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November 15, 2022 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The US Navy says that it stopped an Iranian shipment of 70 tons of missile fuel components and fertilizer to Yemen. The shipment would likely be used by the Houthis, who are Iran's allies.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it was a "Russian-made missile" and summons the Russian ambassador to provide an explanation.
The United States opens an investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in the West Bank in May.
Three Israelis are killed and three others are injured after a 18-year-old Palestinian man carries out a vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing in the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead.
A missile strike kills two people in the village of PrzewodĂłw in eastern Poland. President of the United States Joe Biden says that the missile blast in Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile. U.S. officials had earlier told the Associated Press that preliminary findings suggested that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.
Disasters and accidents
Flooding continues in Australia, with over 220 people being rescued from floodwaters in New South Wales in the past 24 hours.
Fourteen people are killed after a minibus and a truck collide in Abu Minqar, New Valley Governorate, Egypt.
Health and environment
International relations
Politics and elections
Protests are held across Iran to mark the third anniversary of the 2019 protests. Protesters blocked streets and a large strike has been reported.
Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Sports
At 19 years old, Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest year-end world No. 1-ranked singles player by the Association of Tennis Professionals after his closest rival, fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal, failed to advance to the semifinals of the 2022 ATP Finals. Alcaraz breaks Australian player Lleyton Hewitt's record that he achieved in 2001.
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