Politics of Somalia Somalia announces that beginning next year, the country will change to a presidential system and elect officials by direct vote, ending more than three decades of indirect voting where lawmakers elected the country's leaders with the approval of clan and elderly leaders.
2023 Turkish presidential election Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is declared the winner by the Supreme Election Council, defeating his opponent Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with 52 percent of the vote.
An apartment building An apartment building partially collapses in Davenport, Iowa, United States, leaving two people missing.
Melbourne Buildings and roads are damaged across Melbourne by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Victoria, Australia.
Lake Maggiore boat incident Four people are killed and five others injured when a boat capsizes amid bad weather on Lake Maggiore in Lombardy, Italy.
Battagram District Three people are injured in Battagram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, when a magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Badakshan, Afghanistan.
Comac C919 The Comac C919, China's first domestically-built passenger jet, completes its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing by China Eastern Airlines.
Indian Prime Minister Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates a new parliament building capable of holding 1,272 MPs. The ceremony is boycotted by the opposition for not asking President Droupadi Murmu to inaugurate it and for selecting the birthday of Hindutva founder Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the inauguration date, while Delhi Police detain wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik for protesting the sexual abuse of female athletes at the ceremony.
2023 Manipur violence Thirty-three tribal militants are killed by soldiers during an operation in Manipur, India, following ethnic clashes in the region.
Kivu conflict Two rangers are killed in a shooting at Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Two people are killed and three others are injured in a "record drone attack" on Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities say they have shot down 52 of 54 drones.