Portal:Current events/2016 August 15

August 15, 2016 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War
- An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition which hit a hospital in northern Yemen run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) kills at least 11 people. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Louisiana floods
- At least seven people have died and thousands have been rescued in the American state of Louisiana. President of the United States Barack Obama has declared a federal emergency in the state. (BBC), (NBC News)
An Olympics aerial camera and its cables fall sixty-five feet, injuring seven people. (USA Today)
Heavy rainfall causes multiple bus crashes that kill at least 40 people and injure 86 in the Kavrepalanchowk bus crashes. (CNN)

Law and crime

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. (WCAU-TV)
Former English Premier League player Dalian Atkinson dies after being tasered by police in Telford, Shropshire. (The Independent)
New York authorities charge a man with second-degree murder in the deaths of a New York Muslim imam and his assistant. (Reuters)

Politics and elections