Portal:Current events/2018 November 23
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2018 Karachi Chinese consulate attack
- Four people are killed in an armed assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. Three attackers are also dead. The attack is claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army. (CNN)
- 2018 Orakzai bombing
- An explosion kills at least 35 people and injures at least 55 at a market in Kalaya, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- At least 26 Afghan security forces are killed and 50 are injured by a suicide blast in a mosque inside an army base in Khost Province, Afghanistan. (Reuters via U.S. News & World Report)
- Witnesses say that gunmen in pickup trucks attacked a police station in Tazirbu, southeast Libya. At least five people were killed and several civilians were abducted. (AP via WETM TV18)
Disasters and accidents
- Four Finnish tourists and a Zimbabwean pilot are killed when a Cessna S206 crashes in Masvingo Province, in southern Zimbabwe. Two Finnish business leaders were among the dead: Pekka Ojanpää , the CE of the maintenance services and circular economy company Lassila & Tikanoja , and Heikki Vappula , a director of the forestry company UPM. (Yle)
- Margaash, an eight year old
Law and crime
- Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry clarifies that the action has no connection with the Asia Bibi case. (Dawn), (Pakistan Today)
Politics and elections
- 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
- Lawmakers opposed to Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister win a vote for control of a new 13-member parliamentary main committee. (Reuters)
- Workers at Amazon distribution centers in Germany and Spain protest labour conditions in a strike coinciding with the Black Friday shopping peak. (AP via WSFA) (Reuters)
- The Metropolitan Police Service releases video footage of police cars being driven into suspected criminals on scooters. They say the tactic isn't new. (BBC)
Sports
- Phil Mickelson defeats Tiger Woods after 22 holes of match play at Shadow Creek Golf Course to win $9 million USD. (BBC)