Portal:Current events/2023 November 13
November 13, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Siege of Gaza City
- Israeli troops of the Golani Brigade seize control of the Palestinian Legislative Council building in Gaza City, which has been used by Hamas lawmakers since 2007. (The Times of Israel)
- Siege of Gaza City
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- The Chin National Army says that they captured a military base in Rikhawdar, Chin State, and are currently fighting for control of the town which is located on the border with India. More than 5,000 people flee across the border into India's Mizoram state. (Reuters) (The Irrawaddy)
- Fighting occurs between the military and the Arakan Army in several townships in Rakhine State, with the Arakan Army claiming that it took several outposts. (The Irrawaddy)
- Operation 1027
- Syrian civil war
- Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Russian airstrikes on rebel-held Idlib Governorate kill at least 34 fighters and injure more than 60 others, according to the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria. (Reuters)
- Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
Law and crime
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
- Antisemitism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Over 182,000 demonstrators march in cities across France, protesting the surge in antisemitic incidents since the outbreak of the war. (CNN)
- Antisemitism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
- For the first time in its history, the United States Supreme Court issues a code of conduct to govern its justices. (NBC)
- LGBT rights in Austria
- Justice Minister Alma Zadić announces the allocation of €33 million (around US$35 million) to compensate approximately 11,000 LGBT people affected by the country's historical discriminatory laws. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
- Philippine drug war
- A Regional Trial Court grants bail to opposition leader and former Senator Leila de Lima on her last drug case, ending her six years in detention. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Polish parliamentary election
- Poland 2050 leader Szymon Hołownia is elected as Marshal of the Sejm. (AFP via Le Monde)
- November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle
- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dismisses Suella Braverman as Home Secretary after Braverman condemned a pro-Palestinian protest in central London, replacing her with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and appointing former Prime Minister David Cameron as the new Foreign Secretary. (AFP via NDTV) (CNN)
Science and technology
- Censorship in Nepal
- Nepal bans TikTok, citing misuse of the app that "disturbs social harmony and disrupts family structures and social relations". (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2023 Korean Series
- In baseball, the LG Twins defeat the KT Wiz to win the Korean Series in five games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1994. (The Korea Herald)