rosita Milesi is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for her work with refugees and internally displaced people in Brazil for over 40 years. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Milton
    • More than 5.5 million people in Florida, United States, are currently under evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton weakens into a category 4 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in the early hours of Thursday. (The New York Times) (CBS News)
    • Several tornadoes are reported in Florida, including along Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall. (BBC News)
    • Milton makes landfall as a category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key on Florida's Western Coast. (CBS News)
    • The Tropicana Field roof in St. Petersburg is damaged by winds caused from Hurricane Milton. (Tampa Bay Times)
• Five people are killed when a Beechcraft Baron aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Catalina Airport in Avalon, California, United States. (CTV News)

International relations

• Ecuador–United States relations
  • The U.S. State Department bans former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and former vice president Jorge Glas from entering the United States on accusations of corruption. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Japan
  • Japan's former longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, is confirmed innocent after the prosecution waives their right to appeal the September 26 "not guilty" verdict from his retrial. (NHK)
• Censorship in Turkey
  • Turkey bans the social media platform Discord after it allegedly refused to give government officials information related to "child sexual abuse and obscenity" and the murder of two women in Istanbul last week. (DW)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
  • Bolivia formally joins South Africa's case in the International Court of Justice regarding Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip as genocide, stating it "has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide". (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Mozambican general election
  • Mozambicans vote in the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is jointly awarded to British computer scientist Demis Hassabis and American chemist John M. Jumper for their work on protein structure prediction, and to American biochemist and computational biologist David Baker for his work on computational protein design. (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize)

Sports

• In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships announces it will replace line judges with an electronic line judge system starting in the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, ending the tradition after 147 years. (Reuters)

October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza
      • An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza kills 28 people and injures 54 others. (AP)
  • Military aid to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz announces plans for Germany to supply Israel with a new shipment of weapons, and that the German government has agreed to continue shipments for at least the near future. (Euronews)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • An Israeli Merkava tank opens fire on a UNIFIL checkpoint in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers. Israeli troops also open fire on two other UN positions near the Blue Line, although no casualties are reported. (BBC News)
  • At least 22 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes on two different areas in central Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • October 2024 Sudan airstrikes
    • Sudanese human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that over 500 Sudanese civilians have been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Sudanese Armed Forces on multiple civilian areas held by the Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters) (Dabanga Sudan)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other countries coupled with interest from frozen Russian assets to give to Ukraine as part of a $50 billion loan. (Reuters)
  • Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirms the death of journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who had been held prisoner by Russia since August 2023. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • At least twenty-one miners are killed and six others are injured in an attack by unknown armed militants on a private coal mine in Duki District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • This year's Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to South Korean writer Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life". (Nobel Prize)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed and twelve others are trapped when an elevator fails at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. (Sky News)

Health and environment

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • At least ten people are killed in damages by tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, United States. (Reuters)
• In its annual Living Planet report, the World Wildlife Fund estimates that wild populations of animal species have decreased over 70% since 1970, with some high-biodiversity areas seeing up to 95% declines. (DW)

International relations

• Israel–Italy relations, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni summons the Israeli ambassador to Italy after Israeli forces target bases manned by Italian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Malaysia, Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa
  • The Federal Court of Malaysia commutes the death sentence of Azilah Hadri, one of Altantuyaa's murderers, to 40 years imprisonment. (CNA)
• Multiple Palestinian, Dutch, and Jewish human rights organizations sue the Dutch government for exporting weapons and military goods to Israel, thereby allegedly failing to prevent violations of the Genocide Convention and other war crimes in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
  • United Nations human rights investigators accuse Israel of crimes against humanity and the crime of extermination by deliberately targeting health facilities and medical personnel in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• Tomb of Christopher Columbus
  • Researchers from the University of Granada confirm that bones lying in the Seville Cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, belonged to Christopher Columbus. (ABC Spain)
• The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are taken offline following a denial-of-service attack, with the hackers also stealing 31 million password hashes in a data breach. (Forbes)

Sports

• Erling Haaland becomes the all-time top goalscorer of the Norway national football team with 34 goals in the last 36 matches, beating Jørgen Juve's 1934 record of 33 goals. (ESPN)

October 11, 2024 (2024-10-11) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Battle of Toretsk
      • The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russian Armed Forces, with the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighting back at eight different locations. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two United Nations peacekeepers are injured when Israeli forces fire at a watchtower at their headquarters in southern Lebanon. (Euronews)
  • The Lebanese Armed Forces reports that two of its soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on one of its positions in southern Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
  • A drone launched from Lebanon damages a building and causes a power outage in Herzliya, Israel. (Crisis 24) (MTV Lebanon)
  • Israel destroys an Iranian Red Crescent Society field hospital on the Lebanon–Syria border. (Xinhua)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • At least 20 Palestinians are killed and dozens of others are injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
  • This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again". (The Washington Post) (Nobel Prize)

