At least eight
Azeri soldiers are killed following clashes with
Armenian troops on the border and near the disputed
Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan said Armenia had also suffered losses, although it did not provide any details.
(Yahoo! News)
A 72-hour ceasefire brokered by the
UN and
United States which began at 08:00 falls apart with each side accusing the other party of breaching the ceasefire. An
Israeli soldier is kidnapped and several killed during a suicide bomber attack at 09:30, according to Israeli officials. Ninety-one Palestinians were killed in the city of
Rafah south of Gaza according to the Gaza Officials since the Israeli soldier was captured. The UN and USA strongly condemn the attack. The ceasefire was cancelled.
(Times of Israel)(Global Post)
Disgraced Australian former entertainer
Rolf Harris has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for indecent assault. Eighty-four-year-old Harris was sentenced to 5 years and 9 months in prison in July on 12 counts of indecent assault against four girls between 1968 and 1986.
(BBC News)
Five more
Azeri troops are killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Armenians in
Nagorno-Karabakh. The casualties bring the death toll to at least 13 in a flare-up of violence over the last few days around Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia has said that any further escalation is unacceptable.
(Reuters)
Israel Defense Forces declare that the Israeli soldier previously believed to have been captured by Hamas fighters in
Rafah had in fact been killed in battle that day and his body taken.
(CBC)
At least 68 people were killed and more than 180 injured in an early morning explosion at a factory near
Shanghai that makes automobile parts for
General Motors. The factory produces aluminum alloy tire rims.
(LA Times)
The pro-Russian separatists in
Donetsk, who are now in great danger of being encircled by the
Ukraine government forces, renew their calls for
Russia to send troops and arms to their aid.
(AP via Guardian)
A
UNRWA-run school in
Rafah is hit by an Israeli air strike. At least seven people are thought to have been killed, and at least 30 injured.
(The Guardian). UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon condemns in strong terms the attack as 'moral outrage and criminal act'.
(UN News Centre)
The
Islamic State seizes the
Yazidi-dominated town of
Sinjar.
(BBC News) It also seized control of the Mosul Dam, which is Iraq's biggest dam, the Ain Zalah oil field, and two more towns.
(Reuters)
Ukrainian government forces recapture control of
Yasynuvata from pro-Russian insurgents; government troops have now all but encircled the rebels' second-largest stronghold of
Luhansk, and rebels declared a "state of siege" in
Donetsk.
(Reuters)
The Ukrainian military urges residents of Donetsk to evacuate amid reports of "increased rebel attacks" on civilians and to clear the way for government troops to advance on one of the insurgency’s biggest stronghold.
(Washington Post)
A Palestinian drives a tractor down a crowded street into a bus in Jerusalem killing one and injuring six before being shot dead by a police officer.
(Times Of Israel)
A Palestinian shoots and critically injures an Israeli soldier in
Jerusalem and escapes on a motorcycle hours after a trailer terrorist attack.
(Times of Israel)
The death toll from an explosion at an auto parts factory on Saturday in the
Chinese city of
Kunshan rises to 75 with investigators blaming faulty safety measures.
(AP via Daily Mail)
Rescuers in
Nepal find another two victims of Saturday's landslides bringing the official death toll to ten with none of 159 people missing expected to be found alive.
(AP via The Buffalo News)
The
Russian consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, adds
Kentucky Gentleman to a growing list of imports banned, saying that this
Bourbon whiskey includes "additives that can cause functional and eventually organic changes in the central and peripheral nervous systems, the endocrine system, as well as cause cancer and problems with infertility in men and women."
(Los Angeles Times)
Renowned Japanese scientist
Yoshiki Sasai commits
suicide, after the discrediting of certain experimental results he supervised, regarding
stem cells.
(Reuters)
Saudi Arabia grants
Lebanon US$1 billion to help the country in its conflict with self-declared jihadist fighters on the border with
Syria.
(Al Jazeera)
Russia bans all United States agricultural products, European Union fruit and vegetable imports in response to Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis.
