November 21, 2022 (Monday)

Two people are killed in a bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.

A rocket attack on the Turkish border town of Karkamış, kills three people, including a child. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu blames Kurdish militants in Syria and vows a "strong response". Kurdish groups have denied being behind the attack.

A Turkish soldier is killed and seven police officers are injured after the Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing is shelled by suspected Kurdish militants.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to launch a ground operation in northern Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the rocket attacks on Turkish territory.

Three people are killed and 22 others are injured after an ambush on a major highway in Central Equatoria, South Sudan.

Twelve people are injured in an explosion at a school in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

At least 38 people are killed and two others are injured by a fire at a factory in Anyang, Henan, China. Local officials report evidence of electric resistance welding violating workplace safety standards as the likely cause of the fire.

A Piper PA-31 crashes into a residential area in the Belén Rosales, Medellín, Colombia, killing the eight people on board.

One person is killed and 16 others are injured when a vehicle crashes into an Apple Store in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake kills at least 310 people and injures over 2,000 others in West Java, Indonesia.

The Assimi Goïta-led military junta prohibits the operation of France-supported NGOs in Mali to reciprocate the French government's suspension of development aid for the West African country due to its involvement with Russia's Wagner Group in the war.

A court in Tel Aviv rules that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert committed defamation against the family of prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu by claiming that members of Netanyahu's family are mentally ill and orders Olmert to pay $18,000.

NASA's Orion spacecraft performs a flyby of the Moon, coming within 130 kilometres (81 mi) of the lunar surface before entering into a lunar orbit.

The Iranian team chooses not to sing the Iranian national anthem prior to a match against England amid ongoing civil unrest in Iran.