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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*Unknown attackers kill [[Maulana Sami-ul-Haq]], a former [[Senate of Pakistan|Pakistani senator]] widely known as the "Father of the [[Taliban]]", at his residence in [[Rawalpindi]]. [https://www.geo.tv/latest/217054-maulana-samiul-haq-killed-in-targetted-attack-in-rawalpindi (Geo TV)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-cleric-taliban/father-of-taliban-mullah-sami-ul-haq-killed-in-pakistani-city-deputy-idUSKCN1N71U3 (Reuters)]
*[[2018 Minya bus attack]]
**An attack on a bus carrying [[Copts]] from [[Sohag Governorate]] to the [[Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor]] in [[Egypt]], kills seven people and injures several others. [https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/egypt-gunmen-kill-7-driving-to-coptic-christian-monastery (Euronews and Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 European floods]]
**In the floods that are affecting [[Italy]], the death toll rises to 19 people. [https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/maltempo-oggi-1.4274388 (Quotidiano)]

;International relations
*[[Sanctions against Iran]], [[Iran–United States relations]], [[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]]
**The [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] announces the reimposition of all sanctions on [[Iran]] that were lifted under the July 2015 deal governing the [[nuclear program of Iran]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-reimposes-all-iran-sanctions-lifted-under-nuclear-deal/2018/11/02/a331c300-dead-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
*[[Brazil–Israel relations]], [[Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro]]
**The president-elect of [[Brazil]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], states that he will honor his campaign pledge to move the country's embassy in [[Israel]] from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Jerusalem]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-jair-bolsonaro-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/a-46126040 (AP via Deutsche Welle)]

;Law and crime
*[[Blasphemy law in Pakistan]]
**According to a pact between [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan]] (TLP) and two Federal & Provincial Religious Affairs Ministers of Pakistan, the name of [[Asia Bibi blasphemy case|Asia Bibi]] will be placed on the [[Exit Control List]] which would prevent her leaving the country. TLP has already filed a review petition against the verdict of [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] in the Asia Bibi blasphemy case. [https://www.dawn.com/news/1443123/government-tlp-reach-agreement-state-to-take-legal-measures-to-place-asia-bibis-name-on-ecl (Dawn News)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/outrage-as-pakistani-government-vows-to-stop-asia-bibi-leaving (''The Guardian'')]
*[[2018 Tallahassee shooting]]
**A gunman kills two people and injures five others before killing himself at a yoga studio in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-yoga-shooting-tallahassee-florida-studio-two-dead-shooter-gunman-four-inured/ (CBS News)]
*[[2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis]]
**The Spanish [[Attorney General of Spain|Attorney General]] seeks jail terms for Catalan independence leaders for the crime of rebellion with the highest requested penalty being against [[Oriol Junqueras]] of 25 years. The State's Advocacy is only asking for prison sentences for the lessor crimes of sedition and embezzlement. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-catalonia/spain-prosecutor-seeks-long-jail-terms-for-catalan-pro-independence-leaders-idUSKCN1N712K (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections
*[[Twitter suspensions]], [[Foreign electoral intervention]]
**[[Twitter]] deletes 10,000 [[Twitter bot|bot accounts]] that were discouraging people from voting in the [[United States elections, 2018|midterm elections]] in the [[United States]]. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-twitter-exclusive/exclusive-twitter-deletes-over-10000-accounts-that-sought-to-discourage-u-s-voting-idUKKCN1N72FD (Reuters)]
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