Portal:Current events/2016 November 3

November 3, 2016 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Battle of Boz Qandahari: Two United States military personnel, four Afghan Commandos, and 30 civilians are killed in clashes with the Taliban in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. (VOA News) (NATO) (Reuters)
Moro conflict
- Muslim rebel group Moro National Liberation Front leader Nur Misuari meets with Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang Palace after receiving a reprieve from previous crimes of rebellion. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Security forces killed at least 2 insurgents and another 5 were injured in Cairo. (Al-Ahram)

Disasters and accidents

At least 22 people have been killed and 65 injured following a collision of the Bahauddin Zakaria Express with a stationary train at Juma Goth Train station, Karachi, Pakistan. (Geo tv) (AP)
European migration crisis
- November 2016 Libya migrant shipwrecks
  - The United Nations believes that at least 239 migrants drowned in shipwrecks near the coast of Libya. (USA Today), (ABC Online)

International relations

India-Pakistan relations
- Pakistan accuses eight Indian diplomats of espionage and terrorism amid rising tensions concerning Kashmir. India said it rejects these allegations. The six Pakistani diplomats withdrawn from India last week were reported to have been accused of spying. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Brexit aftermath
- The High Court rules that Parliament must vote on whether the United Kingdom can start the process of leaving the European Union by triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. (BBC)

Law and crime

Todd Kohlhepp
- A man identified as Todd Kohlhepp is arrested after authorities discover a missing woman chained up in a storage container on his property. The woman had gone missing along with her boyfriend around the end of August. (CNN), (CBS News)