Portal:Current events/2011 November 21
November 21, 2011 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- At least 11 people are killed in ongoing clashes between Egyptian protesters and security forces in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (BBC)
- The Cabinet of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf submits its resignation to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, but its resignation is officially rejected. (BBC) (Al Arabiya)
- Two people are injured after Syrian soldiers attack buses carrying Turkish citizens returning through Syria from a hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. (CNN)
International relations
- The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada impose further sanctions against Iran's nuclear program. (CNN)
- The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev states that the decision to go to war with Georgia in 2008 prevented the eastward enlargement of NATO. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The trial begins of the three most senior surviving members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. (BBC)
- Dutch baseball player Greg Halman of the Seattle Mariners is stabbed to death, with his brother as a suspect. (AP via BET)
Politics and elections
- Voters in the Marshall Islands go to the polls for a general election. (Radio New Zealand)
- A Congressional panel fails to agree on proposals to cut the United States' national budget deficit by $1.2 trillion, leading to automatic budget cuts. (CBC)