Portal:Current events/2017 June 16
June 16, 2017 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- June 2017 Jerusalem attack
- In two simultaneous attacks near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, an Israeli policewoman is fatally stabbed; the three Palestinian assailants are shot dead. ISIL claims were questioned by Israeli authorities. As well, the PFLP and Hamas claim it was their members who did it. (Reuters)
- Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
- The Russian Ministry of Defence says its forces may have killed ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an airstrike, south of Raqqa on 28 May, and currently is seeking confirmation. (The Independent)
Business and economy
- Whole Foods Market
- Amazon agrees to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. The takeover deal is expected to be completed in the second half of the year. (BBC)
International relations
- Russia–United States relations, Iran–United States relations
- The United States Senate passed by an overwhelming majority a bill ramping-up sanctions against Russia and against Iran. Language in the measure also reaffirms United States' commitment to NATO. (The Washington Post)
- Djibouti–Eritrea relations
- Djiboutian foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf accuses Eritrea of occupying the disputed Doumeira Islands and Ras Doumeira peninsula after Qatari peacekeepers withdrew from the area. (Al Jazeera)
- Cuba–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump announces new restrictions on travel and business with Cuba, reversing policies of Cuban Thaw, implemented during the tenure of President Barack Obama. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Shooting of Philando Castile
- Jeronimo Yanez, the police officer previously accused of manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm at Philando Castile, is acquitted of all charges. (NBC News)
Music
Politics and elections
- Politics of Germany
- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies at the age of 87. (BBC)
- Business career of Donald Trump
- The U.S. Office of Government Ethics certifies President Donald Trump's financial report which discloses over $315.6 million in personal liabilities and exceeding $1.4 billion in assets as of mid-2017, for revenues of more than $594 million over 2016 and early 2017. (Reuters)