Portal:Current events/2016 October 29

October 29, 2016 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sectarianism in Pakistan
- Five people are killed and several other civilians injured as armed terrorists, targeting Shia Muslims, open fire on participants of a Majlis at a home in the Nazimabad district of Karachi, Pakistan. (Samaa TV) (The Express Tribune)
Boko Haram insurgency
- Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least eight people in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. (AP)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Two prisons in Al Hudaydah, Yemen, are bombed by Saudi Arabian jets, leaving at least 60 dead. (Reuters) (AP via The New York Times) (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Turkey-United States relations
- The U.S. State Department orders family members of employees at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul to leave as extremist groups threaten to kill or kidnap U.S. citizens and Westerners. (NBC News)

Law and crime

Choi Soon-sil gate
- South Korean prosecutors raid the presidential Blue House in Seoul amid continuing fallout over President Park Geun-hye's influence-peddling scandal involving cult leader Choi Soon-sil. (The Straits Times)
The New York City Metropolitan Opera cancels its Saturday performances as a man, during an afternoon intermission, sprinkled an unidentified powder, suspected to be cremated ashes, into the orchestra pit. One person was exposed and requested medical attention. (Reuters) (CBS News/AP)

Politics and elections

2015–16 Spanish government formation
- The Spanish Parliament votes to allow Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to lead a People's Party minority government after a ten month interregnum. (BBC)
Icelandic parliamentary election, 2016
- With about 25 percent of the votes counted, the Independence Party is receiving about 30 percent of the ballots cast. The Pirate Party, which led in most of this month's polls, is getting about 13 percent. (AP)

Sport