(RT)(BBC News)
Officials in
Karamay in
Xinjiang, western China, places a temporary ban on
Islamic headscarves, clothing and those with beards from using public transport, following violence in the region.
(BBC News)
Two medical students Neil Dalton, 23 and Aidan Brunger completing their exchange from Newcastle University to a hospital in Malaysian Borneo were murdered after four men followed them after an argument over singing in a bar and stabbed them from behind.
(The Telegraph)
Hamas rejects the continuation of a 72-hour ceasefire and has shot over 60 rockets since 8:00 into southern
Israel.
Israel launches air strikes in response.
(AP)(CNN)
The
DotA 2 tournament, "The International 4" begins, the biggest e-sports event of all time with a prize pool of $10,930,698 [1]
Business and economy
Ukraine’s government picks 172 individuals and 65 companies that will face sanctions for "support and financing of terrorism" or responsible for crimes on country’s territory during the
pro-Russian unrest.
(Kyiv Post)
The
Italian senate votes in favor of a dramatic reduction of its own size and powers to challenge laws proposed in the
lower house, and for turning itself into an unelected body.
(BBC)
Rebel commander
Igor Girkin confirms that Ukrainian government forces have recaptured control of the strategic town of
Krasnyi Luch from pro-Russian insurgents, effectively closing in the
Donetsk People's Republic rebellion.
(BBC)
Azerbaijan's President
Ilham Aliyev declares a ‘state of war’ with
Armenia on Twitter saying “We are not living in peace, we are living in a state of war".
(The Independent)
Five artillery shells fired by
Ukrainian government forces hit a high-security prison in outskirts of
Donetsk, sparking a riot in which 106 inmates escape; the shelling also resulted in the death of one prisoner and the injury of five other prisoners and two guards.
(BBC)
The
Foreign Press Association issues a statement condemning
Hamas for intimidation and censorship and not allowing an objective reporting of events.
(YNet)
Business and economy
The Natural Development and Reform Commission, an economic planning agency of the
People's Republic of China, announces an increase in the price of
natural gas sold to non-residential buyers.
(Dow Jones)
Associated Press journalist Simone Camilli, a freelance translator and four Gaza police officers are killed when police tried to defuse unexploded
ordnance.
(AP)
Two hours before the end of a 72-hour ceasefire, rockets are fired from
Gaza into Israel. One rocket landed in Egypt and one child died and several were injured. Despite the violations, the cease-fire has been extended.
(The Daily Mail)
An interview with
Fatah militants in the
Gaza Strip was aired on Lebanon TV in which they claim to be planning a "high profile" attack and claim to be moving rockets in order to be fired into
Israel.
(Memri)
In the Philippines a southbound MRT Line 3 train heading to Taft Avenue station derailed and overshot to the streets. The train first stopped after leaving Magallanes station due to a technical problem. Later on, the train broke down altogether, so another train was used to push the stalled train. During this process, however, the first train got detached from the rails and overshot towards Taft Avenue, breaking the concrete barriers and falling to the street below. At least 38 people were injured. The accident was blamed on two train drivers and two control personnel for failing to follow the proper coordination procedures and protoco.
(Rappler)
Igor Girkin, a Russian citizen from
Moscow and military commander of the
Donetsk People's Republic rebellion, resigns, making it the third change at top of the rebel leadership of the past week.
(Reuters)
PresidentObama announces that U.S airstrikes broke the
IS siege of
Mount Sinjar, allowing thousands of
Yazidi refugees to escape, and declares plans for further airstrikes against IS forces.
(BBC)
A column of at least 23 Russian armoured vehicles and military trucks crosses the border from
Russia into
Ukraine, in the first confirmed sighting of such an incident by Western journalists.
(Daily Telegraph)
An Egyptian newspaper leaks the proposed plan for a long lasting truce compromising 11 articles which is now being reviewed by both sides.
(Times of Israel)
Arts and culture
A ceremony is held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
Panama Canal.
