Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 40 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including ten in a double tap strike on a designated humanitarian zone in the Al-Mawasi refugee camp in Rafah Governorate. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/israeli-attack-on-town-in-lebanons-far-north-kills-14-people-mayor

Armed conflicts and attacks

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issues a temporary 30-day ground on all U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti after gangs shot at a Spirit Airlines aircraft that was attempting to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, yesterday. The airport is also closed indefinitely in response to the shooting. (Miami Herald) (Scripps News)

• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article295444429.html
• https://www.scrippsnews.com/world/faa-grounds-us-flights-to-haiti-after-gunfire-strikes-spirit-airlines-aircraft

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Pentagon reports that several missiles and drones launched at the USS Spruance and the USS Stockdale by the Houthis are shot down. (BBC)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1knpnlp1leo

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions Rapid Support Forces general Abdel Rahman Jumma, alleging that Jumma is the "primary party" responsible for the violence against civilians and human rights abuses in West Darfur, Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/us-sanctions-rsf-commander-accused-of-rights-abuses-in-sudans

Disasters and accidents

The Pakistani Health Department reports that at least 1.8 million people in Punjab, Pakistan have become sick with respiratory and eye irritation ailments caused by chronic, record-breaking air pollution. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-smog-punjab-huge-population-affected-304b37e0e98cf734d40a37a5ec908bd3

Disasters and accidents

Two people are killed and 12 others are injured in an explosion at a food coloring factory in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. (KCRG-TV) (AP)

• https://www.kcrg.com/2024/11/14/2-employees-killed-workplace-explosion-investigation-into-cause-continues/
• https://apnews.com/article/louisville-kentucky-explosion-f7293237f0d07e597354505219cfcd09

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-six people are killed when a bus carrying a wedding ceremony participants falls into the Indus River in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (Anadolu Agency) (NBC News)

• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-pakistan-bus-accident-climbs-to-26/3392386
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wedding-party-bus-falls-river-pakistan-killing-14-rcna179922

Law and crime

A U.S. jury awards US$42 million to three former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, thereby holding Virginia-based military contractor CACI liable for their role in the torture and mistreatment of the detainees. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/abu-ghraib-civil-trial-iraq-virginia-3a2841ec2892fb111b4e26a70e761208

Politics and elections

Opposition leader and Labour Party candidate Navin Ramgoolam is elected as Prime Minister of Mauritius, with his coalition Alliance du Changement winning 60 of the 66 National Assembly seats. Former Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth resigns following his party's defeat in the election. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mauritius-opposition-wins-626-votes-election-commission-says-2024-11-12/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/opposition-secures-landslide-victory-in-mauritius-election