Portal:Current events/2024 November 18

November 18, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Odesa strikes
    - Russian forces launch a missile attack on the city of Odesa, Ukraine, for the second consecutive day, killing at least ten civilians, injuring dozens of others and damaging civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Ukrainian energy crisis, 17 November 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
  - Ukraine re-implements nationwide rolling blackouts primarily due to yesterday's destruction of energy infrastructure by Russian airstrikes. (Reuters)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  - Hezbollah launches more than 100 missiles at Israel, including Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring dozens of others. (The Times of Israel)
  - Five people are killed and 24 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  - Hezbollah and Lebanon both agree to a United States proposal for a ceasefire. However, Israel has refused to comment. (Reuters)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Security forces raid a Lashkar-e-Islam hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing ten militants and injuring several others. (ABC News)
- A Pakistani Taliban ambush on a military convoy in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills eight soldiers and wounds three others. Several gunmen are also killed. Separately, seven police officers are kidnapped in Bannu. (Voice of America)
Somali Civil War
- Three people are killed and another is injured when a land mine, believed to have been planted by Al-Shabaab, explodes on a highway between Afgooye and Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. (Garowe Online)
Twenty gang members are killed by security forces in the Gaza Strip after armed looters hijacked almost 100 trucks bringing aid for the ongoing famine. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

American airline Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after years of financial losses and a failed merger attempt with JetBlue. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Ercolano, Italy. (Rai News)

International relations

Denmark–Somalia relations
- Denmark and Somalia reach an agreement to relieve more than $8.5 million of Somali debt. (Horseed Media)

Law and crime

2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions
- The C-Lion1 submarine communications cable across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is damaged in what German officials suspect is sabotage. (The Guardian)
Three people are killed in a stabbing spree in Manhattan, New York, United States. The perpetrator is arrested. (CNN)