A series of earthquakes hit Mindanao, Philippines, killing at least 21 people.
A fire on a passenger train near Liaquatpur, Pakistan, kills at least 75 people.
In baseball, the Washington Nationals defeat the Houston Astros to win the World Series.
Ongoing: Chilean protests Hong Kong protests Trump impeachment inquiry Turkish Syria offensive
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November 4, 2019 (Monday)
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November 3, 2019 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2019 Ethiopian clashes
The death toll of recent clashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia rises to 86. (Reuters)
2019 Hong Kong protests
Four people are injured at a mall as a knife-wielding man attacks a crowd in Hong Kong. The suspect, a pro-Beijing Mandarin speaker, is subdued and arrested by police. (BBC News)
Taliban insurgency
At least nine Afghan security forces are killed in clashes with Taliban forces in northeastern Afghanistan. (WION)
Business and economy
Saudi Vision 2030
Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil. (BBC News)
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. Current company president Chris Kempczinski immediately assumes his position. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
Thirty-three people are injured, four critically, when a FlixBus overturns at an exit near Amiens, France. (BBC)
Politics and elections
2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
Following similar measures by Argentina last month, the government of El Salvador expels diplomats of the government of Venezuela led by Nicolás Maduro. (BBC News)
October 2019 Iraqi protests
Protestors storm the Iranian consulate in Karbala, where they set fires around the building and replaced the Iranian flag with an Iraqi one. (Al-Jazeera)
November 2, 2019 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
A car bomb explodes in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, on the Turkish border. It kills 13 people and wounds more than 30 others, mostly civilians. (Reuters)
War in Afghanistan
A bomb blast kills nine children, aged seven to ten, who were on their way to school in Takhar Province. (BBC News)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announces that ISIL prisoners will be sent back to their home countries. (Reuters)
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in Mali on 1 November that killed 54. (NBC News)
ISIL – Sinai Province pledges allegiance to the new caliph, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. (Voice of America)
Illegal loggers in the Amazon rainforest shoot dead an indigenous activist named Paulo Paulino Guajajara and injure another. (Reuters)
Business and economy
The United Kingdom imposes an immediate moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking", a technique for the recovery of oil or gas reserves. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
2019 Hong Kong protests
Protestors vandalize numerous businesses, such as the headquarters of HSBC and the offices of Xinhua News Agency, and set fire to the entrance of numerous metro stations after police violently clashed with protestors earlier in the day. (Reuters)
October 2019 Iraqi protests
Thousands of protestors block the roads leading to Umm Qasr Port near Basra, demanding the end to foreign influence in the country. The blockades were set up after security forces clashed with protestors earlier. (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
A boat stuck at Niagara Falls moves for the first time in 101 years due to high winds and heavy rains. (MSN)
Sports
2019 Rugby World Cup
South Africa defeat England 32–12 to be crowned World Champions for the third time. (NBC Sports)
November 1, 2019 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Northern Mali conflict
Gunmen kill 53 soldiers and a civilian in a militant attack in Northern Mali. (Reuters)
Business and economy
Google purchases activity tracker company Fitbit for US$2.1 billion, in an attempt to break into the digital health and smartwatch markets. (Reuters)
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States launches a national security review of TikTok-owner ByteDance's US$1 billion purchase of social media platform Musical.ly. (Reuters)
California Governor Gavin Newsom issues a statement calling on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the state's largest utility company, to find a "consensual resolution" to its bankruptcy case, threatening a state takeover if an agreement cannot be reached. PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January in response to lawsuits pertaining to wildfires caused by PG&E's equipment. (NPR)
Disasters and accidents
A Grumman OV-1 Mohawk crashes at an air show in Stuart, Florida, killing the pilot. (WPTV-TV)
Law and crime
Crime in France
A gunman shoots and injures six people at a bar in Marseille, France. The gunman is still at large. (Euronews)
2019 Samoa assassination plot
A man who had pled guilty to conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Samoa, and was due to be sentenced today, has changed his plea from guilty to not-guilty. (Radio New Zealand)
Irish mixed-martial artist Conor McGregor is convicted for assaulting a man in a Drimnagh pub in April, and is fined €1,000. (BBC News)
Essex lorry deaths
Earlier statements about the victims being of Chinese nationality are repudiated. Essex Police say all victims were Vietnamese. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Former Texas representative Beto O'Rourke drops out of the presidential primaries. (Vox)
Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly consisting of supporters of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal, march in Islamabad demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan by Sunday. The army announces later in the evening that they will continue to support the elected government. (Reuters)
Disasters
2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic
Yemeni famine
Politics
Afghan peace talks
Algerian protests
Brexit
Catalan protests
Chilean protests
Ecuadorian protests
Egyptian protests
European migrant crisis (timeline)
Hong Kong protests
Indonesian protests
Iraqi protests
Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump (Mueller Report) (investigation) (timeline)
Kashmir lockdown
Lebanese protests
Papua protests
Persian Gulf crisis
Qatar diplomatic crisis
Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
Turkish purges
Venezuelan presidential crisis (protests)
Yellow vests movement
The coastline of Northeast Brazil is affected by an oil spill (pictured) of unknown origin.
