Armed conflicts and attacks

Germany expects to lift its restrictions on military equipment exports to Israel from November 24, which were banned in August due to the siege of Gaza City. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/germany-israel-military-export-restrictions-5dc988d1472099db3f06a2c3232b7f78

Armed conflicts and attacks

An investigative committee in Syria detains members of the country's military and security forces in an investigation into sectarian violence in Sweida in July involving the Druze. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/syria-sweida-druze-violence-sectarian-killings-10ee66c7fcb33b7291b137a2bdbeb57b

Disasters and accidents

A bus carrying Indian Umrah pilgrims collides with a tank truck near Medina, Saudi Arabia, killing 45 people. (Hindustan Times)

• https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/42-indian-pilgrims-feared-dead-in-bus-tanker-collision-near-medina-in-saudi-arabia/ar-AA1Qz0Sv?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5f440525dbad46fbb32bfdc27c50e374&ei=14

Disasters and accidents

The toll from yesterday's bus crash in Simiatug, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador, increases to 21 people killed and 40 others injured. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-ecuador-bus-crash-climbs-21-40-injured-2025-11-17/

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed and 19 others are injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rain strikes a bus carrying 32 passengers in Khánh Vĩnh district, Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/landslide-kills-6-bus-passengers-central-vietnam-2025-11-17/

International relations

The United States imposes visa restrictions and revokes some existing visas for Nicaraguans, including owners of transportation and travel companies, who it says facilitate illegal immigration to the U.S. under Nicaragua's migration policies. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-nicaragua-over-immigration-2025-11-17/

Law and crime

A domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in absentia over crimes against humanity committed during the quota reform protests in 2024. (AP) (Reuters)

• https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-hasina-verdict-yunus-security-c1eec828e68460bae66824601a94eaca
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladeshs-ousted-pm-hasina-convicted-students-crackdown-case-2025-11-17/

Politics and elections

Due to no candidates receiving 50% of the vote in the presidential election, a runoff occurs between left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara of the Unity for Chile coalition and right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast of the Change for Chile coalition, with the vote set for December 14. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/chile-far-left-far-right-candidates-proceed-to-runoff-vote/a-74770287

Politics and elections

Philippine executive secretary Lucas Bersamin and budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman resign over their alleged involvement in flood control corruption. Finance secretary Ralph Recto replaces Bersamin as the executive secretary. (Gulf News)

• https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/philippines-2-marcos-cabinet-members-resign-over-ghost-flood-control-projects-1.500349110