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November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06) (Wednesday) Armed conflict and attacks- 6 November 2019 Islamist attacks
- Twenty gunmen open fire around a border checkpoint between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, killing a border guard and a policeman. Fifteen of the assailants were killed and five others were captured. (Al Jazeera)
- A knife attacker injures eight people, including three Mexicans and a Swiss tourist, before being arrested in Jerash, Jordan. One of the Mexican tourists and a Jordanian tour guide were seriously injured. Among the injured, there is a bus driver who was stabbed while trying to stop the assailant from entering a cafeteria full of tourists. (BBC)
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Ten civilians were killed by ADF militia fighters that crossed the border from Uganda into the Beni Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo. (France24)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- France will be sending ground troops to three border areas in Burkina Faso. (Al Jazeera)
- Ten people are dead and dozens are injured when gunmen attack a Canadian gold mining company on a road in Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
- Terrorism in Thailand, South Thailand insurgency
- 2019 Yala attack
- Gunmen kill 15 people and injure five at a security checkpoint in Yala Province. The attack is the most deadly in years. (Reuters) (Bangkokpost)
- 2019 Yala attack
- 2019 Hong Kong protests
- Dutch police say they are investigating a "suspicious situation" on board a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Images posted on social media showed parts of the airport's D-pier cordoned off to the public. (BBC)
- 2019 Sonora massacre
- A suspect has been arrested for the mass shooting in Sonora, Mexico. (USA Today)
- 2019 Iraqi protests
- At least three people are killed, and a further 17 wounded, when security forces fired at protestors trying to block a bridge in Baghdad. This is in spite of the government announcing the military was banned from using live rounds. (Al-Jazeera)
International relations
- Israel–Jordan relations
- Israel releases two Jordanian citizens it held in detention since August, after the Jordanian government successfully negotiated for their release on Monday. (Al-Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Lebanese protests
- Protestors sit-in at numerous government ministries, offices of major utility company Electricité Du Liban, and property development sites at Zaitunay Bay in Beirut as protests enters its fourth week. (Al-Jazeera)
- Hundreds of students at schools and universities go on strike to join the protests. (Al-Jazeera)