Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • Iranian security forces open fire on anti-government protesters in Divandarreh, Kurdistan province, killing three people. (The Guardian)
  • The Iranian military deploys armoured personnel carriers in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, amid fears of a massacre in the restive city. The Iran Human Rights group reports heavy gunfire. (Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• At least nine people, including four children, are killed and an unknown number of others are missing after a gas explosion occurs at a five-story residential building in Tymovskoye, Sakhalin, Russia, causing a section of the building to collapse. (The Washington Post)
• Four people are killed over Snohomish County, Washington, United States, as a Cessna 208B disintegrates in mid-air. (The Seattle Times)

Health and environment

• 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
  • A representative from the European Union reports that the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have agreed to establish a loss and damage fund for countries vulnerable to the effects of climate change on the final day of the conference. (AFP via NDTV)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Malaysian general election
  • Malaysians head to the polls to elect members of the Dewan Rakyat. (CNN)

Science and technology

• Asteroid impact prediction, 2022 WJ1
  • A 1-metre (3.3-foot) near-Earth asteroid is discovered before falling as a harmless bolide over central Ontario, Canada, at 08:27 UTC. It is the sixth asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth. (CNN) (EarthSky)
• Social media use by Donald Trump
  • After holding an impromptu online poll, Twitter owner Elon Musk restores the suspended account of former U.S. President Donald Trump. More than 15 million people voted in the poll, although Musk acknowledged many bots may also have voted. (The Guardian)