Tuesday

November 18, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

2025 Sidon massacre

Thirteen people are killed and several others are wounded in an Israeli airstrike against the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon. (The New Arab)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)

Two people are killed in two separated Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in Bint Jbeil and Marjayoun, Lebanon. (L'Orient Today)

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

2021 Cabo Delgado offensive

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights accuses French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies of committing war crimes through a joint task force deployed to protect natural gas sites in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The NGO alleges that the joint task force illegally imprisoned, beat, tortured, and killed over 220 civilians. (DW)

Russo-Ukrainian war

Kharkiv strikes

A 17-year-old girl is killed and nine other people are injured in overnight Russian missile strikes on Berestyn, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)

Palestinian political violence

2025 Gush Etzion attack

At least three people are killed, including both perpetrators, and three others are injured, including a woman mistakenly shot by soldiers, in a vehicle-ramming attack and stabbing attack in Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank. (The Times of Israel) (CNN)

Business and economy

The United Kingdom announces it will ban above-face value ticket resale for concerts, shows, and sports events, citing rampant price gouging on ticket sale sites. (DW) (CNBC)

Law and crime

Gaza Strip under Hamas, Blockade of the Gaza Strip

Hamas arrests a staff member of local water provider, Abdul Salam Yassin Company, which has been in charge of supplying clean water to nearly half of the Gaza Strip enclave. In protest, the company suspends its operations in Gaza, with board member Youssef Yassin noting it would affect more than one million residents. (Reuters) (The Times of Israel)

Politics and elections

2025 Texas redistricting

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court bars Texas from using a newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterm elections, ruling that it is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. (CNN)

Epstein Files Transparency Act

The United States House of Representatives votes 427–1 in favor of a bill to force the United States Justice Department to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case. The bill heads to the Senate for approval. The sole no vote is Representative Clay Higgins of Louisana. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

A major outage of Cloudflare causes global disruptions to numerous apps and websites. (BBC News)

Honda issues a recall for 256,000 Accord Hybrids due to a software error. (AP)

Google DeepMind releases a new version of the Gemini large language model, Gemini 3.0. (CNBC)

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