Portal:Current events/2022 November 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Terrorism in Iran
  • Five people are killed and 15 others are injured in a mass shooting at a market in Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran. (Reuters)
• Mali War
  • Germany announces the withdrawal of its Bundeswehr personnel in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali until the end of 2023. (AFP via Al Mayadeen)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
    • Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a record 11.1%, pressuring the Bank of England to raise interest rates. (Bloomberg)
• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The economy of Russia enters a recession, after gross domestic product decreased by four percent in the third quarter. (AFP via Al Arabiya)

International relations

• Tigray War
  • Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
    • The World Food Programme resumes its deployment of humanitarian aid to the Tigray Region for the first time since the signing of the peace agreement. (AFP via RFI)
• Greece–Iran relations
  • The two Greek tankers that Iran impounded in May to reciprocate Greece's seizure of an Iranian tanker are discharged. (AFP via The Times of Israel)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Kuwait
  • Kuwait says that it has carried out a mass execution of seven convicted murderers, including three foreign citizens. (Yahoo! News)
• Twenty-five recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are injured, five of them critically, in a collision with a wrong-way driver in Whittier, California, United States. The driver is arrested. (CBS News)

Science and technology

• Artemis program
  • NASA launches the Artemis 1 mission after months of delays. It is the first flight of the Space Launch System. (The New York Times)