Business and economy

• 2024 Boeing machinists strike
  • Aerospace company Boeing announces it will cut 17,000 jobs, 10% of its global workforce, and delay the deliveries of its Boeing 777X planes due to effects of the ongoing machinists strike. (Reuters)
• King of Belgium Philippe and King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander jointly open the Nieuwe Sluis canal lock in Terneuzen, Netherlands, which is part of a series of locks connecting the Western Scheldt to the Port of Ghent. (NOS)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 South American wildfires
  • 2024 Peru wildfires
    • The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
• 2024 Tamil Nadu train collision
  • At least 19 people were injured after two trains collided near Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. (India Today)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Nicaragua, Foreign relations of Israel
  • Nicaragua formally breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel, calling the Israeli government "fascist" and "genocidal". (Reuters)
• France–Israel relations, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • France summons the Israeli ambassador to France over recent attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, calling the attacks a violation of international law and asking Israel to explain itself. (Le Monde)

October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israel's military orders the residents of 23 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River. (Reuters)
    • The UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon, is hit by an Israeli airstrike. (CTV News) (BBC News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • A family of eight is killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. (Morning Star)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian conscription crisis
    • Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars, restaurants, and a large concert venue across several Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv to detain men not in compliance with conscription orders. (AP)
• Colombian conflict
  • The National Army of Colombia re-enters the corregimiento of El Plateado in Argelia, Cauca Department, Colombia, in an attempt to clear the corregimiento of FARC dissidents. (El Tiempo)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • At least eleven people are killed and eight others are injured in tribal clashes in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A speedboat explodes at a port in Taliabu Island Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, killing six people, including Benny Laos, a candidate for Governor of North Maluku in the upcoming election, and Regional House of Representatives member Ester Tantri. (CNN Indonesia) (CNBC Indonesia)
• Four people are killed and five others are injured in a gas tank explosion and fire at a gas station in Grozny, Russia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Security incidents involving Donald Trump
    • A man is arrested outside former president Donald Trump's rally in Coachella, California, United States, with loaded firearms, a fake license plate, and several passports, in what is believed to have been an assassination attempt on Trump, according to the Riverside County sheriff. (Reuters)
  • Voter registration in the United States
    • The United States Justice Department sues the state of Virginia for removing voters from voter registration less than 90 days before Election Day on November 5. (Al Jazeera)
• Belarus–European Union border crisis, Human rights in Poland
  • As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. (Reuters) (Euronews)

October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israeli attack on Ramyah UNIFIL post
      • Two Israel Defense Forces Merkava tanks forcibly enter a UNIFIL base in Ramyah, Bint Jbeil District, Lebanon. The tanks fire rounds at the base, injuring fifteen United Nations peacekeepers. (BBC News)
    • Israeli airstrikes destroy an Ottoman-era market in Nabatieh, Lebanon, killing at least one person and injuring four others. (AP)
  • 2024 Hezbollah drone strike on Binyamina
    • Four Israeli soldiers are killed and 61 others are injured in a Hezbollah drone strike on Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, Israel. (Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
  • An Israeli attack on a school used to shelter displaced Palestinians kills at least 22 people, including fifteen children, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that North Korean troops have been deployed to Ukraine to fight alongside the Russian military. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum, October 2024 Sudan airstrikes
    • At least 23 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces airstrike on a marketplace in an area of Khartoum, Sudan, currently controlled by the Rapid Support Forces. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a train collision in Minya Governorate, Egypt. (Al Ahram)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election
  • Lithuanians vote in the first round of elections to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. (AP)
• 2024 Macanese Chief Executive election
  • Sam Hou Fai is elected as the new Chief Executive of Macau by the Election Committee, succeeding Ho Iat Seng. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Starship flight test 5
  • SpaceX completes its fifth test flight of the Starship spacecraft, successfully catching the rocket booster with the arms of the launch tower at Starbase in Texas, United States, and with the spacecraft landing in the Indian Ocean. (Space.com) (CNBC)

Sports

• 2024 Chicago Marathon
  • Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich breaks the world record for women's marathon by 1 minute and 57 seconds at the Chicago Marathon. (AP)

October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • October 2024 Aitou airstrike
      • At least 21 people are killed and eight others are injured when an Israeli airstrike hits an apartment building in the village of Aitou in northern Lebanon. (CTV News)
    • The Israel Defense Forces say that they killed Muhammad Kamel Naim, the head of the anti-tank missile array of Hezbollah's elite Redwan Force, in an airstrike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least four people are killed and dozens of others are severely injured when an Israeli airstrike hits a tent camp at a hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, causing the tents to catch fire. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least ten people are killed by Israeli artillery fire at a food distribution centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian forces claim that they took the village of Levadne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Voice of America)

