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October 23, 2022 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- 2022 Kismayo hotel attack
  - Nine people are killed and over 40 others injured by an al-Shabaab suicide car bombing and shooting attack at the Tawakal Hotel in Kismayo, Jubaland, Somalia. The three insurgent gunmen are killed during a gunfight with security forces. (Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Tamer al-Kilani, a founding member of the Lions' Den militant group, is killed by a bomb planted on a motorcycle in Nablus, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Insurgency in Paraguay
- Osvaldo Villalba, a leader of the Marxist–Leninist Paraguayan People's Army rebel group, is killed alongside two other militants during a gunfight with soldiers in Amambay, Paraguay. (BBC)
Sudanese nomadic conflicts
- Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
  - The death toll from the clashes over a land dispute between the Hausa and Berta ethnic groups in Blue Nile, Sudan, increases to 220. It is one of the deadliest incidents of ethnic violence in the country during the last years. (Al Jazeera)
Pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson wounds two federal policemen with rifles and grenades, who besieged his house in an attempt to arrest him for violating terms of his house arrest. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

2022 Irkutsk military aircraft crash
- A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes into a residential building in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Both pilots are killed. No casualties on the ground are reported, but the crash causes a power outage that affects more than 150 houses. (Reuters) (Meduza)
Korean Air Flight 631
- A Korean Air Airbus A330-300 overruns the runway of Mactan–Cebu International Airport after making two landing attempts during poor weather. No injuries are reported among the 173 occupants on board, but the fuselage sustains heavy damage and the airport was shut down. An investigation is already underway. (Reuters)
A fire, spread by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

Human rights in Australia
- The United Nations accuses Australia of breaching its human rights obligations after the state governments of New South Wales and Queensland refuse to allow UN inspectors into detention facilities. (The Guardian)
Arshad Sharif, a prominent Pakistani journalist, is shot dead by police at a roadblock in Kajiado County, Kenya. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

2022 Slovenian presidential election
- Slovenians head to the polls to elect their president. (Reuters)
20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
- Xi Jinping is re-elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of China. (Al Jazeera)
2021 Guinean coup d'état
- ECOWAS confirms that Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years. (France 24)
Thousands of people, including teachers and students, protest across Hungary against the government of Viktor Orbán, demanding higher salaries and the right to strike amid a high level of inflation in the country. (Straits Times)

Sports

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