Saturday, November 15, 2025

War on drugs

Three people are killed in an American airstrike against a boat in the Pacific Ocean.

Kivu conflict

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebels sign a framework agreement in Doha, Qatar, for a peace treaty to end the conflict in Kivu.

Syrian conflict

Four people are killed, including the mayor of Wady Al-Mawla, and another is severely injured in a mass shooting by unidentified gunmen at a coffeehouse in Talkalakh, Homs Governorate, Syria.

Syrian conflict

Three people are injured, including two critically, in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen in Abu Jarin, Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

Modern immigration to the United Kingdom

British home secretary Shabana Mahmood announces plans to reduce the length of refugee status, extend the required period before applying for long-term residency, and end automatic state benefits for asylum seekers as part of a broad reform of its asylum system.

Politics

Benin's National Assembly, by a 99–19 vote, approves a constitutional amendment that extends presidential and parliamentary term limits from five to seven years and establishes a new senate, pending review by the Constitutional Court. The reform would take effect after the April presidential election.

2025 Mexican protests

At least 120 people are injured, including 100 police officers, and 20 others are arrested in clashes with police during protests across Mexico after the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo earlier this month.

2025–26 European windstorm season

Storm Claudia makes landfall in Western Europe, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others in southern Portugal.

Disasters

At least 32 informal miners are killed when a makeshift bridge collapses at a flooded cobalt mine in Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Authorities state that unauthorized miners entered the area despite a ban due to landslide risks.

Disasters

A landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 11 people and leaves 12 others missing in Central Java, Indonesia.

Disasters

Nine people are killed and others are injured in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.

Canada–Holy See relations

The Holy See transfers 62 indigenous artifacts to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops for repatriation to the communities of origin after their removal for a 1925 missionary exhibition in Rome, Italy.