The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a lack of funds to provide assistance to all those in need of food supplies.
A fire in the Japanese city of Oita has engulfed more than 170 buildings, including 115 residential buildings.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a plane carrying Industry Minister Louis Kabamba rolled out and caught fire at the airport.
A group of armed men attacked a boarding school in the town of Maga in northwestern Nigeria.
Today, on November 18, Uzbekistan celebrates the Day of the National Flag, a symbol of independence, national pride and historical continuity.
The first guests were welcomed by the Ciel Dubai Marina Hotel in Dubai (UAE), officially recognized as the tallest hotel in the world. This is reported by The National.
At least 32 people have died as a result of the collapse of an artisanal copper mine in the village of Mulondo in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
To combat the serious water crisis, the Iranian authorities have launched cloud seeding operations to cause precipitation.
At least six people were killed and 19 others injured after a passenger bus was buried under a landslide on a mountain road in the central Vietnamese province of Khanh Hoa.
At least three people were killed and 20 were missing in Indonesia due to a landslide caused by heavy rains.
Indians have stormed the climate conference in Brazil — they are protesting against the deforestation of the Amazon.
On the evening of November 13, a Su-30 plane crashed in Karelia (Russian Federation).