2021 Argentine legislative election Argentines go to the polls to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
2021 Bulgarian general election Bulgarians go to the polls to elect the President and the National Assembly.
COVID-19 pandemic Peru announces that people over the age of 18 years who want to enter indoor spaces must show a proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 beginning in December, either physical or virtual vaccination cards.
The Israeli Health ministry approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, two weeks after the U.S. FDA grants its own approval, with vaccination expected to begin next week.
The Egyptian government announces the start of clinical trials for COVI-VAX, which is the country’s first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announces a nationwide lockdown for those over the age of 12 years who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, which prohibits them from leaving their homes except for essential reasons beginning at midnight, amid a record increase in new COVID-19 cases.
Earthquake A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Hormozgan Province, Iran, at a depth of 10 km and is felt in many southern Iranian cities. A man killed by a falling pole is the sole death reported.
European migrant crisis Eight sub-Saharan African migrants are found dead on a boat adrift off the southern coast of the Canary Islands, with 54 other men being rescued from the boat.
Astroworld Festival crowd crush A 9-year-old boy, injured during a crowd crush at the Astroworld Music Festival, who had been in a medically-induced coma, dies, bringing the death toll to 10.
Capital punishment in Somalia Two Ugandan soldiers are sentenced to death and three more receive 39-year prison sentences in Somalia for killing seven civilians during a gun battle in Golweyn, Lower Shabelle, three months ago.
Syrian civil war A bomb explodes near a vehicle carrying troops in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, killing four soldiers and a general.
Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing A passenger is killed and his driver injured when a taxi explodes in front of the Liverpool Women's Hospital in Liverpool, England. Three men are subsequently arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Insurgency in the Maghreb Gunmen open fire at a military post near a gold mine in Inata, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, killing 19 gendarmes and a civilian.