Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Nov. 18, 2022

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the East Sea, according to South Korea’s military.

Hundreds of Twitter employees resigned Thursday ahead of Elon Musk's 5 p.m. ET deadline in which the social media company's new CEO demanded an "extremely hardcore" cultural reset with more work and longer hours.

Air raid alerts were sounded across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv, due to impending Russian attacks, officials said.

Days before its scheduled expiration, the landmark Black Sea grain deal has been extended for another 120 days, the Turkish president announced.

Some incidents were witnessed in the Tehran subway during rush hour Tuesday evening, with viral videos showing police firing rubber bullets at women, leading to a commotion.

At least 342 people, including 43 children and 26 women, have been killed by security forces during ongoing nationwide protests in Iran, according to a human rights organization.

Three men received life sentences for the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, while one was acquitted, a Dutch court ruled.

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the far-right "Jewish Strength" party of controversial politician Itamar Ben-Gvir reached a deal to increase Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

At least 21 people were killed and several injured when a fire erupted at a building where residents were attending a party in the Gaza Strip in the Jabalia refugee camp, according to health officials.

The Italian Catholic Church released its first accounting of alleged clergy sexual abuse against minors and vulnerable adults Thursday, but victims' associations said the actual number of cases was likely much higher and criticized its limited scope as “shameful.”

Three more security personnel were killed by armed assailants across Iran on Thursday amid sweeping protests triggered by the death of a young woman in September.