Portal:Current events/2016 November 1

November 1, 2016 (Tuesday)

Armed attacks and conflicts

Battle of Mosul (2016)
- United Nations Human Rights Council spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says ISIL militants killed 40 former Iraqi Security Forces members and threw their bodies in the Tigris river near Mosul on Saturday. (Reuters)
- Iraqi Special Operations Forces have fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul. (Chicago Tribune)
The predominantly African American Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville Mississippi burned down to brick walls and spray painted with "Vote Trump" in what appeared to be a political hate crime. Andrew McClinton, a black member of the church was arrested, charged and later pleaded guilty to burning the church in a race hoax (WREG)

Disasters and accidents

Gadani ship-breaking yard
- At least 14 people are killed and 59 burned when a gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker causes a major fire at the ship-breaking yard in Gadani in Pakistan's Balochistan Province. Dozens other workers remain missing as many injured are transferred to hospitals in nearby Karachi. (Dawn News) (The Express Tribune)
Robert J. Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, declares a state of emergency following Monday's gas explosion in a Colonial Pipeline pipeline. The explosion killed one person and injured five. (BreakingNews.com) (Fox News)
A fire at a karaoke bar in Hanoi's Cầu Giấy district kills 13 people. (Channel NewsAsia)

International relations

China–Philippines relations
- Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos quits as the Philippines' special envoy to China amid a falling out with his mentee current Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte. (The Manila Standard)

Politics and elections

Two weeks after his initial announcement, Bob Day, leader of the Family First Party, confirms his immediate resignation from the Australian Senate due to the liquidation of his business. (ABC News Australia)
2016 South Korean political scandal
- Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the centre of a South Korean political scandal involving her friend President of Korea Park Geun-hye, is detained for questioning. (ABC)
Cai Qi is appointed acting mayor of Beijing, replacing Wang Anshun. (SCMP)
United States elections, 2016
- Four state Democratic Parties sue the Donald Trump presidential campaign, the state Republican Parties, and "Stop the Steal" group founder Roger Stone for voter intimidation in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona. (AP via CBS News) (Reuters)
Succession to Thailand's throne
- Thailand is preparing for the December 1, 2016, ascension of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to the throne, according to senior military sources. (BBC) (Reuters)
Iranian parliament approves three President Hassan Rouhani's new designated ministers, including Reza Salehi Amiri, Fakhruddin Danesh-Ashtiani and Masoud Soltanifar as culture, education and sports ministers respectively. (Reuters) (PressTV)

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