(BBC)
Protesters loot an
Ebola quarantine centre in the Liberian capital of
Monrovia, resulting in the escape of 17 patients and the theft of blood-stained bedding and medical equipment.
(BBC)
Sri Lankan cricketer
Mahela Jayawardene plays his final test innings for Sri Lanka, scoring 54. Upon retirement, he has a total of 11814 test runs, and is 6th on the all time run-scorer's list.
(BBC)
Ukrainian forces say they recapture control of
Mala Ivanivka and
Andrianivka from pro-Russian insurgents, effectively isolating the rebel controlled city of
Horlivka.
(Reuters)
An American volunteer in the
Donbas Battalion, identified only under his nom de guerre of "Franko", becomes the first officially acknowledged foreign casualty on the Ukrainian side of the military conflict against pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine.
(Kyiv Post)
Ukrainian government forces enter the center of
Stanytsia-Luhanska after having recaptured full control of a strategically important section of the
M-04 highway near
Luhansk from pro-Russian insurgents.
(Interfax)
Hours before the expiration of the latest cease-fire
Hamas claims responsibility for firing over 29 rockets into
Israel reaching
Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv, Israel responds with airstrikes as the peace talks break down.
(CNN)
In response to rocket fire six hours before the end of a cease-fire, Israeli airstrikes kill 11 Palestinians including the wife and infant son of Hamas military leader
Mohammed Deif - the first deaths in a week - while
Hamas launches over 130 missiles at Israel during the day. This is the 11th cease-fire broken by rocket fire from Hamas.
(BBC),
(AP via Fox News)(Reuters)[permanent dead link]
The Syrian opposition accuses the Syrian army of launching a chemical attack on the Jobar neighborhood of
Damascus, killing at least six people.
(Arabnews)
36 people are killed by landslides in
Hiroshima,
Japan, after a night of heavy rain.
(Reuters)
International relations
The governments of
Romania and
Hungary sign a framework agreement for opening 20 cross-border roads, strengthening traffic links with the entire
European Union.
(Nine O'Clock)
The internationally-acclaimed environmental campaigner
Marina Silva replaces
Eduardo Campos, who died in a plane crash on August 13, as the presidential candidate of the
Brazilian Socialist Party, with polls suggesting she could surpass
Aecio Neves in the first round and current president
Dilma Rousseff in the second.
(BBC)
At least 18 people are executed in public by
Hamas after being accused of "collaborating" with
Israel. Al Majd, a Hamas website, warns that future suspects will be dealt with "in the field" rather than the courts.
(AP),
(NY Times)
A 4-year-old boy is killed in a mortar attack on a southern Israeli village near the Gaza border;
Israeli Prime MinisterNetanyahu vows that military operations will "intensify" because of his death. The
IDF claims the mortar was fired from a school used as a shelter by
Hamas.
(BBC)(Times of Israel)
Russian aid convoys enter
eastern Ukraine without permission from the
Ukrainian government, sparking condemnation from the US, the
EU, and
NATO, and prompting the
UN to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the action. No other country sent humanitarian aid to the region.
(BBC)
Four additional Palestinians charged with collaborating with Israel are publicly executed outside of the
Jabaliarefugee camp by
Hamas; the killings are denounced by the secretary-general of the
PA, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, who compared them to
ISIS.
(Times of Israel)
The
IDF retracts claims that the mortar shell that killed an Israeli child was fired near or from a school run by
UNRWA, saying that the shell was fired from a school used as a shelter run by Hamas.
(The Guardian)
The
UN calls for action to prevent what it suspects may become a massacre in the northern Iraqi town of
Amirli, which has been besieged by
IS forces since June.
(BBC)
Iceland issues a red alert warning for the
Bárðarbunga volcano meaning significant emissions are likely.
(BBC)
A oil tanker carrying 5,000 liters of oil explodes while docking at the Lach Bang port,
Thanh Hoa,
Viet Nam killing two people and injuring four others. The fire is ignited either in the oil compartments or from the cooking gas cylinder.
