- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Moro conflict
- November 2015 Paris attacks
- A raid by French police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis kills at least two terror suspects, including a female suicide bomber, with eight others arrested. (CNN), (France 24)[permanent dead link], (AP), (NBC News)
- Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the ringleader of the Paris terrorist attacks, is killed during the raid. (The Independent), (CNN)
- Three ISIS supporters stab a 56-year-old French Jew and history teacher in Marseille, France. The attackers are interrupted and flee. The teacher's wounds are not life-threatening. (The International Business Times), (Time)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Syrian Civil War
- 2015 Sarajevo shooting
- A gunman inside a betting shop near army barracks in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, shoots dead two Bosnian Army soldiers. The gunman, identified as Salafi extremist Enes Omeragić, later commits suicide after police surround his house. (Reuters)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Art and culture
- Business and economy
- An auction for the acquisition of chipmaker PMC-Sierra continues, with a new bid by Microsemi Corp., topping the previous bid from Skyworks Solutions. The latest bid values PMC at $2.3 billion. (Reuters)
- The Obama Administration through the U.S. Treasury Department will clamp down further on corporate income tax-avoiding inversion deals by U.S. companies with foreign rivals. There is a pending inversion deal between U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. and smaller Irish competitor Allergan, Plc. (Reuters)
- Airport workers at seven of the busiest U.S. hubs plan to strike tonight and Thursday over wages and what they allege are threats against unionizing. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) says some 2,000 plane cleaners, baggage handlers, and other workers will strike at New York City's Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, as well as Newark Liberty, Chicago O'Hare, Boston, Philadelphia, and Fort Lauderdale. (Reuters), (The Philly Voice)
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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