Ongoing: Chilean protests Hong Kong protests Trump impeachment inquiry Turkish Syria offensive
October 30, 2019 (Wednesday)
2019 Chilean protests
Due to the escalation in the protests, President Sebastián Piñera announces the cancellation of the 2019 APEC Summit and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, due to be hosted in Santiago in the following weeks.
October 29, 2019 (Tuesday)
International relations
Turkey–United States relations, Armenia–United States relations, Armenian Genocide recognition
The United States House of Representatives votes 405 to 11 to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide as a genocide for the first time. Turkey condemns the resolution, describing it as "a meaningless political step", and that "its sole addressees are the Armenian lobby and anti-Turkey groups". (Reuters)
Israel–Jordan relations
Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel when the latter refuses to release two Jordanian citizens whom Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi says have been held illegally for months without charges. They were arrested in August for crossing into the West Bank to attend a family wedding. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
2019 Lebanese protests
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri submits his resignation to President Michel Aoun. (Al-Jazeera)
October 2019 Iraqi protests
Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who heads the current ruling bloc, calls on the opposition to help him introduce a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. (Reuters)
2019 United Kingdom general election
The House of Commons votes 438 to 20 to approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call to hold a general election on December 12. (Reuters)
October 28, 2019 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Afghanistan–Pakistan barrier
Three women are killed after Afghan and Pakistani forces clash in Kunar Province. (CityNews Vancouver)
A fire on a passenger train near Liaquatpur, Pakistan, kills at least 75 people.
In baseball, the Washington Nationals defeat the Houston Astros to win the World Series.
Ongoing: Chilean protests Hong Kong protests Trump impeachment inquiry Turkish Syria offensive
Recent deaths: Gert Boyle Rudy Boesch Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe Gurudas Dasgupta Jim Gregory Cong Weixi
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November 4, 2019 (Monday)
edithistorywatch
November 3, 2019 (Sunday)
edithistorywatch
Armed conflicts and attacks
2019 Ethiopian clashes
The death toll of recent clashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia rises to 86. (Reuters)
2019 Hong Kong protests
Four people are injured at a mall as a knife-wielding man attacks a crowd in Hong Kong. The suspect, a pro-Beijing Mandarin speaker, is subdued and arrested by police. (BBC News)
Taliban insurgency
At least nine Afghan security forces are killed in clashes with Taliban forces in northeastern Afghanistan. (WION)
Business and economy
Saudi Vision 2030
Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil. (BBC News)
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. Current company president Chris Kempczinski immediately assumes his position. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
Thirty-three people are injured, four critically, when a FlixBus overturns at an exit near Amiens, France. (BBC)
Politics and elections
2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
Following similar measures by Argentina last month, the government of El Salvador expels diplomats of the government of Venezuela led by Nicolás Maduro. (BBC News)
October 2019 Iraqi protests
Protestors storm the Iranian consulate in Karbala, where they set fires around the building and replaced the Iranian flag with an Iraqi one. (Al-Jazeera)
November 2, 2019 (Saturday)
edithistorywatch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
A car bomb explodes in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, on the Turkish border. It kills 13 people and wounds more than 30 others, mostly civilians. (Reuters)
War in Afghanistan
A bomb blast kills nine children, aged seven to ten, who were on their way to school in Takhar Province. (BBC News)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announces that ISIL prisoners will be sent back to their home countries. (Reuters)
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in Mali on 1 November that killed 54. (NBC News)
ISIL – Sinai Province pledges allegiance to the new caliph, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. (Voice of America)
Illegal loggers in the Amazon rainforest shoot dead an indigenous activist named Paulo Paulino Guajajara and injure another. (Reuters)
Business and economy
The United Kingdom imposes an immediate moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking", a technique for the recovery of oil or gas reserves. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
2019 Hong Kong protests
Protestors vandalize numerous businesses, such as the headquarters of HSBC and the offices of Xinhua News Agency, and set fire to the entrance of numerous metro stations after police violently clashed with protestors earlier in the day. (Reuters)
October 2019 Iraqi protests
