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- The Republican Party wins a majority in the United States House of Representatives following the midterm elections.
- NASA's Artemis 1 is successfully launched (pictured) on an uncrewed test flight to the Moon.
- The United Nations estimates the world population to have exceeded eight billion.
- The independent Nataša Pirc Musar wins the presidential elections in Slovenia, becoming its first female president.
November 17, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- Germany offers to deploy German Air Force jets to protect Polish airspace in response to Tuesday's missile explosion in Przewodów, Lublin Voivodeship. (A News)
- October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- Russia carries out another wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, with airstrikes reported in Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, where two people were confirmed killed overnight by a missile hit. In Dnipro and Odesa, critical infrastructure is also targeted. (The Guardian)
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- November 2022 United Kingdom autumn statement
- UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers the delayed autumn statement to parliament, announcing measures to stabilize the British economy amid a cost of living crisis, including raising the National Living Wage from £9.50 an hour to £10.42 from next year, increasing pensions and welfare payments in line with rising inflation, introducing a higher rate windfall tax on the profits of energy firms, a new "temporary tax" on companies that generate electricity, and capping rises in rent in the social sector to 7% until 2024. (BBC News)
- November 2022 United Kingdom autumn statement
Law and crime
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- A court in the Netherlands sentences two Russians and a pro-Russian separatist to life in prison for the downing of the flight in 2014 over Ukraine. The verdict was delivered in absentia of the defendants. (AP)
November 16, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Terrorism in Iran
- Five people are killed and 15 others are injured in a mass shooting at a market in Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- Germany announces the withdrawal of its Bundeswehr personnel in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali until the end of 2023. (AFP via Al Mayadeen)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a record 11.1%, pressuring the Bank of England to raise interest rates. (Bloomberg)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The economy of Russia enters a recession, after gross domestic product decreased by four percent in the third quarter. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
International relations
- Tigray War
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- The World Food Programme resumes its deployment of humanitarian aid to the Tigray Region for the first time since the signing of the peace agreement. (AFP via RFI)
- Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- Greece–Iran relations
- The two Greek tankers that Iran impounded in May to reciprocate Greece's seizure of an Iranian tanker are discharged. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Kuwait
- Kuwait says that it has carried out a mass execution of seven convicted murderers, including three foreign citizens. (Yahoo! News)
- Twenty-five recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are injured, five of them critically, in a collision with a wrong-way driver in Whittier, California, United States. The driver is arrested. (CBS News)
Science and technology
- Artemis program
- NASA launches the Artemis 1 mission after months of delays. It is the first flight of the Space Launch System. (The New York Times)
November 15, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- A missile strike kills two people in the village of Przewodów in eastern Poland. President of the United States Joe Biden says that the missile blast in Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile. U.S. officials had earlier told the Associated Press that preliminary findings suggested that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
- The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it was a "Russian-made missile" and summons the Russian ambassador to provide an explanation. (Reuters) (AP)
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- Russian missiles strike several cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, causing "critical" damage to energy facilities. (The Guardian)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- November 2022 Ariel attack
- Three Israelis are killed and three others are injured after a 18-year-old Palestinian man carries out a vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing in the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead. (Times of Israel)
- The United States opens an investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in the West Bank in May. (Télam)
- November 2022 Ariel attack
- Yemeni Civil War
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 south eastern Australia floods
- Flooding continues in Australia, with over 220 people being rescued from floodwaters in New South Wales in the past 24 hours. (ABC News Australia)
- At least three people are killed and six others have been injured after a multi-storey building collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya. (Washington Post)
- Fourteen people are killed after a minibus and a truck collide in Abu Minqar, New Valley Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
Health and environment
- Day of Eight Billion
- The world population surpasses eight billion people, according to the United Nations. (The Times)
International relations
- 2022 G20 Bali summit
- The Group of Twenty begins its annual two-day summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Protests are held across Iran to mark the third anniversary of the 2019 protests. Protesters blocked streets and a large strike has been reported. (Iran International)
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (CNN)
Sports
- 2022 ATP Tour
- At 19 years old, Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest year-end world No. 1-ranked singles player by the Association of Tennis Professionals after his closest rival, fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal, failed to advance to the semifinals of the 2022 ATP Finals. Alcaraz breaks Australian player Lleyton Hewitt's record that he achieved in 2001. (The Courier-Mail)
November 14, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Operation Newcombe
- The United Kingdom announces that it is withdrawing its troops from Mali citing "political instability" and the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia's Wagner Group. (BBC News)
