Wednesday

November 19, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian war

Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Dozens of people are killed in a series of Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, including 26 people killed and more than 100 others injured in a ballistic missile strike on a nine-story residential building in Ternopil. Many more remain missing with search and rescue operations underway. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Gaza war

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip

At least 28 Palestinians are killed and 77 more are injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City and Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip after Israel accused Hamas of firing at Israeli troops. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

One person is killed in an Israeli airstrike attack against a vehicle in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon. Several students are also wounded on a bus passing in the area. (Al Jazeera)

Religious violence in Nigeria

Gunmen target a church in Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Sixty-four people are missing following a barge capsizing on the Sankuru River in Kasaï Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

One person is killed and another injured in a large-scale fire in Ōita, Japan. 170 homes are damaged and another 260 households remain without electricity. (NPR)

Health and environment

A suspected outbreak of tuberculosis kills at least ten inmates at a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Reuters)

International relations

Russia–United Kingdom relations

Russian Navy spy ship Yantar uses lasers to disrupt Royal Air Force aircraft monitoring the vessel in the North Sea for the first time. The ship was being followed by a Royal Navy frigate with Poseidon P-8 planes deployed to track its movements. (BBC News)

Foreign relations of Iran, Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands

Iran releases a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and its 21 crew after seizing it without explanation last Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. (AP)

Law and crime

The Tatmadaw conducts a raid on the scam center compound in Shwe Kokko, Myawaddy District, Myanmar, and detains 346 foreigners and confiscates nearly 10,000 mobile devices. (AP)

Science and technology

Ford Motor Co. issues a recall of over 200,000 Bronco and Bronco Sport vehicles due to a possible dashboard failure. (AP)

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