Portal:Current events/2024 October 31

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • A Hezbollah missile barrage kills at least seven people and critically injures another near Metula in northern Israel. Four of the victims are foreign agricultural workers and two are Israeli Arabs. (The Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly condemns the United States and European nations for having "zero" response towards Russian deployment of North Korean soldiers against Ukraine. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European floods
  • October 2024 Spain floods
    • The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 161, with dozens of others still missing. (Infobae) (BBC News)

International relations

• Germany–Iran relations, Capital punishment in Iran
  • Germany orders all three Iranian consulates in the country to close in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2020. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• Boycotts of Israel
  • Global LGBTQ federation ILGA World suspends the membership of Israeli LGBTQ group The Aguda amid the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. (The Times of Israel)

Science and technology

• North Korean missile tests
  • North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile on a "lofted trajectory" toward the Sea of Japan. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says that this was the longest-ever launch of a North Korean ICBM, lasting 87 minutes. (Al Jazeera)