- Operation Newcombe
- Kurdish–Iranian conflict
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) strikes the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Koy Sanjaq, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, with four missiles, killing at least one person. The IRGC says that it "targeted terrorist groups" with missiles and drones. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli forces kill a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank. (Pagina12)
Disasters and accidents
- Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured after a road accident in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Algeria. (Reuters)
International relations
- France–United Kingdom relations
- English Channel migrant crossings
- The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches. (BBC News)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- Iran–European Union relations
- Sanctions against Iran
- The European Union adds 30 Iranian entities including news channel Press TV and cloud computing service Abr Arvan to its sanctions blacklist. (Taz)
- Sanctions against Iran
- Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, the three countries with the largest tropical forest area, propose a trilateral alliance to collaborate on forest protection. (CNN)
Law and crime
- 2022 Istanbul bombing
- Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu says that 46 people, including the Syrian woman accused of planting the bomb, have been detained. Süleyman also accuses the Kurdistan Workers' Party of being behind the attack. (Al Jazeera)
November 13, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Terrorism in Turkey
- 2022 Istanbul bombing
- An IED explodes on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu reports that a Syrian female suspect has been arrested. (ABC News Australia)
- 2022 Istanbul bombing
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Israel launches missile strikes on Shayrat Airbase in Homs Governorate, central Syria, killing two soldiers and injuring three others, according to Syrian state television. (Reuters)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
Law and crime
- Mahsa Amini protests
- The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran issues the first death sentence in connection with the protests. The sentenced person was convicted of burning a government office. (MSN)
- 2022 University of Virginia shooting
- Three people are killed and two others are injured by a mass shooting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. (AP)
- Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Thousands of demonstrators march nationwide against the proposal of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, to reform the autonomous National Electoral Institute. The proposals include the possibility of allowing the president and congress to choose the electoral councillors to be subsequently voted by the electorate. (The Washington Post)
- In Moscow, Idaho, United States, four University of Idaho students are found stabbed to death at a residence near the university's campus. (Idaho Statesman)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Slovenian presidential election
- Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president. (Foreign Brief) (The Guardian)
Sports
- 2022 Formula One World Championship
- 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
- British racing driver George Russell of Mercedes wins the first Formula One race of his career. (CNN)
- 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
November 12, 2022 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision
- A Bell P-63 Kingcobra and a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress collide mid-air at an air show in Dallas, Texas, United States, killing six people. (CBS News)
- A bus falls into a canal in the Nile River Delta in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, killing 21 people. (ABC News)
Health and environment
- Lebanon launches its first cholera vaccine campaign. (Arab News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Bahraini general election
- Bahrainis head to the polls to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives. (SwissInfo)
- 2022 United States Senate elections
- Incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Republican challenger Adam Laxalt to win the 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada, securing the Democratic Party majority in the United States Senate for the upcoming 118th United States Congress. (NBC News)
Sports
- 2021 Rugby World Cup
- Hosts New Zealand win a record sixth Women's Rugby World Cup title after defeating England 34–31 in the final at Eden Park in Auckland. The final was a rematch of the 2017 edition, which New Zealand had also won. (CNN)
November 11, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukrainian troops enter the city of Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital captured by Russia during the invasion, ending the city's eight-month occupation by Russian forces. (CNN)
- Russian forces destroy the Antonivka Road Bridge as they retreat from the west of the Dnieper. (The New York Times)
- United States and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Russian Foreign Ministry bans 200 U.S. citizens from entering Russia, including White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and three siblings of President Joe Biden. (Reuters)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2022 food crises, Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Food and Agriculture Organization forecasts that by the year's end, global spending on food imports will have increased by 10 percent from the previous year to reach "an all-time high" of US$1.94 trillion, due to currency depreciations and the war in Ukraine. "The bulk" of this increase in spending will be by high-income countries while food import "volumes are also expected to rise." (AFP via The Economic Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria. (AP)
International relations
- Accession of East Timor to ASEAN
- East Timor is granted observer member status of the ASEAN bloc of nations, with a roadmap to membership established. The country welcomes the decision as it currently experiences high levels of unemployment and malnourishment. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
- UN motion to seek ICJ opinion on the legal implications of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory
- The United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee adopts a resolution to request the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. It will then proceed to the United Nations General Assembly for final approval. (Haaretz)
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