(Thanh Nien News)
After more than 18 months of requests,
Turkey comes under heavy international pressure to secure its borders to the influx of foreign fighters, oil, and weapons crossing into
Syria to fight for
ISIS. ISIS fighters have been moving towards the Turkey-Syria border using armored cars looted from
Iraqi military bases.
(The Guardian)
Four Arab-Israeli taxi drivers are injured, two seriously, after they came under mortar and rocket attack at the
Erez border crossing while waiting to transport critically injured
Palestinians for treatment at
Israeli hospitals.
(Times of Israel)
An
Israeli airstrike levels a seven story apartment building in
Gaza, injuring 20 people and displacing over 40 families. Due to warnings by the
IDF to evacuate the building, there were no fatalities in the strike.
(Fox News)
The
Palestinian Authority confirms earlier reports that
Fatah activists were shot in the legs and arms after being placed under house arrest by
Hamas. Hamas alleges the attacks were carried out by members acting on their own.
(Jerusalem Post)
During an interview with Iranian TV,
Hamas leader
Khaled Mashaal, rejects resuming negotiations for a cease-fire while saying resistance is the only way of achieving demands.
(Times of Israel)
Association footballerAlbert Ebossé dies after being struck by a projectile thrown by a fan just hours after a matchup between his home team
JS Kabylie and
USM Alger. The match ended in a 2-1 defeat and the Cameroonian died of head injury due to the strike. He was aged 24.
(The Guardian)
Ukrainian forces say they managed to stop a larger part of a convoy of around 50 armoured vehicles, which entered
Ukraine from the border with
Russia near
Novoazovsk.
('Reuters)
On the 50th day of the conflict, an internationally supported long-term truce is reached where the borders of
Gaza,
Egypt, and
Israel are opened for humanitarian and reconstruction supplies and the Gaza fishing zone is extended to 6 km. Other issues such as an airport/seaport and the Israeli demand for demilitarization will be negotiated within a month.
(Times of Israel)
Two high-ranking officials in China's
Shanxi province, Chen Chuanping and Nie Chunyu, are placed under a corruption investigation by Chinese Communist Party authorities. Chen Chuanping was the
CPC party chief of
Taiyuan, the provincial capital. The president of
China Resources Power, Wang Yujun, is also detained.
(Bloomberg)(SCMP)
Klaus Wowereit makes it official that he will resign as the
mayor of Berlin on 11 December, after having held the post for nearly 14 years, making him
Germany's current longest-serving head of a state government.
(Deutsche Welle)
Russian journalists say they have been attacked at a cemetery in
Pskov while investigating reports that Russian soldiers were secretly buried after being killed in
Ukraine.
(BBC)
The US government confirms that an American man believed to have been fighting alongside Islamist militants in Syria has been killed; the total number of Americans killed while taking part in the civil war rises to three.
(BBC)
Syrian rebels take over the border
Quneitra crossing between
Israel and
Syria after heavy fighting. Mortar rounds and rockets were launched into Israel. One
IDF soldier is wounded by a bullet just days after rocket attacks from
Lebanon.
(Times of Israel)
The
UN Refugee Agency announces that over 2000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East have drowned this year while trying to reach Europe by boat, a record number.
(Reuters)
The
NATO officials state more than 1,000 Russian troops are operating in Ukraine as more air-defence systems, artillery, tanks and armoured personnel carriers are being delivered to pro-Russian insurgents.
(Financial Times)
Russian troops capture the key town of
Novoazovsk, opening a new front that threatens to encircle and capture the port city of
Mariupol.
(Washington Post)
Sound supervisor Bryce Dion is accidentally shot and killed by police after being caught in the crossfire while working to film an episode for the reality series Cops.
(New York Times)
Malaysian Airlines announces plans to lay off 6000 staff as a result of a restructuring following the loss of two aircraft in disasters this year.
(Bloomberg)
An explosion in an apartment building in the
Paris suburb of
Rosny-sous-Bois results in four deaths, 11 people injured and five unaccounted for.
(AFP via SBS)