Thousands of protestors block the roads leading to Umm Qasr Port near Basra, demanding the end to foreign influence in the country. The blockades were set up after security forces clashed with protestors earlier. (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
A boat stuck at Niagara Falls moves for the first time in 101 years due to high winds and heavy rains. (MSN)
Sports
2019 Rugby World Cup
South Africa defeat England 32–12 to be crowned World Champions for the third time. (NBC Sports)
November 1, 2019 (Friday)
edithistorywatch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Northern Mali conflict
Gunmen kill 53 soldiers and a civilian in a militant attack in Northern Mali. (Reuters)
Business and economy
Google purchases activity tracker company Fitbit for US$2.1 billion, in an attempt to break into the digital health and smartwatch markets. (Reuters)
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States launches a national security review of TikTok-owner ByteDance's US$1 billion purchase of social media platform Musical.ly. (Reuters)
California Governor Gavin Newsom issues a statement calling on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the state's largest utility company, to find a "consensual resolution" to its bankruptcy case, threatening a state takeover if an agreement cannot be reached. PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January in response to lawsuits pertaining to wildfires caused by PG&E's equipment. (NPR)
Disasters and accidents
A Grumman OV-1 Mohawk crashes at an air show in Stuart, Florida, killing the pilot. (WPTV-TV)
Law and crime
Crime in France
A gunman shoots and injures six people at a bar in Marseille, France. The gunman is still at large. (Euronews)
2019 Samoa assassination plot
A man who had pled guilty to conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Samoa, and was due to be sentenced today, has changed his plea from guilty to not-guilty. (Radio New Zealand)
Irish mixed-martial artist Conor McGregor is convicted for assaulting a man in a Drimnagh pub in April, and is fined €1,000. (BBC News)
Essex lorry deaths
Earlier statements about the victims being of Chinese nationality are repudiated. Essex Police say all victims were Vietnamese. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Former Texas representative Beto O'Rourke drops out of the presidential primaries. (Vox)
Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly consisting of supporters of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal, march in Islamabad demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan by Sunday. The army announces later in the evening that they will continue to support the elected government. (Reuters)
Disasters
2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic
Yemeni famine
Politics
Afghan peace talks
Algerian protests
Brexit
Catalan protests
Chilean protests
Ecuadorian protests
Egyptian protests
European migrant crisis (timeline)
Hong Kong protests
Indonesian protests
Iraqi protests
Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump (Mueller Report) (investigation) (timeline)
Kashmir lockdown
Lebanese protests
Papua protests
Persian Gulf crisis
Qatar diplomatic crisis
Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
Turkish purges
Venezuelan presidential crisis (protests)
Yellow vests movement
The coastline of Northeast Brazil is affected by an oil spill (pictured) of unknown origin.
Ongoing: Chilean protests Hong Kong protests Trump impeachment inquiry Turkish Syria offensive
October 30, 2019 (Wednesday)
2019 Chilean protests
Due to the escalation in the protests, President Sebastián Piñera announces the cancellation of the 2019 APEC Summit and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, due to be hosted in Santiago in the following weeks.
October 29, 2019 (Tuesday)
International relations
Turkey–United States relations, Armenia–United States relations, Armenian Genocide recognition
The United States House of Representatives votes 405 to 11 to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide as a genocide for the first time. Turkey condemns the resolution, describing it as "a meaningless political step", and that "its sole addressees are the Armenian lobby and anti-Turkey groups". (Reuters)
Israel–Jordan relations
Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel when the latter refuses to release two Jordanian citizens whom Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi says have been held illegally for months without charges. They were arrested in August for crossing into the West Bank to attend a family wedding. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
2019 Lebanese protests
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri submits his resignation to President Michel Aoun. (Al-Jazeera)
October 2019 Iraqi protests
Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who heads the current ruling bloc, calls on the opposition to help him introduce a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. (Reuters)
2019 United Kingdom general election
The House of Commons votes 438 to 20 to approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call to hold a general election on December 12. (Reuters)
October 28, 2019 (Monday)
edithistorywatch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Afghanistan–Pakistan barrier
Three women are killed after Afghan and Pakistani forces clash in Kunar Province. (CityNews Vancouver)
