Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing the proposal's not linking the ceasefire to the return of hostages taken during the conflict. (The New York Sun) (Reuters)

• https://www.nysun.com/article/america-vetoes-proposed-un-resolution-to-end-gaza-war-which-was-seen-as-betrayal-of-hostages-held-by-hamas
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-will-veto-un-security-council-resolution-gaza-war-its-current-form-says-2024-11-20/

Armed conflicts and attacks

British-produced Storm Shadow cruise missiles are launched into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, following approval by the Starmer cabinet. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/20/russia-ukraine-war-live-biden-us-weapons-missiles-putin-nuclear?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-673dfb778f08b8d1c90a6954#block-673dfb778f08b8d1c90a6954

Armed conflicts and attacks

The embassies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan urge their citizens to leave areas near Ukrainian combat zones or to leave Ukraine altogether amid an escalating risk of Russian retaliatory attacks. (The Times of Central Asia)

• https://timesca.com/war-in-ukraine-kazakhstan-kyrgyzstan-tell-citizens-to-step-up-safety/

Armed conflicts and attacks

The International Criminal Court sentences Malian Islamist militant and Ansar Dine member al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years in prison on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2012 and 2013 in Timbuktu, Mali. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/icc-sentences-al-hassan-ag-abdoul-aziz-to-10-years-over-mali-war-crimes

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Sudanese Armed Forces intensify their offensive in the Khartoum capital region, particularly in Khartoum North where the battle has rapidly escalated. (Sudan Tribune)

• https://sudantribune.com/article293602/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Thirty-six people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Palmyra, Syria. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-attacks-syrias-palmyra-syrian-state-news-agency-says-2024-11-20/

Business and economy

American automaker Ford announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 2,900 in Germany, citing economic instability and conflicts with environmental regulations. (Newsweek)

• https://www.newsweek.com/ford-european-job-cuts-eletric-vehicle-market-1989024

Law and crime

The Russian government denies accusations made by European governments of their involvement in sabotaging two submarine telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea as a means of hybrid warfare. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/russia-denies-cutting-baltic-sea-cables-as-tensions-rise/a-70832595

Law and crime

The Royal Danish Navy boards the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 in the Baltic Sea after the ship is suspected to be involved in the sabotage of the submarine cables. (EurAsia Daily)

• https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/11/20/the-danish-navy-boarded-a-chinese-cargo-ship-who-broke-the-cables-at-the-bottom-of-the-baltic-sea

Law and crime

Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines following 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners. (South China Morning Post)

• https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3287274/indonesia-agrees-return-filipino-death-row-inmate-mary-jane-veloso-philippines

Law and crime

New Zealand designates Yemen's Houthi movement and Lebanon's Hezbollah as terrorist groups. (The Times of Israel)

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-zealand-designates-houthis-and-entirety-of-hezbollah-as-terror-organizations/

Politics and elections

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner dismisses concerns brought on by protests in London from United Kingdom farmers against new agricultural inheritance taxation policies as "scaremongering". (Sky News)

• https://news.sky.com/story/trump-wins-uk-reaction-starmer-labour-badenoch-tories-politics-live-12593360

Politics and elections

Malian junta chief Assimi Goïta dismisses Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga for criticizing the junta government's decision to indefinitely postpone a return to civilian rule. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/mali-junta-chief-sacks-prime-minister/a-70837908

Politics and elections

Around 1,671 anti-war protesters in Belarus are arrested for showing solidarity with Ukraine as part of a crackdown on opposition under President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/belarus-lukashenko-ukraine-war-russia-crackdown-2d517139f969c07210faa9d1f2d2c99b

Politics and elections

Iraq imposes a two-day nationwide curfew as it conducts its first national census since 1987. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/iraq-conducts-first-national-census-in-nearly-40-years