Portal:Current events/2018 November 11

November 11, 2018 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel-Palestine confrontation (November 2018)
- Seven Palestinians, including commander Nour Baraka and three other militants, are killed during a raid by the Israel Defense Forces in the southeastern Gaza Strip, that was supported by air attacks. One IDF officer was killed and another was injured. Over a dozen rockets were subsequently fired from Gaza, three of which were shot down. (KUNA) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
World War I centenary
- Around 70 world leaders in Paris mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice which ended World War I. (ABS-CBN News)

Disasters and accidents

Camp Fire, Woolsey Fire, 2018 California wildfires
- The death toll in the Camp and Woolsey wildfires has risen to 31 with more than 200 people still missing. (BBC)

International relations

Law and crime

- Ten people are injured after a man steals a car by stabbing its owner and drives into pedestrians on a sidewalk and at a shopping mall in Brăila, Romania. (Star Tribune)
2018 Australian strawberry contamination
- A 50-year-old former strawberry farm supervisor is arrested in Queensland in connection with 230 reports of sewing needles found hidden in strawberries. The "strawberry scare" spread throughout the country and to New Zealand, and devastated Australia’s multimillion-dollar strawberry industry. (BBC) (The Mail)

Politics and elections

Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018
- The opposition coalition chooses lawmaker Martin Fayulu, leader of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development party, as its joint presidential candidate. (Reuters) (AFP via Yahoo News)