Portal:Current events/2023 November 4
November 4, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mianwali air base attack
- Nine Tehreek-e-Jihad jihadists are killed during a shootout with soldiers when they tried to storm a training air base in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan. (AP)
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- The Three Brotherhood Alliance captures more junta outposts in their offensive, along with displacing 23,000 people. (AFP via CNA)
- Tatmadaw forces strike Laiza, Kachin State, with artillery while an errant shell hits a house on the Chinese side of the border, killing one Chinese civilian and injuring three others. (Asia Times)
- Operation 1027
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Crimea attacks
- Ukrainian forces strike Zalyv Shipbuilding yard in the Russian-occupied Kerch, Crimea, with cruise missiles, damaging the Russian corvette Askold. (Reuters)
- Crimea attacks
- War in Sudan
- Battle of Khartoum
- At least 15 people are killed in Khartoum during shelling between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces. (AFP via TOI)
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of Geneina
- The Rapid Support Forces capture Geneina, capital of West Darfur, after seizing control of the headquarters of the Sudanese military's 15th Infantry Division in the city. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Geneina
- Battle of Khartoum
- Guinean commando forces forcefully remove former president Moussa Dadis Camara and several other officials from a central prison in Conakry amid gunfire. Camara is later taken back into police custody shortly after the alleged kidnapping attempt. (AFP via Daily Monitor) (AP)
Disasters and incidents
- A bus crashes into a building in Seattle, Washington, United States, killing one person and injuring 12 others. (ABC)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Turkey relations
- Turkey recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. (Forbes)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in Washington, D.C., United States, demanding a ceasefire. (The Guardian)
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- 2023 Zimbabwean by-elections
- The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe upholds a decision that disqualifies 14 opposition legislators, after rejecting claims of misrepresentation by an individual alleged to be an opposition official. This decision potentially allows the ruling ZANU–PF party to achieve a constitution-amending parliamentary majority in the upcoming by-elections. (AFP via The Manila Times)
- 2024 Ghanaian general election
- Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is nominated by the country's ruling New Patriotic Party as their presidential candidate. (AFP via Barron's)
Sports
- 2023 Copa Libertadores
- In association football, Brazilian club Fluminense win their first Copa Libertadores title after defeating Argentine side Boca Juniors 2–1 after extra time in the final. (Reuters)