Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov announces that Russian forces have captured the city of Kupiansk, the administrative centre of Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast. The Ukrainian military denies the statement. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-met-with-russian-top-military-brass-kremlin-says-2025-11-20/

Armed conflicts and attacks

U.S. president Donald Trump gives Ukraine a deadline of November 27 to accept the peace proposal, or the U.S. will end all weapons shipments and military intelligence support. Russian president Vladimir Putin confirms he has formally received the proposal from the U.S. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6257wrx301t

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five people are killed and three others are injured in a Russian glide bomb strike on a high-rise apartment block in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Euronews)

• https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/21/at-least-five-killed-in-russian-glide-bomb-strike-on-southern-ukraine

Armed conflicts and attacks

Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 16 and 18, are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/11/21/live-israel-keeps-bombing-gaza-kills-two-in-occupied-east-jerusalem

Armed conflicts and attacks

One person is shot, and 315 people, including 12 teachers and 303 schoolchildren, are abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Agwara, Niger State, Nigeria. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w7621xypyo

Arts and culture

Fátima Bosch of Mexico is crowned Miss Universe in Nonthaburi, Thailand, becoming the fourth Mexican woman to win the title. (ABS-CBN News)

• https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/pageants-beauty-queens/2025/11/21/mexico-wins-miss-universe-2025-crown-ph-s-ahtisa-manalo-is-3rd-runner-up-1208

Disasters and accidents

At least 18 people are killed and 21 others injured in an explosion at a glue factory in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. (AP) (Al Jazeera)

• https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-chemical-factory-boiler-explosion-punjab-afd487d71c4e5f5c70631d6adf25f300
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/21/explosion-at-glue-factory-in-eastern-pakistan-kills-at-least-16

Health and environment

Jamaica declares a leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa, with health minister Christopher Tufton reporting nine confirmed cases, 28 suspected cases, and six suspected deaths linked to flood-related exposure to contaminated water. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/jamaica-reports-deadly-leptospirosis-outbreak-after-hurricane-melissa-2025-11-21/

Law and crime

A Peruvian Supreme Court judge orders the arrest and five-month preventive detention of former prime minister Betssy Chávez, who is under asylum at the Mexican embassy and is being prosecuted for alleged seditious conspiracy in connection with former president Pedro Castillo's attempt to dissolve Congress. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-orders-arrest-ex-prime-minister-under-mexico-asylum-lima-2025-11-21/