Discoveries of exoplanets In a study published by the Nature journal, astronomers announce the discovery of IRAS 04125+2902 b, a newborn exoplanet. The discovery was made by Madyson Barber, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine Around 1,671 anti-war protesters in Belarus are arrested for showing solidarity with Ukraine as part of a crackdown on opposition under President Alexander Lukashenko.
Mali War Malian junta chief Assimi Goïta dismisses Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga for criticizing the junta government's decision to indefinitely postpone a return to civilian rule.
2024 United Kingdom farmers' protests Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner dismisses concerns brought on by protests in London from United Kingdom farmers against new agricultural inheritance taxation policies as "scaremongering".
New Zealand New Zealand designates Yemen's Houthi movement and Lebanon's Hezbollah as terrorist groups.
India Indian billionaire and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani is indicted in the U.S. for his role in an alleged multi-billion dollar bribery and fraud scheme where he and seven others paid Indian government officials US$265 million to obtain contracts for Adani Green Energy.
Capital punishment in Indonesia Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines following 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners.
2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions The Royal Danish Navy boards the Chinese cargo ship "Yi Peng 3" in the Baltic Sea after the ship is suspected to be involved in the sabotage of the submarine cables.
The Russian government denies accusations made by European governments of their involvement in sabotaging two submarine telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea as a means of hybrid warfare.
November 2024 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone Two people are killed and more than 570,000 people are without power when a bomb cyclone makes landfall over the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia, Canada.
German economic crisis American automaker Ford announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 2,900 in Germany, citing economic instability and conflicts with environmental regulations.
Syrian civil war Thirty-six people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Palmyra, Syria.
Sudanese civil war The Sudanese Armed Forces intensify their offensive in the Khartoum capital region, particularly in Khartoum North where the battle has rapidly escalated.
Mali War The International Criminal Court sentences Malian Islamist militant and Ansar Dine member al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years in prison on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2012 and 2013 in Timbuktu, Mali.
Russian invasion of Ukraine The embassies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan urge their citizens to leave areas near Ukrainian combat zones or to leave Ukraine altogether amid an escalating risk of Russian retaliatory attacks.
The U.S., Italian, Greek, and Spanish governments temporarily close their embassies in Kyiv, Ukraine, following threats of a "significant air attack" from Russia.
British-produced Storm Shadow cruise missiles are launched into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, following approval by the Starmer cabinet.
Israel–Hamas war The United States Senate rejects three resolutions by senator Bernie Sanders that would block the sale of weapons to Israel in their war in Gaza.
The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing the proposal's not linking the ceasefire to the return of hostages taken during the conflict.