Business and economy

• Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  • This year's Nobel Prize in economics is awarded to Turkish-American economist Daron Acemoglu, British-American economist Simon Johnson, and British economist James A. Robinson for their studies "of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity". (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed and 33 others are injured when a bus carrying students from Galala University overturns in Al Galala, Suez Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
• One person is killed and 23 others are injured when an NJ Transit commuter rail train collides with a tree that had fallen onto the tracks in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, United States. (CTV News)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
  • Over 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators against American involvement in Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip, many from Jewish Voice for Peace, are arrested outside of the New York Stock Exchange for attempting to block it. (Reuters)
• The Papua New Guinea Defence Force shoot six people, killing one, during an operation against illegal mining near Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (BenarNews)
• Mexican National Guard finds the decapitated bodies of five men on a road in Ojuelos de Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• SpaceX launches NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, to study Jupiter's moon Europa, with the spacecraft expected to arrive in April 2030. (BBC News)

October 15, 2024 (2024-10-15) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Oleh Syniehubov orders the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from Kupiansk and Borova in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The United States Department of Transportation fines the German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its mistreatment of Orthodox Jewish passengers during a flight from New York to Hungary through Germany in 2022. (AP)

Health and environment

• Climate change and food security in Africa
  • The World Food Programme says that millions of people in southern African countries are facing a food crisis, with more than 21 million children currently malnourished. (Reuters)

International relations

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–United States relations
    • The Biden administration sends a letter to the Israeli government, urging it to take action to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days. (CNN)
• Iran–European Union relations
  • The European Union sanctions fourteen Iranian individuals and firms, including Iran Air and several high-ranking members of the Quds Force, for allegedly transferring missiles and drones to Moscow in order to help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • North Korea announces that they have destroyed portions of an unused road that linked North Korea with South Korea. (AP)
• Philippines–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Following a phone call with Emirati president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Philippine president Bongbong Marcos confirms that 143 Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by the Emirati government. (Philippine News Agency)

Law and crime

• Highway 4 shooting
  • A police officer is killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting on Highway 4 near Ashdod, Israel. The gunman is killed by a passing armed civilian. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
• The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is designated as a terrorist group by the Canadian government and is sanctioned by the U.S. government, due to the group's alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. (CTV News)

October 16, 2024 (2024-10-16) (Wednesday)

October 17, 2024 (2024-10-17) (Thursday)

October 2024

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

(transcluded from the Current events portal)

Ongoing events

Disasters

• European floods
• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Nepal floods
• Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak
• Sudanese famine
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Mass media and entertainment

• Sean Combs sexual misconduct allegations

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests
• New Caledonia social unrest
• Venezuelan protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October

• 06: Kazakhstan, Referendum
• 06: Tunisia, President
• 07: Ethiopia, President (indirect)
• 09: Mozambique, President, Assembly of the Republic
• 13: Macau, Chief Executive (indirect)
• 13: Lithuania, Seimas (1st)

Upcoming

• 20: Moldova, President, Constitutional referendum
• 24: Montserrat, Legislative Assembly
• 25: Kiribati, President
• 26: Georgia, Parliament
• 27: Japan, House of Representatives
• 27: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber
• 27: Bulgaria, National Assembly
• 27: Lithuania, Seimas (2nd)
• 27: Uruguay, President, General Assembly
• 30: Botswana, National Assembly

Trials

Recently concluded

• United States:0Thomas Girardi

Ongoing

• France:0Dominique Pélicot
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• United States:0YSL Records
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 WNBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague

• Canadian football

• 2024 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

October

• 15: George Negus
• 14: Thomas J. Donohue
• 12: Mike Bullard
• 12: Jackmaster
• 12: Lilly Ledbetter
• 12: Tito Mboweni
• 12: Alex Salmond
• 12: Baba Siddique
• 10: Fleur Adcock
• 10: Ethel Kennedy
• 09: George Baldock
• 09: Lily Ebert
• 09: Lee Wei Ling
• 09: Ratan Tata
• 08: Pat Fischer
• 08: Tim Johnson
• 08: Luis Tiant
• 07: Cissy Houston
• 07: Arie L. Kopelman
• 07: Lore Segal
• 06: Johan Neeskens
• 05: Robert Coover
• 05: Ildar Dadin
• 04: Christopher Ciccone
• 04: Greg Landry
• 04: Billy Shaw
• 03: Michel Blanc
• 03: Mary O'Rourke
• 02: Susie Berning
• 01: Michael Ancram

September

• 30: Gavin Creel
• 30: Dikembe Mutombo
• 30: Humberto Ortega
• 30: Ken Page
• 30: Pete Rose
• 30: Robert Watts
• 29: Nobuyo Ōyama
• 29: Ozzie Virgil Sr.
• 28: Winfield Dunn
• 28: Drake Hogestyn
• 28: Kris Kristofferson
• 27: Hassan Nasrallah
• 27: Maggie Smith
• 26: John Ashton
• 22: Fredric Jameson
• 21: Benny Golson
• 21: Eddie Low
• 21: Al McCoy
• 21: Mercury Morris
• 20: Ibrahim Aqil
• 20: Daniel J. Evans
• 20: David Graham
• 20: Sayuri
• 20: Eduardo Xol
• 18: Kesaria Abramidze
• 18: Nick Gravenites
• 18: Salvatore Schillaci
• 17: Nelson DeMille
• 17: JD Souther
• 16: Song Binbin

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Israel–Hamas war

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2024 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain