Portal:Current events/2017 June 24
June 24, 2017 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian Civil War
- Israel and Syria exchange weapons fire in the disputed Golan Heights, with Israel destroying several targets, including two Syrian tanks. Although there were deaths on the ground in Syria, the number of casualties among Syrian forces is unknown. No Israeli troops were injured. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Sichuan landslide
- An early-morning landslide buries 40 homes and leaves 15 people dead and 114 others missing in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. At least 500 rescue workers are on scene, and a 2-km stretch of the river in Mao County is blocked. (CNN)
Health and medicine
Law and crime
- 2017 Westminster cyberattack
- Police in the United Kingdom are investigating a cyberattack on the Houses of Parliament after an attempt was made to gain unauthorised access to politicians' email accounts. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Papua New Guinean general election, 2017
- Polling places open in Papua New Guinea, and will remain open for two weeks, to elect all 111 members of the National Parliament. The People's National Congress led by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is considered likely to maintain a governing coalition, despite uncertainty due to lack of opinion polling. (AAP via news.com.au)