Portal:Current events/2016 November 17
November 17, 2016 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports a car bomb has killed at least ten people in the city of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate. (Reuters)
- At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in air strikes and artillery shelling by government forces in Ghouta in the Damascus countryside, substantial damaging to residential areas. (Aljazeera)
- The Syrian government targeted an international relief agency and Palestinian refugee camp in Khan Sheha, which has been under siege for two months. (Aljazeera)
- Media reports say a hospital in Aleppo neighborhood is bombed on night by the Syrian government. (Aljazeera)
Arts and culture
- The 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. (Entertainment Weekly)
- "La Bicicleta" by Carlos Vives and Shakira wins the Latin Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
- Juan Gabriel posthumously wins the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Los Dúo, Vol. 2
Disasters and accidents
- Caphiridzange explosion
- At least 73 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a fuel tanker explosion in the town of Caphiridzange in Mozambique's Tete Province. (AP) (Reuters)
- European migrant crisis
- Around 100 people are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. So far this week, 18 people are confirmed dead and 340 missing attempting to migrate to Europe. (AFP via Yahoo!)
International relations
- Japan–United States relations
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe becomes the first foreign head of government to meet President-elect of the United States Donald Trump since his election as President on November 8. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The Three UK mobile phone company admits that there has been a cyber-security breach involving the details of millions of customers. (The Telegraph)
- Former Rio de Janeiro governor Sérgio Cabral is arrested in corruption probe. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- President Joseph Kabila appoints Samy Badibanga as the new Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of a power-sharing deal agreed by the opposition and government. (Africa News)
- James R. Clapper resigns as U.S. Director of National Intelligence. (NBC News)